手表维修
01 there must be something wrong with the works.
肯定是机械装置出故障了。
解析 ▲ the works在此处指“机械的可动部件”，此外works可作集合名词，指“工厂”，如a steel/cement works（钢厂╱水泥厂）。
学学这样说
1. i forgot to wind my watch up. 我忘记给手表上发条了。
2. the watch's battery is worn down. 手表电池没电了。
3. her watch got wet when she was washing clothes yesterday.
她昨天洗衣服时，手表进水了。
4. i broke his wristwatch. 我把他的手表弄坏了。
补充短语
wind up 上紧发条，使结束
wear down 磨损，损耗，使疲劳
02 the watch must have stopped several hours ago.
手表肯定几个小时前就停了。
解析 ▲ must have done表示对过去发生事情的肯定推测，指“一定，肯定”。而表示对过去发生事情的否定推测并非是在must后加not，而是couldn't have done。
学学这样说
1. her watch has run down and needs repairing. 她的手表停了，需要修理了。
2. i never know the right time because my watch is inaccurate.
因为我的表不准，所以我从来不知道准确的时间。
3. it seemed my watch didn't keep good time. 我的表似乎不准。
4. my watch is faster than the standard. 我的表走快了。
补充短语
run down （机器或设备等）逐渐损耗，效能降低
keep good time （钟、表）走得准
03 you'd better do something about your watch.
你最好修修你的表。
解析 ▲ do something about此处指“修理，修整一下”，此外该词组还可以表达“想法子；想办法处理”的意思，如：do something about it. don't just stand there.（想想招儿吧，别只是站在那里。）
学学这样说
1. i'll get my watch repaired tomorrow. 明天我要去修表。
2. he has someone repair his watch. 他让人给他修表。
3. can you repair the watch for me tomorrow? 你明天能帮我把表修好吗？
4. he needs to find a watch shop. 他需要找个钟表店。
随机测验
he had to spend some money again ______ his watch repaired.
a. having b. have c. had d. to have
翻译
他又要花些钱去修表了。
答案：a
提示：本题考查spend... (in) doing sth这一固定用法，因此答案为a项。
04 i don't think i can mend this watch.
我觉得我修不好这块表。
语法tips
在主句主语为第一人称，主句谓语为think，believe，suppose，imagine等的主从复合句中，若宾语从句表示否定意义，往往将从句的not移到主句谓语之前。但翻译成汉语时，则译为“我认为……没有……”，如：i don't think he is telling the truth（我觉得他没有说实话）.
学学这样说
1. i fixed it! 我修好了！
2. i'm just mucking about this old watch. 我只是胡乱摆弄这块旧表而已。
3. it's easy for you to repair the watch. 修这块表对你来说很容易。
4. i have to remove the backing to check the watch. 我要把后壳打开检查一下手表。
5. how i wish i hadn't tried to repair the watch! 我多么希望我从来没有试着去修这块表！
补充短语
muck about 摆弄，闲荡，激怒
05 the old watch is too worn to be mended.
这只旧手表磨损得太厉害，不能修理了。
解析 ▲ “too+adj./adv.+to do”结构意为“太……而不能……”，该结构可以与so...that...互换，因此该句可改为：the old watch is so worn that it can't be mended.
学学这样说
1. he detached the chain from my watch and fixed a new one for it.
他把表链拆下来给我换了个新的。
2. the broken parts i have replaced are aluminum ones. 被换掉的破零件是铝制零件。
3. the works of these watches are all home-produced and wear well.
这些手表的零件都是国内制造的，性能良好。
4. he learned all repairing skills in merely twenty days.
他仅用20天就学会了全部的修理技术。
5. the young man is very skilled at repairing clocks and watches.
那个年轻人十分擅长修理钟表。
补充短语
be skilled at 擅长……
06 that so-and-so who mended my watch charged me ￡20!
那个给我修表的家伙居然要价20英镑！
解析 ▲ so-and-so此处用来描述令人讨厌的人或愚蠢的人，即“讨厌鬼，笨蛋”；此外，soand-so还可以用来泛指“某人/某物”。
常用单词
mend [mend] v. 修理，修补
watch [w?t?] n. 手表；v. 观看
学学这样说
1. she had her watch mended in the exclusive shop. 她在专卖店里修的表。
2. i forgot to set the time on your watch. 我忘了帮您调整手表的时间了。
3. their usual price for repair is 15 us dollars. 他们通常的修理费是15美元。
4. the man charged me us$2 for mending the watch. 那个人要了我2美元修表费。
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