Did you want to tell me something 你想對我說什么嗎?
【課文】
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
【課文翻譯】
牙科醫(yī)生們總是在你無法作出回答的時(shí)候向你提出問題。我的牙科醫(yī)生剛剛給我拔掉了一顆牙，叫我休息一會(huì)兒。我想說點(diǎn)什么，但我嘴里塞滿了藥棉。他知道我收 集火柴盒，于是問我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。接著他又問我的兄弟近來如何，問我是否喜歡倫敦的新工作。作為對這些問題的回答，我不是點(diǎn)頭，就是發(fā)出奇怪的 聲音。與此同時(shí)，我的舌頭正在忙著尋找剛拔掉的那顆牙的傷口。我突然非常著急起來，但卻什么也說不出來。當(dāng)那位牙醫(yī)最后將藥棉從我嘴中取出時(shí)，我總算有可 能告訴他，他拔錯(cuò)了牙。
【生詞和短語】
pull v. 拔
cotton wool 藥棉
collect v. 搜集
collection n. 收藏品，收集品
nod v. 點(diǎn)頭
meanwhile adv. 同時(shí)
【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】
1 Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
與此同時(shí)，我的舌頭正在忙著尋找剛拔掉的那顆牙的傷口。
(1)meanwhile adv. 同時(shí)
meanwhile = at the same time
用法和 however 一樣,不能連接兩個(gè)句子,但是意思上有承接概念
Father was cutting the grass, and meanwhile mother was planting roses.
父親在剪草,母親在種玫瑰。
In the meanwhile, I'll visit an old friend of mine.
與此同時(shí),我將去拜訪我的一位老朋友。
(2)where引導(dǎo)的從句判斷是否是定語從句就看是否和前面的名詞有關(guān)系
where = 介詞 + which
That is the house which I lived in.
That is the house where I lived.
這是我住的房子。
I swim in the river. 那就是我常常游泳的河
This is the river where I swim
where作定語從句的標(biāo)志,修飾前面的hole.
而本句中my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.where是引導(dǎo)狀語從句，因?yàn)樗辉趶木渲凶龀煞�。類似的句子還有：
Don't leave it where the kids can reach it.
不要把它放在孩子們能夠到的地方。
2 In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
作為對這些問題的回答，我不是點(diǎn)頭，就是發(fā)出奇怪的聲音。
(1) either adj. 任一的, 兩方的 adv. 也(用于否定句中)conj. 或者(常用于either...or...的結(jié)構(gòu)中)
You may read either book.
兩本書，你可以讀任一一本。
Either we will find a supply, or we will make the goods.
我們或是尋求供貨，或者自己制造。
If you do not go, I shall not go either.
你不去，我也不去。
(2)in answer to 作為對...的回答
類似短語還有：in return for 作為對...的報(bào)答
In return for your kindness, I would like to invite you to dinner.
作為對你好心的報(bào)答，我想請你吃飯。
3 My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
我的牙科醫(yī)生剛剛給我拔掉了一顆牙，叫我休息一會(huì)兒。
pullv. 拉, 拖, 牽, 拔, 吸引;n. 拉, 拉力, 引力, 劃船, 影響力
The tractor pulls well.
這臺(tái)拖拉機(jī)拉力大。
相關(guān)短語： pull out v.拔出, 離開, 恢復(fù)健康 pull down 拉下, 拆毀 pull away (把 ... )開走, (使)離開
The horse pulled away and took the lead in the race.
這匹馬向前沖并在比賽中取得領(lǐng)先
His long illness had pulled him down.
他因長期患病身體很虛弱。
4 When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
當(dāng)那位牙醫(yī)最后將藥棉從我嘴中取出時(shí)，我總算有可 能告訴他，他拔錯(cuò)了牙。
remove v. 消除, 脫掉, 免除, 搬遷
(1)詞義辨析：move、remove
move: 普通用詞，指從一處到另一處的任何距離的轉(zhuǎn)移。
remove: 作“移動(dòng)”解時(shí)，與move可換用，還可指撤職或開除學(xué)藉等。
He removed the mud from his shoes.
他去掉鞋上的泥。
That officer must be removed.
那位官員必須免職。
(2)相關(guān)短語：remove from 除掉, 遷移 remove to 搬到 ... remove oneself v. 走開 remove into 搬進(jìn), 移進(jìn)
His family moved/removed to the suburbs.
他的一家搬到郊區(qū)去了。
How can we remove the husk of the grains?
我們怎樣去掉谷物的外皮?
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