Lesson 63 She was not amused 她并不觉得好笑 单元复习 宾语从句

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.

have a large circle of friends ＝sb. has/have a lot of friends ^{(有一个很大的朋友圈子, 交际很广)}

• He has a large circle of friends. ^{他有很多朋友}

circle ^{的含义之一是“（具有共同利益或兴趣等的人形成的）圈子，…界”}

• Such things are never talked about in business circles.
• Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.

popular ^{adj. 受欢迎的，得人心的}

• Mary is always popular with/among children.

Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

admire… for ^{钦佩…的…}

• I really admire his capacity for work.^{我真钦佩他的工作能力。}

,that is, 插入语 ^{一旦插在句子当中, 是作为固定结构, 意思是“那就是说，亦即”，起解释作用}

• He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th. ^{他下周一回家，也就是4月5日。}

sense of humour ^幽默感

• George has no sense of humour^{. 没有幽默感}
• He is a man without humour. ^{没有幽默感的人}

Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.

closest friends ^{最亲密的朋友}

• I only share my deepest secrets with my closest friends.^{我只会与我最亲密的朋友分享我的最深秘密。}
• I count him among my closest friends. ^{我把他看作我一个最亲密的朋友。}

asked sb. to make sth. ^{请某人做某事}

• She asked the chef to make a special dessert for the party.
• They asked their friend to make a PowerPoint presentation for the meeting.

This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.

the sort of, the kind of ^{的后面加单数}

• She's the sort of person who stands out in a crowd. ^{她是那种在人群中很显眼的人。}
• It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute. ^{这是那种不可能推翻的谣言。}

n. + that = 定语 or 同位语从句？

He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.

He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.

It was a great success. ^{表示“这事做的不错,不同凡响,很成功”}

As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home.

主谓主谓：^{后面是从句} §

Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.

a little ^{稍微, 有一点}

be disappointed by… ^{因为…感到失望}

• I was disappointed by the quality of the wine. ^{这酒的质量令我失望。}
• She was disappointed by his lack of initiative.^{她对他缺乏主动性感到失望。}

as + 从句 ^{如同…那样，以…的方式（方式状语从句）}

• do as you are told ^{按你被告知的做}
• Do it as I told you last week.
• This fish isn’t cooked as I like it.
• When in Rome, do as Romans do.^{入乡随俗(as + 句子，“按照..方式”，引导方式状语从句)}

On the way home, he asked Jenny if/whether she had enjoyed the speech.

On the way to + 地点 ^{在去[地点]的路上：指在返回[地点]的途中，通常用于描述某人或某物正在前往[地点]的过程中。}

To his surprise, she said she hadn't.

注意时态，这是结何了上下文的回答，上面问的 had enjoyed，这里的回答就是 Yes, she had. / No, she hadn't.

Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

why this was so^{（this 可以作主语, 也可以作宾语，so 只能作宾语, 只能放在动词后面）}

• I think / hope / guess / expect /  so.
• I refuse to do so. ^{我拒绝这样做}

see sb. doing sth. ^{看见某人正在作某事}

• so many people ^{跟数字相连的前面一定要用 so}

英文中的“脑筋急转变”需要转诉人家的话。我们可以换 to do 达到同样的效果