📘 新概念英语第二册 / Lesson 2 · Breakfast or Lunch?

Lesson 2: Breakfast or Lunch?

📖 关键句型：现在进行时 vs 一般现在时  |  📝 第 2 课 / 共 96 课

📜 课文 · Text

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'

'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing?' she asked.

'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.

'Dear me!' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'

那是个星期天。我从不在星期天早起。我有时一直躺到午饭时间。上个星期天我起得很晚。我望出窗外。外面一片漆黑。"什么鬼天气！"我想。"又下雨了。"正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。"我刚下火车，"她说。"我正要来看你。"

"但我还在吃早饭呢，"我说。

"你在干什么？"她问道。

"我在吃早饭，"我又说了一遍。

"天哪！"她说。"你总是起得这么晚吗？现在都一点了！"

📝 词汇 · Vocabulary

until /ənˈtɪl/ prep. 直到
outside /ˌaʊtˈsaɪd/ adv. 外面
ring /rɪŋ/ v. 响铃 (rang, rung)
aunt /ɑːnt/ n. 姑母，姨母
repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ v. 重复

对比：一般现在时 vs 现在进行时

一般现在时现在进行时
用法习惯、常态、客观事实正在发生的事
频率副词：always, usually, sometimes, never时间标志：now, at the moment, still, Listen!

从课文中对比

一般现在时（习惯）:

现在进行时（此刻正在做）:

本课最精彩的部分

课文的"笑点"在于：作者说 "I'm still having breakfast"（我正在吃早饭），而 Aunt Lucy 惊呼 "It's one o'clock! Do you always get up so late?"（都下午一点了！你总是起这么晚吗？）

✏️ 练习

练习 1：选择正确的时态
  1. She usually _________ (get up / gets up / is getting up) at 7 o'clock.
  2. Listen! Someone _________ (knocks / is knocking) at the door.
  3. I _________ (never eat / am never eating) meat. I'm a vegetarian.
  4. He _________ (still sleeps / is still sleeping). Don't wake him up.
  5. What _________ you _________ (do / are ... doing) right now?
  6. The sun _________ (rises / is rising) in the east.
答案：
1. gets up（习惯）
2. is knocking（正在发生，Listen! 是标志词）
3. never eat（习惯，频率副词 never）
4. is still sleeping（此刻仍在进行，still 是标志词）
5. are ... doing（right now = 此刻）
6. rises（客观真理，太阳东升）
练习 2：用动词的正确形式填空

用括号里动词的 一般现在时 或 现在进行时 填空：

  1. A: Where's John? B: He _________ (have) a shower.
  2. A: What _________ you _________ (do) in your free time? B: I _________ (read) books.
  3. She _________ (work) in a hospital. She's a nurse.
  4. Be quiet! I _________ (try) to concentrate.
  5. We _________ (go) to the beach every summer.
答案：
1. is having（此刻正在洗澡）
2. do ... do / read（空闲时间做的事 = 习惯）
3. works（职业 = 常态）
4. am trying（正在尝试集中注意力）
5. go（every summer = 每年的习惯）
练习 3：翻译句子（英译中）
  1. I never get up early at weekends.
  2. What are you doing at the moment?
  3. She sometimes stays in bed until 10 o'clock.
  4. Listen! The telephone is ringing.
  5. 'Dear me!' she said. 'Do you always eat so fast?'
参考答案：
1. 我周末从不早起。
2. 你现在在做什么？
3. 她有时在床上躺到十点钟。
4. 听！电话铃在响。
5. "天哪！"她说。"你总是吃得这么快吗？"

🔍 特殊难点

1. on Sundays vs last Sunday

课文对比：I never get up early on Sundays. vs Last Sunday I got up very late.

2. until（直到…为止）

3. What a day!（感叹句）

结构：What + (a/an) + 名词 + 主语 + 动词!

🔗 固定搭配 · Useful Collocations

get up early / late早起 / 晚起
stay in bed躺在床上
look out of the window往窗外看
just then正在那时
by train乘火车
come to see sb来看某人
Dear me!天哪！
What a day!什么鬼天气！
have breakfast / have lunch吃早饭 / 吃午饭

🎤 口语练习

用英文回答以下问题（大声说出来！）
  1. Do you always get up early?
  2. What are you doing right now?（除了回答这个问题之外 😄）
  3. What do you usually do on Sundays?
  4. What is the weather like outside at the moment?

💡 回答时要交替使用一般现在时（习惯）和现在进行时（此刻）。

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