［教材优化全析］ 
Warming up
1.A rich person gives you a large amount of money to use as you like.What will you do with it?
一个富人给了你一大笔钱，让你随便花，你打算怎么办呢？
(1)a large amount of sth. (不可数名词)：大量的，大笔的……
e.g.a large amount of work/money/furniture
大量的工作/钱/家具
比较：
A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.(谓语动词用单数)
Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.(谓语动词用复数)
建这座大桥花了一大笔钱。
注意：“the amount of+不可数名词”表示“……的总数、总额、总值”。
(2) as you like“按照你喜欢的方式”，as conj.是连词，引导方式状语从句。
e.g.Leave the room as it is.
房间的东西不要动。
Do as I told you to.
按照我的要求去做。
(3)do sth. with sth. 主要用于疑问句中，与what配合使用，意思是“处理、对付，安排”。
e.g.What have you done with my umbrella?
你把我的伞放哪里去了？
What are we going to do with the food left over from the party?
我们宴会上剩下的食物怎么办呢？
She doesn’t know what to do with herself.
她不知道怎么办才好。
What will you do with this kind of letter?
你打算怎么处理这封信呢？
2.Have you ever made a bet with a friend?
你和朋友打过赌吗？
make a bet 打赌
He made a bet with me on whether the famous actress would come.
他和我打赌，赌那位有名的演员是否会来。
相似短语:
win a bet 打赌而赢了
lose a bet 打赌而输
put/place a bet on a horse 在一匹马上下赌注
e.g.How did you feel about the bet if you lose it?
如果这次赌博你输了，你觉得赌博如何？
have a bet on sth. 赌博……
People in Hong Kong like having a bet on horse races.
香港人喜欢在马的比赛上下赌注。
3.If so，what do you think of it?
如果你读过这本书或看过这场电影，你觉得它怎么样？
What do you think of sth.?
=How do you like/find sth.?
表达个人看法“你认为某事怎么样？”
e.g What do you think of my clothes?
你认为我的衣服怎么样？
Reading Act One
1.Scenes 1 and 2 are provided in Teacher’s Book.
第一幕和第二幕看教师用书。
provide sb. with sth./provide sth.for sb.
给某人供应/提供某物
My company provided me with a car.
我的公司给我配备了一辆车。
Can you provide accommodation for me?
你能为我提供食宿吗？
The painting provides us with one of the earliest examples of the use of perspective.
那幅画给我们提供了采用透视画法的最早的范例。
2.Now，ladies and gentlemen，you are about to hear the most incredible tale.
女士们，先生们，你马上要听到最令人不可思议的故事。
be about to do sth. 立刻要做某事，马上要做某事(在此结构中，没有时间状语)
误：He is about to start soon/at 2 a.m.
正：He is about to start.
be about to do 使用的典型句式：
was/were about to do when....“正打算……这时……”
e.g.I was about to leave home when something unexpected happened.
我正打算离家这时发生了意想不到的事情。
3.It is the summer of 1903，and Henry Adams，an American businessman，has had some very bad luck.
这是1903年的夏天，一个美国商人亨利•亚当斯，遇到了一些麻烦。
has bad/poor/little/hard luck 运气不好、欠佳
have good luck 运气好
e.g.I had the good luck to find a job immediately I left school.
我很幸运，一毕业就找到了工作。
luck n. [U] 运气，造化
I hope good luck will be with you forever.
我希望好运永远陪伴你。
4.He is lost in London.
他在伦敦迷路了。
lose vt. 丢失，迷失
be lost in...
(1)(在城市、森林、人群中）迷路
e.g.He is lost in the forest.
他在森林里迷了路。
He is lost in the crowd and didn’t know where to go.
他在人群中迷了路，不知该往哪里走。
(2)专心致志于……
Lost in thought，he almost ran into a tree.
沉思之中，他差一点撞到前面的树。
5.Walking down the street，he hears someone calling him.
正在街上流浪，他听到有人叫他。
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在干某事
e.g.I heard the girl singing in the house.
我听见那个女孩正在房子里唱歌。
比较：hear sb. do sth. 听见某人做过某事
e.g.I heard the girl sing a song yesterday.
我昨天听见那个女孩唱了一首歌。
hear sth./sb. done 听见某人/某事被……
e.g.I heard my name called in the street.
我听到街上有人叫我的名字。
6.Who?Me，sir?
谁？我吗，先生？
英语里，在简略答语中要用宾格，而不用主格。
e.g.—Who broke the window?
谁打破了窗户？
—Me.我。
7.Through the front door on you left.
通过你左侧的前门。
through 和in有关，表示动作是在某一物体的空间里进行的，翻译成“穿过……”。
e.g.walk through the forest 走过森林
flow through the city 流过城市
come in through the window 从窗户进来
The river flows through the city from west to east.
这条河自西向东流过这座城市。
8.Permit me to lead the way，sir.
请允许我带路，先生。
permit sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
e.g.Permit me to explain，will you?
请允许我解释，好吗？
The teacher won’t permit her students to wear jewels.
老师不允许她的学生戴首饰。
permit doing sth....
e.g.We don’t permit smoking in the office.
在我们的办公室里不准吸烟。
9.Not at all.It’s my first trip here.
一点也不，这是我的第一次旅行。
at all用在肯定句、疑问句中，起强调作用，意为“竟然，到底，真的”。
e.g.It’s a miracle that you returned at all.
你竟然还回来了，这真是个奇迹。
Did you do the work at all?
你真的做了这事？

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