新概念英语第一册103_The French test

Lesson 103: The French test

Watch the story and answer the question

1. How long did the exam last? 考试进行了多长时间？

Key words and expressions

• exam 考试（examination的缩写）
• mathematics 数学（maths）
• question 问题
• enough adv. 足够的
  • She’s old enough to make her own decisions.
  • enough adj. I haven’t got enough money to pay for that car.
• fail v. 未及格，失败
  • pass 及格，通过
  • pass/fail the English paper/test/exam
• answer 回答
• mark 分数
  • a low mark
  • a high mark
• difficult 困难的
• hate 讨厌
  • I hate traffic jams.
  • I hate telling lies.
• cheer 振作，振奋
• not too bad 不算太坏
• pretty good 相当不错
• How about （you） ? （你）怎么样？
  • What about you?
  • How about going to France for our next holiday?
• paper 考卷、论文
  • a piece of paper 作纸张时是不可数名词
• for 对某人来说
  • The house isn’t big enough for us.
• too … for …
  • This pair of shoes are too small for me.
• too … to … 太。。。而不能。。。
  • He is too young to go to school.

Language points

1. Gary: How was the exam, Richard?
   1. = How did the exam go?
2. Richard: Not too bad. I think I passed in English and Mathematics. The questions were very easy. How about you, Gary?
3. Gary: The English and Maths papers weren’t easy enough for me. I hope I haven’t failed.
4. Richard: I think I failed the French paper. I could answer sixteen of the questions. There were very easy. But I couldn’t answer the rest. They were too difficult for me.
   1. the rest = the rest of the questions
5. Gary: French tests are awful, aren’t they?
6. Richard: I hate them. I’m sure I’ve got a low mark.
   1. I’m sure I’ve done badly/well.
7. Gary: Oh, cheer up! Perhaps we didn’t do too badly. The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper.
   1. The person beside me
   2. at the bottom of …
8. Richard: Yes?
   1. = And then? 然后怎么了？
9. Gary: Then he sat there and looked at it for three hours! He didn’t write a word!

Sentence patterns

could/couldn’t

1. I could answer the questions.
2. They were very easy.
3. I couldn’t answer the questions.
4. They were too difficult.
5. The questions were easy enough for me to answer.
   1. enought一般放在adj./adv.后边
6. The questions were too difficult for me to answer.
   1. too / very 一般放在adj.前边

Lesson 104: Too, very, enough

Pattern drill

1. I could answer the questions.
2. They were very easy.
3. I couldn’t answer the questions.
4. They were too difficult.
5. The questions were easy enough for me to answer.
6. The questions were too difficult for me to answer.

• answer all the questions
  • easy
  • difficult
  • clever
    • Could he answer all the questions?
    • Yes, he could.
    • He was clever enough to answer them.
  • stupid
    • Could he answer all the questions?
    • No, he couldn’t.
    • He was too stupid to answer them.
• buy the car
  • cheap
    • Why could he buy the car?
    • Because it was very cheap.
  • expensive
    • Why couldn’t he buy the car?
    • Because it was too expensive.
• eat the cakes
  • fresh
  • stale
• hear the stereo
  • loud
    • Why could they hear the stereo?
    • Because it was very loud.
  • low
    • Why couldn’t they hear the stereo?
    • Because it was too low.
• climb the wall
  • low
  • high
• eat the pear
  • soft
  • hard
• eat the orange
  • sweet
    • Could she eat the orange?
    • Yes, she could. It was sweet enough for her to eat.
  • sour
    • Could she eat the orange?
    • No, she couldn’t. It was too sour for her to eat.

本课重点：

• could/couldn’t
• too/very/enough