Extensive reading
牛郎白天放牛
牛郎织女喜结良缘
牛郎织女终于
在鹊桥上相会了
王母娘娘把他们分开
The Chinese people believe that the star Vega（织女星）, east of the Milky Way, is Zhi Nu and, at the constellation of Aquila（天鹰座）,
on the western side
of the Milky Way,
Niu Lang waits for
his wife.
Well-known poem
Eternal love between us two, Shall withstand the time apart.
两情若是久长时,又岂在朝朝暮暮。
Language points
1. turn up: appear
2. keep her word: keep her promise
3. hold his breath: wait without much hope
4. drown one’s sadness/sorrow in coffee: drink coffee in order to forget the sadness/sorrow
5. couple: two people who are seen together, especially if they are married.
6. weep: to cry, usually because you are sad.
1. The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up. But he didn’t lose heart.
The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up. So he lost heart, because he would drown his sadness in coffee.
F
True or false
2. Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got very angry.
3. Zhinu was made to return to Heaven without her husband. They were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month.
T
F
Zhinu was made to return to Heaven without her husband. They were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
4. Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang for a long time with a gift for him.
T
Answer the questions
1. Why did Li Fang feel like a fool?
Because he thought that he was waiting without hope/that Hu Jin would not come to meet him.
2. What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing?
He was afraid that she was with her friends laughing at him.
3. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop?
The manager wiped the tables and then sat down and turned on the TV.
4. Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie?
People want the weather to be fine so they can meet the one they love.
5. What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time?
They did not meet on time because Li Fang waited in the coffee shop and Hu Jin waited in the tea shop.
6. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story?
He was worried because he had thrown away the gifts for Hu Jin--the chocolates and roses so he had nothing to give her and he thought she would not forgive him.
1. But she didn’t turn up.
1) 来, 出席(某活动)
I’m very happy you turned up
so early.
2) 把(收音机等)音量开大一些, 其反义短语是turn down.
Explanation
turn down 拒绝
turn off 关掉
turn on 打开
turn out 结果是......
turn to sb. for help 向某人求助
相关短语:
Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program.
2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word.
keep one’s word 意为“守信用”,其反义词是break one’s word, 即“失信”。
He is a man who always keeps his word.
Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you.
注意：keep one’s word和break one’s word中的名词word不能用复数形式。
相关短语：
in a word/in short/to be short
简言之；总之
have a word with sb.
与某人谈话
have words with sb.
与某人发生口角
in other words
换句话说
A gentleman should always __ his __.
A. keeps; word
B. keep; word
C. keeps; words
D. keep; words
B
3. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave...
obvious adj.
1) obvious
+ to + 表示人的名词或代词
Her disappointment was obvious to her friend.
明显的， 清楚的
2) It + be + obvious +that-clause
It was obvious that she was in danger.
辨析：
obvious/apparent/clear
① obvious 是三者中程度最强的，含有“一目了然” 之意。
It is obvious that you are wrong.
2) apparent 指具有某些明显的迹象的，侧重与经历推理才能看出结果。
It was apparent from his face that he was lying.
3) clear 作“明白的，清楚的”讲。指不模糊含混，易于观察，了解和识别。
He seems clear about his plans.

4. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her daughter was married to a human, she ...
marry 的用法：
1) 她嫁给了一个律师。
She married with a lawyer.
She married a doctor.
T
F
表示“和......结婚”，“嫁......”，“娶......”时，marry为及物动词，要用marry sb.，而不用marry with sb.
2) 她和一位律师结婚了。
She got married with a lawyer.
She got married a lawyer.
She was married to a lawyer.
F
F
T
表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介词to， 而不用with.
3) 他们结婚三年了。
They have married for three years.
They have got married for three years.
They have been married for three years.
They got married three years ago.
It’s three years since they got married.
注意：marry和get married 都表示短暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连用，而have been married则表示婚姻状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的时间状语连用。
5. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought...
set off:

Tom and his father set off for America yesterday.
The bomb set off among the crowd.
动身, 出发; 使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸; 使某物更有吸引力
A woman’ beauty is set off by her clothes and jewellery.
相关短语：
set about doing sth. 着手（做某事）
set in 开始
set up 建立，创立
set down 写下，记下
set somebody to do something.
使某人开始工作
set somebody doing something
使某人处于某种动的状态
6. I don’t want them to remind me of her.
remind vi.
remind sb. of sth.
提醒，使想起
What you said just now ____ me of that American professor.
A. mentioned
B. informed
C. reminded
D. memorized
remind sb. to do sth.
remind sb. that
C
Homework
Go over the texts after class and try to preview Speaking Task and Writing Task on Page 46.