Lesson 1 A private conversation
词汇
private a. 私人的 n. 士兵
相关:privacy n. 隐私
privately adv. 私下地,秘密地
= in private
搭配:private life 私生活
private school 私立学校
反义词:public a. 公开的
搭配:public school 公立学校
public place 公众场合
public telephone 公用电话
例句:这是我的隐私。【口语常用句】
This is my privacy.
不要打开Tom的私人信件。
Don’t open Tom’s private letter.
conversation n. 谈话
相关:dialogue n. 对话【正式会谈】
例句:中韩两国正在会谈。
China and Korea are having a dialogue.
chat v. 闲聊
用法:chat with sb.
chat about + 内容
例句:他们正在谈论足球赛。
They are chatting about the soccer game.
gossip v. + n. 八卦
speak v. 讲话【正式】
用法:speak + 语言
speak to sb.
tell v. 告诉
搭配:tell a story 说谎
例句:我分辨不出来。
I can’t tell.
talk v. 讨论
用法:talk to sb.
talk about + 内容
theatre n. 剧场,戏院;阶梯教室
区别:cinema 电影院
搭配:in the theatre 在剧院里
seat n. 座位
搭配:seat belt 安全带
Take your seat. 请就坐。
back seat driver 指手画脚的人
口语:Is the seat taken? 这个位置有人吗?
例句:请系好安全带。
Please fasten your seat belt.
play n. 戏【真人演的】v. 玩耍;播放;吹,拉,弹;踢,打
用法:play with sb. / sth. 和……一起玩
例句:让我们和他玩游戏。
Let’s play games with him.
搭配:play the music 播放音乐
例句:他会弹钢琴。【乐器加the】
He can play the piano.
例句:我喜欢踢足球。【球类运动不加the】
I like playing soccer.
loudly adv. 大声地
构成:loud a. 声音响亮的
ly结尾多是副词
例外:lovely a. 可爱的
friendly a. 友好的
例句:他说话声音很大。
He always speaks loudly.
他的大声说话把这孩子弄哭了。
His loud words make the baby cry.
angry a. 生气的
相关:angrily adv. 生气地
搭配:be angry with … 对……生气
be angry at … 因为……生气
例句:他一定很生Tom的气吧。
You must be angry with Tom.
Leo因为作业的事生气。
Leo was angry at the homework.
attention n. 注意;【口令】立正
搭配:pay attention to … 集中精力去做
May I have your attention please.
请大家注意。【口语常用句】
常用于机场,车站,学校通知的时候
例句:你一定要注意听老师的话。
You must pay attention to the teacher’s words.
bear v. 容忍 n. 熊
搭配:bear in mind 铭记在心
bear fruit 愿望实现了
例句:我再也忍不了你了。
I can’t bear you any more.
有一只熊在树底下。
There is a bear under the tree.
记住,不要玩火柴。
Bear in mind, don’t play with matches.
business n. 事,生意
构成:busy a. 忙的
-ness 名词后缀
谚语:Business is business. 公事公办。
口语:It’s none of your business. 与你无关。
谚语:Business as usual. 一切正常。
搭配:business school 商学院
Business Week 商业周刊
on business 因为公务
例句:我来这是有公务要做。
I come here on business.
rudely adv. 无礼地,粗鲁地
构成:rude a. 没礼貌的,粗鲁的
-ly 副词后缀
用法:be rude to + 动词原形 做……是不礼貌的
例句:这太没礼貌了。
That is so rude.
课文
Last week I went to the theatre. 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 the 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!’
语言点
Last week I went to the theatre. 上周,我去看戏。
英文文章特点:第一句通常交代时间背景,这句的时态通常统领全文,阅读时最要重视这一句。
go to the theatre: 看戏
go to the + 地点 表示去某地干嘛
例如:go to the doctor’s 去看病
go to the dairy 去牛奶店
go to school 去上学
go to church 去做礼拜
go to hospital 去看病
The play was very interesting. 那部戏非常有意思。
以ed和ing结尾的同源形容词用法:主语是人用ed,主语是物ing
例句:我对英语非常感兴趣。
I am interested in English.
例句:英语是一门有趣的学科。
English is an interesting subject.
A young man and a young women were sitting behind me.
一对年轻男女坐在我的后面。
复习:过去进行时 【过去某一时间点发生的事】
构成:was/were + doing
出现的标志:
1.打电话没人接,找人人不在
2.while 出现,when出现
3.实际情况
A man and a woman were sitting behind me. 一男一女坐在我的背后。
重要介词:behind 在……之后
区别:after 在……之后
after既可以指位置,也可以指时间
例句:太阳躲在了一朵云的后面。
The sun went behind a cloud.
不要拖欠煤气费。
Don’t fall behind with your gas bill.
I got very angry. 我非常生气。
搭配:get angry 生气
区别:I was very angry.
I was … 强调状态
l get … 强调变化过程
例句:天气越来越暖和。【变化】
The weather is getting warm.
天气很暖和。【状态】
The weather is warm.
I could not hear the actors. 我不能听见演员的台词了。
They did not pay any attention. 他们丝毫没有理会。
注意:could not 不能省略成couldn’t
did not 不能缩写成 didn’t
【正式书面英文中通常不用省略书写】
I turned round again. 我再次转身。
搭配:turn round 转身,扭转局面
掉头 = U-turn
例句:叶子在风中不停的打旋。
The leaves turn round and round in the wind.
你认为我们的生意今年会好转么?
Do you think our business will turn round this year?
我们已经走了很远,把车掉过头来往回开吧。
We’ve come too far, turn the car round and go back.