Notes & Grammar of 8A
Notes for Reading of Unit 3
1. deal with trouble
1) deal with … : handle (处理，应付，对待) a problem or person;
look after something and do what is necessary; deal – dealt – dealt
(1) deal with sb. 对待/新年快乐说说对付某人 e.g. He is naughty. Nobody knows how to deal with him.
(2) deal with sth. 处理/应付问题
e.g. Do you know how to deal with the trouble / the ca?
deal (n.) a great deal of +不可数名词 大量的 e.g. a great deal of time 大量的时间
(v.&n.) 交易，协议 e.g. We have done a deal with him. 我们已经和他做了一个协议/做一笔生意。
dealer n. 商人 a drug dealer 毒品贩子
2) trouble : problem, difficulty or worry 问题；困难 What’s the trouble / the matter / wrong with you?
(be) in trouble 处于困难中
have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难
troublesome (adj.) 麻烦的；困难的；讨厌的
2. Paul is writing about an unusual thing which happened to him one day.
保罗正在写(关于)某天发生在他身上的一件不同寻常的事情。
1) write about … 写有关于……
2) happen (不及物动词)
(1) (sb.) happen to do sth. (某人)碰巧去做某事（否定：happen not to do sth. 或 do not happen to do sth.)
e.g. ① Paul happened to meet an old friend in the bookstore yesterday.
② I didn’t happen to have any time then. (那时我碰巧没有时间。)
= I happened not to have any time then.
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= I happened to have no time then.
(2) (sth.) happen to sb. (某事)碰巧发生在某人身上
e.g. ① You look very sad. What has happened to you? 你看上去很难过。发生了什么事？
② I hope nothing has happened to my friend. 我希望我的朋友不会遇到什么不测。
比较“happen”和 “take place”:
(1) 发生 take place （事先计划/安排好的）= happen （偶然遇到/遭到）
(2) 举行关于动物的词语 take place = be held e.g. The concert will take place next Sunday. =will be held
3) unusual (元音开头adj.): strange or uncommon 特别的；不寻常的
→ usual (辅音开头adj.) 通常的
→ (un)usually (adv.)(不)寻常的；(不)通常的
4) one day (将来/过去)某一天 some day (将来)某一天
3. Today my dad and I were waiting for the ferry when suddenly we heard a big argument.
1) wait – waited – waited – waiting
waiter / waitress
来如春梦 wait for … 等待/等候 …… wait to do … 等待/等候去做 ……
2) suddenly (adv.): all at once 突然间；突然地 sudden (adj.) 突然的
3) hear – heard – heard (感官动词)听见，听到
表示动作过程的词语: listen to 听…… look for 寻找一点一横长…… look at 看……
表示动作结果的词语: hear 听到/见…… find 找到…… e 看到/见……
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事
hear sb. do sth. 听见某人做某事(全过程)/经常做某事
hear from sb. = receive / get a letter from sb. 收到某人的来信
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4) argument (可数n.) angry talk between people with different ideas 争吵；争论；争辩
have an argument about sth. with sb. 和某人争吵有关于……
argue (v.) : talk angrily; quarrel 争论；争吵；争辩
argued – argued – arguing argue about sth. with sb.（提示：“—ue”结尾变形时要去“e”，你还记得吗？）
5) when
(1) 作特殊疑问词：何时；什么时候
(2) 作conj.连词：
① 在那时候 （本句中用法）= and at that time ② 当……时候（可能会用“主一将，从一现”）
4. Two women tourists and a young man were shouting at each other.
1) women tourists (单数) a woman tourist
man和woman修饰其它名词时变复数时，需要同时变复数。e.g. a man driver (pl.复数) men drivers
2) shout at … 冲 ……叫喊；冲……嚷嚷 shout back at … 冲……回嚷
3) each other 互相；彼此（两者之间）
one another 互相；彼此（≥3 之间）两个短语的所有格都在短语后加 “’S”，互相的，彼此的。
5. The man held out a bag, and showed everyone that it was empty.
1) hold – held – held 握；持有；容纳；举行(= have)
catch / take hold of 抓住
hold out （动副结构）递出东西；伸出手（或胳膊） hold up （动副结构）举起
hold on 请稍等（可用于打电话中）
2) show – showed – shown show sb. sth. show sth. to sb. 将……给某人看
句中“… that it was empty”是that引导陈述句作“宾语从句”，引导词“that”可以省去。
3) empty (v. & adj.) 将……倒空；空的 adj.反义词 full
6. The crowd stared at the three people. No one knew what was happening.
1) crowd : (n.) lots of people together 人群；观众 (v.) 拥挤；群集
the crowd 人群（复数含义） a crowd of + 可复 一大群……
中的词语 crowded (adj.) 拥挤的 be crowded with … 挤满…… 近义 be filled with … 装满/充满… be full of …
2) stare at … 盯着…….看；凝视……
glare at … 怒视…… stare out of window 凝视着窗外
look at … 看中国有几艘航空母舰…… look out of window 朝窗外看
3) no one (不定代词) = nobody
4) know – knew – known 知道……；认识…… know about … 了解……
