A private conversation Last week I went to the theater. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it.I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily. 'It's none of your business.' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation'
词汇
privary,privacy, conversation talk with sb. about sth. chat with sb. about sth. have a conversation with sb. about sth. gossip八卦,说三道四 talk是万能的,chat闲聊 用名词比用动词高级 副词修饰动词要在动词之后 theater(美)theatre(英)剧院 裤子:pants(美)trousers(英) 饼干:cookie(美)biscuit(英) 公寓:apartment(美)flat(英) seat,sit,sheet床单,shit have a good seat,window seat,empty seat 预定一个座位:book a seat take a seat 请坐 get up out of the seat从座位起身 play(n.)话剧 musical音乐剧,opera歌剧 angry生气的 Be angry with sb. Be angry about sth. Be angry that+句子 attention 注意 pay attention to sb./sth. pay a little attention to 稍加注意 pay much attention to 多加注意 pay no attention to 无视 bear (1)(Vt)生 bear表生孩子的生时,为书面用语 She may never be able to bear children. (2)(Vt)忍受(can't) business (1)商业(U) business trip出差,business lunch商务餐,business center (2)(C)事情,勾当(不好的事情) 必备句型:It's none of your business.与你无关 It's my business. rudely粗鲁地,polite,noise噪音
语法
不规则过去式:am-was,are-were,do-did,say-said,get-got,go-went,can-could get+adj.变成(become,turn) 副词的三个位置: I looked at the man and the woman angrily. AngrilyI, looked at the man and the woman. I angrily looked at the man and the woman.(非常少见) 娱乐场所前必加the:theater,opera,concert,musical In the end=finally最终
lesson 2
Breakfast or lunch It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. ‘It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.’ ‘But I'm still having breakfast,’I said. ‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I'm having breakfast,’ I repeated. ‘Dear me!’she said. ' Do you always get up so late? It's one o' clock!’
词汇
until/till 直到 until要求前面动词是连续性动词: I waited until 5:00. I will stay here until tomorrow. You can open it until Christmas.(X) until既可以是介词,也可以是连词: I was asleep until my mother came back. I went to bed until my mother came back.(X) 点动词的否定(+not)是连续动词: You can not open it until Christmas. I didn't go to bed until my mother came back. 这时,应该反着翻译:直到圣诞节你才能打开它 outside(adv),inside Outside is very cold.(X) It's very cold outside. ring (1) 环,(树的)年轮,(钥匙的)链 nosering,earring,key ring (2)(Vi)嗡嗡作响(一般指噪音) The phone is ringing. The door bell is ringing. The music is loud. It made my ears ring. jingle(Vi)叮当作响(好听的) The key ring is jingling. (3)(Vt)~sb. 给某人打电话 I'll ring you tomorrow. ring-rang-rung I rang you yesterday. aunt阿姨,uncle叔叔,nephew侄子,niece侄女 ant蚂蚁,ankle脚踝 repeat 词根“re”redo,rewrite,reread,rebuild,review复习 think-thought-thought
语法
it的奇怪用法: (1)"中性人"①不知道对方性别 ②两三岁或以下大的baby(就算知道性别) There is a knock on the door. It must be the postman The baby next door kept me awake. It cried all night. 两个月大的狗用she或he(知道性别) (2)时间 It's Sunday today. It's 7 o'clock now. (3)天气 It's sunny. 频率副词(遵循副词的三个位置): never,seldom,sometimes,often,usually,always in bed睡觉,生病在床 on the bed在床上(不一定睡觉) get up起床 wake up醒来,wake-woke look into 往里看 look out of 从...往外看 感叹句中,口语时,后面的主谓可以省略。How后形副紧相连。 一般点动词是不用进行时的,而表来、去、开始、结束的词,用进行时表将来
lesson 3
Please send me a card Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
词汇
send-sent-sent (1)(Vt)寄给 核心词组:send sb. sth./send sth. to sb. (2)(Vt)+sb.打发,派 I sent my children to school. postcard明信片 visiting card名片,Identity Card身份证, report card成绩单(report报告), membership card会员卡 spoil-spoilt-spolit(直接+ed也行)(Vt)毁坏,损坏 spoil毁坏抽象的,精神的 damage毁坏物体 I don't want to spoil your fun. public,private friendly友好的,in a friend way友好地 -ly形容词:lively活泼的,lovely可爱的,lonely孤独的,daily每日的 waiter服务员,waitress女服务员,一般指餐厅或宾馆的服务员 店员:shop assistant lend-lent-lent借出 lend sb. sth./lend sth. to sb. borrow sth. from sb. I borrowed a lot of money from bank. lend sb. a hand Can you lend me a hand?=Can you help me? make a decision做决定 make a big/imporant/wrong/difficult decision decide to do whole 3 whole days三整天 single单一的,double single bed单人床,single room单人房,single-sex school单一性别学校 single-parent family单亲家庭 I am single.我单身。
语法
go-went-gone,teach-taught,read-read-read,buy-bought spend-spent-spent,sb spend 时间/钱 on sth/(in)doing write-wrote everyday作形容词,不用分开,作状语时,要分开,every day everyday English pass (1)经过(主语是时间) 3 days passed quickly. (2)路过,pass-by路人 I passed the restaurant. (3)通过 I passed the exam in the end. (4)递给,pass sb. sth./pass sth. to sb. Can you pass me the cup?
lesson 4
An exciting trip I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
词汇
exciting(修饰物,令人...),excite,excited(修饰人,感到) interest,interesting,interested, bore使无聊,boring,bored, surprise使吃惊,surprising,surprised receive收到,accept接受 firm公司(不卖东西,卖服务) a law firm法律咨询公司 a software firm软件公司 an insurance firm保险公司 不同公司: company公司(什么公司都可以) business(n)小买卖,小企业 corporation大企业,大集团 be different from与...不同 be similar to与...相似 be the same as与...相同 in the center of sth.在...的中心 central中心的 We live in the center of London. We live in central London. abroad在国外,I go abroad.=be abroad.出国,在国外
语法
现在完成时, (1)过去结束,现在影响,一般是因果影响 I have finished my lunch. I finished my lunch. 现在完成时,三大金刚: just:刚刚 I have just had lunch. already:已经 I have already had lunch. yet:到目前为止(yet只放句尾,不能用于肯定句中) I havn't had lunch yet. yet在口语中可用于一般现在时。 (2)用于谈论从过去到现在的经历 I have never eaten this. I have seen this movie there times. 时间提示词: ever,never,before,recently,lately,so far Have you ever eaten raw fish?(曾经) I have never eaten raw fish.(从不) I have seen this movie twice recently/lately.(最近,近来) I haven’t lent any money to anyone so far.(到目前为止) so far与yet同义,但so far更好用 Have you lent any money before?(以前)
see-saw-seen,give-gave-given,leave-left-left tell-told-told,meet-met-met,eat-ate-eaten be- -been, work for a firm,在一家公司打工,不能用in 核心词组:a number of一些(+可数),some一些(+可数不可数都行) a great number of =a lot of大量的 核心辨析:have been to曾经去过(不在),have gone to已经去了(在)
find+名词+adj.觉得...怎么样 I find English easy.
lesson 5
No wrong numbers Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private ‘telephone’ service.
词汇
pigeon鸽子(家养的),surgeon外科医生,dove鸽子(和平鸽)(德芙的商标) message信息,口信(人家带给你)(C)(send a ~ to sb.) leave a message for sb. 留口信 I left a message for her at the hotel. take a message for sb. 捎口信(带个话) Can I take a message for you?(背)要不要我给你捎个口信? information信息(U)(搜集来的) I need more information before I make a decision. information desk咨询台 urgent紧急的 cover(Vt) 走(一段路程) They covered 40 miles yesterday. cover the distance走了一段距离 distance距离 it takes sb sometime to do 做某事花费某人多少时间 It took them 7 years to cover the distance from China to America. a long distance call长途电话 keep distance保持距离 distant遥远的 a distant star/planet In the distant past在遥远的过去 In the not distant future在不远的将来 be far away from离...远 be distance from离...远 My school is far away from the market. My house is distant from the airport. important重要的,importance different,differnce request(Vt/n)请求(下级对上级) receive one's request收到了某人的请求 repeat your request request sb. to do I request my mother to take a message for me. require要求(上级对下级) requir sb. to do I require my dog not to move. spare part(n.)备用零件,part零件 spare(a.)备用的,多余的,剩余的 I have no spare money. In my spare time在我富裕的时间 a spare toilet备用的马桶 a spare wheel备胎 a spare battery备用电池 improve our survice提高我们的服务
语法
garage车库,修车厂 buy/get sb sth/sth for sb 美国的:buy 英国:get 美国:can't 英国:cannot
in+时间段 (1)在...之后(will do标志)(现在往后推) He'll be back in a week. after(过去或未来往后推) After the war many soldiers stayed in France. After finishing my work tomorrow,I will come to your house. (2)用了多少时间 I did my homework in 3 days. up to now到目前为止 up till now until recently so far,yet 数量词: few(C)/little(U)几乎没有 a few/a little几个,一点 some/any(C/U)一些,some肯定句,any否定或疑问句 much(U)/many(C)/a lot of(C/U)很多 极多: quite a few(C) quite a little(U) quite a lot of(C/U) a great many(C) a great deal of(U)deal是量的意思 urgent紧急的 an urgent message紧急消息
in this way通过这样的方式 on the way在路上 I am on the way to the school by the way顺便说(转移话题) in the way挡道 You are in the way. in a way在某种意义上
lesson 6
Prrcy Buttons I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbor told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
词汇
beggar乞丐, teacher,worker,gardener园丁,doctor,monitor班长,director导演 古代,地位高or结尾,地位低er结尾,professor教授,emperor皇帝,ancestor祖先 ar结尾很稀有:dollar美元,grammar语法,beggar乞丐 现在基本不用乞丐了,用street artist街头艺术家 I beg your pardon?能再说一遍吗? beg sb for sth(跪着要) ask sb for sth(问着要) ask sb to do让某人去做某事 beg sb to do乞求某人去做某事 I beg my mother to buy a toy for me. request请求,require要求 pocket money零用钱 pocket book口袋书 pocket dictionary电子词典 call at+地点 call on sb拜访某人 Let's call on John.
语法
move主语是人时,是搬家的意思 knock at 敲某物 人的器官发出的动词基本用at smile at向某人笑 point at手指指着某人 wave at向...挥手 nod at向某人点头 look at看向某人 kick at踢向某物
a meal:breakfast,lunch,supper简单的晚餐(soup汤),dinner晚餐 核心词组:in return作为回报 He sent me a gift.In return,I gave my pocket dictionary to him. In return for sth作为对...的回报 In return for his smile,I nodded at him. stand-stood-stood stand on one's head用头倒立 I can stand on my finger. stand on one's knees跪着 lie on my back仰面朝天地躺着 lie on one's front趴着睡 sing-sang-sung drink-drank-drunk put-put-put later,过后 three years later=after three years,later在时间以后 after不能单独使用,later可以 once a month一个月一次 Once a thief,always a thief.今天是贼,终身是贼。 You're only young once.青春一去不复返 once a day once a year twice a day 3 times a year
a/an/the a/an,并没有确定,翻译为某一个,一个 the,确定 I have a student.The student is standing on his head. the (1)特别指出 (2)双方都知道的事情 (3)文章第二次提到 单数名词必有冠词或物主代词
lesson 7
Too late The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
词汇
detective侦探 private detective私人侦探 detective novel侦探小说 airport port海港 porter搬运工 passport护照 import进口 important重要的 进口的东西的重要的 airfield停机坪 expect,except expect to do I expect to call at your house. expect sb to do I didn't expect him to stay so long. I have waited for him for 3 hours. valuable invaluable=very valuable极其有价值的 valueless毫无价值的 careless,homeless,necklace项链 parcel包裹 The postman has brought a parcel for you. bing-brought-brought buy-bought-bought package小包裹 a package of biscuits一包饼干 a package of cigarectes一包香烟 a software package软件包 diamond钻石 steal-stole-stolen偷 I was stolen.(×) My wallet was stolen. steal sth from sb A thief stole my phone from me. main main course主菜(of course当然) 英国:main road主干路,高速公路 main bilding主楼 main bedroom主卧 precious珍贵的,delicious price价格 价值昂贵时,precious=valuable precious可以表示抽象的意思 precious friend珍贵的朋友 precious life珍贵的生命 a precious photo珍贵的照片 She is very precious to him. precious time stone(C)石头 sand(U)沙子 guard保安 bodyguard保镖 a guard dog看家狗 safeguard安全卫士
语法
现在进行时,表现阶段或现时刻干啥 I am learning English these days. 过去进行时,表过去某阶段或过去某时刻干啥 与过去时区别: I read a book yesterday.(做了,读完了) 我读了一本书。 I was reading a book yesterday.(正在做,不一定读完) 我昨天正读一本书。 drive-drove-driven will-would-would when后点动词或持续性动词,而while只加延续性动词,一般是进行时 off离开,customs海关 keep guard=stand guard站岗
to one's +情感名词 To one's surprise使某人吃惊的是 to his sadness to his happiness to her excitement使她兴奋的是
lesson 8
The best and the worst Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for ‘The Nicest Garden Competition’ each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
词汇
competition竞赛 win/lose a competition赢/输 competition是万能的比赛 race竞速类比赛 motorbike摩托车 motor发动机 motor-racing赛车 horse-racing赛马 match角逐类比赛(两拨势力在角逐) a football match足球赛 a rugby match橄榄球赛 contest竞赛(专指由裁判打分的) dancing contest跳舞比赛 speech contest演讲比赛 championship锦标赛,联赛(晋级赛,64进几) neat整齐的=tidey a neat garden a neat waiter整洁的服务员 untidy乱糟糟的,邋遢的 =messy乱糟糟的,邋遢的 a messy bedroom path小道(in) 全称:foot path,不是人造的,是天然踩出来的小道 后来只供人走的,车不能走,自行车也不行。 street(in)街,人和车都能走的 road(on)公路,main road高速公路,只能车走 wooden木头的 一般,名词可以形容名词 paper plane sand picture 但wood有形容词,一般用形容词,只有三个词 wooden table wool羊毛,woolen羊毛 gold金子做的的,golden金色的,不一定是金子做的 gold ring金戒指 pool,小水滩,泊 a swimming pool游泳池 a pool of water一滩水 a pool of blood一滩血 pond池塘 lake湖 river河 sea海
语法
形容词: 原级: He is tall. 比较级: I am taller than you. 最高级: He is the tallest of the there. -er/-est 单音节词词尾直接加 short-shorter-the shortest hard-harder-hardest "e"结尾,+-r/-st large-larger-the largest brave-braver-the bravest 辅音+y,变y为i,加-er/-est heavy-heavier-the heaviest early-earlier-the earliest grey-greyer-the greyest 多音节词和双音节词都在前面+more/most difficult-more difficult-the most difficult I want to do something more interesting.
A cold welcome On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, ‘It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
词汇
welcome(n/v/a)欢迎 a cold welcome一场冷遇 a warm welcome一个热烈的欢迎 welcome是规则单词,welcome-welcomed-welcomed become-became-become welcome sb. to somewhere I went out to welcome my guest. The family welcomed us warmly. welcome to somewhere Welcome to new school. Welcome home欢迎回家 Wlcome to my house welcome(a.)受欢迎的 I didn't feel welcome in the school. a welcome guest一个受欢迎的客人 welcome news受欢迎的消息 (必会交际)You are welcome.不用谢 Sorry.回复:It's OK.没关系。 crowd(n.)人群 a big/large crowd一大群人 a huge crowd huge=very big极大 the rush-hour crowd早晚高峰的人群 crowd无规则的人群 group规则的一群 a group of guards一群安保人员 a crowd of+名词 一群... A crowd of students gather in front of the school. A large crowd of beggars are begging for meals. crowded(a.)拥挤的 be crowded with挤满了 The bus is crowded with people. The beach is crowed with tourists/visitors.游客 gather聚集 Thousands of visitors gathered on the Great Wall. hand手 器官当物体来用: face表盘,the face of watch表盘 the hour hand时针 the minute hand分针 armchair扶手椅 a leg of the chair broken椅子腿 the back of the chair椅子背 needle针 the eye of the needle针眼 the neck of the bottle瓶颈 the foot the hill shout(v)喊 shout at sb. 人体器官发出的动作一般用at smile at向某人笑 point at手指指着某人 wave at向...挥手 nod at向某人点头 look at看向某人 kick at踢向某物 knock at敲 refuse拒绝 accept接受 refuse the parcel拒收包裹 refuse the invitation拒绝邀请 refuse to do I refuse to enter for the competition.参加比赛 laugh(v.)笑,love laugh at嘲笑
语法
town小城镇,hall大厅,大堂 dininghall食堂 town hall市政大厅 日子以上要用in in spring in 1998 日子面前却不行 遇到几号要用on at+具体时刻 at 1 o'clock 上午下午又是in in the morning/afternoon/evening 上下午前有形容词用on 要说某日上下午 用on换in才行 On Wednesday evening on a cold morning
过去完成时:had done 表示过去的过去(did) ,没有过去,不能用过去完成时 When we got home last night,someone had broken the window.
hometown家乡 strike-struck-struck(Vt)猛地一击(单击) strike twelve在十二点报时,专用名词 hit-hit-hit单击 beat-beat-beaten连击 (我):所有格看语法书 20 minutes' walk 20分钟的路 a 5 hours' lesson 一节5小时的课 a 3 kilos' parcel一个三公斤的包裹 cover a 10 meters' distance走了十米的距离
时间+pass度过 The days passed slowly. How did you pass the evening?
It's=it is/has,不可能是It was past(介词)经过,路过,pass(v) pass=动词+past He ran past me without stopping. She waved as she drove past. moment瞬间,片刻 speak-spoke-spoken It is one of the most exciting moments in my life. at that moment就在那时 At that moment,the phone rang.
lesson 10
Not for jazz We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.
词汇
Blues布鲁斯音乐(南北战争时期,黑人奴隶所创,一般伤感) 发展为jazz,不登大雅之堂 musical音乐的,talent天才 A musical talent A musical club俱乐部 A musical box八音盒 A musical instrument乐器 instrument(n)(实验)仪器(高尖端的) piano钢琴、violin小提琴、saxophone萨克斯管、 drum鼓、guitar吉他、flute笛子、trumpet喇叭、号角 clavichord古钢琴(知道就行) 乐器用play,且用定冠词the,play the drum recently最近(多用于现在完成时)=lately My brother has recently returned from the U.S. enter for参加,只加考试exam damage(vt.)毁坏(轻微的、可修复) spoil、destroy毁灭(严重的),shampoo洗发水 key (1)钥匙 用to不用of: the key to the door门的钥匙 the way to the school去学校的路 the answer to the question问题的答案 (2)琴键、键盘的按键 keyboard键盘 (3)关键 the key words关键词 the key to success (4)答案 Check your answers in the key at the back of the book. string(n)绳子,琴弦 shock使震惊(谐音:“休克”)(贬义,坏事) surprise使吃惊(中性,可以是好事或坏事) shocked、shocking be shocked by/at对...感到震惊 be surprised by/at allow allow sb to do The teacher allowed me to use the musical instrument. allow doing We don't allow smoking here. touch touch gently/lightly轻轻地触摸
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被动语态 do be done by 不及物动词没有被动语态 take-took-taken for+时间段,持续...时间,往往用现在完成时 strike-struck-struck hard(adv)猛烈地,用力地 be being done现在进行时的被动 Tom's friend( 更紧密) a friend of Tom's