★New words and expressions
☆pigeon n.鸽子
口语里常说:It\'s not my pigeon.=None of my business.这不是我的过错
☆message n.信息(可数名词)
information 信息(不可数名词)
leave sb a message:给……留便条
I\'ll leave you a message.
take a message for sb:替……捎口信
此句在电话里非常常用,如果你要找的人不在,对方会说:
Can I take a message for you?
或者你可以说:Can you take a message for me?
☆cover v.越过
cover+距离:越过 cover the distance
☆distance n.距离
adj:distant
以-ce结尾的名词,形容词一般以-t结尾
如:importance--important;difference--different
keep distance:保持距离
中国人往往喜欢和人靠的很近,而英国人喜欢保持一定距离,他们认为自己周围的一切,包括空气都是自己的。所以在餐厅吃饭,想和英国人坐一桌,应该先问:Can I join you?或Can I share this table?而不要直接去坐。
☆request n.要求,请求
request for:对……有请求,需求
I have a request for the cake.
v.request sb to do sth=ask sb to do sth:要求某人做……
在口语中用require sb to do sth
外国人喜欢用被动:You\'re required/asked to do...
☆spare part 备件
☆service n.业务,服务
v.serve
(I\'m glad to be)At your service. 我很乐意为您效劳。
[总结]对Thank you.的回答:
-That\'s all right./That\' OK.绝对正确,绝对过时。只有老人还用,已渐渐背遗忘。
-You are welcome./Not at all./(It\'s)My pleasure./At your service.
在演讲讲座的结尾,演讲者会说:Thank you for your listening.此时以上回答都不准确,回应是报以热烈的掌声。
如果一个老外给你说Thank you.你一激动想不起怎么回答,最聪明的回答就是:No thanks.同样对sorry可以回答:No sorry.
★Text
Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.Prinhurst 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 the first 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.
☆another:其它中的一个(+单数名词)
other(adj)+n(可为单数或复数) 其它的 other people/books
the other:两个之中的另外一个(直接用,后面什么也不加)
句型:One...the other...
eg:I have two sisters.One is watering the flowers,and the other is reading.
others=other+名词复数
句型:Some...others...
eg:Some boys are playing football,and others are rowing/going boating.
结合课后选择题(8)
Mr Scott has a garage in Silbury.His___garage is in Pinhurst.
A.another B.other C.else D.different
C错。else:其它的。else会放在被修饰词的后面。
它只能修饰两种词:1.疑问代词:who else,what else;2.不定代词:anyone else,anything else.
D错。
A和B语法上都对,但A不好。
原因:1.an/a是冠词;his/my/your是形容词性物主代词;my mother\'s是名词所有格。在语法上,以上三个词是不能同时并存的,一般要用只能用其中一个。
所以his和another=an+other不同时出现。
在这里可以用但是用的不好,是因为语法的范围正在放宽松。
2.another强调的是剩下的还有好几个当中的一个,强调的是有三个以上。
B.other加单数就表示一个,his取代the的位置。
☆距离的表达方式:Pinhurst is five miles(away)(from Silbury).
Bus stop is only one mile (from school/here).
对距离提问:How far...?
How far(away)is the bus stop?
☆get a telephone:安装电话
☆carry:带着,携着,意味着这个东西不会落地
I carry the bag.
take则是着地:I take my sister to the cinema.
☆a great many=a great number of (+可数名词复数) 许多
a lot of太简单了,把它放到一边吧,有舍才有得:)
☆关于way的几个短语:
※in this way:这样,以这种方式 in a friendly way
※by the way:顺便说以声(口语开头,用来转移话题,或使很严肃的问题变得较随意)
※on the way(to):在去……的途中(陈述句)
on the way to school/the office;on the way home
※in a way:从某种意义上来说
In a way,you are kind.
※in the way:
1.挡路:Sorry,you are in the way.但一般不需要说,只要说Excuse me.就行。
out of the way:让路
如果那个人死活不给你让路,你说:Get out of the way!滚开!
2.=in this way
记住一个句型:I do...in the way you showed me.
eg:I fly the kite in the way you showed me.
但是in the family way不是以家庭的方式,而是指have a baby.
※get one\'s own way:随心所欲
★课后题学到的
☆4:表语从句
That\'s why+从句:那就是……的原因,前者是原因,why后面是结果
I was caught in the traffic jam.That\'s why I was late.
be动词后面是表语,后面的从句是表语从句。
That\'s后面的表语从句常常用特殊疑问词引导,再加一个句子。
That\'s when we can start class.
That\'s where we will have a meeting.
That\'s how I get to school.
☆时态填空
一般过去时标志:yesterday;
in+具体的过去年代是具体的过去时间;
when对时间点提问:要不然和将来时连用,一般情况when的出现意味着一般过去时,现在完成时会用How long定位。
现在完成时的标志:
up till now=up to now/yet/already/just/before/How long
动词的时态第一种概念:根据这句话本身找关键词;
完形填空一句话得出的结论不一定是正确的,往往要根据上下文的时间得出时态。