接下来我们继续来看第115课的“每课一词”：

Lesson 115 Knock, knock!

Isn't there anyone at home?

I'll knock again, Helen. Everything's very quiet. I'm sure there's no one at home.

But that's impossible. Carol and Tom invited us to lunch. Look through the window.

Can you see anything?

Nothing at all.

Let's try the back door.

Look! Everyone's in the garden.

Hello, Helen. Hello, Jim.

Everybody wants to have lunch in the garden. It's nice and warm out here.

Come and have something to drink.

Thanks, Carol. May I have a glass of beer please?

Beer? There's none left. You can have some lemonade.

Lemonade!

Don't believe her, Jim. She's only joking. Have some beer!

——选自《新概念英语》第一册，外语教学与研究出版社，1997年10月第1版

二、每课一词

quiet

【源】

1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的quiete；最初源自古典拉丁语的quies，意为“休息，安静的”。

【音】

['kwaɪət]

【义】

quiet大多用作形容词时，主要表示“安静的；平静的”。如：

Please keep quiet while others are studying.在别人学习的时候，请保持安静。Everything was quiet under the blinking stars.在这闪耀的星光底下，一切都很平静。

quiet也常用作动词，表示“使安静；使平静”。如：

The principal tried to quiet the students.校长试图让学生们安静下来。I am well aware that nothing else will quiet Tom.我很清楚，别的任何办法都不能使汤姆罢休。

三、更多拓展

left用作名词时，主要表示“左边”。其常见的短语搭配用法是：on the left（在左边）。如：

Britain cars are driven on the left.在英国汽车靠左侧行驶。

当表示“左边”时，也常用作副词和形容词。如：

副词：Turn left here. 这里左转。形容词：Not many people can write with the left hand. 用左手写字的人并不多。

left也常用作后置定语，表示“剩余的；剩下的”。如：

He's got plenty of money left.他还剩有大把的钱。

此外，left更为常用的是作为动词leave（离开；留下）的过去式和过去分词。如：

After you left, we all missed you.你走了以后，我们都很想你。He left a note saying he would see us again.他留下一封短信，说他还会来看我们的。