课文详注 Further notes on the text

　　1.hundreds of, 数以百计的。

　　这是用来表示不定数量的复数形式。类似的结构还有thousands of(数以千计的)， millions of(数以万计的)。但必须注意：说 five hundred(五百，500)，six thousand(六千， 6，000)，two million(两百万，200万)等时，hundred, thousand, million 这些词因为之前有具体数字而本身不加-s。

　　2.at the race, 观看比赛。

　　这里的at是“出席”、“在某场合”的意思。

　　3.Our friends Julie and Jack were there, too.我们的朋友朱莉和杰克也去了。

　　Julie and Jack是 Our friends的同位语。

　　4.car number fifteen, 第 15号车。

　　在表示编了号的东西时，可以用基数词表示顺序：

　　Lesson 67 第67课

　　Bus No. 332 第332路公共汽车

　　Question 10 第10个问题

　　语法 Grammar in use

　　用介词at, on和in的时间短语

　　(1)用介词

　　at的时间短语通常可表示：确切的时间(如 at 10 o' clock 10点钟时)，用餐时间(如 at lunchtime午餐时)，其他时刻(如 at noon中午时)，节日(如 at Christmas圣诞节时)，年龄(如 at the age of 27 27岁时)等。

　　介词at可表示地点，通常用于某个小地点之前：

　　at the bus-stop 在公共汽车站

　　at the railway station在火车站

　　at the butcher's在肉店

　　at school 在学校

　　at the office 在办公室

　　at home在家

　　(2)介词on用于周和月份中的任何一天之前。请参见Lessons 65～66语法部分。

　　(3)用介词in的时间短语通常可表示：一天中的某段时间(如 in the evening在晚上)，月份(如 in March在 3月)，年份(如 in 1997在 1997年)，季节(如 in spring在春天)，世纪(如 in the 20th century在20世纪)，节日(如in Easter week在复活节那一周)，时期(如 in the holidays在假期里)等。

　　词汇学习 Word study

　　1. stand v.

　　(1)站立，起立：

　　We were standing on the right. 我们当时站在右边。

　　They stood because there were no seats. 没有座位，所以他们只好站着。

　　(2)(建筑物)直立，耸立;(植物)直立生长：

　　The white house stands on a hill. 那幢白色的房子耸立在小山上。

　　Look at the corn standing in the fields! 瞧那长在地里的玉米!

　　2.finish n.

　　(1)结束;最后阶段(或部分)：

　　The finish of the race was very exciting. 比赛的最后一个阶段十分激动人心。

　　At eleven the dinner finally dragged to a finish. 宴会拖到11点才结束。

　　(2)完美，完善;(举止等)优雅：

　　His dancing lacks finish. 他的舞跳得并不完美。

　　We hoped that four years of college would give him some finish. 我们希望4年的大学教育会使他有些教养。

　　练习答案 Key to written exercises

　　Lesson 70

　　A

　　1 We were at the stationer's on Monday.

　　2 We were there at four o'clock.

　　3 They were in Australia in September.

　　4 They were there in spring.

　　5 On November 25th, they were in Canada.

　　6 They were there in 1990.

　　B

　　1 Where were you and Susan on March 23rd?

　　We were at the office on March 23rd.

　　2 Where were Sam and Penny in 1986?

　　They were in India in 1986.

　　3 Where were you and Penny on Saturday?

　　We were at the baker's on Saturday.

　　4 Where were Sam and Penny in 1993?

　　They were in Canada in 1993.

　　5 Where were you and Penny in August?

　　We were in Austria in August.

　　6 Where were Sam and Penny on May 25th?

　　They were at home on May 25th.

　　7 Where were you and Penny in December?

　　We were in Finland in December.

　　8 Where were you and Sam on February 22nd?

　　We were at school on February 22nd.

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