New Concept English lesson 38

UNIT  38 UNCOMFORTABLE   SHOES

complete these sentences

1 He read the phrase slowly

2 He worked lazily

3 He cut himself badly

4 He worked carefully.

5 The door opened suddenly .

ago  adv 以前 three days ago

buy v 买 bought

pair n 双 对    

fashion n 流行样式  

uncomfortable adj不舒服的  

wear v 穿着   a pair of shoes

Listening

What‘s wrong with the fashionable’ shoes？这双非常流行的鞋子怎么了？

Lady： Do you have any shoes like these？

Shop assistant ： What size？

Lady： Size five。

Shop assistant ：What colour？

Lady: Black.

Shop assistant ： I'm sorry. We don't  have any.

Lady: But my sister bought this pair  last month.

Shop assistant ： Did she buy them here?

Lady:  No, she bought them in the U.S.

Shop assistant ： We had some shoes like these a month ago.but we don't have any now.

Lady: Can you get a pair for me ,please?

Shop assistant ： I'm afraid that I can't. They were  in fashion last year and the year befor last . But they're not in fashion this year.(they are not fashionable)

Shop assistant ： These shoes are in fashion.

Lady:  They look very uncomfortable.

Shop assistant ： They are very uncomfortable. But women always wear uncomfortable shoes.

like these 介词短语 作定语，修饰shoes，意思是说 像这样的鞋子。

ago 放在表示 时间长度的短语后面，常与表过去时的动词 连用。如： a month ago 一个月以前。

in fashion 流行的  =fashionable

I‘m afraid...  我恐怕’  I‘m afraid not 我恐怕不行。

When did you  ....?  你什么时候

this week                       last week                 the week  before last

this month                    last  month               the month  before last

this year                      last  year                  the  year  before last

 

 a minute（an hour  /a  day/ a week/  a month /a year） AGO

two minutes(five hours/ three days/ two weeks/ four months/ six years)    AGO

When did you....?

looked at a photograph

jumped off the wall

walked across the park

washed his hands

worked in an office

asked a question

typed those letters

watched television

taiked to the salesman

thanked her

dusted the   

painted that bookcase

waited at the bus stop

wanted a car like that one

greeted her

Rewrite these sentences

Example  She goes to town every day.         

                She went to town yesterday.

1.She meets her friends every day.

2 They drink some milk every day.

3 He  swims in the river every day.

4 She takes him to school every day.

5  He cuts himself every morning

Write questions and answers.

Example:

look at that photograph/an hour ago

When did you look at that photograph?

 I  looked at that photograph an hour ago.

1. walk across the park/last week

2 wash your hands/a minute ago

3 work in an office / the year before last

4 ask a question/ five minutes ago

5 type those letters/ a month ago

6 watch television/ every day this week.