1、一般过去时
教材第3课和第27课都是有关一般过去时的内容，但本课侧重的是动词短语的用法。如本课课文中出现的：wrote out, paid him a visit, led me into等。
| My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. | 1）Hugh是my friend的同位语，前后逗号可以省略。 2）可提问学生but前后两个分句的谓语动词为什么采用不同的时态（因为前半句强调的是Hugh一直以来的习惯，所以采用现在完成时，而后半句说的是过去这段时间的事情，所以采用了一般过去时）。 3）注意结果状语从句so...that...的用法。 4）decide to do sth.，决定做某事。注意decide的名词为decision，常用的短语用法为：make a decision。 5）go on a diet，节食。 |
| First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. | 1）first of all，首先。 2）write out，写下。 3）a list of，一系列、...的清单。 4）注意forbid的过去式和过去分词为forbade和forbidden。 |
| The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. | 1）include，包含、包括。 2）most of 代词或the 名词，大部分...。 3）Hugh loves是the things的定语从句，中间省略了that或which。 |
| Yesterday I paid him a visit. | 1）注意yesterday放在句首，而不是句末，是为了突出昨天我做了什么事情。 2）pay sb. a visit，或是pay a visit to sb.，表示“拜访某人”。 |
| I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. | 1）ring the bell，按门铃。 2）that引导的是see的宾语从句。 3）注意be as ...as ever，表示“和以往一样地怎么样”。 |
| He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. | 1）lead sb. into somewhere，领某人到某处。 2）hurriedly，匆忙地。源自hurry，相当于in a hurry。 3）注意hide的过去式和过去分词为hid和hidden。 |
| It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. | 1）注意it为形式主语，真正的主语（逻辑主语）是that从句，所以本句中的that从句其实是主语从句。原句为：That he was very embarrassed was obvious，这样会显得整个句子头重脚轻，所以要借用形式主语it。 2）embarrassed，尴尬的、难为情的。 |
| When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. | 1）what引导的是ask的宾语从句，作为ask的间接宾语，注意：在陈述句中，问句要陈述句语序。 2）guiltily，内就地、不好意思地。源自guilt（内疚；负罪），形容词为guilty。 3）put ... on ...，把某物放到某地。 |
| He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. | 1）that引导的是explain的宾语从句。 2）reward oneself，给自己报酬。 3）occasionally，偶尔的。 |
| Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets! | 1）show sb. sth.，给某人看某物。相当于show sth. to sb.。 2）contain，包含、包括。 3）句中的bar和bag都用作了表量的名词，可借此机会复习一下表量的名词的用法。 |
四、读写重点
注意状语的位置。比如：句子“...and hurriedly hid a large parcel...”中的hurriedly放到了所修饰的动词hid的前面，起到了更好的强调作用，突出其藏东西的动作之忙乱，从而把他内心的愧疚形象地表达出来了。再比如：句子“...he had to reward himself occasionally.”中的occasionally被放到了句末，也强调了偶尔会进行自我奖励，起到了较好的诙谐效果。
可介绍常见的减肥方法。
