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# 54 · 粘糊的手指

### 第1段

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school; my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

中文理解：吃过早饭，我送孩子们上学，然后出去买东西。回家时还早，孩子在学校，丈夫在上班，家里很安静，我便决定做些肉馅饼。 我很快便开始把黄油和面粉搅拌在一起，双手不一会儿便沾满了黏糊糊的面团。 偏偏这时，电话响了，真没有比这更烦人的事了。我用两根黏着面团的手指夹起话筒，一听是海伦·贝茨的声音，心里顿时一沉。 我花了十分钟才说服她晚些时候再打，终于放下了话筒。 看看这一团糟！手指上、电话上，连门把手上都是面团。 我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了，声音大得简直能把死人吵醒。这回是邮递员，要我签收一封挂号信！

* **at work**：在工作；在上班；work前不加冠词；与at school等场景表达比较记忆。

* **covered with**：覆盖着；with说明表面有什么；不是制造材料。

* **persuade her to**：说服她做……；强调说服行动；建议用法与suggest doing不同。

* **ring back**：回电话；再打来；英式常用ring，美式多用call back。

* **hung up**：挂断电话；挂断的过去式是hung，不是hanged。

* **sign for**：签收；for说明所签收的东西，不只是签署文件。

#### After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.

并列句，and 连接两个句子，前句主谓宾结构；后句主谓结构.

\[关键句型] 本课复习第6课和第30课的冠词语言点，the children 加了定冠词，特指自己的孩子，而不是别的什么孩子.

#### It was still early when I returned home.

复合句，主句主系表结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构.

#### The children were at school; my husband was at work and the house was quiet.

并列句，三句话均为主系表结构. 根据语法规则，本句第一个逗号建议使用句号或者分号，而非直接用逗号连接句子，课文中我们改为了分号.

#### So I decided to make some meat pies.

简单句，主谓宾结构，宾语由动词不定式短语表示，该不定式短语内部的语法结构我们可以额外划分供参考：to make some meat pies.

\[关键句型] 对比some 和any 的用法，请查阅教材中的例句，体会不同，并查阅语法书限定词和不定代词的相关章节；some、any 本身不是冠词。

#### In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.

并列句，and 连接前后两句，前句主系表结构；后面则是主谓结构，一般过去时的被动语态.

#### At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.

简单句，主谓结构，the 作为定冠词，表示特定的电话响了.

#### Nothing could have been more annoying.

简单句，主系表结构. 这里annoying 是形容词作表语，同源的动词是annoy，表示 ① to make sb slightly angry 使恼怒；使生气；② to make sb uncomfortable or unable to relax 打扰；骚扰.

#### I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

复合句，and 连接前后两句，前句为简单句，主谓宾结构；后句为复合句，主句为省略了主语的主系表结构，后面跟了一个when 引导的时间状语从句，也是主谓宾结构.

dismayed 在这里是形容词，其同源词dismay，请一并学习掌握，查字典，名词和动词两个词性各是什么意思，笔记写在这里：

#### It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.

简单句，it 是形式主语，后面的动词不定式短语为真正主语.

#### At last I hung up the receiver.

简单句，主谓宾结构.

#### What a mess!

这是 what 引导的感叹句，省略了主语和系动词，可补为 What a mess it is!；不应与 It is…that… 这类强调句混为一谈。

#### There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs.

There be 句型.

#### I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.

并列句，than 在这里作连词，连接前后两句，used in expressions showing that one thing happens straight after another (表示一事紧跟另一事发生) 就，例：No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock \[on the door]. 我刚坐下就有人大声敲门. 跟课文不同的是，这里把no sooner 提前了，所以主谓需要部分倒装，把had 放在了I 之前.

than 连接的两个句子均为主谓结构.

#### This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

并列句，and 连接前后两句，前句为主系表结构；后句为主谓宾 + 宾补结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《粘糊的手指》：安静时做肉馅饼 → 手上沾满了面团 → 偏在这时接到电话 → 费了好久才挂电话 → 弄得到处都是面团 → 门铃又响了。再借一个结构讲自己的事：只保留本课两个关键动作，用一个时间词把它们接起来。

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