sentence:
If only I could fly./I'll be right there./I'll see u at six.
Knowledge is power./Just read it for me./Is it true or false?
This milk has gone bad./Donnot beat around the bush.
key words and expressions:
thunderstorm 雷暴 Bible 圣经
workshop 工作间,车间 grandson 孙子
helper 助手 retire 退休,撤退
palace 宫殿 Summer Palace 颐和园
disaster 灾难,天灾 bicycle 脚踏车
save up 储蓄,贮存 save 积蓄
used to 惯常,惯于 bush 矮树丛
of one's own 属于自己的 energy 精力,活力
spirit 精神,勇气 artist 艺术家,画家
recall 回忆,召回 at that time 在那时
in his early thirties 三十出头 in her later fifties 年近六十
in his twenties 在他二十多岁时
Pattern:
It's my wish to become an artist. --形式主语
It's a great pleasure to talk to u.
She is saving up for holidays.
Let's take a taxi to save time.
Save your breath,he won't listen to u.
Syntax:
used to do.. 过去经常做,而现在已经停止,不再重复的动作
I used to cook my own meals every day but now I often eat out.
Did u use to see each other a lot?
of one's own 属于自己的
Finally I have got a flat of my own.
They started a business of their own.