新概念第二册自学导读 Lesson89

6．We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was…
我们都明白那个可怜的应该说些什么，而他实际说的却是……

用should+have+过去分词表示过去应当做而并没有做的事时，它后面经常跟but（actually）以形成对比：

I should have left home before  9 o'clock, but actually I didn't.

我本该在9点以前离开家，但实际上我没有。

You should have written the word‘too’, but what you actually wrote was‘to’.

你本该写“too”，但实际上你却写了“to”。

词汇学习 Word study

1．free与single

（1）free可以表示“免费的”、“无偿的”：

The girl‘gave’her mother a free dress once a week!

那姑娘每星期“送”她母亲一件免费的衣服！

She has got some free tickets to the comedy show.

她有这场喜剧表演的一些免费入场券。

free还可以表示“自由的”、“没束缚的”、“不受控制的”、“空闲的”等含义：

You are free to make your own decision.

你有权作出自己的决定。

I'm free on Friday evening.

我星期五晚上有空。

（2）single可以指人“单身的”、“独身的”、“未婚的”：

I enjoy being single.

我喜欢独身生活。

Are you married or single?

你结婚了还是单身？

There are more and more single women in modern cities.

现代城市里单身女人越来越多了。

a single parent单亲（独自一人养育儿女的父亲或母亲）

2．queue与row

（1）queue可以作不及物动词，表示“排队”：

We had to queue for hours to get in.

我们不得不排了好几个小时队才进了场内。

She has to queue for the bus every morning.

她每天早上都得排队等公共汽车。（通常与for连用）

queue也可以作名词，表示按顺序等待的人、车等的“行列”、“队”：

There's a long queue/line of people waiting for the bus.

人们排着长队等公共汽车。

We'd better join the queue for tickets.

我们最好加入买票的队伍。

（2）row可以指人或物的“一排”、“一行”，通常为横的（queue通常为纵队）：

You can see me in this old photo, standing in the back row.

你可以在这张老照片中找到我，我当时站在后排。

Please put the desks in four rows.

请把课桌摆成4排。

3．funny adj.

（1）funny通常表示“有趣的”、“滑稽的”、“逗人发笑的”，与amusing同义：

I don't find Jim's jokes very funny.

我并不觉得吉姆的笑话很有趣。

He included a large number of funny stories in his speech.

他在演讲词里面加进了大量逗人的故事。

（2）在口语中，funny也可以表示“反常的”、“古怪的”、“奇怪的”等含义：

I thought there was something funny about the parcel, so I phoned the police.

我觉得那个包裹有点古怪，所以就给警察打了电话。

This morning I saw her wearing a funny hat which looked like a lightouse.

今天上午我看见她戴了一顶滑稽的、看上去像个灯塔的帽子。

练习答案 Key to written exercises

1．关键句型练习答案

C 1 must not  2 need not

D 1 had to go  2 should have gone  3 should begin

2．难点练习答案

A 1 queue  2 single

B (sample sentences)

1 It was so funny that I still laugh whenever I think about it!

2 It's funny (that) he hasn't replied to your letter.

3．多项选择题答案

1a  2a  3d  4a  5d  6d

7a  8d  9b  10d  11d  12b