BOOK ONE · LESSON 115

Knock, knock! 敲敲门！

敲敲门！

A knock at the door turns out to be no one at all. Helen invites Jim to have lunch in the garden. The lesson covers 'anyone/anybody', 'anything/anything', 'nothing/nobody/nowhere', 'invite', 'impossible' and 'joke'.

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Lesson 课文

1
HELEN
Isn't there anyone at home?
家里没有人吗？
2
JIM
I'll knock again, Helen. Everything's very quiet. I'm sure there's no one at home.
我再敲一次，海伦。静悄悄的。我敢肯定家里没有人。
3
HELEN
But that's impossible. Carol and Tom invited us to lunch. Look through the window.
但这是不可能的。卡罗尔和汤姆邀请我们来吃午饭。从窗子往里面看看。
4
JIM
Nothing at all.
什么也没看见。
5
HELEN
Can you see anything?
你能看见什么吗？
6
JIM
Let's try the back door.
让我们到后门去试试。
7
HELEN
Look! Everyone's in the garden.
瞧！大家都在园子里。
8
TOM
Hello, Helen. Hello, Jim. Everybody wants to have lunch in the garden. It's nice and warm out here.
你们好，海伦。你们好，吉姆。大家想坐在院子里吃午饭。这里既美丽又暖和。
9
CAROL
Come and have something to drink, Jim.
来喝点什么，吉姆。
10
JIM
Thanks, Carol. May I have a glass of beer, please?
谢谢你，卡罗尔。请给我来一杯啤酒，好吗？
11
CAROL
Beer? There's none left. You can have some lemonade.
啤酒？一点也没有了。你可以喝些柠檬水。
12
JIM
Lemonade!
柠檬水！
13
TOM
Don't believe her, Jim. She's only joking. Have some beer!
别信她的，吉姆。她只是开玩笑的。请喝点啤酒吧！

New words & expressions 生词和短语

anyone /'eniwʌn/: pron. 任何人（用于疑问句、否定式）
knock /nɒk/: v. 敲，打
invite /in'vait/: v. 邀请
everything /'evriθiŋ/: pron. 一切事物
quiet /'kwaɪət/: adj. 寂静的，安静的
anything /'eniθiŋ/: pron. 任何东西
impossible /im'pɒsəbl/: adj. 不可能的
nothing /'nʌθiŋ/: pron. 什么也没有
lemonade /'lemə'nɑːd/: n. 柠檬水
joke /dʒəuk/: v. 开玩笑

Notes on the text 课文注释

1. Isn't there anyone at home? 家里没有人吗？

在英语中，由 some, any, no, every 与 -one, -thing 组成的复合词，起代词作用，常被称为不定代词，这是因为我们常常不清楚其所指的是谁或什么。

2. nice and ...

用于形容词或副词前面以加强语气，一般表示褒义，但有时也用于贬义。

3. There's none left.

一点都没剩下。句中的 left 是个过去分词，用来修饰 none。

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

Practice A: Look at the dialogue on Students' Book page 233 and answer these questions.

Look at the dialogue on Students' Book page 233 and answer these questions. 看第 233 页上的对话，然后回答以下问题。

看第 233 页上的对话，然后回答以下问题。

Workbook L115 A: Expected answers from the workbook answer key.

1What does Helen ask Jim?

2Is everything very quiet?

3Is Jim sure there's someone at home?

4What did Carol and Tom invite them to do?

5What does Helen tell Jim to do?

6What does Helen ask him?

7What can he see? Anything?

8Does she suggest they try the back door?

9How does she say it?

10Who's in the back garden?

11Where does everybody want to have lunch?

12Why do they want to have lunch there?

13Does Jim want something to drink?

14What does Carol say about beer?

15What can Jim have instead of beer?

16Carol's joking, isn't she?

Practice B: Vocabulary — Choose and write in the correct verb

Choose and write in the correct verb. 选择正确的动词填空。

选择正确的动词填空。

KnockLookinvitetelljokingget offdrive

Workbook L115 B: Choose and write in the correct verb.

1Is there anyone at home? ... at the door. (Knock / Look)

2Let's ... all our friends to a party! (tell / invite)

3Of course there's some wine left. You're ..., aren't you? (telling / joking)

4This is Trafalgar Square. You must ... here, said the conductor. (get off / drive)

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

Grammar I: Answer the questions according to the examples

仿照例句回答下列问题。

I.1 (a-j) What did you ...? I.2 (a-j) Who did you ...? I.3 (a-j) What's/Who's ...? Items 1a, 2a, 3a and 3b are printed examples.

11a. What did you see?

I didn't see anything. I saw nothing.

21b. What did you say?

31c. What did you hear?

41d. What did you write?

51e. What did you read?

61f. What did you drink?

71g. What did you do?

81h. What did you eat?

91i. What did you lose?

101j. What did you buy?

112a. Who did you see?

I didn't see anybody. I saw nobody.

122b. Who did you tell?

132c. Who did you hear?

142d. Who did you ask?

152e. Who did you meet?

162f. Who did you help?

172g. Who did you find?

182h. Who did you telephone?

192i. Who did you remember?

202j. Who did you write to?

213a. What's beautiful in the house?

Everything in the house is beautiful.

223b. Who's absent today? (present)

Nobody is absent today. Everybody is present.

233c. What's cheap in the shop?

243d. Who's lazy in the class? (hard-working)

253e. Who's short in the family? (tall)

263f. What's dirty in the bag?

273g. What's new in the box?

283h. Who's ill in the office? (very well)

293i. What's fresh at the greengrocer's?

303j. Who's unhappy at the party? (happy)

Grammar II: Answer the questions according to the examples

仿照例句回答下列问题。

Items 1 and 2 are printed examples with both affirmative and negative model answers. Items 3-10 follow the same pattern.

1Is there anything in the glass?

Yes, there is. There is something in the glass. / No, there isn't. There isn't anything in the glass. There is nothing in the glass.

2Is there anyone in the office?

Yes, there is. There is someone in the office. / No, there isn't. There isn't anyone in the office. There is no one in the office.

3Is there anything in the water?

4Is there anyone in the house?

5Is there anything in the basket?

6Is there anyone in the building?

7Is there anything in the case?

8Is there anyone in the library?

9Is there anything in the bag?

10Is there anyone in the kitchen?

Grammar III: Fill in the blanks with 'somewhere', 'anywhere', 'everywhere' or 'nowhere'

用 somewhere, anywhere, everywhere 或 nowhere 填空。

Dialogue about looking for a lost watch; 8 blanks.

1Yes, I'm looking for my watch. I left it ___ this morning.

2I looked ___ in my office, but I couldn't find it ___.

3I looked everywhere in my office, but I couldn't find it ___.

4Can it be ___ in your room?

5I'm sure it must be ___ in my room, and I've looked ___ in the room for an hour...

6I've looked somewhere in the room for an hour, but still I can't find it ___.

7I've looked everywhere in the room for an hour, but still I can't find it ___.

8It isn't in my office and it isn't in my room. It's ___! I've lost it!

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