Lesson 17   Always young

  My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-colored dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'

我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”

Grammar

1. 情态动词must, have/has to的相关考点。

2. 形容词的排列顺序。

must表示必须、必要，表示是不可逃避的义务或指责或严厉的警告，其否定形式是mustn’t,表示禁止；must引导的一般疑问句，其否定回答有两种：needn’t或don’t have to

Exercises.

1. – Dad, must I finish my homework today?

  – No, you __________. You may do it tomorrow.

A. needn’t   B. mustn’t

C. don’t       D. won’t

2. The boy was too young to go to school. (用so that 改写)

The boy was __________ __________ __________ he _________ _________ go to school.

1. 解析：本题考查情态动词must引导的一般疑问句的否定回答，可用needn’t或don’t have to来回答，故答案选A。

2.解析：本题考查too…to和so…that之间的同义转换，注意：so…that+完整的句子，而too…to +动词，故本题改写后答案是so young that, could not 。