Lesson 48 Did you want to tell me something? 你想对我说什么吗？

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.

sth. be impossible for sb. ^{sb.不可能(办到某事)}

• It's impossible for me to be there before eight. ^{我在八点之前不可能赶到那里。}
• It's impossible for him to catch the bird. ^{他要抓住这只鸟是不可能的。}
• It's physically impossible for her to lick your elbow. ^{她不可能舔到你自己的肘子。}
• However, this is impossible for farmers. ^{然而，这对农民来说是不可能的。}
• It is impossible for you to get there in such a short time. ^{你在那么短的时间内到达那是不可能的。}

形式主语^{（It is/was + adj. + of sb. to do sth.）}

• You are very kind to help me. ⇒ It’s very kind of you to help me.
• You are generous to treat us to dinner. ⇒ It’s generous of you to treat us to dinner.
• It’s necessary for you to eat fruit and vegetables.
• It’s impossible for him to catch the flight.
• It’s easy for you to say.
• It’s important for you to study English.
• It’s difficult for me to run a hundred meters in twenty seconds.

My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.

for a while ^一段时间

• The music soothed her for a while. ^{音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。}
• Let's talk for a while. ^{咱们聊一会儿吧。}
• They chatted for a while.^{他们聊了一会儿。}

to rest = to have a rest ^休息一下

• I asked you to have a rest.^{我让你休息一下。}
• Stop to have a rest now and then.^{时不时停下来休息一下。}
• The doctor told me to rest.^{医生叫我休息。}

He knew (that) I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.

be growing ^{（在）增加}

• Naomi idolized her father as she was growing up.^{在成长过程中，娜奥米很崇拜她父亲。}
• It is growing all life long. ^{它一生都在成长。}
• Exports of Australian wine are growing at a phenomenal rate.^{澳大利亚葡萄酒的出口正以惊人的速度增长。}

He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.

In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.

in answer to… ^{作为对…的回答；响应…的请求}

• In answer to my request, he wrote a letter to George. ^{应我的请求，他给乔治写了封信。}
• In answer to your question, yes, you can go.
• The doctor came at once in answer to my phone call.

either … or … ^{或者…或者…}

• I left it either on the table or in the drawer.
• Either he could not come or he did not want to.
• She’s the kind of person you either love or hate.

Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

meanwihile ^{在此期间，与此同时}

• He won’t come until ten o’clock. Meanwhile you can have a rest.
• Mary was talking to me about her new dress. Meanwhile I was thinking about something else.
• Tom is reading. Meanwhile, his sister is drawing. ^{汤姆在看书，与此同时他妹妹在画画。}

be busy doing … ^{忙于做某事（后接动名词）}

• He is busy preparing for the exam. ^{他正忙于备考。}
• She’s busy writing an essay.
• They were busy enjoying themselves at the party.

search sb./sth. out ^{找出，搜寻 find sb./sth. by}

• Have you searched out the books I needed?
• I want to search out an old school friend.
• Survivors of it feel compelled to search out a savior. ^{幸存者们感到有必要把他们的救世主找出来。}
• The police were trying to search out the real murderer. ^{警察正尽力找出真正的凶手。}

where = 介词 + which

When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

remove ^{可以表示“拿去，除去，去掉” 通常结构为“remove +名词 +from”，也可以单独使用}

• I’ve removed that picture from the wall. ^拿走
• Please remove your hat. ^摘下
• He removed his hand from her shoulder. 
• It was impossible to remove the stain from my dress.

1. The new school, which has just been completed, is a fine building. ℘
2. He denied that he had taken it.^{(denied/refused)}
3. The waiter fetched me a clean glass.^{(took/fetched)}
4. A bird flew past my window. ^{(past/passed)}
5. I spent the afternoon watching the match.^{(watching/following)}
6. Ships continuously cross the sea.^{(continuously/continually)}
7. The bank has been robbed.^{(stolen/robbed)}