Lesson 067&68 The weekend周末一般过去时

at the butcher’s ^在肉店

How’s Jimmy today? ^{口语才缩写}

How is…? ^{’s 缩写 (is was has)，需要根据时态去分析}

• Lord, how is this, Joe? ^{天哪，这是怎么回事，乔？}
• How is that written? ^{这是怎么写的？}
• Prithee, how was it known? ^{请问，这是怎么知道的呢？}
•  How has she done it? ^{所以她是怎么做到的呢？}

Was he absent from school last week?

be absent from... ^缺席...

• He will be absent from the meeting tomorrow.^{他明天将缺席会议。}
• He has been absent from his desk for two weeks. ^{他已经两个星期没来了。}

How are you (all keeping)? ^你好吗？

• How are you doing?
• Hi.
• What's up？
• Good to see you.
• How are things （with you）？

We 're going to spend three days in the country.

at my mother’s. ^{在我妈妈家}

人+'s \ 职业 + ‘s ^{可以表示这个人/职业所有的地方}

1. at the butcher’s ^在肉店
2. at the hairdresser's ^在理发店

* Aren't you lucky! ^{否定疑问句，这里表感叹“你们可真幸运啊！”，表强烈的感叹。}

• Aren't you surprised！ ^{你不觉得很惊讶吗!}
• Aren't you tired! ^{难道你不累吗!}
• Aren't you forgetting something? ^{你没忘了什么东西吧？}
• Aren't you pleased to see me? ^{见到我你不高兴吗？}

• apple: The fruit bowl was full of red and green apples.
• banana: I peeled the banana and took a big bite.
• blueberry: I had a bowl of blueberries for breakfast this morning.
• cherry: After eating the sweet cherry, I spat out the hard stone.
• coconut: We had to break the shell of the coconut to get to the white meat inside.
• durian: Although I like the taste of durian, I really don’t like the smell.
• grapefruit: I cut the grapefruit in half and ate it with a spoon.
• guava: The guava was green on the outside and pink on the inside.
• lemon: I cut a slice of lemon and put it in my drink.
• mango: The orange flesh of the mango was sweet and juicy.
• mangosteen: I removed the purple skin of the mangosteen and ate the sweet white flesh.
• orange: The oranges on our tree are sweet and excellent for juicing.
• papaya: I cut the papaya in half and removed the small black seeds.
• peach: After finishing the juicy peach, I threw the stone in the bin.
• pear: The pear was still quite hard and not ready to be eaten.
• pineapple: Before eating a pineapple, you must remove the rough brown skin.
• plum: The plums on our tree are purple and sweet.
• strawberry: I went into the garden and picked some red strawberries.
• tangerine: The tangerine was sweet and juicy but had a lot of small white seeds.
• watermelon: I took the huge watermelon out of the fridge and cut myself a slice.

• Lesson 031&32 Where’s Sally？ 现在进行
• Lesson 037&38 Making a bookcase一般将来
• Lesson 049&50 At the butcher’s 一般现在

一般过去时的结构

“状态”指没有发生动作，处理静止的。一般现在时与一般过去时都表状态，差异在于时间不同。所以这些表“状态”Be动词单独出现的句子为“主 + 系 + 表”结构。

一般过去时态

练习时间的读法：1点，2点过5分，3点过15分，4点25分，5点30分，6点45分，7点55分

Where were you on Sunday, Jan. 1^st?

• I was at church.

When were you at the butcher’s?

• I was at the butcher’s on Wed, Apr. 4^th.

完成下列句子，必要时填上定冠词 the

• I was at ~ church on Sunday. ^{(专属名词零冠词)}
• I was at the office on Monday.
• My son was at ~ school on Tuesday.^{(专属名词零冠词)}
• My wife was at the butcher’s on Wednesday.
• She was at the grocer’s on Thursday.
• My daughter was in the country on Friday.
• I was at ~ home on Saturday.^{(专属名词零冠词)}

"Me either" 是一个口语化的表达方式，通常用于表示与前面提到的情况或陈述相同。它可以作为对于否定句中的"neither"的回应。这个短语在正式的书面语中不太常见，更常见的是使用 "me neither"。

• A: "I don't like spicy food."（我不喜欢辣食。）
• B: "Me neither."（我也不喜欢。）