摩根里斯一直是一位不错的生意人他曾有过属于自己的.doc

Activity 1 Morgan Rees ①has always been a good businessman. He ①used to ②own three petrol stations and ①was busy most of the time. When he ①was 65, the ③normal retirement age, he ①decided④ that he ①didn’t want to ⑤stop, so he ①carried on working⑥ for another two years. ⑦Eventually, when he ①was ⑧nearly 68, his wife, Dolly, ①asked him to retire because she ①wanted to enjoy their old age together. ⑨Reluctantly, he ①handed over⑩ the business to his son. 摩根·里斯一直是一位不错的生意人。他曾有过属于自己的加油站，而且一直都很忙。当他65岁时, 也就是正常的退休年龄时，他决定不想停止工作，所以他又接着干了两年。结果在他快68岁的时候，他妻子多利让他退休，希望能和他一起共度晚年的时光。所以他非常不情愿地把业务交给了自己的儿子。 ① 注意一般过去时在描述过去事情时的应用。以及现在完成时（强调过去的动作对现在的影响）。used to do sth. 表示“过去常常怎么样，（但现在已经不再）” ② own vt.有；adj.自己的 当own当动词用时，相对于have。当形容词用时，经常为：(on) one’s own 自己一个人。 ③ normal adj. 正常的 norm n. 标准，准则 abnormal adj. 不正常的 ④ decide (make up one’s mind) 决定 He decided to carry on. / He made up his mind to carry on. 他决定继续。 ⑤ stop doing sth. 停止做某事（正在进行的）；stop to do sth. 停止（目前正在做的事情）去做（另外一件事情） We stopped having the class when the power was out. 当停电的时候我们停止了上课。 We stopped to have a rest when the power was out. 当停电的时候我们停下来去休息。 ⑥ carry on with sth. / carry on doing sth. 继续做（因故停下的）某事 (相对于 go on doing sth.) He carried on with his project when he came back from holiday. 度完假回来后他继续手头上的工程。 ⑦ eventually （at last / finally） 最后 ⑧ nearly 几乎，差不多 almost 几乎，差不多 almost 比nearly的差距要小。如： It’s almost lunchtime. (可能差三分钟) It’s nearly lunchtime. （可能差一刻钟） * Almost 可以和never，no，none，nothing，nobody，nowhere等表示否定意思的词连用，（nearly不能）此时可用hardly 替换，但因hardly本身就带否定意思，所以后面不能再用否定词。 Almost never (hardly ever), almost nobody (hardly anybody), almost no money (hardly any money) * Nearly 可跟not连用“not really” ”远远不如“，almost不能单独跟not连用。 * 但两者都可用在行为动词的否定式前： He almost (nearly) didn’t hear what I said. 他几乎没听到我的话。 ⑨ reluctantly (unwillingly) 不愿意地 ⑩ hand over sth. to sb. 把…移交给（某人） Hand in （your homework） 上交（作业） Hand in hand 手拉手 Hand to hand 打架，肉搏 In hand 在手里，在掌握中 Out of hand 失去控制 But he was ①unhappy. He didn’t know what to ②do with himself.