Lesson 9 A slip of the tongue
口误

文章讲解

People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one. When the news got round that a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen. Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artistes who should have appeared did not come. The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme. He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: 'This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"

一、词汇部分
1.slip/slɪp/ n. 小错误
E.g. Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.

2.comedy/ˈkɑː.mə.di/ n. 喜剧
扩展：comedian 喜剧演员；stand-up comedy 脱口秀
3.present/ˈprez.ənt/ v. 演出；adj. 出席，到场的
4.queue /kjuː/ v.排队
5.dull/dʌl/ adj. 枯燥，无味
扩展：boring 无聊的/bored感到无聊的
6.artiste/ɑːrˈtiːst/ n. 艺人
7.advertiser/ˈæd.vɚ.taɪ.zɚ/ n. 报幕员

一、文章讲解
1.People will do anything to see a free show -- even if it is a bad one

1)will do anything to do something/for something
eg. I will do anything to get her back.
E.g. People will do anything to get what they want.
e.g. People will do anything for likes on Instagram.

2)even if/even though 尽管
共同点：都翻译为尽管，但是
区别：even if 引导的条件句可能含有不确定；even though引导的条件句，确定的事。

E.g. I will work overtime this weekend even though I don’t want to.
E.g.Even thoughI was invited to the party, I didn’t go.
E.g. I won’t work overtime this weekend even if my boss asks me to.
E.g. Even ifmy company offers me a promotion, I won’t take it.

2.When the news got roundthat a comedy show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it.

1)When状语从句

2)Get around 用法
to go or travel to different places
E.g. At the age of 85 Milly still gets around quite well.

if news gets around, a lot of people hear it
E.g. It didn’t take long for news of his resignation to get around.

to find a way of dealing with a problem or of avoiding it
E.g. There are ways of getting around the tax rules.
E.g. You can’t get around the fact that smoking kills.

to persuade someone to do something, especially by being nice to them
E.g. He’s strict, but you can usually get around him with humour.

3)Go to the movies
E.g. I was at the movies last night.
E.g. I saw Laura at the movies last night.

4)rush to someone or something
to hurry to get to someone, something, or some event.
例：I rushed to the injured man to try to help him. We all rushed to the office to see what had happened.
3.We had to queuefor hoursto get in and there must have beenseveral hundred people present just before the show began. Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen.

1)I’ll stand on line/line.
Get in line

2)must have done 对过去的肯定的推测
例句：You must have seen the film the Gold Rush.

3)one of +名词复数
例句：Peter is one of my best friends.