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A woman in stood at the window of an expensive shop.
一位穿着牛仔裤的妇女站在一家高档商店的橱窗前。
in jeans 表示“穿着牛仔裤”；at the window of... 表示“站在……橱窗前”。
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A woman in stood at the window of an expensive shop.
一位穿着牛仔裤的妇女站在一家高档商店的橱窗前。
in jeans 表示“穿着牛仔裤”；at the window of... 表示“站在……橱窗前”。
Though she for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window.
虽然她犹豫了一会儿，但最后还是走了进去，要看一件摆在橱窗里的衣服。
Though 引导让步；ask to see... 表示“要求看……”；that was in the window 是定语从句。
The assistant who her did not like the way she was dressed.
接待她的售货员并不喜欢她的穿着打扮。
who served her 是定语从句；the way she was dressed 表示“她的穿着方式”。
Glancing at her , he told her that the dress was sold.
他轻蔑地瞥了她一眼，告诉她那件衣服已经卖掉了。
Glancing at... scornfully 是分词短语作伴随状语；tell sb. that... 是宾语从句结构。
The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to the assistant next day.
那位妇女生气地走出了商店，并决定第二天教训一下那个售货员。
walk out of... angrily 表示“气冲冲地走出……”；decide to punish... 是后续情节转折。
She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long in the other.
第二天上午她又回到了那家商店，穿着一件裘皮大衣，一只手拿着手提包，另一只手拿着一把长柄伞。
the following morning 表示“第二天上午”；dressed in... 作状语；with...in one hand and...in the other 是伴随结构。
After seeking out the rude assistant, she asked for the same dress.
她找到那个无礼的售货员之后，又提出要看同一件衣服。
seek out 表示“找到、找出”；ask for... 表示“要看/要某物”。
Not realizing who she was, the assistant was to her this time.
售货员没有认出她是谁，这次倒热情地愿意接待她了。
Not realizing... 是否定分词短语作原因状语；be eager to do 表示“热切想做”。
With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress.
他费了好大的劲，爬进橱窗里去取那件衣服。
With great difficulty 表示“费了很大劲”；to get the dress 是目的状语。
As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it.
她刚一看见那件衣服，就说自己不喜欢。
As soon as... 表示“一……就……”；said she did not like it 是宾语从句。
She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.
她开心地让那个售货员把橱窗里几乎所有东西都拿了出来，最后才买下自己最开始要看的那件衣服。
enjoy oneself doing 可理解为“乐在其中”；before finally buying... 表示动作顺序；she had first asked for 是定语从句。
本课怎么学：Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?
新概念英语二 · Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?。建议按朗读跟读 → 单词 → 语法常考题 → 进度标记完成一课。
- 听朗读并对齐跟读：打开「Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?」在线朗读，播放时用句级跟读高亮对齐每一句，先听懂大意再跟读。
- 过本课核心词：重点记本课单词：madam、jeans、hesitate、serve、scornfully、punish；结合原文句子记忆，不要只背中文释义。
- 看语法并做常考题：先读语法点「Though / though 引导让步」，再做 1–2 道本课常考题，确认能在原文里定位对应句。
- 标记学习进度：学完后把本课标为「学习中」或「已完成」，方便下次从进度清单继续。
常见问题
- 新概念英语二Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?主要学习什么？
- 本课借购物场景写“以貌取人”与反击，重点不是普通买卖对话，而是人物态度前后反转、分词作状语和细节报复的推进。
- Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?需要重点掌握哪些单词？
- 重点单词：madam、jeans、hesitate、serve、scornfully、punish、fur、umbrella。建议连回原文句子记忆，不要只背中文释义。
- Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam?的核心语法是什么？
- Though / though 引导让步：Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in... 先写短暂犹豫，再写真正行动，是本课人物心理推进的起点。 Not realizing ... 作原因状语：Not realizing who she was... 说明售货员态度转变的原因，是否定分词短语，逻辑主语仍然是 the assistant。
- ask to see 是什么意思？
- ask to see：要求看……
- walk out of 是什么意思？
- walk out of：走出；气冲冲地离开
- 这课最核心的人物反转是什么？
- 同一个售货员先因顾客穿着而轻慢她，后来又因没认出她而格外殷勤，前后态度形成鲜明反差。
- Not realizing who she was 在文中起什么作用？
- 它交代了售货员态度突然转好的原因，也为后面的“被报复”埋下伏笔。
- 为什么结尾 before finally buying... 很重要？
- 因为这说明她并不是随便离开，而是故意先让售货员来回折腾，最后才完成报复与购买。
- 概括本课主旨时应抓什么？
- 应抓“以貌取人带来的教训”和“人物机智反击”，而不是泛泛写成一次普通购物经历。
- 新概念英语二 Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam? 怎么学？
- 先听朗读并开句级跟读，再过单词/注解与语法知识点，最后做 1～2 道常考题并标记进度。
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单词表
开始背诵本课单词madam
/ˈmædəm/
夫人；女士
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- ma’am [μΑμ, μΒ:μ, μΕμ] n. <口>夫人, 太太, 女士, 小姐 = madam
jeans
/dʒiːnz/
牛仔裤
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- trousers [5τραϑζΕζ] n.裤子, 长裤 / pants [πΑντσ] n.裤子, 短裤
hesitate
/ˈhezɪteɪt/
犹豫
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- hesitate to do sth
- make up one's mind
- hesitation [7ηεζι5τειΦΕν] n.犹豫, 踌躇
- without hesitation毫不犹豫 : Without hesitation he refused my request.
serve
/sɜːv/
接待；服务
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- service [5σΕ:ϖισ] n.服务, 服务性工作, 服役, 仪式 vt.保养, 维修 adj.(军队)服现役的, 服务性的, 仆人的, 耐用的
- at your service
- serve sb. : 为某人而服务
scornfully
/ˈskɔːnfəli/
轻蔑地
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- look down upon/on : He looks down on me.
punish
/ˈpʌnɪʃ/
惩罚；报复
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- punishment惩罚 / capital punishment极刑
fur
/fɜː(r)/
裘皮
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- mink貂皮
umbrella
/ʌmˈbrelə/
伞
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- long umbrella 和 handbag 一起强化她“贵妇式”打扮
eager
/ˈiːɡə(r)/
热切的
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- be eager to do 急于做某事
短语
背诵本课短语| 短语 | 意思 |
|---|---|
| ask to see | 要求看…… |
| walk out of | 走出；气冲冲地离开 |
| seek out | 找到；找出 |
| be eager to do | 急于做某事 |
| with great difficulty | 费了很大劲 |
语法点
Though / though 引导让步
Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in... 先写短暂犹豫，再写真正行动，是本课人物心理推进的起点。
相似句：
- Though he disliked the assistant, he stayed calm.
- Though she was angry, she said nothing at first.
Not realizing ... 作原因状语
Not realizing who she was... 说明售货员态度转变的原因，是否定分词短语，逻辑主语仍然是 the assistant。
相似句：
- Not knowing the truth, he spoke too freely.
- Not seeing the sign, she walked straight in.
before finally doing 的顺序表达
before finally buying the dress... 把“先折腾对方、最后才买下”这个顺序交代得很清楚，特别适合复述结尾反击。
相似句：
- She looked at several coats before finally choosing one.
- He argued for a long time before finally agreeing.
读写提示
- 这课重点写“态度变化”，不是普通购物流程。
- 概括人物时要保留店员的轻蔑和后来的殷勤，形成对比。
- 复述结尾时要写出她故意折腾对方再买下衣服的报复意味。
- 人物评价题可抓 rude / scornful / eager 这些态度词。
常考题
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41这课最核心的人物反转是什么？
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答案：同一个售货员先因顾客穿着而轻慢她，后来又因没认出她而格外殷勤，前后态度形成鲜明反差。
2Not realizing who she was 在文中起什么作用？
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答案：它交代了售货员态度突然转好的原因，也为后面的“被报复”埋下伏笔。
3为什么结尾 before finally buying... 很重要？
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答案：因为这说明她并不是随便离开，而是故意先让售货员来回折腾，最后才完成报复与购买。
4概括本课主旨时应抓什么？
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答案：应抓“以貌取人带来的教训”和“人物机智反击”，而不是泛泛写成一次普通购物经历。
选择题精讲
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4Multiple choice questions
4The assistant______ her did not like the way she was dressed.未做
a. served
b. serving
c. who serving
d. was serving
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答案：B
找这句话有没有谓语动词, 从句一定要有主语和谓语动词
5After ______out the rude assistant she asked for the same dress.未做
a. she was seeking
b. she had sought
c. sought
d. when she sought
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答案：B
after, before 后面一定要加两种概念 : 1、句子 2、+ing
after后面不能接进行时态
6______who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time.未做
a. Not to realize
b. Without to realize
c. Except realizing
d. Without realizing
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答案：D
不定式的概念表示的是一种目的
9She returned the following day. She returned the day ______.未做
a. other b.next
c. after
d. else
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else放在不定代词或疑问代词后面, who else / anyone else
other, next都作形容词用, 单个形容词修饰一个名词
一定要放在被修饰词之前, the next day / the other books
after 可以放在结尾, 副词表达式 : =later
three days later / three days after
before: I've never seen it before.
After 与 before 相对应, 可以放在句末作副词用
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- P26 Exercise 2
- 2.______ an answer from the committee, he was worried.
- a. Having not got b. Getting not c. Not having got d. Having not been got
- 毫无疑问不管句子是什么意思, 答案肯定为 : c
- with great difficulty/trouble
- its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. (lesson 56)
- he had a lot of trouble climbing into the shop window to get the dress
- enjoy oneself
- enjoy sth
- enjoy doing
- make sb do sth :使某人做某事
- She bought the dress she had first seen.
- 文中此句用了五个动词 : She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.
Summary writing
- 摘要写作
- Answer these questions in not more than 80 words.
- 回答下列问题, 将答案组成一个段落, 不要超过80个单词.
- 1 Did the woman in jeans hesitate for a moment or not? Did she enter an expensive shop or not? What did she ask to see? (Though ... and)
- 2 What did an assistant tell her? When did the woman return? Was she dressed in a fur coat or not? (On being told by)
- 3 What was the assistant eager to do this time?
- 4 What did she make him bring her? What did the woman finally buy? (After making)
- 1、第一步写单句, though后面要加一个从句, 第一个句子和第二个都做主句并列, 则though 后面还有第三个从句, though后面有从句是第一个和第二个并列, 但还有个主句
- Though the woman in jeans hesitated for a moment,she entered an expensive shop and asked for/to see the dress in the shop window.
- 2、by +主动语态中的主语
- On being told by an assistant that the dress was sold,
- = 1 \* GB3 ① the woman returned the following morning dressed in a fur coat.
- = 2 \* GB3 ② when the woman returned ,she was dressed in a fur coat. / the woman returned , when she was dressed in a fur coat. 前后两句的强调点不同, 本句中应强调 “return” , 故后面一句更好, 这属于tiny mistake(微小的错误), 当然第一句最好, 另外应注意句子的平衡, 也应将 “when” 放后面
- 4、make sb do
- After making the assistant bring......,the women finally bought the dress she had......
- The woman finally bought what she had first asked for. 也对!
- Letter writing 书信写作
- Learn the following opening phrases by heart: 熟记以下两个开头语 :
- What a surprise it was to ...
- Forgive me for not writing earlier, but ...
- 熟记并模仿
- 1、What a surprise it was to send me flowers.
- To do sth. 的结构当中, 可以在前面表达动作由谁做, 加一个 “for sb”
- It is important for me to do sth. “for” 一定要加在 “to” 的前面
- What a surprise it was for you to send me flowers.
- 2、Forgive me for not writing earlier, but ... 我很抱歉我这么久没给你写信
- I apologize. / I do apologize. 我真的很抱歉!(do 其强调作用)
- You apology is accepted.
- apology [Ε5πΧλΕδςι] n.(为某种思想, 宗教, 哲学等)辩解, 道歉
- ‘walk in the cloud’ 电影《云中漫步》英文版, 学习口语
语法精粹
- P26 Exercise
- 1、The ______ news made them _____.
- a. excited/exciting b.exciting/excited c.exciting/to be excited d.excited /excited
- make sb do / make sth +形容词 : make the room warm.
- Answer: b
- 6、After a whole day’s heavy work,the old worker returned home,_______
- a. hungry and exhausted b. hungry and exhausting
- c. hungry and being exhausted d. huangry and exhaust
- After a whole day’s heavy work,
- After so many years of sunshine, (lesson 38)
- Ing: 令人 ed: 感到
- exhaust [ι⊥5ζΧ:στ] vt.用尽, 耗尽, 抽完, 使精疲力尽 vi.排气 n.排气, 排气装置 adj.用不完的, 不会枯竭的
- 形容词短语作状语
- 3、_______, all the quarrels came to an end.
- a. The lost money was found b. Was the lost money found
- c. Because the lost money found d. With the lost money found
- quarrel [5κωΧρΕλ] n.吵架, 反目, 怨言, 争吵的原因 vi.吵架, 争论, 挑剔
- a.出现了两个主语和谓语动词 b.也不对, 原因相同 c.Because + 从句, 缺 was d.对, with后面不能加句子
- 非谓语动词 : 表达被动含义, 而不作谓语
- 4、Many of our dreams ______ impossible in the past have come true.
- a. were considered b. to be considered c. considering d.considered
- have come true, 梦想成真
- 非谓语动词
- 不定式 : 表示目的, 还可以表示将要发生的事(在时间上)
- -ing : 动作处于现阶段, 表达主动
- -ed : 已经做过了, 表达被动.
- 将来的 : to do ; 现阶段 : ing ; 过去的 : ed
- 先说动词再说名词的就是被动
- b,d 的不同在于 “in the past” 时态上的差别