Lesson 67 The weekend
Question:What are the Johnsons going to do at the weekend?

Mrs.Johnson: Hello! Were you at the butcher's?

Mrs.Williams: Yes,I was.Were you at the butcher's,too?

Mrs.Johnson: No,I wasn't. I was at the greengrocer's. How's the Jimmy today?

Mrs.Williams: He's very well,thank you.

Mrs.Johnson: Was he absent from school last week?

Mrs.Williams: Yes,he was.He was absent on Monday,Tuseday,Wedensday and Thursday.
How are you all keeping?

Mrs.Johnson: Very well,thank you. We're going to spend three days in the country.
We're going to stay at my mother's for the weekend.

Mrs.Williams: Friday,Saturday and Sunday in the country!Aren't you lucky!

New words and expressions:
greengrocer n.蔬菜水果零售商; speed v.度过; absent adj.缺席的; weekend n.周末; Monday n.星期一; Tuseday n.星期二; Wednesday n.星期三; Thursday n.星期四; Friday n.星期五; Saturday n.星期六; Sunday n.星期天; country n.乡村; keep v.(身体健康)处于(状况); lucky adj.幸运的

Notes on the text:
1.在英文表示某一种商店的短语中,往往可以把Shop这个词省略,如课文中的the butcher's (shop)和the greengrocer's (shop).类似的例子还有the hairdresser's (shop),the stationer's (shop),the doctor's (office),my mother's (house)等.

2.在英文中,过去发生的而现在已经结束的动作要用一般过去时来表示,"是"(be)动词的过去式不规则,第一,第三人称单数用was,其他情况用were.

3.How are you all keeping?
这是一句问候对方身体如何的话

4.for the weekend是指整个周末这几天的时间,而at the weekend是强调时间的某一点.

5.Aren't you lucky!
这句话是否定疑问句形式的感叹句.为的是加强语句.尽管形式上是否定句,但却表示强有力的肯定.

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