1、Lessons6768 课文详注 Further notes on the text1Were you at the butchers? 刚才您在肉店里吗？at the butchers = at the butchers shop。在英文中，表示店铺、住宅、公共机构、公共建筑物以及教堂的名字或某人家时，名词所有格后常不出现它所修饰的名词：the greengrocers(shop) 蔬菜水果店the hairdressers(shop) 理发店the stationers (shop) 文具店the doctors(office) 诊所my mothers(house) 我妈妈家里St. P
2、auls(Church) 圣保罗教堂2be absent from, 不在，缺席。3the country = the countryside, 乡下。country表示“农村”时，前面一定要加定冠词the。语法 Grammar in use一般过去时（1）be(amisare) 的过去式是waswere：在英文中，过去发生的而现在已经结束的动作要用一般过去时来表示。be动词的过去式不规则，第1人称与第3人称单数用was，其他情况用were。用be动词的一般现在时形式的一般疑问句及特殊疑问句迄今已介绍过，其过去时形式也一样，只是动词be在形式上变为was或were。请看以下例句：词汇学习 Wo
3、rd study1spend v. （1）花（时间等）；度过：Where are the Johnsons going to spend the weekend? 约翰逊一家准备到哪儿去度这个周末？I hope that you wouldnt spend so much time watching television. 我希望你不要花这么多的时间看电视。（2）用（钱），花费：Im going to spend all my money this weekend! 这个周末我要把我所有的钱都花掉！At present, more and more people have come to re
4、alize that more money should be spent on health and education. 目前，越来越多的人已开始认识到：应该在健康和教育方面多花些钱。2country（1）n. 国家；国土；故乡：China is a country with a large population. 中国是一个人口众多的国家。India, a former British colony, is now a fully independent country. 曾一度为英国殖民地的印度如今已是一个完全独立的国家。（2）n. the 乡下，乡村：His mother has always wanted to live in the country. 他的母亲一直以来都想居住在乡间。How many days are they going to spend in the country?他们准备在乡下过几天？（3）adj. 乡下的；乡村风味的：I prefer country life to life in the city.乡村生活与城市生活相比，我更喜欢乡村生活。After nearly thirty years in the city, hes still country. 他在城里住了将近三十年，可还是土气十足。
