课文
'Do you call that a hat ?' I said to my wife. 'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror. ' We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once. 'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.' I need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.' ' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.' 'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !
rude
adj. 无礼的
impolite：adj. 没礼貌的
mirror
- n. 镜子
side mirror：后视镜 - n. 反映
a mirror of ...：清楚地反映 … , ... 的反映
People's behavior is a mirror of their nation's culture.
She looked in the mirrior and saw her reflection. 印象（镜子中的印象）
hole
n. 孔，洞
key hole：钥匙孔
black hole：黑洞
a rabbit hole：兔子窝
remark
v. / n. 评说
'That's a lovely sweater!' she remarked.
remark on / upon sth.：
谈论某事，评论某事
make a remark：评论
make rude remarks：说脏话，说人坏话
remind
v. 提醒
remind sb. of sth.：提醒某人某事
Hearing that song always reminds me of my first love.
remind sb. to do sth.：提醒某人做某事
reminder：n. 提醒，警示
lighthouse
n. 灯塔
Virginia Woolf - To the lighthouse
Stream of consciousness：意识流
The Hours：时时刻刻
It looked like a lighthouse. It resembled a lighthouse.
resembled 像，类似于...
课文讲解
You needn't be...
You needn't have said that…
I needn't remind you of...
need 用法小结
最基本的情态动词：can, may, must, shall, will
need：情态动词(表示不需要)，一般只用于用于否定句和疑问句
否定句 - needn't do：不需要
疑问句 - need + 主语 + do … ?：需要 … 么？
情态动词：有自己的词意，无人称和数的变化
need have done：本来需要做，但没做
needn't have done：本来不需要做，但做了
need：实义动词
有人称和数的变化；后接动词的话，用带to的不定式
他可以处理好的，我们不用替他担心。
He can deal with it, we don't need to worry about him.（实义）
He can deal with it, we needn't worry about him.（情动）
主语（物）+ need (want, request) + doing / to be done. 某物需要....，可以直接表被动=need to be done
My car needs repairing.
My car needs to be repaired.
We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
过去完成时&一般过去时
in front of the mirror：站在镜子前
in front of：两者独立，彼此分离
in the front of：一者位于另一者之内，被其包含
' We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly.
mustn't = must not
we don't need - 实义v
I regretted saying it almost at once.
regret doing sth.：后悔做了某事
regret to do sth.：为要做的事情感到遗憾
类似相关词语：doing 动作已经发生；to do 动作还未发生
forget to do sth.：忘记去做某事
forget doing sth.：忘记做过某事
remember to do sth.：记得去做某事
remember doing sth.：记得做过某事
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered.' I need not remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
needn't have said - needn't have done：本不需要
remind sb. of sth.
remind sb. about sth.
remind sb. to do sth. / that …
口语：Don't remind me! 别提了！比较消极的事情
terrible tie you bought：terrible tie that / which you bought yesterday
（关系代词做宾语可省略）
' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'
I find it beautiful ...
find sth. easy / difficult / impossible / terrifying / attractive ...
Lots of girls I know find Johnny Depp attractive.
find it easy / ... to do sth.
can never / cannot … too …：无论怎么 … 也不过分
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
作文
My wife not only has too many hats but too many dresses as well.
We have been invited to a party this evening but she does not want to go.
She keeps looking at all those dresses and saying, 'I haven't got anything to wear!'
'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who in the land is fairest of all?'
'You, my queen, are fairest of all.'
'Snow White is the fairest of all.'
fair 美丽的
