一、單詞

hurry /?h?ri/ v. 匆忙，急忙；催促；

①hurry to sw. 匆忙去…

Why did she leave her phone?

She must have hurried to school.

② in a hurry.

③hurriedly adv. 匆忙地

do sth hurriedly

ticket office 售票處：

The ticket office has just been cleaned.

pity /?p?ti/ n. 同情，憐憫；可惜的事，遺憾的事；?

① What a pity! 真遺憾!

② It’s a pity that …

It’s a pity that you‘ll be away fro two months.

exclaim /?k?skle?m/ v. 呼喊，驚叫，大聲說

to say or shout something suddenly because of surprise, fear, pleasure.

比較常用的:

Don’t yell at me.

return /r??t??n/ v. 回來，回去；歸還，退還；回報(bào)，回應(yīng)；?

return home 回家

return the books 退還書

n. 返回，回來 return ticket 返程票

sadly /?s?dli/ adv. 悲哀地；悲痛地

Sadly, I couldn’t afford to pay it.

二、原文

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.

'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.

I hurried to the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.

'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.

'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.

Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.

'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.

'Certainly,' the girl said.

I went back to the ticket office at once.

'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.

'Certainly,' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's performance. Do you still want them?'

'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

三、課文和語法

1、情態(tài)動(dòng)詞may 和might

2、The play may begin at any moment

at any moment 在任何時(shí)候

at the moment= now

at that moment = just then

3、I’m sorry, we’ve sold out

we’ve = we have

sell out 含義比較靈活，可以說”店主售完某貨”，也可說“貨被售完”

They have sold out of the books you want.

Tickets for tonight’s film are sold out.

4、 What a pity!

感嘆句 ，相當(dāng)于It’s a pity that…

What a pity(it is)! You can’t come to my wedding. Do you still want them?

5、but they’re for next Wednesday’s performance.

for next Wednesday’s performance 用名詞所有格取代時(shí)間，表”…時(shí)間的”

ticket for …?…的票

ticket to …?去…的票

still adv. 還，可以和任意時(shí)態(tài)連用

6、I might as well have them

might as well?+ 動(dòng)詞原形 ?還是…的好（無可奈何）, 不妨…

I might as well take the umbrella with me.

四、習(xí)慣用法

sold out

at once

might as well