Lesson Fifteen

1. Lesson Fifteen

2. Pattern Drills Word Study

3. Netty Sargent used to live with her uncle…(para.1) Meaning: Netty Sargent lived with her uncle in the past, but then she left. Used to: often did in the past He is not what he used to be. Get used to doing: be accustomed to He got used to getting up early. Sth be used to do: The knife is used to cut the paper.

4. … in a lonely house…(para.1) Lonely + place 偏僻的 + somebody 孤独的（主观感觉） Alone: 孤独的（客观事实） She was alone, but didn’t feel lonely.

5. … and though she might have had many better fellows…(para.2) Meaning: though she was so nice that she should have had many better fellows in the past. Might have had: what should do in the past. Model verb + do: sth. may happen now or in the future. Model verb + have done: sth. might happen in the past. Model verb + be doing: sth. may happen at present

6. Summary: Netty Sargent was a girl who used to live with her uncle. She fell in love with a young man, Jasper Cliff. But the young man loved her uncle’s house more than her. And he told her if she could not get the house, he would not marry her. Unfortunately, when her uncle prepared to sign the document with which she can get the house, the old man was dead. To win a husband, she had to cheat others by using her dead uncle’s hand.

7. Pattern Drills abide by: to obey; to be faithful Eg. They have to abide by the rules. Every citizen should abide by the rules.

8. Pattern Drills annoy: vt. to cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts That the baby cried continuously annoyed me. The sound of footsteps on the bare floor annoyed the downstairs neighbors. Irritate vt. Your interruptions only serve to irritate the entire staff. What he said at the meeting irritated all present.

9. Pattern Drills deserve: vt. to be worthy of He deserves praise. Good work deserves good pay. You deserve the best. deserve + n. : He deserved a promotion. deserve to do: should She deserved to be punished.

10. Summary of the text Netty Sargent was a girl who used to live with her uncle. She fell in love with a young man, Jasper Cliff. But the young man loved her uncle’s house more than her. And he told her if she could not get the house, he would not marry her. Unfortunately, when her uncle prepared to sign the document with which she can get the house, the old man was dead. To win a husband, she had to cheat others by using her dead uncle’s hand.

11. Pattern Drills Translation, p 313 • We expressed our wish that the Canadian friends • should visit China again. • 2. There is no doubt he is qualified for the job. • 3. The fact that he lived in the countryside for quite a • long time has had a great influence on his writing. • 4. Do you know why he didn’t come to the party? • 5. At the meeting, she put forward the suggestion that • everyone should be on roster duty.

12. Pattern Drills Translation, p 313 6. How his experiment actually succeeded remains a mystery. 7. The fact is that none of them is interested in the proposal. 8. They made a decision that they should send Liu Xin’s mother money every month. 9. The teachers support what we do after class ( after school) 10. I don’t like it that everybody does the same thing outside class. There should be some variety.

13. Ex. 9. p 314 • They suspected that he had gone out of his mind. • He arranged for his brother to stay overnight. • When they learned that the keynote speech was not ready, they decided to put off the meeting. • It was incredible for him to have finished the essay within thirty minutes. • His habitual unpunctuality annoyed us.

14. 6. No one thinks that he deserves such an award. He has not even done as much as the rest of us. 7. I was wondering why he urged us to leave. 8. They put up a notice that the Reading Aloud Contest would be held on Friday, May 24, 1991. 9. I don’t want anyone to do me a favor just because of what I’ve done. 10. Perhaps he said all those nasty things on purpose.