新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第41课(2)

41课 Do you call that a hat ?

'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.'Youneedn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered asshe looked at herself in the mirror.I sat down on oneof those modern chairs with holes in it and waited.We hadbeen in the hat shop for half an hourand my wife was still in front of the mirror.‘Wemustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarkedsuddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.‘Ineed not remind you of that terrible tie you boughtyesterday.' "I find it beautiful,"I said. A man can never have too many ties."And a woman can'thave too many hats,"she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. Mywife was wearing a hat that lookedlike a lighthouse !

精讲笔记：

4. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.

我们在这家帽子店已经待了半小时，而我的妻子依然站在镜子前。

语言点1 half an hour = a half hour 半小时;one and a half hours 一个半小时

语言点2 be in front of the mirror = look oneself in the mirror 照镜子

5.‘We mustn't buy things we don't need,’I remarked suddenly.

“我们不应该买我们不需要的东西，”我突然发表意见说。

语言点 本句包含一个省去了关系代词的定语从句。补充完整应该是：

We mustn't buy things that / which we don't need.

6. I regretted saying it almost at once.

我马上后悔说了这话。

语言点 regret doing sth.后悔做了某事，请参考Lesson35课文分析。