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Lesson 39 Am I all right? 【New words and expressions】（10） operation n. 手术 successful adj. 成功的 following adj. 下一个 patient n. 病人 alone adj. 独自的 exchange n. （电话的）交换台 inquire v. 询问，打听 certain adj. 某个 caller n. 打电话的人 relative n. 亲戚 ★following adj. 下一个 the next day, the following day 第二天 the next week, the following week 第二个星期 ★alone adj. 独自的 alone 强调人孤单一个 ‘home alone’ -- 《独自在家》 Leave me alone. 我烦着呢, 别理我 Leave him alone. 让他一个人呆会儿 ★exchange [???????????] n. (电话的)交换局 ① vt. 换，更换，调换（指同类事物之间） I want to exchange the red skirt for a blue one. ② vt. 交换，互换 I met Frank at a bus stop this afternoon and we exchanged a few words. Did you exchange gifts after the party? ③ n. 电话交换台 He telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. ★inquire v. 询问, 打听 ① vt. vi. 打听，询问 A Mr. Wang inquired your telephone number. 一位王先生打听您的电话号码。 inquire sth. of sb. 从某人那打听 insquire about sth. 打听某事 He wanted to inquire about a certain patient. ② vi. 调查，查问 He didn?t tell the truth when the police inquired into the accident. ③ vi. 求见（某人），要找（某人） She inquired for the manager. 她想见经理。 ★certain adj. 某个 certain后面的名词的数量由它前面的数词来定 某一个a certain +n.（单数） a certain patient = some patient 某个病人 某两个two certain + n.(复数) two certain patient some+可数名词单数时表示某个(某一个) for some reason 由于某个理由 【Text】 While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused 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 Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilberts operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hosptial for another two weeks. The