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　　课文内容

　　Have you ever tried hard to finish your homework, only to find that the teacher was sick the next day? Or have you spoken to someone you really like and then found out you had food in your teeth?

　　There is a name for this phenomenon: Murphy’s Law. It was named after Captain Edward Murphy, a U.S. Air Force engineer. In 1949, Captain Murphy cursed at one of his men who had made a mistake, and said,“if there is any way to do it wrong, he’ll find it.”

　　At that time, there was already an English saying:“if anything can go wrong, it will.”Someone who worked with Captain Murphy renamed the saying Murphy’s Law. Shortly after, the term was used in an Air Force press conference and the name stuck4 ever since.

　　Sentence_4u

　　only to find“却发现”，例如：

　　He went to the store only to find they were closed on Sundays.

　　他去了那家商店，却发现他们星期天不营业。

　　英语小教室

　　墨菲定律(Murphy’s Law)据说是科学家及科技人员(scientists and technologists)十分相信的法则，就是：如果有什么事可能出错的话，那就绝对会出错(If anything can go wrong, it will)。当你有了一丝怀疑，墨菲定律通常就表现出来了(Murphy’s Law usually happens when you have doubts)，也就是说，一定会出差错。说得更白一些，就是“有可能出错的事就一定会出错(whatever can go wrong will go wrong)。”懂了吗？你是否也同意这种说法呢？

　　英语练功房

　　to + V. (不定式)常表示结果。例如：

　　I woke to find the door of my room open.

　　我醒来后发现我的房门开着。如果在to前面加上only (only to + V)，则表示一个失望的结果。例如：I stayed up late to finish my homework, only to find the teacher was sick the next day.我熬到深夜才做完作业，第二天却发现老师病了。

　　练习:

　　1.他冲到银行，却发现已经关门了。

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　　2.我写了一整页的答案却只得到一个C+。

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　　英语练功房_答案:

　　1.He rushed to the bank only to find it had already closed.

　　2. I wrote a full-page answer only to receive a C+.

　　听力小试

　　Fill in each blank with the right vocabulary word as you listen to the dialogue.

　　Joanne: So your name is Murphy, but everyone else calls you“Gee Whiz”. Why?

　　Murphy: Well, I was at a __(1)__ about an unexplained __(2)__.

　　Joanne: The oneswheresyou got angry and __(3)__ at a reporter?

　　Murphy: Right. And my friend said,“Gee whiz, Murphy! Be careful.”And after that, the name __(4)__.

　　听力小测验_答案:

　　1. press conference 2. phenomenon 3. cursed 4. stuck