Lesson 4 The double life

前几天柚子社（ゆずソフト）的新作天使騒々 RE-BOOT开始发售，你想先回味一下之前的作品千恋万花，于是写一封信给基友Guy，请他将他的实体游戏借给你。

Dear Guy,
Is there everything gone well? You mentioned you had a galgame of 'Senren*Banka'. I'm writing to ask if I could borrow it for a couple of days. You know,a new game made by Yuzusoft was just on sell. That reminds me that I haven't run through the other products of Yuzusoft. I'm clearly know it means a lot to you,so I promise I will take good care of it(Maybe) and return it to you as quickly as possible.
I look forward to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Yoshino

Yoshino’s comments:

  • 即兴写作，之后修改一下
  • Yours sincerely加签名通常是英国佬用，
  • Take good care of ,also: keep a close eye on

Lesson12 Life on a desert island

Shipwrecked(无修
There was a shipwrecked happened on me. Everybody on the ship were drowned. I clung to a plank and then be washed up on island.
On arriving the island,I was too tired that I slept for a long time. When I woke up, I was hungry,so I made up my mind to explore island. It was uninhabited,but fortunately,I found plenty of fruit and a freshwater spring.Then I intended to hurt wild animals,but was caught anything. Instead of this,the life on island was proved comfortable. I enjoyed myself by lying in sun.

范文：
The ship went down and everyone were drowned.I was the only one who managed to jump into the sea.I clung to a plank in the sea for several hours till I was washed up on a desert island.
I slept on the beach for a long time——I can’t remember how long.When I woke up I was hungry and thirsty so I decided to explore the island. It was uninhabited(无人的),but I found plenty of fruit which had fallen from the trees.I lived on coconuts and pineapples and there was plenty of spring water.I tried to hurt animals(small pigs or creatures) with my bare hands,but failed to catch anything. So I spent my days swimming and lying in the sun.
One afternoon while I was lying on the beach as usual,I saw a ship on the horizon.I signaled with my white shirt and shouted as loudly as I could.Fortunately,someone on the ship saw me and I was rescued.Of cause,I was please go back to civilization,but I was very sorry to leave this island paradise.

Yoshino’s comment：

  • bare hands 赤手空拳
  • 跟课文的发展如出一辙啊

Lesson 13 It only me

Composition1
Mrs.R immediately went upstairs and took off her costume.She felt sorry for the poor man ,but at the same time she was rather amused.Suddenly there was a knock at the front door and Mrs.R opened it at once.The man had returned,accompanied by a police♂,so she invited both in.The man told Mrs.R that he had tried to read her metre and that there was a ghost in the storeroom.Though Mrs.R explained that she had dressed up as a ghost,he refused to believe her.She told him to open the storeroom door,but he was too frightened,so she opened it herself.While they were looking for the ghost in the storeroom,Mrs.R fetched her costume.She changed back into her costume and only then did they believe her.
Yoshino’s comment:

  • 最后一句是？？
  • 害怕做…

Composition 2
Dear Mom,
You may think it is impossible,but it was true. You can’t image what happened to me the other day when I was checking the electricity meters in Ormond Road!
I went to check the metre of one of our customers and got a terrible shock.I’m convinced the house is haunted because a ghost lives in the storeroom.As soon as it saw me,it came towards me and I fled immediately.
This is really a true story and I will tell you some details when we meet.

Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza

Summary writing(无修)
After having quarrelled with his teacher, Mendoza fought against him and finally beat him until third time.Meantime,he founded a Academy and earned a large sum of money. In spite of this,he was so extravagant that he always in debt. After defeat by a Gentleman called Jackson,he soon be forgotten by people.Cause he failed to pay his debt ,he was sent to poison and finally died in there.

范文：When the two men quarrelled ,they settled the argument by a fight.This took place at Stilton. It lasted an hour and Humphries won. When they met again, Mendoza lost again, but in their third match in 1790,Mendoza finally beat Humphries to become Champion of England. He founded a successful boxing Academy and earned a lot of money, but was so extravagant he was always in debt. He was finally sent to prison and died in poverty in 1836.

Composition 2
The first fight between H&M ,after a quarrel,was held at Stilton and attracted a lot of attention. At the time, H was the most eminent boxer in England and had many supporters. But the young M had his supporters,too.
The atmosphere before the fight was electric. Half of the people there made bets on H, the other half bet on M. When the two fighters entered the ring, there were a lot of shouting and cheering.
The referee called both fighters to the middle of the ring, spoke to them and the fight started. At first, both men were very wary. After all, this was a fight between teacher and pupil, so they knew very well what the Other could do —— and they were fighting with bare fists. Each of the boxers fought well for most of the match,but in the end H was too strong and too experienced for the young M. He knocked him down once: M got up. He knocked him down again, and although M tried to get up, he just couldn't. The referee counted ten and that was the end of the match.

When M got up, he was very angry, but eventually congratulated H. However, his defeat made him determined to go on and fight his teacher again so that he could finally become champion.

Yoshino’s comment:

  • after a quarrelled 作插入语,感觉很简洁.
  • the atmosphere was electric 气氛一触即发(在一大堆Atmosphere Electricity中好不容易看到的)
  • wary(警觉.adj)
  • eventually (also At last)
  • 比我在学校写的那篇好多了(心虚)

By heart

Summary writing
The aristocrat was sitting in his cell when the gaoler entered and handed him the letter——a blank sheet of paper. The aristocrat looked at it, squinted and said: ‘The light is dim. Read me the letter.’ He handed the letter back to the gaoler, who said: ‘The light is indeed dim. I’ll get my glasses.’ He left the stage and returned with a pair of glasses and the real letter, which he read to the prisoner.
Composition1
Six short weeks
A couple of years ago , a new play called The World Tomorrow was going to shown in Our local theatre. There was a great deal Of advertising for it and there was considerable public interest, mainly , I think , because the cast contained a number of famous actors and actresses .
Most actors and actresses are usually nervous on the first night of any play , and no one really knows what can go wrong or how the audience will react. In the case of The World Tomorrow , no one forgot their lines ,but the play was not well received. It was a comedy, so it was supposed to be funny , but nobody laughed——not in the right places anyway——and people even walked out before the end. The cast suspected that they would get bad reviews the following day ,and they did. One review described it