1.explain v.解释
explanation[ˌekspləˈneɪʃn] n.解释,说明
2.pass v. A week passed.
past prep. n.adj. It is eleven past ten.
We cannot change the past.
The past experiences brought me here.
3.strike - struck - struck
swim - swam - swum
4.名词后面加从句,若关系词被省略了,则从句一定是定语从句。同位语从句的关系词一般不会省略。
The girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen (the light).
先行词是light物,关系词用that或者which,因为关系词在定语从句中做宾语,所以可以省略。
5.Dan was most surprised when he heared the news.
most:very,常常与起形容词作用的过去分词连用,相当,非常。
6.He was amused[əˈmju:zd] at the joke.被逗乐
7.while n.一段时间
a short while ago 一段时间以前
for a while
8.regret - regretted - regretted
9.It is such an interesting story that I want to share it with you.such+n.
The story is so interesting that I want to share it with you, so+adj./adv.
10.record[ˈrekɔ:d] n.记录
11.anxiously['æŋkʃəslɪ] adv.焦急的
anxious[ˈæŋkʃəs] adj.担忧的,忧虑的
12.Among them will be David's mother, who swam the channel herself when she was a girl.
当先行词是地名、人名、世上独一无二的事物或家庭唯一成员时,通常只能用非限定性定语从句。
Mr.Johnson has a son who is a doctor.限定性定语从句,有一个是医生的儿子(不止一个儿子)
Mr.Johnson has a son,who is a doctor.非限定性定语从句,有一个儿子,是医生(只有一个儿子)。
13.immense adj.巨大的
fantastic adj.巨大的 fantasy n.幻想
big large huge vast[væst] enormous[ɪˈnɔ:rməs] tremendous[trəˈmendəs] colossal[kəˈlɒsl] gigantic[dʒaɪˈgæntɪk] Titanic[taɪˈtænɪk]
14.captial 首都,资本,大写
15.stadium[ˈsteɪdiəm] 体育场
16.will be doing 表示将来一定发生的,将来进行时
17.Everyboby will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up.时间状语从句用一般现在时表示将来。
18.介词+名词/动词/动名词
look forward to 这里的to是介词
look forward to the Olympic Game/celebrating the Spring Festival
19.当使用except放到句首时,使用Except for
Except for Bob, everyone has sent Vicky a present.
20.no sooner ... than ... (as soon as) 一... 就...
I had no sooner opened the door than the phone rang.我一打开门,电话就响了。
倒装:No sooner+助动词+主语+动词
No sooner had I opened the door than the phone rang.
21. Almost immediately, he began to complain about the weather, for even through. it was still summer,it rained continually.
for conj.表示原因,作为上文的补充性说明,不可用于句首
even though 即使,虽然 引导让步状语从句
22.hardly
倒装:Hardly +助动词+主语+动词
He had hardly had time to settle down when ...
Hardly had he had time to settle down when ...