Passage 7 Shine shoes
A boy was shining shoes in the street. He said to a young man passing by, "Let me shine your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir." said the boy. But the young man refused again.
Then the boy told the young man that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe at the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away.
But the dirty one looks so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back, and gave the boy two pounds.
In a very short time, the other shoe shone brightly, too.
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1.Then the boy told the young man that he would clean his shoes for nothing. 然后男孩告诉年轻人他可以免费为他擦鞋子。
这是一个含有宾语从句的复合句。宾语从句是“he would clean his shoes for nothing”。
2.But the dirty one looks so bad that he couldn't walk away. 但是那只脏鞋子看起来太糟糕了以至于他不能走开。
so…that…的意思是“如此……以至于……”，so的后面跟形容词或副词，that之后跟从句。
词汇卡
shine/ʃaɪn/v.闪耀，擦亮
refuse/rɪˈfjuːz/v.拒绝
unless/ənˈles/conj.除非
快乐练习
一、阅读短文后做出判断，符合短文意思用“T”表示，不符合用“F”表示。
( )1.The boy is a shoe seller.
( )2.The young man was a rich man.
( )3. At first, the young man refused the boy.
( )4.The boy cleaned a pair of shoes for the man at last.
( )5.The young man paid 3 pounds to the boy.
二、句型转换。
1.A boy shone shoes in the street.（改成过去进行时态）
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2.The boy was so young that he couldn't do that job.（用too…to…改写句子）
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3.One of his shoes was shining brightly. The other one was shining brightly，too.（用both of把它们连成一句话）
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趣味文化
各种鞋子
sandals
凉鞋
leather shoes
皮鞋
basketball shoes
篮球鞋
boots
靴子
dance shoes
舞鞋
high-heeled shoes
高跟鞋