Lesson 18: How often does this?

Key words and expressions

• pub n. 小酒店
• landlord n. 店主
• look for 寻找
• pay the bill 付账
• give sth. back to sb. 把 … 还给某人

Questions on the text

1. Where did the writer leave her handbag?
2. Why couldn’t she pay the bill?
   1. Because she couldn’t find her handbag.
3. What had happeded to her handbag?
   1. The dog had taken it to the garden.

Language points

• After I had had lunch at a village pub, I looked for my bag.

  • have lunch 吃午饭
    • have breakfast 吃早饭
    • have supper/dinner 吃晚饭
  • look for 寻找。。。
    • What are you looking for?
  • find 找到用find
    • I can’t find my shoes.
    • I was looking for the map for half an hour and finally I found it.

• I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn’t there!

  • (运去完成式，因为had left 发生在it wasn’t here 之前)
  • leave 把…留在某地
    • He left a note on the door.
    • I think I must have left the key in the room.
  • 不见了
    • It was gone.
    • It was missing.

• As I was looking for it, the landlord came in.

  • as 连词，当…时候
    • While I was looking for it
  • the landlord
    • the owner of the pub.

• In a few minutes he returned with my bag.

  • with 拿着，带着
    • He arrived with bad news.
    • He went out with an umbrella.

• My dog had taken it into the garden.

• He often does this! (he 指代dog, cat用she指代)

Key structures and usage

have got / have

• Have you got a dictionary?
  • Do you have a dictionary?
• I’ve got something to tell you.
  • I have something to tell you.
• He hasn’t got a lot of money.
  • He doesn’t have a lot of money.

have

• Did you have a good meal? 吃。。。
• I had a very good time during my holiday. 度过
• She is going to have a baby. 要孩子
• I had a nice bath. have a bath == take a bath
• They are having a meeting. 开会
• I have a cold. 得了感冒

Extension

pub n.   /pʌb/ ( both BrE )
( also formal ˌpublic ˈhouse ) a building where people go to drink and meet their friends. Pubs serve alcoholic and other drinks, and often also food.酒吧；酒馆

• They’ve gone down the pub for a drink.他们下酒馆喝酒去了。
• a pub lunch酒馆供的午餐
• the landlord of the local pub当地酒馆的老板

fish and chips
fish and ˈchips n.  
[ U ]a dish of fish that has been fried in batter served with chips/fries , and usually bought in the place where it has been cooked and eaten at home, etc., especially in Britain炸鱼加土豆条；炸鱼薯条
•Three portions of fish and chips, please.请来三份炸鱼薯条。
•a fish and chip shop炸鱼薯条店