Did you want to tell me something 你想对我说什么吗?

【课文】

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

【课文翻译】

牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。他知道我收 集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的 声音。与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可 能告诉他，他拔错了牙。

【生词和短语】

pull v. 拔

cotton wool 药棉

collect v. 搜集

collection n. 收藏品，收集品

nod v. 点头

meanwhile adv. 同时

【知识点讲解】

1 Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。

(1)meanwhile adv. 同时

meanwhile = at the same time

用法和 however 一样,不能连接两个句子,但是意思上有承接概念

Father was cutting the grass, and meanwhile mother was planting roses.

父亲在剪草,母亲在种玫瑰。

In the meanwhile, I'll visit an old friend of mine.

与此同时,我将去拜访我的一位老朋友。

(2)where引导的从句判断是否是定语从句就看是否和前面的名词有关系

where = 介词 + which

That is the house which I lived in.

That is the house where I lived.

这是我住的房子。

I swim in the river. 那就是我常常游泳的河

This is the river where I swim

where作定语从句的标志,修饰前面的hole.

而本句中my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.where是引导状语从句，因为它不在从句中做成分。类似的句子还有：

Don't leave it where the kids can reach it.

不要把它放在孩子们能够到的地方。

2 In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.

作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。

(1) either adj. 任一的, 两方的 adv. 也(用于否定句中)conj. 或者(常用于either...or...的结构中)

You may read either book.

两本书，你可以读任一一本。

Either we will find a supply, or we will make the goods.

我们或是寻求供货，或者自己制造。

If you do not go, I shall not go either.

你不去，我也不去。

(2)in answer to 作为对...的回答

类似短语还有：in return for 作为对...的报答

In return for your kindness, I would like to invite you to dinner.

作为对你好心的报答，我想请你吃饭。

3 My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.

我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。

pullv. 拉, 拖, 牵, 拔, 吸引;n. 拉, 拉力, 引力, 划船, 影响力

The tractor pulls well.

这台拖拉机拉力大。

相关短语： pull out v.拔出, 离开, 恢复健康 pull down 拉下, 拆毁 pull away (把 ... )开走, (使)离开

The horse pulled away and took the lead in the race.

这匹马向前冲并在比赛中取得领先

His long illness had pulled him down.

他因长期患病身体很虚弱。

4 When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可 能告诉他，他拔错了牙。

remove v. 消除, 脱掉, 免除, 搬迁

(1)词义辨析：move、remove

move: 普通用词，指从一处到另一处的任何距离的转移。

remove: 作“移动”解时，与move可换用，还可指撤职或开除学藉等。

He removed the mud from his shoes.

他去掉鞋上的泥。

That officer must be removed.

那位官员必须免职。

(2)相关短语：remove from 除掉, 迁移 remove to 搬到 ... remove oneself v. 走开 remove into 搬进, 移进

His family moved/removed to the suburbs.

他的一家搬到郊区去了。

How can we remove the husk of the grains?

我们怎样去掉谷物的外皮?

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