【课⽂】Listentothetapethenanswerthisquestion.Whywasthemotherembarrassed?Lastweek,myfour-year-olddaughter,Sally,wasinvitedtoachildren'sparty.Idecidedtotakeherbytrain.Sallywasveryexcitedbecauseshehadnevertravelledonatrainbefore.Shesatnearthewindowandaskedquestionsabouteverythingshesaw.Suddenly,amiddle-agedladygotonthetrainandsatoppositeSally.‘Hello,littlegirl,’shesaid.Sallydidnotanswer,butlookedathercuriously.Theladywasdressedinabluecoatandalarge,funnyhat.Afterthetrainhadleftthestation,theladyopenedherhandbagandtookoutherpowdercompact.Shethenbegantomakeupherface.‘Whyareyoudoingthat?’Sallyasked.‘Tomakemyselfbeautiful,’theladyanswered.Sheputawayhercompactandsmiledkindly.‘Butyouarestillugly,’Sallysaid.Sallywasamused,butIwasveryembarrassed!【课⽂翻译】听录⾳，然后回答问题。为什么母亲感到很尴尬?上周，我4岁的⼥⼉萨莉被邀请去参加⼀个⼉童聚会。我决定带她乘⽕车去。萨莉⾮常激动，因为她从未乘过⽕车。她靠车窗坐着，对她所看到的⼀切都要问个明⽩。突然，⼀个中年妇⼥上了⽕车，坐在萨莉的对⾯。“你好，⼩姑娘，”她说。萨莉没回答，却好奇地看着她。那位妇⼥穿着⼀件蓝⾊的⼤⾐，戴着⼀顶⼤⽽滑稽的帽⼦。⽕车开出车站后，那位妇⼥打开了⼿提包，拿出了粉盒。然后她开始打扮起来。“你为什么要那样做呢?”萨莉问。“为了把⾃⼰打扮漂亮啊，”那位妇⼥答道。她放好了粉盒，慈祥地微笑着。“可是你仍然难看呀，”萨莉说。萨莉感到很有趣，⽽我却很尴尬。【⽣词】excitedadj.兴奋的compactn.带镜的化妆盒geton登上kindlyadv.和蔼地middle-agedadj.中年的uglyadj.丑陋的oppositeprep.在......对⾯amusedadj.有趣的curiouslyadv.好奇地smilev.微笑funnyadj.可笑的，滑稽的embarrassedadj.尴尬的，窘迫的powdern.⾹粉⼆【知识点讲解】(⼀)单词扩展1)decidev.对......做出抉择，决定;影响......的结果例句：Ican'tdecidewhattowear.我拿不定主意穿什么。decideon/uponsth.决定，选定2)compact这个词既可作名词，也可作形容词，还可作动词①作名词表⽰带镜⼩粉盒，也可在⼝语中表协议，合约。②作形容词表⽰袖珍的，体积⼩的，紧凑的acompactcamera袖珍照相机③作动词把......紧压在⼀起3)geton登上，乘上(指乘车，飞机，或船)4)embarrassedadj.犹指在社交场合()窘迫的，尴尬的句型：beembarrasedabout/atsth.beembarrassedtodosth.financiallyembarrassed⼝语()拮据的，经济困难的例句：Hefeltembarrassedatbeingthecenterofattention.他因⾃⼰成为众⼈注⽬的中⼼⽽感到尴尬。(⼆)【语法讲解】1.myfour-year-olddaughter我那四岁的⼥⼉four-year-old是名词daughter的定语，常常⽤连字符连在⼀起，组成⼀个复合形容词。注意在这个复合词中仅⽤year，⽽不⽤复数。同类型的词还有afive-yearplan⼀个五年计划athree-dayholiday三天的假期2.Sally,wasinvitedtoachildren'sparty.这是⼀个被动语态的句⼦。在英⽂中，如果想要避免⽤含混不清的词(如someone等)作主语，常常可使⽤被动语态。被动