Lesson 50 Taken for a ride 乘车兜风

1.原文

I love travelling in the country, but I don’t like losing my way.
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than
I expected.
‘I’m going to Woodford Green,’I said to the conductor as I got on the bus,‘but I don’t know where it is.’
‘I’ll tell you where to get off,’answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.
After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
‘You’ll have to get off here.’ the conductor said.‘This is as far as we go.’
‘Is this Woodford Green?’asked.
‘Oh dear,’said the conductor suddenly.‘I forgot to put you off.’
‘It doesn’t matter,’I said.‘I’ll get off here.’
‘We’re going back now,’ said the conductor.
‘Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,’I answered.

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I said to the conductor as I got on the bus

• as 引导时间状语从句，as=when 表示“当…时候

I’ll tell you where to get off.

• 在这个句子中，副词 where 加上动词不定式 to get off 组成一个名词性结构，作动词 tell 的直接宾语。
• what to do (做什么)一样，可以理解固定用法。作tell sb. sth句型中的 sth，是 tell 的宾语。 这句话等于I will tell you where you should get off，where 在这里引导引导宾语从句。

  “特殊疑问词＋动词不定式”的用法归纳
  详细介绍

I was the only passenger left on the bus.

• left 是后置定语，修饰乘客，就是剩下的乘客

This is as far as we go.

• This is ( ( as far ) ( as we go ) )
• as far as 详细介绍

in that case 考虑到那个情况，因此、既然如此

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2. 参考译文

我喜欢在乡间旅行，但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。
“我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上车就对售票员说，“但我不知道它在哪儿。”
“我来告诉您在哪儿下车，”售票员回答说。
我坐在汽车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候，车停了。我环视了一下身旁，惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。
“您得在这里下车，”售票员说，“我们的车就到此为止了。”
“这里是伍德福德草地吗？”我问道。
“哎呀，”售票员突然说，“我忘了让您下车了。”
“没关系，”我说，“我就在这儿下吧。”
“我们现在要返回去，”售票员说。
“好吧，既然如此，我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。

3. New words and expressions

★ride n. 旅行(不走路的)；v. 骑(车, 马)
trip n.(出差性的)旅行(旅行地方不远或呆的时间不长)travel n.(周游世界性的)旅行journey n.(陆地上的)旅行flight n.(空中)旅行voyage n.(海上)旅行tour n. 游玩sightseeing n. 观光游
★excursion n. 远足，游玩, 郊游(距离不会很远) weekend’s excursion 周末游
★view n. 景色(主观性较强)
in one’s view＝in one’s opinion 就某人看来
sight n. 景色, 视线, 视野(强调客观)

4. 课文讲解

1、Taken for a ride就当作是一次兜风
take…for… 把……当作……
take sb. for a ride 欺骗taken for 上当了
2、I love travelling in the country, but I don’t like losing my way.
love/ like doing sth. 喜欢做某事(强调一种习惯)
lose one’s way 迷路
3、I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.
go on an excursion ＝have an excursion 作一次短距离的旅行go on 进行，为(某一目的)而去
take sb. some time 花费某人多少时间
My trip took me a long time.
It takes sb. some time to do sth. 花费某人多少时间
It took me a month to learn book 2.
It takes sb. some time that… 花费某人多少时间
sb. spend some time (on) doing sth. .
sb. spend some time on sth.
金钱上的花费cost, pay for sth.
than I expected 比我所预料的(口语)
The question is easier than I expected.
than I thought 比我原以为的
The English class took me longer than I thought.
4’I’ll tell you where to get off.’ answered the conductor.
get on the bus 上车 ；get off the bus 下车
“特殊疑问词+to+动词原形”可用来取代宾语从句

5. 语法精粹

1、Did you find out__c__the pie out of oven?
a. to take b. have taken c. when to take d. being taken find out 发现 take sth. out of 取出来
Did you find out when we could(can)take the pie out of oven?
6、I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.
in the front of 在(某一事物的)前部，前者属于后者的范围in front of 在……前面，前者不属于后者的范围get a good view of 欣赏……的美景
7、Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
非谓语动词(现在分词或过去分词)做状语, 这个动作必然与主句主语有关：－ing与主句主语构成主动关系；－ed 与主句主语构成被动关系；to do与主句主语构成目的关系如果非谓语动词做定语, 只与被修饰词相关, 与主语无关passing plain 路过的飞机； ploughed field 耕过的地
如果-ing/-ed做宾补, 与宾语有关
I find the door locked. (locked被动，门被锁)
with+ n. 表示状态I do sth with an excitement.
on the bus = in the bus 在火车上、汽车上既可以用“in”又可用“on”
8、‘This is as far as we go.’
as far as + 从句 到……程度/限度，就……的限度而言as far as we go＝we couldn’t go any more
I can’t bear(it any more). / It was more than I could bear. = This is as far as I bear.
9、‘Oh dear,’ said the conductor suddenly. ‘I forgot to put you off.’
oh dear 哦, 天呐
forget to do sth. /forget doing sth. 忘记已经做了I
put sb. off 让……下车(或飞机、船等)
put sb. off ＝remind sb. to do 提醒(某人)……
put sb. off 推脱, 敷衍put sth. off 推迟, 延期
10、‘Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,’ I answered. in that(this) case 如果那样(这样)的 话，既然是那样(这样)
prefer to do sth. 宁可做某事
prefer to do…rather than… 宁可……也不……

6. letter writing

给朋友写信要称呼他们的名字，如“亲爱的弗雷德”，决不要以“亲爱的朋友”类的词语开头。
给亲戚写信，则可以这样开头：亲爱的妈妈、亲爱的爸爸、亲爱的弗雷德叔叔、亲爱的艾丽丝姨妈，但决不可称“亲爱的表兄”，或“亲爱的弗雷德表兄”。
给长辈写信，长辈中的直系亲属不加名字，只加称谓；长辈中的旁系亲属既要加称谓，又要加名字。给平辈的亲属写信，直接称呼名字，不加称谓。

7. Key structures

表示习惯性动作
表示状态、感觉、情绪、精神活动的动词appear，appreciate，believe，feel，forget，hear，know，like，look，notice，remember，resemble，see，think，understand，belong to，consist of，contain，desire，detest，dislike，hate，hope，love，matter，mean，mind，need，want，wish常用于一般现在时而不用于进行时

8. Special Difficulties

Lose, Loose, Miss.
lose vt. 失去，丧失，遗失，丢失Roy has lost his job
If you bet on that horse you will lose your money. (bet on sth 就……打赌)
loose adj. 松动的，松的，松开的
Servral screws have come loose. (come loose，松了
miss v. 怀念, 思念, 错过，未能……，缺(课等)，惦念，想念missing adj. 不见了的
sth. is lost = sth. is missing
missing boy 失踪了的孩子(不能用 “lost” )
Expect, Wait for
expect可以表示“预计……可能发生(或来到)，等待，期盼”，它表示等待时往往侧重人的心理而不是具体在某个地方等。
I expect / I’m expecting to hear from you.
I’m expecting the bus to arrive in the next ten minutes.
My trip took me longer than I expected.
wait for主要指“等待”这个动作本身。