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Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

From My View:

Author: Paul 保罗

Postcards always spoil Paul's holidays. Last summer, Paul went to Italy. He visited museum[=> museums] and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter[=> waitor] tought[=> taught] him 'few'[=> a few] words of Italian and then lent him a book. He read a few lines but he didn't understand a word. He thought about portcards everyday[=>every day]. His holidays passed fast but he never sent a card to his friends. Until the last day, he made a big decision. He got up early and bought 37 postcards. He spent the whole day in the[=> his] room but he did not write a single card.

Knowledge

• everyday /every day: everyday是形容词, 不能当副词
• single 单个的;单一的;唯一的 You use single to emphasize that you are referring to one thing, and no more than one thing.

From Waitor's View:

Poscards always spoil some people's holidays. Last summer, I worked in a hotel. And I 'visited'[=> met] a customer(visitor, guest) whose name is Paul. He was an English. In the first two days, he visited museums and spent time in parks. He is an interesting man, so[=> and 这里没有因果关系 170115] I tought[=> taught] him 'few'[=> a few] words of Italian and lent he[=> him] a book -- History of Italy. He said he read few[=> a few] lines but he did not understand a word. He also told me that he thought about postcards everyday. Time passed quickly. In[=> On] the last day before Paul went back ''[=> to] England, he finally bought 37 postcards and spent the whole day in the[=> his] room. But in the end, he still did not write any cards'.'[=> !]

Knowledge

• 客人 hospitality industry
  • guest 旅客，顾客：向饭店、旅馆或其他类似场所支付报酬而获取食宿的人；主顾
  • customer 顾客，消费者：进商店购买东西的人。
  • client 享用他人或某机构提供的专业服务或咨询的人。

Remembers

• spoil 尼玛跟 boil 搞混了..
• spoil
  • if you spoil sth, you prevent it from being successful or satisfactory.
    • If food spoils or if it is spoilt, it is no longer fit to be eaten.
  • If you spoil children, you give them everything they want or ask for. 被宠坏 spoiled
  • If you spoil yourself or spoil another person, you give yourself or them something nice as a treat or do something special for them.
    • The spoils of something are things that people get as a result of winning a battle or of doing something successfully.
• boil 煮沸

2017-01-15 批改意见

so 这词乱用, 没有潜在因果