Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

参考译文

明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了 37 张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成。

New words and expressions

• send vt. 寄给

  • ABB 形：send-sent-sent
  • give sb. sth
  • give sth. to sb.
  • send sb sth.
  • send sth to sb.
  • send (vt.) + sb 打发
    • I sent my children to school. 我打发我弟弟去超市。

• butcher 屠夫

  • the butcher's 肉店

• postcard

  • 名片 visiting card
  • 身份证 id card (identity)
  • 成绩单 report card
  • 会员卡 membership card（-ship 成员资格）

• spoil vt. 毁坏，损坏（精神、抽象层面）

  • spoil - spoilt - spoilt
  • damage v. 毁坏（物体层面）
  • I don't want to spoil your fun.（扫兴）
  • You spoiled my ability to bear idiots（傻蛋）.（生活大爆炸）

• 公共电话亭 public phone box

• friendly a. 友好的（比较特殊，这是个形容词）

  • He repeated it in a friendly way.
  • -ly 的形容词
    • lively 活泼的
    • lovely
    • lonely
    • daily

• waiter n. 服务员，侍者

  • waitress
  • shop assistant 助手（商场里的导购就不叫服务员了）

• lend vt. 借出

  • lent-lent
  • lend sb sth. / lend sth to sb.
  • borrow sth. from sb.

• decision n. 决定

  • make a desisions
  • decide vt. 决定
  • decide to do

• whole a. 整个的

  • We drank a whole bottle.
  • 3 whole days

• single a. 单一的

  • single room
  • double room
  • single-sex school
  • single-parent family

注释

• 不规则动词
• go - went - gone
• sit - sat
• teach - taught /tɔt/
• a few + 可数名词
• understand - understood
• think - thought
• every day 副词，everyday 形容词
• passed
  • v. 经过 3 days passed quickly
  • v. 路过 I passed the restaurant.
    • passer-by 路人
  • v. 通过 I passed the exam in the end.
  • v. 递给
• make a big decision
• buy - bought
• spend-spent-spent
  • 人 spend 时间/ 钱 on 名词
  • 人 spend 时间 / 钱 （in） doing
• write - wrote
• 间接宾语在后，必须加 to（表示动作对什么人而做），或者 for（表示动作为什么人而做）。