老师10点来了，结果论坛那时候坏了。老师把文档给我了。我复制如下：
今天论坛是不是出问题了，呵呵，10点多的时候我没上来。明天回答大家的问题。
另外，本周日开英语角 大家觉得怎么样？
Lesson 40:Food and talk
进餐与交谈
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner?
Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"
New words and expressions 生词和短语
hostess n. 女主人
unsmiling adj. 不笑的，严肃的
tight adj. 紧身的
fix v. 凝视
globe n. 地球
despair n. 绝望
参考译文
在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人，穿一件紧身的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个话题和她聊聊。
“一出新剧要来‘环球剧场’上演了，”我说，“您去看吗？”
“不，”她回答。
“您今年去国外度假吗？”我又问。
“不，”她回答。
“您就呆在英国吗？”我问。
“不，”她回答。
失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。
“年轻人，”她回答说，“如果你多吃点，少说点，我们两个都会吃得好的！”
Ⅰ. 振振有“词”
1. tight
adj. 紧的， 紧张的
You have been wearing those tight shoes for years. 你多年来一直都穿着那双很紧的皮鞋。
I’m sorry, I’m afraid I can’t visit your place, for I have a very tight schedule.
对不起， 我不能去你那儿， 因为我非常忙。
adv. 紧紧地
Hold me tight. 抱紧我。
The new cop held the gun very tight. 这个新来的警察紧紧地握着枪。
→ v. tighten 使…紧
tighten one’s belt 节约， 节衣缩食
I’ve lost my job so I have to tighten my belt to make ends meet.
我失业了， 所以得节衣缩食来保持收支平衡。
2. fix
v. 安装 （强调使某物在位置、 状态、 特征上固定）
Dan has fixed the IKEA shelf on the wall. 丹已经把宜家的书架安在墙上了。
Why are you always fixing your eyes on me? 你干吗总是盯着我看？
Would you please fix your attention on your study? 你能不能把注意力放在学习上？
fix的其他一些用法：
Let’s fix a time for the group meeting. 咱们给小组会议定个时间吧。
My watch has stopped. It needs fixing. 我的表停了， 需要修修了。
I am trying to fix the dinner for the guests. 我在尽力给客人们做好晚饭。
3. despair
v. 使…失望， 失望于…
During the war, the soldiers despaired of coming back home. 战时， 士兵们已经放弃了回家的希望。
Haven’t you despaired of his wait?鄄and?鄄see attitude? 难道你对他那不闻不问的态度就不失望吗？
n. 失望
We went back all the way in despair after the football match. 足球赛后， 我们一路失望而归。
★可与despair搭配的动词有： fall into despair = sink into despair = get into despair
Ⅱ. 现身说“法”： 虚拟语气
对事物的实在性作相反的假设、 想像、 愿望、 建议的句法称为虚拟语气。由此定义可以了解到虚拟语气的基本特征就是： 要设定一个“条件”， 然后就此条件表达想像、 假设或愿望等。它是一种非真实条件句。
课文中的最后一句是： “If you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner.”大家都知道课文故事中的男士一直找话题想和Mrs. Rumbold交谈， 他是说得多，吃得少， 所以夫人的这句话就是一种反说以及在此条件上的想像。
在本课中， 我们只接触到了与现在事实相反的用法：
If I were a little bird, I could fly out of here. 如果我是只小鸟， 就能飞出这里了。
（可惜事实是： 你插翅难飞）
If he had enough money, he wouldn’t drop out. 如果他有足够多的钱， 他就不会辍学了。
（事实是他辍学了）
用法补充
could能力， 可能 / should义务， 责任 / would意志， 决心 / might推想
Ⅲ. 说“文”解“字”
1. The hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.
next to, beside, at, by, close to, near, next?鄄door, nearby, around 等都可以表达“在附近”。
The man next to me was talking loudly. 坐在我旁边的那个男人在大声喧哗。
They used to live next door to the prison. 他们过去住在监狱的隔壁。
They are standing at the window. 他们就站在窗前。
They sang songs by the campfire. 他们围着篝火在唱歌。
How near is the subway station to here? 地铁站离这里有多远？
Is there a booth nearby? 附近有电话亭吗？
2. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating.
“be busy （in） + 动名词”， 意思是“忙于做某事”， 也可以用“be busy with + 名/代” 来表达， 更简洁。
She’s busy striking a pose in front of a wall of newsmen. 她忙着在一堆记者前面摆姿势呢。
The lawyer is busy filing a lawsuit against the company. 这个律师正忙着告那家公司呢。
She’s busy with her homework. 她正忙作业呢。
The lawyer is busy with a case. 这个律师正忙一个案件呢。
3. “A new play is coming to ‘The Globe’ soon,” I said. “Will you be seeing it?”
（1） 用现在进行时来表示接近的未来，“即将会”。
（2） 用将来进行时指发生的可能性较大。
Ⅰ. 英语趣园
Table Manner 西方用餐礼仪
1. The host will tell you where to sit, or you ask.
在西式的宴会中, 主人会为客人编好座位。如果主人没有告诉你坐哪儿， 不妨询问。
2. Wait for others to start eating. Many families will pray first.
等各位客人就座后方开始进餐。 有些家庭会先祈祷。
3. Food is passed to the right. When it’s passed to you, please say, “Thank You.”
食物是从左传向右的， 接过盘子， 道声谢。
4. Try a little of everything. Do not take a lot of anything. If you do not want something, just pass it on.
每款菜式都应试试， 不要吃得太多。 如果真的不想吃， 让它传过就可以了。
5. Do not season your food before you have tasted it.
在未尝食物的味道前请不要调味。
6. Do not talk with food in your mouth. Although it is possible to talk with a small piece of food in your mouth, do not talk with your mouth full. Wait until you have swallowed everything before talking.
口中有食物时不宜谈话。 虽然你可以在吃小块食物时谈话， 但切忌在满口食物时这样做。你应该把它吞下再说话。
作业1
1. I don’t think that I shall fail. But if I ______, I would try again.
A. should fail B. would fail C. failed D. had failed
2. If I ______ twenty years old, I ______ the course of computer science.
A. was; would take B. were; would take
C. would be; had taken D. am; will take
3. If I ______ you, I ______ more attention to English idioms and phrases.
A. was; shall pay B. am; will pay
C. would be; would pay D. were; would pay
4. —Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?
—I ______, but I had an unexpected visitor.
A. had B. would C. was going to D. did
5. Without electricity human life ______ quite different today.
A. is B. will be C. would have been D. would be
6. ______ weather permits, we’ll have an outing.
A. For B. Though C. While D. If
7. The bell will ring ______ there is a fire.
A. even B. that C. if D. although
8. ______ your composition carefully, some spelling mistakes can be avoided.
A. Having checked B. Check C. If you check D. To check
作业2 猜词
1 among or surrounded by things
2 to make people understand what you mean without saying it directly
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