许国璋英语第一册第二十课课文、对话、练习、答案

许国璋电视英语教学第一册

《第二十课》

（一）课文：

1)课文：

LADY GODIVA

Godiva was the beautiful wife of the Lord of Coventry. She lived in the eleventh century.

According to an old legend, the Lord taxed the people of Coventry heavily and unjustly.

If they did not pay those cruel taxes, they were thrown into prison.

Lady Godiva asked her husband to have mercy on the people, but her stony-hearted husband showed no pity. Again and again she asked him to be merciful until at last, he answered jokingly.”I will do what you ask only if you will ride naked through the streets of Coventry at noon.”

Lady Godiva rode naked through the empty streets of Coventry the next day. Every door was closed and every window was shuttered. The Lord kept his promise, and lightened the burden of taxes that he laid upon the citizens.

Only one man ,a tailor had watched Lady Godiva as she rode through the streets. He cut

a small hole in the door of his house, and peeped through this hole. The legend says that he

become blind, and he has been known ever since as Peeping Tom.

2)译文：

戈黛娃夫人

戈黛娃夫人是考文垂勋爵的美丽妻子。她住在十一世纪。

根据一个古老的传说，考文垂勋爵对考文垂的人征税很重和不公正。如果他们不支付那些残酷的税，他们就被投入监狱。

戈黛娃夫人要求丈夫怜悯人民，但她那铁石心肠的丈夫却毫不怜悯。她一次又一次地请求他宽宏大量，直到最后，他开玩笑地说：“我会照你的要求去做，只要你能在中午的时候穿上裸奔穿过考文垂大街。”

第二天，戈黛娃夫人赤裸裸地穿过考文垂的空旷街道。每扇门都关上了，所有的窗户都关上了。勋爵遵守了他的诺言，减轻了他在公民身上所负的税收。

只有一个人，一个裁缝在戈黛娃夫人骑马穿过街道时注视着她。他在房子的门上切了个小洞，从这个洞里窥视。传说他失明了，从此他被称为”偷窥的汤姆”。

3)课堂笔记：

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Ladies and gentlemen!（女士们，先生们）

Ladies first (女士优先！)

2.Godiva was the beautiful wife of Lord of Coventry.

Lord 勋爵

3.主从复合句：

If they did not pay these cruel taxes, they were thrown into prison.（条件状语从

句）

一般来说，从句中动词的时态要与主句中的动词时态保持一致。

https://www.360docs.net/doc/ca4735096.html,dy Godiva asked her husband to have mercy on the people, but her

stony-hearted husband showed no pity.(并列句，无主从关系)

have mercy on sb.

Have pity on sb.

Show pity for

Please have mercy on these poor little animals.(注：电视中此处单词拼错)

He showed no pity for the beggar.

5.Again and again she asked him to be merciful, until at last, he answered jokingly,

“I will do what you ask only if you will ride naked through the streets of Coventry at noon.”(多重复合句)

6.He nodded, speechless.(后者为补语)

She lay sick in bed.

7.Only if (语气更加的强烈)

I will do this job only if you pay me.

放于句首时，主谓次序要倒置：

Only if we trust each other can we work together.

Only if you tell me what you think will I accept your decision.

8.Every door was closed and every window was shuttered. (被动语态)

9.The lord kept his promise, and lightened the burden of taxes that he laid upon the

citizens.

Keep one’s promise(守诺言)

Keep one’s word（说话算数）

Keep an appointment（守约）

Keep a schedule (按日程表办事)

Lay upon

Don’t lay the blame upon him.

They laid unjust punishment upon the child.

10.Only one man, a tailor, had watched Lady Godiva as she rode through the

streets.（过去完成时）

As 当什么时候

11.The legend says that he became blind, and he has been known ever since as

Peeping Tom.

注意，三个动词分别用了一般现在时（说的是传说，众所周知的情况），过

去时（故事中的情况，现在完成时（到现时也有影响）。

Ever since(一般出现在现在完成时态中)

Peeping Tom 专有名词，故要大写首字母。

4)附旧课文：

THE COCK CROWS AT MIDNIGHT

When GaoYubao was a child, he worked for a landlord. This landlord was especiallysly and greedy.He made the farmhands work very hard, and gave them little to eat. Naturally, they hated him.

Now this landlord had a cock. The cock had a strange habit. It did not crow at dawn, but at midnight. Every time it began crow, the landlord would shout: “ Get up, you lazy-bones! Get up and go to work.” So the farmhands had a deep hatred for both the landlord and his cock.

Once, at midnight, GaoYubao saw the landlord steal into the courtyard. There the man began to crow, just like a cock. So that was his trick!

When GaoYubao told the other farmhands what he had seen, they were very angry and decided to teach the landlord a lesson.

So the next night, as soon as the landlord stole into the courtyard. GaoYubao cried out, “Stop thief! Stop thief!”

Immediately all the farmhands ran out. They knocked the “thief”down and gave him a good beating. After that, the cock no longer crowed at midnight.

5)附旧课文译文：

午夜鸡叫

当高玉宝还是个孩子的时候，他为一个地主工作。这个地主特别狡猾，特别贪婪。他使农场长们努力工作，给他们吃的很少。自然的，他们恨他。

这个地主有了一只公鸡。那只公鸡有一个奇怪的习惯。它不是在黎明时叫，而是在午夜。每次开始叫，地主都会喊：“起来，懒骨头！起来去工作吧。“于是，长工们对地主和他的公鸡都怀有深深的仇恨。

有一次，午夜时分，高玉宝看到房东偷进了院子。在那里，他开始叫起来，就像一只公鸡。这就是他的把戏！

当高玉宝把他看到的情况告诉其他长工时，他们非常生气，决定教训地主一顿。于是，第二天晚上，地主一溜进院子，高玉宝就喊道：“抓住小偷！抓贼！“长工们立刻都跑了出来。他们把“小偷”打倒了，狠狠地打了他一顿。在那之后，公鸡在午夜不再叫了。

（二）DIALGUE：(对话)

1）原文：

LI MING IS ILL

-Why isn’t Li Ming here today? Is he ill?

-Yes, he is . he has a cold.

-Did he go to see the doctor?

-Yes, he went to the clinic this morning. The doctor said he had a fever and gave him some medicine.

-How does he feel now?

-He feels much better. His temperature is down, but he still has a headache.

-Tell him not to worry about his studies. We’ll help him to catch up when he’s well.

2）对话译文：

李明病了

—李明今天为什么没有来？他病了吗？

—是的，他病了。他得了感冒。

—他去看医生了吗？

—去了，他今天早上去了诊所。医生说他发烧了，给他开了些药。

—现在他感觉怎么样了？

—他觉得好多了。他的体温降下来了，但是头仍然疼。

—告诉他不要担心学习。他好了以后我们会帮助他赶上来的。

3) 课堂笔记：

1．Go to the clinic,

Send for the doctor（请大夫来）

2. the doctor said he had a fever and gave him some medicine.

Take medicine

3. he feels much better. His temperature is down, but he still has a headache.

Feel well

Feel better

His temperature is up.体温上升、

Take one’s temperature 量体温。

Let me take your temperature.

4. tell him not to worry about his studies. We’ll help him to catch up when he’s

well.(从句中，用一般现在时来代替将来时)