Lesson 4 Breakfast or lunch?
早饭还是午饭？

一、词汇部分
1.until prep 直到
2.outside adv. 外面
3.ring v. 铃响
4.aunt n. 女性长一辈
5. repeat 重复
例：Can you repeat that?
例；Come again?
例：I’m sorry. Pardon?

二、文章讲解
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 aday!' 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
1.It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays.
1) It 可以指时间，距离，天气。电话用语表示人
如：How far is it from her to the nearest subway station? It’s like five minutes’ walk. 从这里去最近的地铁站有多远？大概走路5分钟。
例：It’s really hot here. Could you please turn the AC on?
例：Who am I speaking with? It’s Peter or This is Peter (speaking).
2）句子基本结构：主系表。
主语：It
谓语：was
标语：Sunday
3)get up 起床；stay up late 熬夜；
例：I have to stay up late tonight to finish my Wechat classes. But I have to get up early tomorrow morning to drive my wife to work. 我今天要熬夜把课讲完。但是我明天要早起开车送我老婆上班。
4)时间介词
on + 星期几； on + 具体某一天；
in + 月份
in + 年；
例：I was born in 1988. 我生于1988年。
例：I was born in January 1988. 我生于1988年1月。
例；I was born on January 8th 1998. 我生于1988年1月8日。
5）never 从不；频率副词，一般放在动词前面。
例：I said that. 我说过那件事；I never said that. 我从没有说过那件事。
2. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.
1) sometimes 频率副词，有时候，可以放在句子中间动词前面，也可以直接放在句子最前面，或者句子最后面
例：Sometimes, I stay in bed until lunch time.
例：I stay in bed until lunch time, sometimes.
2) stay in bed 赖床；
例：Since you woke up, just get up. Don’t stay in bed wasting time. 既然你都醒了，就快起床把。别赖在床上浪费时间了。
Wake me up at 6
Stay up late 熬夜
Be bad for 对。。有害
Stay + adj. 保持某种状态
Healthy/fit 健康的
Humble 谦逊的
It’s time to do something.
Go to bed 去睡觉／hit the hay
3）until 直到…才；
语法点1: 延续性动词——非延续性动词
常见短暂性动词：open, close, finish, begin, come, go, arrive, reach, get to, leave, move, borrow, buy, die, start
语法点2: 如果until 前面的动词是延续性动词，句子就用肯定句。如果until 前面的词是非延续性动词，句子就用否定句。
例： I didn’t fall asleep until my father came back. 昨天我爸爸回来我才睡着。
例：She didn’t leave until 2 a.m. in the morning. 她直到夜里2点才离开。
例：I will love you until the world comes to the end. 我会爱你直到永远。
3. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside.
1)last Sunday 注意时态；——复习过去式变化特点
2) late –Don’t be late. I’m gonna be late. Better late than never.
3) dark 深色的，dark blue 深蓝
4. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.
1)what a day! 灵活的表达
2)It’s raining again.
语法点：时间上划分：过去－现在－将来
现在进行时：be + doing 表示正在进行的动作。
问：What are you doing now?
答：I’m studying English now.我学英语呢。
答：I’m reading. 我看书呢。
答：I’m having a conversation with my friends.我和一群朋友说话呢。
答：I’m doing dishes. 我在洗碗呢。
3) It’s pouring outside.外面大雨。It’s raining heavily.
5. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.
注意：It was my aunt Lucy. 中it的用法。（回顾之前讲的it的几个用法）
6.I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'
1)arrive/reach/get to
arrive 不及物动词，arrive in +大地方；arrive at + 小地方；
reach 及物动词；
get to ＋地点
2)by + 交通工具
例：I often go to work by bus/train/sub-way/bike. (on foot走路)
3)I’m coming to see you.
Be +短暂性动词ing 形式，表示将要做某事
例：I’m dying.
例：I’m leaving.
7. '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
1)I’m still having breakfast. 我还在吃早饭呢。
Have breakfast/lunch/dinner 吃早饭/午饭／晚饭；（have 吃喝玩乐）
2)Oh my God(OMG)/Oh my gosh/Oh man/Oh boy