Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐还是午餐

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'

'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing?' she asked.

'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.

'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'

参考译文

那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天气!”我想，“又下雨了。”正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你。”

“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。

“你在干什么？”她问道。

“我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。

“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已经 1 点钟了！”

New words and expressions

• until
  • 直到 = till + 时间段（需要加连续性动词）
  • 介词
  • I waited until 5:00.
  • I will stay here until tomorrow.
  • I was asleep until my mother came back.（until 在这里是连词，引导状语从句）

• ring n. 环形物，圈
  • nosering
  • earring
  • a key ring 钥匙环
  • vi. 嗡嗡作响
  • vt. ring + sb.（给某人打电话）
  • 不规则变换：ring-rang-rung
  • The phone is ringing.

jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.(jingle vi.铃铛作响)

• aunt

  • uncle
  • nephew
  • niece

• repeat v. 重复

  • reread
  • rebuild
  • review
  • Does history repeat itself?

注释

• fast 最早有斋戒的意思，breakfast
• 不知道性别可以用 it
• 三餐前不加冠词
• never / sometimes / often / usually / always 加一般现在时
• in bed 睡觉 / 生病在床
  • on the bed 在床上（不睡觉）
• get up 起床
  • wake up 醒来
  • wake - woke
• look into 与 look out of
• arrive at (小)
• arrive in (大)

感叹句

名词之前加 What，How 之后用形容词和副词，再加上主语和谓语。

例：

• The cat is lovely.
• How lovely (the cat is)!

口语里可以省略主谓。

• It is a lovely cat.
• What a lovely cat it is!