新概念2第89课

Lesson89AslipoftongueWarmingupDescribeanoccasionwhenyouorsomeoneyouknowhasmade“aslipoftongue”.巴拉克·奥巴马BarackObamaDuringthebuild-uptotheUSelection,BarackObamafacedallegationsthathewasaMuslim。在准备美国大选期间，有公众指责巴拉克·奥巴马是伊斯兰教徒。Althoughtheclaimwascompletelyfalse,somepoliticalopponentswantedtolinkthePresident-electwithareligiousgroupthatisnottrustedbymanyAmericans。然而这种断言是完全错误的，一些反对派想要把总统大选跟美国民众不相信的宗教团体联系在一起。InaninterviewontheABCnetwork,Obamareferredto“myMuslimfaith”bymistake。在ABC网采访他的时候，他口误说成了“我的穆斯林信仰”。Hequicklycorrectedhimselfbysayingthathemeant,“myChristianfaith”。他很快更正，表示“我的信仰是基督教”。乔治布什GeorgeW.BushGeorgeW.Bushissofamousforhisslipsofthetonguethatatermwascreatedtodescribethem–Bushisms乔治布什以他口误时造出的词-布什主义而闻名于世。In2004,hemistakenlysuggestedthathewasouttoharmhisowncountry:“Ourenemiesareinnovativeandresourceful,andsoarewe。2004年他有次口误竟说他伤害了他自己的国家：“我们的敌人是革新和谋略，我们也是国家的敌人。Theyneverstopthinkingaboutnewwaystoharmourcountryandourpeople,andneitherdowe。”“他们一直挖空心思用新方式伤害我们的国家和我们的人民，我们也一样。”菲利普亲王PrincePhilipThehusbandoftheQueenofEnglandisnotoriousforhisgaffeswhileonstatevisitstoothercountries。这位英国女皇的丈夫以他在别国访问时的失态臭名昭着。HeisoftenridiculedintheUKforhisembarrassingcommentshemakeswhentalkingtopeople。在英国，他经常会因跟别人说话的时的那些令人难堪的话语被嘲笑。HeoncetoldthePresidentofNigeria,whowasdressedintraditionalclothes,“Youlooklikeyou’rereadyforbed。”他曾经跟身着民族服饰的尼日利亚总统说：“你看起来正准备要去睡觉。”slipn.小错误comedyn.喜剧presentv.演出；adj.出席，到场的queuev.排队dulladj.枯燥，无味artisten.艺人artistn.艺术家advertisern.报幕员;广告商Words(littlemistake)makeaslipslipofthepen/tongue笔误/口误eg.Imeantowrite'week'not'weak'--itwasjustaslipofthepen.←→tragedy1)vi.排队Shehastoqueueforthebuseverymorning.2)n.(按顺序等待的人、车等的)行列、队(通常为纵队)We’dbetterjointhequeuefortickets.对比:rown.(人或物的)一排、一行(通常为横的)Pleaseputthedesksinfourrows.advertisev.登/做广告advertisementn.广告=ad.Answerthequestions:1.Whatwillpeopledoanythingfor?Forafreeshow.2.Whatnewsgotround?Thatacomedyshowwouldbepresentatthelocalcinema.3.Howlongdidwehavetoqueuetogetit?Forhours.4.Whatwastheshowlike?Oneofthedullestwehaveeverseen.5.Whomdidtheonlyfunnythingscomefrom?Theadvertiser.6.Whendideverybodyburstoutlaughing?Assoonasheopenedhismouth.Text-readinganything用于肯定句时表示“不论什么，任何事情”，toseeafreeshow表示目的，也可以用for+名词形式：eg.Hewilldoanythingtosavehischild’slife.Hewilldoanythingforthechild.1.evenif即使,纵然=eventhougheg.Iwouldn'tlosecourageevenifIshouldfailtentimes.though,as;howeverPeoplewilldoanythingtoseeafreeshow--evenifitisabadone.2.getround=getaround/about四处传遍,(消息、谣言等)传开Thewordsoongotroundthattherewasburiedtreasureinthatcave.Badnewsgetsroundquickly.WhenthenewsgotroundthatacomedyshowwouldbepresentedatourlocalcinemabytheP.andU.BirdSeedCompany,weallrushedtoseeit.musthavedone对过去的肯定的猜测如：Itmusthaverainedlastnight,forthegroundiswet.Youmusthavebeenmadtospeaktotheservant.Wehadtoqueueforhourstogetinandtheremusthavebeenseveralhundredpeoplepresentjustbeforetheshowbegan.Thosewhofailedtogetinneednothavefeltdisappointed,asmanyoftheartisteswhoshouldhaveappeareddidnotcome.3.failtodo未能…未完成…TheVanGoghfailedtoreachitsreserveandwaswithdrawn.凡高的画因出价未达拍卖底价而收回。needn‘thavedone本来不需要做某事却做了（对过去的虚拟）should/oughttohavedone本不应该做某事却做了4.burstout突然...起来burstoutdoingburstin/into+n.(laughter)Heburstoutcryinglikeachild.他像孩子一样忽然哭起来Assoonasheopenedhismouth,everyoneburstoutlaughing.musthavedone(1)musthavedone表示对过去事情的推测，把握性较大，通常只用于肯定句中。若对过去事情作否定的推测，须用can’t/couldn’thavedone。Hemusthavewaitedhereforalongtime.他一定在这里等了很长时间了。Youmusthaveseentheplaylastweek.上周你一定看了这部戏。Youcouldn’thaveseentheplaylastweek.上周你不可能看了这部戏。情态动词must/may/might/should/oughtto/needn't+havedone（2）may(might)havedone也是表示对过去事情的猜测，但把握性不大。Theymayhavefinishedthework.他们也许已完成了工作。注：mighthavedone和couldhavedone还有“本可以做……（实际没做）”之意。Youmightatleasthaveansweredmyletter.你本可能给我回信。（本可以，但没有）Youcouldhavemadegreaterprogress.你本可以取得更大的进步。（有能力，但却没有）（3）should(oughtto)havedone表示“本应该做，但并没有做”，用oughtto语气强一些。Ishouldhavethoughtofit.我本应该想到这一点。（但并没想到）Weoughttohavegivenyoumorehelp.我们本应该给你更多的帮助。（但并没有给予更多）Theyshouldn’thaveleftsosoon.他们本不应该那么快离开。（但已离开了）4）needn’thavedone表示“本来不必做的事却做了”。Therewasplentyoftime.Heneedn’thavehurried.当时时间还很充足，他本没必要那么匆匆忙忙的。【SpecialDifficulties】FreeandSingleFree①adj.免费的，无偿的Shehasgotsomefreetickettothecomedyshow.Thepeoplearefreetochoosewhowillgovernthem.②adj.自由的，没束缚的，不受控制的，空闲的Youarefreetomakeyourowndecision.singleadj.单身的，独身的，未婚的Areyoumarriedorsingle?asingleparent单亲(独自养育儿女的父亲或母亲)QueueandRowQueue①vi.排队Shehastoqueueforthebuseverymorning.②n.(按顺序等待的人、车等的)行列、队(通常为纵队)We’dbetterjointhequeuefortickets.rown.(人或物的)一排、一行(通常为横的)Youcanseemeinthisphoto,standinginthebackrow.Pleaseputthedesksinfourrows.Funny①adj.有趣的，滑稽的，逗人发笑的(与amusing同义)②adj.反常的，古怪的，奇怪的(口语)ThismorningIsawherwearingafunnyhatwhichlookedlikealighthouse.