练习材料：

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked hisdoctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctorrefused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone.When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for DoctorMillington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he wasinquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr.Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it hadbeen. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctortold him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then DrMillington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.' No,' thepatient answered,' I am Mr. John Gilbert.'

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笔记：

1.音标学习

[ ə ]，单元音，前元音。

①发音方法

1）嘴微微张开，嘴唇放松，舌身平放。

2）舌中部伸向硬颚，不要与之接触。

3）口部肌肉和舌头放松，震动声带，气流向外发出/ə/音。

②本文中含有这个音标的单词练习：doctor、whether、operation、successful、the、a、patient、alone、about、another

2.知识点

（1）inquire 询问，问明，查究

（2）a bedside telephone 床头电话

    （3）…Mr.Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient , a Mr.John

Gilbert.……吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰·吉尔伯特的先生。

①certain 在这里没有“肯定的”、“确实的”等含义，而表示“某一”、“某位”，暗指说话者或说话对象可能对这人/这事不大清楚/熟悉，或所指的这个人身份不大清楚；

②姓名前不加冠词。但是，a/an有时可以用在称呼(Mr., Mrs., Miss等)前面，表示“我不认识的某某人”，如A Mr.Gilbert phoned and left a message for you.一位姓吉尔伯特的先生给您打来电话并留了言。

    这种情况下，a通常与表示“某一”的 certain 连用：A certain Mrs.Hart is waiting to see you.

练习感悟：

    起初听这篇的时候没有太听懂，因为一下用John Gilbert一下用the patient一下用the caller，我听的时候根本没反应过来这都是同一个人。还是得多听多看才能习惯这种文章用词习惯。