新概念第三册自学导读 Lessons11

Key structures关键句型

He said that . . . He told me . . . He asked me . . . 间接引语 (IKS 87) （参见第2册第87课关键句型）

Exercise练习

Answer these questions:

Lines 16-17

What did the Customs Officer tell the writer he should have done?  Why did he tell the writer this?

Lines 18-19

What did the writer tell the Customs Officer?

Line 21

What did he tell the Customs Officer to do?

Special difficulties难点

Capital letters大写字母

Note how capital letters have been used in these sentences:

The train came into the station. It arrived at five o'clock.

George lives in Canada. He is Canadian. He is not an American.

I'll see you on Tuesday, January 14th.

Have you read Great Expectations?

Exercise练习

Write this paragraph again using full stops and capital letters where necessary:

because tim jones cannot speak french or german he never enjoys travelling abroad last march, however, he went to denmark and stayed in copenhagen he said he spent most of his time at the tivoli which is one of the biggest funfairs in the world at thetivoli you can enjoy yourself very much even if you don't speak danish.

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Comprehension理解

1  What makes really honest people feel guilty when going through Customs? 

a．Having five hundred gold watches hidden in their suitcases.

b．The particularly officious way Customs Officers always ask questions.

c．The fact that they are treated as potential smugglers.

d．Carrying things which are not exempt from import duty.

2  What made the Customs Officer's face light up?

a．Knowing how difficult it would be for the writer to close his case.

b．Seeing the bottle of hair gel which he could charge duty on.

c．The idea of having found something which should have been declared.

d．Discovering an unopened bottle of perfume at the bottom of the case.

3  The writer was in a hurry to get away because ______ .

a．he had grown impatient at having taken so long to get through Customs

b．he was anxious to get away from the unpleasant smell

c．he was afraid he might still be stopped for smuggling

d．he was trying to escape with precious chalk marks

Structure结构

4  The Customs Officer asked him ______  he had anything to declare. (1. 9)

a．that

b．what3 

c．for

d．whether

5  ‘Have you anything to declare? ’ he asked, looking ______ . (1. 9)

a．direct to me

b．me directly

c．directly at me

d．in my direction

6  ‘Would you ______ __please? ’ (1. 11)

a．unlock kindly this suitcase

b．kindly unlock this suitcase

c．unlock this suitcase kindly

d．be kind to unlock this suitcase

7  He told him he ______ it. (1. 16)

a．ought to have declared

b．must have declared

c．had to declare

d．needed to declare

8  ______ the cap, the Officer put the bottle to his nostrils. (1. 22)

a．Having unscrewed

b．Unscrewed

c．Being unscrewed

d．With unscrewedVocabulary词汇

9  Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days. They are ______ . (1  1)

a．tolerable

b．placid

c．easy-going

d．negligent

10  A hardened professional smuggler feels ______ his behaviour. (11. 4-5)

a．unashamed of

b．unwronged by

c．unshocked by

d．guiltless of

11  As I expected, he was ______ . (1. 20)

a．incomprehensible

b．incredible

c．incredulous 

d．sceptical

12  I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my ______ . (11. 23-24)

a．handbags

b．luggage

c．casement

d．equipment