完美演练新二上第十七课
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
那个他Why doesn't Aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is?
My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of venteen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'
爱情英语
我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁 的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红
色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总 是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”
New words and expressions 生词和短语
appear
v. 登场，扮演
流行的英文名
追忆似水流年stage
n. 舞台
bright
adj. 鲜艳的
stocking
n. （女用）长筒袜
sock
n. 短袜
Notes on the text课文注释
1She must be at least thirty-five years old.她至少也有35岁了。
must he，一定是，表示对现在情况的一种推测，带有一定的肯定程度。at least，至少。
2in spite of,尽管
3in a bright red dress，穿一身鲜红色的裙子，介词in表示“穿着”。
交人交心4orange-coloured，橘红色的。
5grown up，成熟的，成人的。
Lesson 17自学导读First things first
课文详注Further notes on the text
1. She must be at least thirty-five years old.她至少也有35岁了。(1)at least 是一固定短语，表示“至少”：
He borrowed at least five books from the library.
他从图书馆至少借了5本书。
If you can't clean the car,you can at least help me to clean it.
如果你不能擦车，你至少可以帮我擦。量长度
(2)我们已学过两种年龄表示法。一种是“数字+years old”,作表语：
My father is fifty-ven years old now.
我父亲现在已57岁了。
另一种是"数字+-year-old"，作定语:
Last week,my four-year-old daughter,Sally,was invited to a children's party.
上周，我4岁的女儿萨莉应邀去参加一个儿童晚会。
2.In 尽管如此…
(1) in spite of 为固定短语，意为“不管”、“‘尽管”，后面可以跟名词、代词或从句;
In spite of the rain,they went on their journey.
怡芳尽管下雨，他们还是继续旅行。
In spite of what you have said about her,she is much better than Mary.
不管你说她什么，她比玛丽要好得多。
(2) this代指上句话，即“她至少也有35岁”这个事实。
3. This time, she will be a girl of venteen.这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。
be在这里是“扮演”的意思:
Tonight ,Karen Marsh is Helen.
今晚卡伦·马什扮演海伦。
4 .In the play,she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。
(1) in在这句话中表示“穿着”、“戴着”:
The girl in red over there is my neighbour.
那边那个穿红衣服的女孩是我的邻居。
John was in a black dress this morning.
约翰今天上午穿的是件黑衣服。
十大灾难(2) dress一般指连衣裙、套裙，也可以指外穿的衣服或特定场合穿的礼服:
Everyone is in evening dress tonight.
今晚大家都穿了晚礼服。
5. Darling,it must be terrible to be grown up!亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！
(1) it为先行词，代替to be grown up，这个不定式是句子真正的主语。再如:
it is a pleasant thing to have many friends.
