BOOK ONE · LESSON 133

Sensational news! 爆炸性新闻！

爆炸性新闻！

A dialogue lesson in which a reporter interviews the film star Karen Marsh, who says she has just made a new film but is going to retire because she feels very tired. Kate and Liz then read about the news in a newspaper, and the reporter's account is reported in indirect (reported) speech. The story introduces the structures for reported speech: 'Let's ...', 'She told me she had just made a new film' (tense backshift), and 'I wonder why!'. The workbook drills comprehension of the dialogue and the newspaper article, and choosing between 'told' and 'said'; the grammar workbook changes direct speech into indirect speech.

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Lesson 课文

Listen to the tape then answer this question. What reasons did Karen Marsh give for wanting to retire? 听录音，然后回答问题。卡伦·马什说她为什么想要退休？

听录音，然后回答问题。卡伦·马什说她为什么想要退休？

1
REPORTER
Have you just made a new film, Miss Marsh?
您刚拍完一部新电影吗，马什小姐？
2
MISS MARSH
Yes, I have.
是的，我刚拍完。
3
REPORTER
Are you going to make another?
您准备再拍一部吗？
4
MISS MARSH
No, I'm not.
不，我不准备拍了。
5
MISS MARSH
I'm going to retire.
我准备退休了。
6
MISS MARSH
I feel very tired.
我感觉累得很。
7
MISS MARSH
I don't want to make another film for a long time.
我早就不想再拍片子了。
8
KATE
Let's buy a newspaper, Liz.
我们买份报纸吧，莉兹。
9
KATE
Listen to this!
你听这段：
10
KATE
'Karen Marsh: Sensational News! By our reporter, Alan Jones.
「卡伦·马什：爆炸性新闻！由本报记者艾伦·琼斯报导。
11
KATE
Karen Marsh arrived at London Airport today.
卡伦·马什今天到达伦敦机场。
12
KATE
She was wearing a blue dress and a mink coat.
她穿着一身蓝色的套装和一件貂皮大衣。
13
KATE
She told me she had just made a new film.
她告诉我她刚拍完一部新片子。
14
KATE
She said she was not going to make another.
她说不准备再拍电影了。
15
KATE
She said she was going to retire.
她说她准备退休。
16
KATE
She told reporters she felt very tired and didn't want to make another film for a long time.'
她告诉记者她感到很疲劳，早就不想再拍电影了。」
17
LIZ
I wonder why!
我很想知道为什么。

New words & expressions 生词和短语

reporter /rɪ'pɔːtə/: n. 记者
sensational /sen'seɪʃənəl/: adj. 爆炸性的，耸人听闻的
mink coat /mɪŋk kəʊt/: n. 貂皮大衣

Notes on the text 课文注释

1. Let's = Let us.

常用于第一人称的祈使句中，用来表示请求、建议、命令。

2. She told me she had just made a new film.

这是间接引语的又一个例子，这句话中含有一个用过去时引述动词的结构。如果我们对一下马什小姐对记者说的话（直接引语）和报上刊载的记者的复述（间接引语），就不难发现，间接引语的动词时态往往要倒移。而这种倒移的普遍规则是：现在时变成过去时，现在完成时变成过去完成时。

3. I wonder why!

我很想知道为什么。

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Practice 练习

Practice A: Comprehension

Look at the dialogue on Students' Book page 269 and answer these questions. Now answer these questions about the newspaper article. 参见学生用书第269页上的对话，然后回答以下问题。再根据报上文章回答以下问题。

参见学生用书第269页上的对话，然后回答以下问题。再根据报上文章回答以下问题。

12 comprehension questions: 6 about the dialogue and 6 about the newspaper article.

1Who is interviewing Karen Marsh?

2Has she just made a new film?

3Is she going to make another film?

4What is she going to do?

5How does she feel?

6Does she want to make another film for a long time?

7What did Karen Marsh do today?

8What was she wearing?

9What did she tell Alan Jones about making a new film?

10What did she say about making another one?

11Did she say she was going to retire?

12What did she tell reporters?

Practice B: Vocabulary

Write in the verb told or said in these sentences. 用 told 或 said 填空。

用 told 或 said 填空。

5 fill-in items choosing told or said.

1The reporter ___ me that he had interviewed a famous actress.

2She ___ that she had some sensational news.

3They ___ us they were going abroad soon.

4He ___ that his wife was a teacher.

5The boy ___ his mother he didn't want to go to school.

BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION

Grammar 语法练习

Grammar I: Change the direct speech into indirect speech

仿照例句将下列直接引语改为间接引语。

10 direct-to-indirect speech items; item 1 ('I want some coffee.' He said that → He said that he wanted some coffee.) is the printed example. The key gives only the clause after 'that'.

1'I want some coffee.' He said that

he wanted some coffee.

2'She's too young to go to school.' He said that

3'I'm not feeling well.' She said that

4'We have finished the work.' They said that

5'They saw you at the meeting.' He said that

6'I'm coming to China soon.' She said that

7'The weather is going to change.' I said that

8'I'm working hard.' She said that

9'We did it.' They said that

10'She is waiting for a bus.' He said that

Grammar II: Change the direct speech into indirect speech

将下列直接引语改为间接引语。

10 direct-to-indirect speech items with 'told' stems. The key gives only the clause after 'that'.

1'Mr. Brown is the winner,' he said to me. He told me that

2'I'm sure that you are wrong,' he said to her. He told her that

3'I ran faster than Bob,' he said to them. He told them that

4'We have done it before,' they said to us. They told us that

5'You swam very well,' she said to him. She told him that

6'I've got a bad headache and a temperature,' she said to the doctor. She told the doctor that

7'We are sorry to hear she has not been well,' he said to her mother. He told her mother that

8'I don't want anything else,' I said to them. I told them that

9'I waited for an hour and then I went home,' he said to her. He told her that

10'I have already read half of the book you gave me,' she said to him. She told him that

BACK TO THE BOOK

Original sources 原始资料

Open the original pages to compare your work. 点击链接查看原文。

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