lesson 48

pull v 拔

cotton wool 药棉

collect v 搜集

collection n 收藏品，收集品

nod v 点头新概念英语第四册

meanwhile adv 同时

pull(vt) 拔，拉，反义词push 推

pull one's leg开某人玩笑

you are pulling my leg你在开我玩笑

don't pull my leg any more不要再开我玩笑

you are kidding你在开玩笑

no kidding不要开玩笑

you are joking

collect salary领工资

collect money筹集资金

collect stamp集邮

collect children收养孩子

meanwhile=at the same time

用法和however一样，不能连接两个句子，但在意思上有承接作用

text

Did you want to tell me something

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist

had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to

say something, but my mouth was full of cotton-wool. He knew I collected

birds' eggs and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked

me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer

to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my

tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt

very worried, but could not say anything.When the dentist at last removed the

cotton-wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the

wrong tooth.

be busy doing 忙于做某事

search out找出

判断是否是定语从句就看是否和前面的名词有关系

where=介词+which

that is the house which i lived in

that is the house where i lived

this is the river where i swim

where作定语从句的标志，修饰前面的hole

in answer to作为对...的回答

in return for作为对...的报答