BOOK ONE · LESSON 087

A car crash

车祸

A dialogue lesson on the present perfect and past simple tenses. Mr. Wood goes to the garage to collect his car, but the attendant says the mechanics are still working on it. In the garage they discover Mr. Wood's car has crashed into a lamp-post — the attendant tells him that he needs a new car. Workbook practice covers a fill-in-the-blank dialogue and a vocabulary exercise. Grammar exercises practise past tense/past participle forms, asking and answering 'Have you done it yet?' questions, answering 'Have they stopped?' questions, and completing dialogues with present-perfect questions and past-simple answers.

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Lesson 课文

Listen then answer this question.
Can the mechanics repair Mr. Wood's car?
听录音，然后回答问题。修理工能否修复伍德先生的汽车？

Listen to the recording, then answer: Can the mechanics repair Mr. Wood's car?

1
MR. WOOD
Is my car ready yet?
伍德先生：我的汽车修好了吗？
2
ATTENDANT
I don't know, sir.
What's the number
of your car?
服务员：我不知道，先生。您的汽车牌号是多少？
3
MR. WOOD
It's LFZ 312 G.
伍德先生：是 LFZ312G。
4
ATTENDANT
When did you bring it to us?
服务员：您什么时候送来的？
5
MR. WOOD
I brought it here three days ago.
伍德先生：3天前。
6
ATTENDANT
Ah yes, I remember now.
服务员：啊，是的，我现在记起来了。
7
MR. WOOD
Have your mechanics finished yet?
伍德先生：你们的机械师修好了吗？
8
ATTENDANT
No, they're still working on it.
Let's go into the garage
and have a look at it.
服务员：没有，他们还在修呢。我们到车库去看一下吧。
9
ATTENDANT
Isn't that your car?
服务员：这不是您的车吗？
10
MR. WOOD
Well, it was my car.
伍德先生：唔，这曾是我的车。
11
ATTENDANT
Didn't you have a crash?
服务员：您不是出车祸了吧？
12
MR. WOOD
That's right.
I drove it into a lamp-post.
Can your mechanics repair it?
伍德先生：是啊。我把汽车撞在路灯柱上了。你们的机械师能修好吗？
13
ATTENDANT
Well,
they're trying to repair it, sir.
But to tell you the truth,
you need a new car!
服务员：啊，他们正设法修呢，先生。不过说实在的，您需要一辆新车了！

Listening — answer the question

Listen then answer this question. Can the mechanics repair Mr. Wood's car? 听录音，然后回答问题。修理工能否修复伍德先生的汽车？

Answer the question according to the dialogue.

1Can the mechanics repair Mr. Wood's car?

New words & expressions 生词和短语

attendant /əˈtendənt/: n. 接待员
bring /brɪŋ/ (brought /brɔːt/, brought): v. 带来，送来
garage /ˈɡærɑːʒ/: n. 车库，汽车修理厂
crash /kræʃ/: n. 碰撞
lamp-post /læmp-pəʊst/: n. 灯杆，路灯柱
repair /rɪˈpeə/: v. 修理
try /traɪ/: v. 努力，设法

Notes on the text 课文注释

在英文中可以用一般疑问句的否定形式来表示期待、请求或希望得到肯定的答复，如课文中的 Isn't that your car? 和 Didn't you have a crash?

Well, it was my car.
well 是感叹词。在这里表示“哎”。was 用斜体，表示“过去是，现在不是了”。was 要重读。

drive into 是“撞到……”的意思。

they're trying to repair it, 他们正在设法修理。try 后面常接 to + 动词不定式。

参考译文
伍德先生：我的汽车修好了吗？
服务员：我不知道，先生。您的汽车牌号是多少？
伍德先生：是 LFZ312G。
服务员：您什么时候送来的？
伍德先生：3天前。
服务员：啊，是的，我现在记起来了。
伍德先生：你们的机械师修好了吗？
服务员：没有，他们还在修呢。我们到车库去看一下吧。
服务员：这不是您的车吗？
伍德先生：唔，这曾是我的车。
服务员：您不是出车祸了吧？
伍德先生：是啊。我把汽车撞在路灯柱上了。你们的机械师能修好吗？
服务员：啊，他们正设法修呢，先生。不过说实在的，您需要一辆新车了！

Full Chinese reference translation of the lesson dialogue.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

A — Dialogue (fill in the missing words)

Read this dialogue. Fill in the missing words. 读这段对话，填空。

Mr. Wood: ______ morning. Is my car ______ yet?
Attendant: Good ______. I don't ______, sir.
What's the ______ of your ______?
Mr. Wood: ______ LFZ 312 G.
Attendant: When ______ you ______ it in to us, sir?
Mr. Wood: I ______ it in three days ______.
Have your mechanics ______ yet?
Attendant: No, they're ______ ______ on it. ______ go into the ______ and have a ______ at it.

Two minutes later.
Isn't that your ______? And didn't you have a ______?
Mr Wood: Yes, that's ______. I ______ into a lamp-______.
Can your mechanics ______ it?
Attendant: Well, they're ______ to ______ it, sir.
But to ______ you the ______, you need a ______ car!

Fill each blank with the correct word from the dialogue.

Answers are taken from the supplied Lesson 87 key (img/key-085-090.jpg).

1Mr. Wood: ______ morning.

2Is my car ______ yet?

3Good ______.

4I don't ______, sir.

5What's the ______ of your ______? (1st blank)

6What's the ______ of your ______? (2nd blank)

7______ LFZ 312 G.

8When ______ you ______ it in to us, sir? (1st blank)

9When ______ you ______ it in to us, sir? (2nd blank)

10I ______ it in three days ______. (1st blank)

11I ______ it in three days ______. (2nd blank)

12Have your mechanics ______ yet?

13No, they're ______ ______ on it. (1st blank)

14No, they're ______ ______ on it. (2nd blank)

15______ go into the ______ and have a ______ at it. (1st blank)

16______ go into the ______ and have a ______ at it. (2nd blank)

17______ go into the ______ and have a ______ at it. (3rd blank)

18Isn't that your ______?

19And didn't you have a ______?

20Yes, that's ______.

21I ______ into a lamp-______. (1st blank)

22I ______ into a lamp-______. (2nd blank)

23Can your mechanics ______ it?

B — Vocabulary

Choose and write in the correct word. 选词填空。

1. Can you ______ your car into the garage here next week, sir? (take / bring)
2. To ______ you the truth, I haven't finished the work yet. (say / tell)
3. The man is ______ trying to repair my bicycle. (still / yet)
4. The dentist ______ a look at Mr. Croft's teeth. (looked / had)
5. The garage ______ is looking at my car now. (assistant / attendant)
6. The girl ______ her bicycle into a tree. (drove / rode)
7. A car hit my bicycle. Can you ______ it for me? (repair / try)

Choose the correct word for each blank.

Answers are taken from the supplied Lesson 87 key (img/key-085-090.jpg).

11. Can you ______ your car into the garage here next week, sir? (take / bring)

22. To ______ you the truth, I haven't finished the work yet. (say / tell)

33. The man is ______ trying to repair my bicycle. (still / yet)

44. The dentist ______ a look at Mr. Croft's teeth. (looked / had)

55. The garage ______ is looking at my car now. (assistant / attendant)

66. The girl ______ her bicycle into a tree. (drove / rode)

77. A car hit my bicycle. Can you ______ it for me? (repair / try)

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

I. Write the past tense and the past participle of the verbs. 写出下列动词的过去式和过去分词。

Write the past tense and the past participle of each verb. 写出下列动词的过去式和过去分词。

Write the past tense and past participle for each verb.

Answers are taken from the grammar key (PDF viewer page 502).

11. wash

22. see

33. greet

44. buy

55. eat

66. sweep

77. do

88. meet

99. finish

1010. make

II. Ask and answer questions according to the example. 仿照例句提问并回答。

Ask and answer questions according to the example. 仿照例句提问并回答。
Example: 1. You started to do your homework an hour ago. → Have you done it yet? No, I haven't. I'm still doing it.

Write a present-perfect question and a negative answer for each statement, following the example.

Item 1 is a printed example (not editable). Items 2-12 are suggested model answers following the example pattern.

11. You started to do your homework an hour ago.

Have you done it yet? / No, I haven't. I'm still doing it.

22. He started to make a bookcase yesterday.

33. You started to wash the dishes five minutes ago.

44. He started to paint the chairs two days ago.

55. They started to have dinner at six o'clock.

66. You started to repair the table twenty minutes ago.

77. She started to cook the meal at five o'clock.

88. You started to repair my bike two hours ago.

99. Tim started to eat the steak some minutes ago.

1010. She started to clean her shoes ten minutes ago.

1111. They started to look at the pictures after lunch.

1212. He started to read the newspaper an hour ago.

III. Answer the questions according to the example. 仿照例句回答下列问题。

Answer the questions according to the example. 仿照例句回答下列问题。
Example: 1. Have John and Mary stopped working? → John has already stopped, but Mary is still working.

Answer each "Have they stopped?" question with one person having stopped and the other still doing it.

Item 1 is a printed example (not editable). Items 2-6 are suggested model answers following the example pattern.

11. Have John and Mary stopped working?

John has already stopped, but Mary is still working.

22. Have the boys and the girls stopped playing?

33. Have Ann and Peter stopped reading?

44. Have the men and the women stopped talking?

55. Have Jane and Jill stopped listening to the stereo?

66. Have Helen and Dave stopped running?

IV. Complete the dialogues, using the cues given according to the example. 仿照例句用所给的词完成下列对话。

Complete the dialogues, using the cues given according to the example. 仿照例句用所给的词完成下列对话。
Example: 1. your friend / buy a watch / last week → Has your friend bought a watch? Yes, he has. When did he buy it? He bought it last week.

Write the present-perfect question and the past-simple answer for each set of cues, following the example.

Item 1 is a printed example (not editable). Items 2-10 are suggested model answers following the example pattern.

11. your friend / buy a watch / last week

Has your friend bought a watch? / Yes, he has. / When did he buy it? / He bought it last week.

22. you / see the cat / a minute ago

33. they / eat the chicken / yesterday evening

44. she / do the housework / at about four o'clock

55. he / have a cigarette / two minutes ago

66. they / find their books / half an hour ago

77. they / have a party / last Friday evening

88. she / go to the baker's / at nine this morning

99. you / meet your new neighbours / yesterday morning

1010. Sophie / drive a Toyota / a year ago

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A little practice, every day. 每天一点，慢慢积累。