逐句精讲新概念英语第二册第54课 黏糊的手指

逐句精讲新概念英语第二册:第54课黏糊的手指
Lesson 54: Sticky fingers
新概念英语2课文内容：
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
本文语法：复习some和any的用法
(请参考Lesson 6和Lesson 30的分析讲解)
新概念英语2逐句精讲:
1、After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went lo the shops.
早饭后，我先送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。

语言点 sent the children to school 一般为由第三者帮忙送孩子到学校。

2、It was still early when I returned home.
我回到家时，时间还早。

语言点本句包含由when引导的时间状语从句。

3、The children were at school, my husband was al work and the house was quiet.
孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。

以下短语常常不加定冠词：
at work 在工作;at school 在上学;at hospital 在住院;go to school 去上学;go to church 去做礼拜;go to market 去赶集;go to prison 去坐牢;go to hospital 去看病;go to court 打官司
4、So I decided to make some meat pies.
于是我决定做些肉饼。

语言点 make some meat pies 做一些肉饼;knead dough 揉面
5、In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
不一会儿我就忙着揉黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。

语言点1 be busy mixing sth.忙着搅拌
语言点2 were covered with…是被动语态形式。

例：The road is covered with frost.路面上瘦盖着一层霜。

6、At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.
恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。

语言点 exactly用于加强语气，表示“正好，恰好在……时候”。

7、Nothing could have been more annoying.
没有什么能比这更让人心烦了。

语言点本句包含典型的”can/could+have+过去分词”的结构，表示”没有……比这更……了”：
No one could have been fatter.没有人比这个人更胖了。

Nothing could have been cheaper.没有什么东西比这更便宜了。

No face could have been uglier.没有哪一张脸比这张更丑了。

8、I picked up the receiver between two slicky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.
我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。

当我听出是海伦.贝茨的声音时，我非常沮丧。

语言点 1) pick sth. up把某物捡起来
2) pick sb. up 接某人
3) pick up领取;自然习得：Where did you pick up those tricks?你从哪儿学到的这些骗人的花招?
9. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.
我花了10分钟的时间才说服她过一小会儿再打电话过来。

语言点这是一个典型的it作形式主语的句式结构，真正的主语是to persuade her to ring back later. 原句可改为：To persuade her to ring back later took me ten minutes.很明显，由不定式构成的主语太长，显得头重脚轻。

10. At last I hung up the receiver.
我终于挂上了话筒。

语言点 hung up表示“挂线”;而hanged up则是“上吊”。

11. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs.
真是糟糕透了!我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上，都沾上了面糊
语言点前一句由what引导的感叹句;后一句是there be句型。

12. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。

语言点1 no sooner... than…一就”(见 Lesson 38)
语言点2 enough的用法总结：
1) enough修饰名词时，放在被修饰词的前面或后面;
2) enough修饰形容词或者副词时，一定要放在被修饰词的后面;
3) enough to do sth.足以用来做某事。

He is rich enough to buy the whole city.他富有得可以买下整个城市
了。

I am smart enough to pass the examination.我很聪明，足够可以顺利通过这个考试。

语言点3 “the +形容词”表示一类人：the dead死人;the rich富人;the young年轻人;the blind瞎子
13. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
参考翻译这次是邮递员在敲门，他要我签收一封挂号信!
语言点 registered letter挂号信。