A Special Christmas Present

David wanted to buy a Christmas present for a very special person, his mother. David’s father gave him $5.00 as pocket money each week and David put $2.00 into his bank account. Three months later David drew $20.00 out of his bank account and went to the shopping mall. He looked about for a perfect gift.

Suddenly he saw a beautiful brooch in the shape of his favorite pet. He said to himself, “Mother loves jewelry, and the brooch costs only $17.00. He bought the brooch and took it home. He wrapped the present in beautiful paper and put it under the Christmas tree. He was very excited because he was looking forward to Christmas Day to see joy on his mother’s face.

But when his mother opened the present, she screamed with fright because she saw a “spider”.

I. 根据课文回答下列问题。

1. What did David want to buy for his mother?

2. Whom did David get his money from?

3. What did David buy for his mother?

4. What did he do with the present after he took it home?

5. Why did David’s mother scream?

6. Why did David buy a spider-like brooch?

7. Where did David put the present on Christmas Eve（圣诞夜）？

1. He wanted to buy a Christmas present for her.

2. David got his money from his father.

3. He bought a brooch in the shape of a spider for his mother.

4. He wrapped the present in beautiful paper and put it under the Christmas tree.

5. His mother screamed with fright because she saw a “spider”.

6. The brooch is beautiful and it is in the shape of his favorite pet — spider.

7. He put the present under the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve（平安夜）.

II. 将下列短语译成英语。

1．一份圣诞节礼物

2．把……存入银行账户

3．恐惧地大叫

4．把……包在里面

5．在树下面

6．期待

1. a Christmas present / gift　　 2. put…into one’s bank account

3. scream with fright　　　　　4. wrap…in

5. under the tree　　　　　　 6. look forward to

Guess a Birthday Gift

Bill: I made a birthday gift for you yesterday. Guess what it is!

Sam: What color is it?

Bill: Green and yellow.

Sam: So what shape is it?

Bill: Rectangular.

Sam：And, uh, how big is it?

Bill: Oh, about 30 centimeters wide and 80 centimeters long.

Sam: Really? And what’s it made of ?

Bill: Cotton. And you use it every day.

Sam: Oh, I know! It’s a…

Bill: See you at your birthday party next week, Sam. Bye!

Father’s Day

Mrs. Reed said to her daughter Susan, “Don’t forget, Susan, tomorrow’s father’s Day.

“Oh, my goodness,” said Susan, “I don’t have a gift for Dad. What should I do?”

“I don’t know,” said Mrs. Reed, “that’s always a problem. Why not go to the shopping mall and try to find something?”

Susan hurried to the shopping center and went into a menswear store. She had $3.00. She said to herself, “I should get for him something to wear. No, he needs something to use.”

“Can I help you?” the shop assistant asked.

“Yes, please. I want a gift for my father, but I don’t know what to get.”

“How about a nice shirt?” asked the shop assistant.

“No, I only have $3.00,” said Susan.

Then she saw a beautiful red-and-white tie. But it looked very expensive. “That’s about $10.00,”she said to herself.

“How much is this red-and-white tie?” she asked.

The shop assistant looked at her, and then looked at the tie. He took off the price tag and said, “That’s exactly $3.00.”

“Oh, fine,” said Susan, “this is a perfect gift.”

I. 根据课文辨正（T）误（F）。

1. Susan went to the store to buy her mother a present.(　　)

2. Susan had $3.00. (　　)

3. Susan wanted to buy some food for her father. (　　)

4. Susan didn’t want to buy a shirt because the color was not good. (　　)

5. The beautiful red-and-white tie was exactly $3.00. (　　)

6. Susan bought (买) that red-and-white tie at last (最后). (　　)

1. F　2. T　3. F　4. F　5. T　6. T

II. 将下列短语译成英语。

1．匆忙赶到……

2．进入……

3．价格标签

4．一条漂亮的红白相间的领带

5．把……拿下来

6．……多少钱

1. hurry to　　　　 2. go into

3. price tag　　　　4. a beautiful red-and-white tie

5. take …off　　　 6. how much …

I. 一般过去时（simple past tense）

1．一般过去时的用法

一般过去时既可以表示在确定的过去时间发生的动作或状态，也可以表示过去经常或反复发生的习惯动作。它常与表示过去的时间状语连用。如：

I was at home last week. （我上周呆在家里。）

She often went to bed very late last year. (她去年经常很晚睡觉。)

Alan liked gardening very much when he was young. (埃伦年轻时很喜欢园艺。)

2．一般过去时的构成

动词一般过去时的形式有规则和不规则之分。规则动词的一般过去式为：

a. 一般情况下在动词词尾加-ed。例如：work － worked，watch － watched

b. 以 e 结尾的动词加-d。例如：live － lived， please － pleased

c. 以辅音字母＋y 结尾的动词，先变 y 为 i ，再加 -ed。例如：hurry － hurried，carry － carried

d. 以元音字母＋y 结尾的动词，直接加 -ed。例如：play － play，enjoy － enjoyed

e. 以单辅音字母结尾，而这个辅音字母前为单元音字母 a，e，i，o，u 的单音节动词， 在加 -ed 之前要重复词尾的辅音字母。例如：drop － dropped，stop － stopped，ban － banned

以单辅音字母结尾而这个辅音字母前为单元音字母 a，e，i，o，u 的双音节动词，如果重音在最后音节，在加 -ed时，仍应重复词尾的辅音字母。例如：refer － referred，commit － committed，equip － equipped

不规则动词指不按照上述规律构成过去式的动词。例如：do － did， have － had，go － went，see － saw， is － was，take －took等。

3．动词一般过去时的疑问式和否定式

疑问式由 did 加上主语再加上动词原形构成，否定式由did not/ didn’t 加上动词原形构成，如下表所示：

动词 be 一般过去时的肯定式、疑问式和否定式：

II. 反身代词 (reflexive pronoun)

英语中的人称代词都有其反身形式，它们被叫做反身代词，又称自身代词。主要的反身代词如下表所示：

反身代词通常有两大类用法：非强调性用法和强调性用法。比如，反身代词用做动词宾语时一般属于非强调性用法，这种用法的反身代词一般不必重读。例如：enjoy oneself （玩得高兴），teach oneself (自学)，say to oneself (自言自语)等等。

反身代词作同位语或主语补语属于强调性用法。这种用法的反身代词要重读，而且它在句中的位置比较灵活。例如：

The manager chaired the meeting himself. （经理本人主持了那场会议。）

Lucy herself will perform the operation. （露茜将亲自主刀。）

Frank is not quite himself today. （弗兰克今天身体不适。)