新概念英语第二册 Lesson 47 · 语法精读与固定搭配分类
本课是一则「闹鬼酒店」的小幽默。语言点集中在 被动语态（had been blocked / had been moved）、must have done 表推测、up for sale、even if 让步状语从句，以及用词的幽默分寸（thirsty 的「嗜酒」之义）。
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| A public house which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson is up for sale. | 定语从句 which was recently bought by Mr. Ian Thompson 修饰 A public house · be up for sale 供出售 · public house 小酒店，酒馆（常略作 pub） |
| Mr. Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted. | 原因状语从句 because 引导 · be haunted （房屋）闹鬼 · haunt 指鬼魂经常出没 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. | 宾语从句 that 引导 · go to sleep 入睡 · coming from the bar 是现在分词短语作宾语补足语，进一步说明 noise |
| The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. | 过去完成时的被动 had been blocked / had been moved · the furniture 是不可数名词，不能说 a furniture / furnitures |
| Though Mr. Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. | 让步状语从句 though 引导 · turn the lights off 关灯 · they were on 灯亮着（on 作形容词，表「开着」） |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before. | 宾语从句 套 定语从句 which 修饰 bottles · must have done 对过去情况的推测：肯定是……喝的 · five whisky bottles ＝ 五瓶威士忌（用容器代酒，是英语常见借代） |
| When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head. | suggest that … 提出……（此处不是「建议」而是「暗示、提出看法」）· must have done 再次表推测 · shake one's head 摇头，表示异议 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away. | 让步状语从句 even if 即使 · give sth. away 白送，无偿送出 · pub 是 public house 的缩略形式 |
| 短语 | 用法与例句 |
|---|---|
| public house | 小酒店，酒馆，常写作 pub。 |
| be up for sale | 供出售，挂牌出售：is up for sale。 |
| be haunted | （房屋）闹鬼：it is haunted。 |
| go to sleep | 入睡，睡着（注意与 go to bed「上床」不同）。 |
| shake one's head | 摇头，表示不同意：Mr. Thompson shook his head。 |
| give sth. away | 白送，无偿送出：even if he gives it away。 |
| a thirsty ghost | 嗜酒的鬼魂，thirsty 本义「渴的」，此处引申为「贪杯的」（本课标题）。 |
| a ghost | 鬼魂（本课标题用词）：A thirsty ghost ＝ 一个嗜酒的鬼魂。 |