一、课文导读

本课学习目标

今天我们要学习的是新概念英语第二册的第三十课，标题是 "Football or polo？"（足球还是水球？）。

这是一个发生在河边的幽默故事——作者住在一条小河附近，时常在河上看到一些有趣的场面。上周日，几个男孩在河上踢足球，但河中央有人在划船。一个男孩踢得太猛，球向船飞去，船上的人伸手接住了球。作者正以为球要进网时，那人却把球扔进了河里！孩子们不得不游过去把球捞回来。

本课是一个综合复习课，重点学习：

• 不定代词的用法（some-， any-， no-系列）——核心语法

• 被动语态的再次运用（was thrown， had been thrown）

• in that case（既然那样）的用法

• as与when/while的区别

• cut across（横穿）的用法

• kick / pass / throw / fall等动作动词的运用

文化背景：英国人的河边休闲

在英国，河流是重要的休闲场所。人们喜欢在河边散步、野餐，在河上划船、钓鱼。孩子们在河边踢足球也是常见的景象。课文中描述的"球飞向小船"的场景，正是这种河边生活的真实写照。

二、课文原文

Lesson 30 Football or polo？

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. The man on the boat called out to the children and the ball, but they did not hear him. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.

三、本课核心词汇表

课文重点词汇

重点短语

不定代词系列（本课核心语法）

课文例句：

• there were some people rowing on the river（some用于肯定句）

• there weren't any in sight（any用于否定句）

• "but there weren't any in sight"（any在此指代children）

• "one of the children"（one of + 复数名词）

本课出现的动词时态

【特别声明】本文旨在进行英语学习方法的交流与教学研究。所涉及《新概念英语》原文内容版权归原作者L.G. Alexander及出版方外语教学与研究出版社所有。本文内容为基于正版教材的学习笔记和教学参考，仅供学习交流之用。若喜欢本教材，请务必购买正版实体书。