Lesson 131 Don't be so sure! 别那么肯定！
Listen to the tape then answer this question.
What's the problem about deciding on a holiday?
听录音，然后回答问题。决定如何度假有什么为难的地方？
MARTIN：Where are you going to spend your holidays this year, Gary?
GARY：We may go abroad. I'm not sure. My wife wants to go to Egypt. I'd like to go there, too. We can't make up our minds.
MARTIN：Will you travel by sea or by air?
GARY：We may travel by sea.
MARTIN：It's cheaper, isn't it?
GARY：It may be cheaper, but it takes a long time.
MARTIN：I'm sure you'll enjoy yourselves.
GARY：Don't be so sure. We might not go anywhere. My wife always worries too much. Who's going to look after the dog? Who's going to look after the house? Who's going to look after the garden? We have this problem every year. In the end, we stay at home and look after everything!
New words and expressions 生词和短语
Egypt ['i:dʒipt] n．埃及
abroad [ə'brɔ:d] adv．国外
worry ['wʌri] v．担忧
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 We may go abroad. 我们可能去国外。
在英文中用may来表示可能发生的事情，在may后面加动词原形。请注意may表示的是一种可能性，这与第127课所讲的表示有根据的推论是有区别的。
2 make up our minds, 打定主意。
3 Don't be so sure. 别那么肯定。
在祈使句中，be动词的否定形式要用don't be，这种结构常常用于劝告。
4 We might not go anywhere. 我们可能哪里也去不成。
might可以用来表示一种可能性，但它表示的“肯定”程度还不如may。和may一样，might所表示的是现在或将来的一种可能性。
5 look after, 照看。
6 in the end, 最后。
参考译文
马丁：加里，今年你们打算去哪里度假？
加里：我们可能到国外去，但我不敢肯定。我妻子想到埃及去，我也想去那儿。我们还拿不定主意。
马丁：你们乘船去，还是乘飞机去？
加里：我们可能乘船去。
马丁：这更便宜些，是吗？
加里：可能是便宜些，但花的时间长。
马丁：我肯定你们一定会玩得很痛快。
加里：别那么肯定。我们可能哪里也去不成。我妻子总是担心这担心那的。谁来照看狗啦，谁来看管房子啦，谁来照料花园啦，我们每年都碰到这类问题。末了，我们呆在家里来照看一切。
Lesson132 He may be ... 他可能是……
He may have been ... 他可能已经……
I'm not sure. 我不敢肯定。
Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
听录音并回答问题。
Written exercises 书面练习
A Read the conversation in Lesson 131 again. Then answer these questions.
重读第131课的对话，然后回答以下问题：
1 Is Martin talking to Gary?
2 Where may Gary and his wife go this year?
3 Who wants to go to Egypt?
4 How will they travel?
5 Isn't it cheaper to travel by sea?
6 Doesn't it take a long time?
7 Why might Gary and his wife not go anywhere?
B Answer these questions.
模仿例句回答以下问题。
Examples：
Do you think she is Danish? (Swedish)
I'm not sure. She may be Swedish.
Do you think she was Danish? (Swedish)
I'm not sure. She may have been Swedish.
1 Do you think they are Canadian? (Australian)
2 Do you think she is Finnish? (Russian)
3 Do you think they are Japanese? (Chinese)
4 Do you think they were butchers? (bakers)
5 Do you think she was a dentist? (doctor)
6 Do you think he is a sales rep? (the boss)
7 Do you think she is seventeen? (twenty-one)
8 Do you think they were five? (seven)
9 Do you think he was seventy-six? (over eighty)
10 Do you think she was fifty-five? (under fifty)
11 Do you think it is the 17th today? (16th)
12 Do you think it was Tuesday yesterday? (Wednesday)
13 Do you think it is the 19th today? (20th)
14 Do you think it is cheap? (expensive)
15 Do you think it was easy? (difficult)
16 Do you think she was old? (young)
17 Do you think he was ill? (tired)
18 Do you think they are listening to the radio? (watching television)
19 Do you think she was retiring? (looking for a new job)
20 Do you think they are sitting? (standing)
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