★close　adj. 亲密的
close friend

★wedding　n. 婚礼
my best friend's

★reception　n. 招待会
=party
wedding reception 婚宴
news conference 新闻发布会，记者招待会

★sort　n. 种类
type 种类，有特殊特征的
一般情况都用　kind,sort
习惯用sort 的时候：１．那种人　that sort of person
　　　　　　　　　 ２．sort 可含有讽刺意味
　　　　　　　　　　That's the sort of thing you like best.

　　First listen and then answer the question.
　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。
　　Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?

　　Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

参考译文

　　杰里米.汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 -- 人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！

【课文讲解】

1. have a large circle of friends 有一个很大的朋友圈子，交际很广
　＝sb.has/have a lot of friends

2.that is 一旦插在句子当中，是作为固定结构，意思是那就是说

3.prepare sth:　prepare 后面跟内容有关系
　prepare for sth.　后面不一定跟内容有关系
　speech 发言
I am preparing a speech

4.as 从句：正如，方式状语从句
a little 稍微，有一点
be disappointed by 因为某事感到失望
do as you are told 正如你被告知的去做

5.why this was so
this 可以作主语，也可以作宾语
so 只能作宾语，只能放在动词后面
I think so
I hope so.
i guess so.
do so
I expect so.
like to do 某一次
like doing 习惯
see sb.doing 看见某人正在做某事
so many people
跟数字相连的前面一点要用so
the sort of. the kind of 的后面加单数
include 包含，把里面内容的一部分挑出来说
contain 强调容器里的包含，后面一定要把所有的东西都列举出来
It was a great success.

【Multiple choice questions】

Structure
No.4
except for = apart from
Apart from a few words,I do not know any French at all.
No.7
a little 少量，少许
little 几乎没有
与形容词或副词连用时，用a little,
与名词连用时，用a little,little 都可
何时用a little,何时用little,是由说话人的态度区分
I have little time.
I have a little time.
Somehow I fell in the hole.
somewhat = a little
Vocabulary
No.8
think of　考虑
think highly of 高度赞扬
Ａ　

【Summary writing】
No.1
Jeremy Hampden is greatly admired for his great sense of humour.
He was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception.
he immediately agreed to do so.
When Jeremy Harmpden was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour,he immediately agreed to do so.
或：when Jeremy Hampden,who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour,was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception,he immediately agreed to do so
在不使句子产生歧义的前提下，定语从句可放在其所修饰的整个句子的后边
The brother,who was standing near the house,wanted to go swimming.
The brother wanted to go swimming who was standing near the house.
The brother,who was standing near the house,wanted to talk with
the girl.
THe brother wanted to talk with the girl who was standing near the house.有歧义