Unit 15

Lesson 57

1.Why did Mr. Ball call on Mrs.zhu?

To give her a message about the detail for the conference.

2.How much do you know about the

date for the conference?

he lives in Guangzhou; is on a visit to BJ; has some personal affairs to see to; is visiting some relatives .

Questions

Language points:

1. do + 一般祈使句

* Do come in and join us ！never + 一般祈使句

* Do be a good boy ！* Never tell a lie ！* Never put off till tomorrow what you

should do today ！

2. have a seat: used in Direct Speech

take a seat: used in Indirect Speech

please sit down:

eg. * Please have a seat. Do have a seat.

* I walked into the room and took a seat.

* The guest were all seated.

* Mary seated herself at the desk.

* He seated us in the front row.

* The hall can seat 1,000 people.

seat 使……就座

2.see to: deal with; take charge of; take care of. 处理 , 负责做 , 照顾 eg. * I’ve a lot of things to see to today.

* I’ll see to the guests when they arrive.

* Who is seeing to the arrangements for the next meeting.see to it that 注意使；务必使* Will you see to it that my room is cleaned while I am out ？

3.delay: put off 推迟 , 延期 (+n/pron/doing)

eg. * We have to delay the lecture.

I’m sorry I’ve delayed answering your letter.

After a delay of half an hour,we continued our journey.

All this must be done without delay.

delay: cn;un

4. remember sb. to sb.

give one’s regards to sb. 代…问候… eg. * Please remember me to your parents. Please give my regards to your

parents.to be doing I’m glad to be working with you at the

moment. You don’t need to worry about the child,who is being taken good care of at the nursery.

5. It is (high)time that +sub +v-ed

It is time for sb to do sth

It is time for sth/doing

It’s time you went to bed.

It’s time for you to study hard. It’s time for supper.

It’s time that people did their best to

fight against various pollution.