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

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。}

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.

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.

search out ^{找出，搜寻}

• Have you searched out the books I needed?
• 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

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)}