**Lesson 38 Everything except the weather 惟独没有考虑到天气**
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
梦想阶段 ────────────────────────────────────────→ 破灭阶段
│ │
├─ dream of retiring (梦想退休) ├─ complain (抱怨)
├─ plan to settle down (计划定居) ├─ get a shock (受打击)
├─ no sooner returned (刚回来) ├─ hardly had time (几乎没时间)
├─ bought a house (买房) ├─ sold the house (卖房)
└─ went to live (入住) └─ left the country (离开)
└─ ended (结束)
6.2 词义关系网络
6.2.1 同义词/近义词
词义组
词汇
辨析
居住
live, settle
live 是一般居住；settle 强调安顿、定居
离开
leave, return (反义)
leave 是离开某地；return 是返回某地
寒冷
cold, bitterly cold
cold 是一般冷；bitterly cold 是极其寒冷
时间
before, after
before 在…前；after 在…后
6.2.2 反义词
词汇
反义词
课文体现
sunshine
rain
After so many years of sunshine…it rained
buy
sell
bought a fine house…sold the house
return
leave
returned to England…left the country
dream
end
The dream…ended there
hot
cold
(implied: Mediterranean vs England)
6.2.3 上下位词
weather (天气)
├── sunshine (阳光)
├── rain (雨)
│ └── rained continually (持续下雨)
└── cold (寒冷)
└── bitterly cold (极其寒冷)
house (房子)
└── a fine house (一栋漂亮的房子)
live (居住)
├── live in the Mediterranean (住在地中海)
├── settle down in the country (在乡下定居)
└── go to live there (去那里居住)
6.3 词汇情感分析
6.3.1 情感极性分布
情感极性
词汇
功能
积极
friend, fine, dream, sunshine
建立美好期待
中性
years, house, country, summer
客观叙述
消极
complain, shock, cold, rain, bear, sold, left, end
live in, dream of, settle down, complain about, think of
连词结构
3
句法语块
no sooner…than, hardly…when, even though
7.2 高频语块详解
7.2.1 no sooner…than… 语块
结构：no sooner + had done + than + did
含义：一...就...
课文例句：
He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house.
语块构成：
- no sooner：时间副词，"刚...就"
- returned：过去完成时动作
- than：连词，连接从句
- bought：一般过去时动作
时间关系：
returned (刚完成) ──────→ bought (紧接着)
│ │
└──── no sooner ───┘
7.2.2 hardly…when… 语块
结构：hardly + had done + when + did
含义：刚...就.../几乎没...就...
课文例句：
He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house.
语块构成：
- hardly：副词，"几乎不"
- had had：过去完成时（第一个had是助动词，第二个是实义动词"有"）
- when：连词，"就"
- sold：一般过去时
与 no sooner...than... 的区别：
- no sooner...than... 强调"一完成A就B"
- hardly...when... 强调"几乎没完成A就B"
7.2.3 as if 虚拟语块
结构：as if + 主语 + had done (虚拟语气)
含义：好像/仿佛（与过去事实相反）
课文例句：
He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
语块构成：
- act：动词，"表现"
- as if：连词，"好像"
- had never lived：过去完成时虚拟语气
虚拟判断：
事实：他以前在英国生活过
表现：表现得好像没生活过
→ 与过去事实相反，用 had done 虚拟
八、教学应用
8.1 词汇教学建议
8.1.1 核心词汇分层教学
层次
词汇
教学重点
必须掌握
retire, settle, complain, shock, bear, except
词义、搭配、用法
重点巩固
continually, bitterly, hardly
副词修饰、位置
了解即可
Mediterranean
地理文化背景
8.1.2 词汇网络构建
核心词：SETTLE
│
├── settle down (定居)
│ └── settle down in the country (在乡下定居)
│
├── settle in (适应新环境)
│
└── settlement (n. 定居点)
核心词：DREAM
│
├── dream of (梦想)
│ └── dream of retiring (梦想退休)
│
├── dream about (梦见)
│
└── daydream (v./n. 白日梦)
8.2 练习题设计
练习1：词形转换
用所给词的适当形式填空：
He had often _______ (dream) of retiring in England.