A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale.
| be up for 有待于…，为了某一目的 | for sale 拿出来卖的 | on sale 打折卖(特价) |
|---|---|---|
| This problem is up for discussion.这个问题有待于讨论 | The house is for sale. 这所房子出售。 | These bikes are on sale. 这些自行车正在廉价出售。 |
He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. bar 为酒吧或酒店中卖酒的柜台
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事
在一些表示感觉的动词如 see，hear，feel，watch，notice 等之后，往往用“动词+宾语+宾语补足语”这个结构，其宾语补足语既可以是不定式（通常不加 to），也可以是现在分词，两者在意义上区别不大，现在分词表示动作正在发生，不定式则表示动作发生了：
- I heard someone knocking at the door. 我听到有人正在敲门。
- I heard you sing this song yesterday. 昨天我听到你唱这支歌。
The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved.
时态顺序
| 一般过去(后发生) | 过去完成(先发生) |
|---|---|
| he found | had been blocked ... and ... had been moved. 被动 |
Though Mr.Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning.
be + on 为形容词 表示“开着的，接通的”，其反义词为 off
- When he arrived home, he found that all the lights were on/off.
- Is the TV on? I thought I had turned it off. （turn off 关闭）
He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.
表时间的状语
| the night before 前一天晚上 | last night 昨天晚上 |
| the week before 前一个星期 | last week 上个星期 |
| the day before 前一天 | the day after 后一天 |
| the next day 下一天 | tomorrow 明天 |
直接引语 → 间接引语
| 直接引语时间 | 间接引语时间 |
|---|---|
| now | then |
| last night | the night before |
| two days ago | two days before/earlier |
| today | that day |
| tonight | that night |
| tomorrow | the next/following day |
| last night | the night before |
When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr.Thompson shook his head.
| shake one's head 摇头，表示异议 | nod one's head 点头 |
|---|---|
| The instructor made him shake his head, swing his arms, stretch his neck and bend his knees. 教练让他摇头，摆动手臂，伸展脖子，弯曲膝盖。 |
To which of the gulfs did he nod his head? 他向这些深渊中的哪一条点头表示同意？ |
The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.
even if 即使 引导的让步状语从句含有很强的假定性
- I won’t have dinner with him even if he pays for it.
give away 捐献，免费的送，赠送
- He gave all his books away to the library.