Lesson 3

Please send me a card

A man should keep his friendship in constant repair.

只有经常“浇灌”，方能保持友谊地久天长。

First listen and then answer the question. How many cards did the writer send? None

Text

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word.

Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

Vocabulary

1. spoil Vt. ① 损坏；破坏 ②（对小孩）宠坏，惯坏 ③（食物

等）腐败，变坏 N. ① 掠夺品，赃物 ②战利品 例：雨水冲毁了我的画。 The rain has spoilt my painting. 孩子不打不成器。 Spare the rob and spoil the child. 小偷携赃物而逃。 The thief escaped with their spoils.

Spoil for 迫切的想做，渴求做 英美差异：英国—— spoilt 美国—— spoiled 比如： dream dreamed (Am.)/ dreamt (Br.) 辨析： decay, rot, spoil Decay: 衰落，衰败 Rot: 消瘦，腐化，堕落 Spoil: 食品变坏，腐烂变质。

2. decision n. 选择，抉择，决定 例：他们是否已有所决定？ Have they reached a decision yet? Come to a ～ / arrive at a ～ / reach a ～ Make a ～ Give a ～ for/ against Leave…to the decision of Decisive, decide

3. single adj. 唯一的，单一的 / 未婚的，独身的 / 单独一人的

single parent family/ a single ticket single; sole; only single 强调“一个的”，“仅此一个的” sole “ 只有单独一个或一群的，只考虑到这个

一个或一群的” only “ 仅有一个或一批的；不会再多的”

例：用 single, sole, only 造句 1 ）我唯一的目的是帮助你。 2 ）她每年仅买一件新衣服。 3 ）这是我所能给你的唯一机会。 1) My sole purpose is to help you. 2) She buys a single new dress each year. 3) This is the only chance I can give you.

Reading skill

Signal words and topic sentence And…then…but…but…but Postcards always spoil my holidays. How do the postcards spoil the author’s holid

ays?

Summary writing

Postcards always spoil the writer’s holiday. He spent his holidays in Italy last summer. He thought about postcards every day. He did not send any cards to his friends. He brought thirty-seven cards on the last day. He stayed in his room all day. He did not write any cards.

Key to multiple choice questions C A C A D B C C B A B B

Discussion

1. How did you spend your holidays last year? Where did you go and what did you do?

2. Talk about some of the things that can spoil a holiday?

3. What is the best way to learn a foreign language?

Leisure time

Tongue Twisters There are three thousand there hundred and

thirty three feathers on that thrush’s throat. 那只画眉鸟的脖子上长着 3 ， 333 根羽毛。