解放军文职招聘考试A way to be with customers

 A way to be with customers

 

   In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) assistant at Mr.

Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did good business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, but he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars . Mr Breen knew them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always getting me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers , and I suppose they must have stayed faithful to him because he had promised to sell good quality fruit. He had a way with them —I had to admit that. He called every woman “madam” for a start , even those who clearly were not, but when he said it , it did not sound like flattery . It just sounded polite in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter as well. If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few words about the weather , but if he did , he would ask about their families or make jokes, always cutting his cloth according to his customers. Whatever their bills came to, he always gave them back the few odd pence ,  and I am sure they thought he was very generous. But I thought he was the opposite. He never threw anything away. He was always looking for something for nothing.

 

 

一、生词注解

1. faithful ['feiθful] a.忠诚的；尽职的；如实的，准确可靠的

2. flattery  ['flætəri] n.奉承；谄媚的举动

3.odd pence  零钱

4.generous  ['dʒenərəs]a.慷慨的；宽厚的；大量的，丰富的

二、词汇拓展

1. admit

【导学】

    v. 允许进入，承认

    admit sth.                          承认…

    admit doing sth.                     承认做了某事

    admit( to sb.) that…                  承认…

    be admitted to…                     被…接纳

    admit of…                          允许…

【例句】

    1) I must admit, it's more difficult than I thought it would be. 

           我必须承认，这比我想象的要困难得多。

    2) He was admitted to the hospital suffering from burns. 

           他由于烧伤，被送入医院治疗。

    3) His conduct admits of no excuse. 

           他的行为无可宽恕。

【随练】

    1)这个句子可以有多种解释。

 ____________________________________________________.

    2)她承认读过这封信。

____________________________________________________.

    3)他向老师承认他错了。

____________________________________________________.

2.promise

【导学】

    1) n. 诺言，约定，(有)希望，预示

      make a promise　许下诺言

      keep one's promose　保守诺言

      break one's promise　打破诺言，说话不算数

    2) v. 允诺，约定，预示，有可能

      promise sb. to do sth.　答应某人做某事

【例句】

    1) I don't trust his promise to come for a visit.

        我不相信他会如约前来访问。

    2) She has high promise of a pianist.

        她大有希望成为钢琴家。

    3）I promise to return your bicycle on good condition. 

        我答应一定完好无损地还你的自行车。

【随练】

    1）你本不应该许下这样的诺言的。（make a promise）

____________________________________________________.

    2) 我父亲答应给我买辆新自行车，只要我通过这次考试。（promise to do sth.）

____________________________________________________.

 

三、短语辨析：

1. by name

【辨析】by name, in the name of 和name after

    by name       名叫

    in the name of  以…的名义

    name after     以…命名

【例句】

    1) Stop doing that, in the name of God!

        看在上帝的分上,别干了!

    2) She met a handsome boy, John by name.

        她遇到了一位名叫约翰的英俊少年。

    3) The child was named after its father, given its father's first name.

        这个小孩以他父亲的名字而命名。

【随练】

    1)她是依照我祖母的名字来命名的。(name after)

    ____________________________________________________.

    2)你可以以我的名义从杰克那边借这本杂志。(in the name of)

    ____________________________________________________.

    3)这位老师叫得出所有学生的名字。( by name)

    ____________________________________________________.

2. as well

【辨析】 as well和as well as

    as well   同样，也

    as well as 除…之外(也)，既…又; 和…一样好

【例句】

    1) I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.

           我唱自己谱曲的歌，也弹吉他。

    2) Do you burn coal as well as wood on this fire?

        你是不是用煤也用木头 生这炉火?

【随练】

    1)我要来伦敦,我妹妹也会来。(as well)

    ____________________________________________________.

    2)他既种菜也种花。(as well as)

    ____________________________________________________.

 

四、语法点拨

【例句】

1. Whatever their bills came to, he always gave them back the few odd pence

【归纳】whatever 引导让步状语从句，此处相当于no matter what their bills came to.

        whatever 也可引导名词性从句，如：

        You shouldn’t have believed whatever he said.

          你本不该相信他所说的一切。

2. He was always looking for something for nothing .

【归纳】be always doing表示“总是在做着…”，表达说话人的一种感情，如赞扬或者批评

          等。如：

              My students are always studying hard.

           我的学生总是在努力学习。

【随练】

1.Keep calm, ____________________(无论发生什么).

2. Goats eat_____________________（找到什么就吃什么）.  

3. He____________________________(总乐于帮助身边的人).

 

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二、词汇拓展

【随连】

1. 1)This sentence admits of several interpretations. 

  2)She admitted having read the letter.

  3)He admitted to the teacher that he was wrong.

2. 1)You shouldn’t have made such a promise.

  2)My father promised to buy me a new bicycle as long as I pass the exam.

三、短语辨析

【随连】

 1. 1)She was named after my grandmother.

   2)You can borrow the magazine from Jack in the name of me.

   3)The teacher knows all his students by name.

 2. 1) I'm coming to London and my sister's coming as well.

   2)He grows flowers as well as vegetables.

四、语法点拨

【随连】

1. whatever happens

2. whatever they can find. 

3. is always helping the people around him