练习材料：
Lesson39 Am I all right?
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. Gilbert's 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 hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.' No,' the patient answered,' I am Mr. John Gilbert.'
waɪl ʤɒn ˈgɪlbət wɒz ɪn ˈhɒspɪtl, hiː ɑːskt hɪz ˈdɒktə tuː tɛl hɪm ˈwɛðə hɪz ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən hæd biːn səkˈsɛsfʊl, bʌt ðə ˈdɒktə ˌriːˈfjuːzd tuː duː səʊ. ðə ˈfɒləʊɪŋ deɪ, ðə ˈpeɪʃənt ɑːskt fɔːr ə ˈbɛdˌsaɪd ˈtɛlɪfəʊn. wɛn hiː wɒz əˈləʊn, hiː ˈtɛlɪfəʊnd ðə ˈhɒspɪtl ɪksˈʧeɪnʤ ænd ɑːskt fɔː ˈdɒktə Millington. wɛn ðə ˈdɒktər ˈɑːnsəd ðə fəʊn, Mr. ˈgɪlbət sɛd hiː wɒz ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ əˈbaʊt ə ˈsɜːtn ˈpeɪʃənt, ə Mr. ʤɒn ˈgɪlbət. hiː ɑːskt ɪf Mr. ˈgɪlbəts ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən hæd biːn səkˈsɛsfʊl ænd ðə ˈdɒktə təʊld hɪm ðæt ɪt hæd biːn. hiː ðɛn ɑːskt wɛn Mr. ˈgɪlbət wʊd biː əˈlaʊd tuː gəʊ həʊm ænd ðə ˈdɒktə təʊld hɪm ðæt hiː wʊd hæv tuː steɪ ɪn ˈhɒspɪtl fɔːr əˈnʌðə tuː wiːks. ðɛn Dr Millington ɑːskt ðə ˈkɔːlər ɪf hiː wɒz ə ˈrɛlətɪv ɒv ðə ˈpeɪʃənt.' nəʊ,' ðə ˈpeɪʃənt ˈɑːnsəd,' aɪ æm Mr. ʤɒn ˈgɪlbət.'
任务配置：
L0＋L4
知识笔记：
whether conj.
1. (引导名词从句)是否
Ask him whether he can come or not.
I don't know whether you like flowers, sir.
2. (与or连用,引导 状语从句)不管是...(或是)
We'll go on with the work, whether we can find the necessary tools or not.
在引导 定语从句时，一般情况下whether和if都可使用，但whether的适用范围要比if广，实在不知道应用什么的时候，选whether。
从句若出现了选择项：A or B，只能用whether而不能用if
但要注意，从句为 否定句时，只能用if，而不能用whether
词组：the following day 第二天
新词：inquire 打听；certain 某些的，某种
练习感悟：
今天的新词明显减少啊……就扣了一下一直以来不熟悉的whether的用法。这样的新内容应该还是要多读多练吧，要不然完全无法转化为自己作文时的常用句子。
