新概念二Lesson 60 The Future

Lesson 60 The Future at a village fair decide to visit a fortune-teller called … tell sb. to sit down a crystal ball will be arriving intend to do stay for a few days

在乡村集市上 决定参观 一个叫…的算命人 告诉某人坐下 一个水晶球 将要来 打算做… 多呆几天

get a big surprise 大吃一惊 a woman you know well 你比较了解的女士 rush towards … 向…冲过去 forget all about 忘干净 ask impatiently 不耐烦地问 must be at the station 一定在车站 follow sb. to do sth. 跟随某人做事 out of the fair 走出集市

Structure points and key words: At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortune teller called Madam Bellingsky. Do you believe what a fortune-teller said? Fair 交易会 Guangzhou Fair 广交会 Fair a.公平的 unfair. It’s unfair. 这是不公 平的。The world is unfair, but God is fair. fair a : beautiful Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

Fortunately.. Unfortunately...

Fortunately …幸运的是… Unfortunately …不幸的是… Make the fortune: strike it rich 致富 The 500 top fortunes in the world 世界前五百强 Fortune-teller Fortunate-teller n. 算命的人 superstitious a. superstition

… and …

并列句

I went into her tent and she told me to sit down. …. and ….并列句 After school, I came back home and __________. The thief went into the house and ____________. The cat jumped onto the roof and ____________.

Crystal n. 水晶

After I had given here some money, She looked into a crystal ball and said: a relation of yours is coming to see you. crystal-clear heart : a good heart She is such a nice girl, she has a crystalclear heart. 她是个好女孩儿，她有水晶般透明的心。

The Crystal Palace is one of the most famous architectures in Britain. 水晶宫是英国最著名的建筑之一。

relate v.

与 … 相关

A relation of yours is coming to see you. She will be arriving this evening and intends to stay for a few days. relation联系，亲属 联想：relate v. relative n.

relation n.

related with a. relationship Theory of Relativity 相对论

Exercises “relate”

These two ____are not related at all. 这两个话题一点联系都没有。

I’m going to spend time with the big family, _______ all the relatives on Spring Festival. (The Chinese New Year.) 春节我会和我的家人在一起，包括所有的亲戚。 Have you ever ______of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity? 你听说过爱因斯坦的相对论吗？

Intend v.

想要

Intend to do : want to do

I intend to invite dozens of friends to come to my birthday party. 我想要邀请很多朋友到我的生日晚会上来。

sb. you know well

A woman you know well will rush towards you. know sb. well : get familiar with sb.: get acquainted with 与… 熟悉 Should all the acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind.. 歌 曲‘友谊地久天长’.

Rush v.

冲