ane : What’s Ron Marston like , Pauline ?
Pauline : He’s awful ! He telephoned me four times yesterday , and three times the day before yesterday.
Pauline: He telephoned the office yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon. My boss answered the telephone .
Jane : What did your boss say to him ?
Pauline: He said ,”Pauline is typing letters .She can’t speak to you now !”
Pauline : Then I arrived home at six o’clock yesterday evening .He telephoned again .But I didn’t answer the phone !
Jane : Did he telephone again last night ?
Pauline : Yes , he did . He telephoned at nine o’clock .
Jane : What did you say to him ?
Pauline : I said ,”This is Pauline ‘s mother . Please don’t telephone my daughter again !”
Jane : Did he telephone again ?
Pauline : No , he didn’t !
What's Ron Marston like, Pauline? 波琳,朗·马斯顿是怎样一个人?
What is sb. like? 这一句式可用来询问某人的外貌或品行。就本课的具体情况而言,波琳的回答更多地是指马斯顿的品行如何。-
He telephoned me four times yesterday…他昨天给我打了4次电话……
four times, 4次。 time在英语中作不可数名词时表示"时间";作可数名词时表示"次数"。请注意英语中次数的表示法:- once 1次
- twice 两次
- three times 3次
3次或 3次以上通常都用基数词+ times表示: - five times 5次
- thirty times 30次
the day before yesterday, 前天。
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answer the telephone, 接电话。
口语中也常用 answer the phone。类似的短语如:- answer the door/doorbell应声开门
- answer a letter回信
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She can't speak to you now! 她现在不能同你讲话!
speak to sb. 意为"与某人说话"。例如打电话时可以说:-
May I speak to Pauline, please?
请让波琳接电话好吗? - I' d like to speak to Pauline, please.
我想请波琳听电话。
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May I speak to Pauline, please?
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his is Pauline's mother. 我是波琳的母亲。
This is…是英美人打电话时表示"我是……"的句式,而不说
I'm…。相关的电话用语如:- This is Mary speaking.
我是玛丽。 - This is Edward calling from London.
我是爱德华,现正在伦敦给你打电话。
- This is Mary speaking.
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一般过去时
be动词以外的动词在一般过去时中一般有两种形式。规则动词一般是在动词后面加-ed,如 answered;以-e结尾的规则动词加-d,如 telephoned, arrived。另一部分动词的过去式拼写不规则,因此称为不规则动词,如:say----said, do----did。
用一般过去时的句子中常常有表示过去某一时刻的时间状语,如本课中的 yesterday(昨天),the day before yesterday(前天),yesterday morning(昨天上午),yesterday afternoon(昨天下午),yesterday evening(昨天晚上),last night(昨夜)。