1:restroom.名词,洗手间,公厕。
Restroom:有洗手间的意思,一般用于公共场合。
Toilet:厕所
Bathroom:浴室,洗手间
Washroom:盥洗室,厕所
2:information.信息
Information:不可数。指通过学习,阅读和交谈得到的资料。
Message:可数。口头传递的信息或书面书写的信息。
News:不可数。电视,报纸等媒体发布的社会新闻。
3:问路的表达方法:
a : Excuse me ,Could you please tell me how to get to the bookstore?
b : Excuse me, is there a bookstore near here?
C : Excuse me, Could you please tell me the way to the bookstore?
D : Excuse me, where is the bookstore?
E : Excuse me, which is the way to the bookstore?
F : Excuse me, where is the nearest bookstore?
4:beside.介词,在……旁边。
Beside:介词,表示位置关系,在…旁边
Besides: 介词,除…之外还有…
I sit beside my teacher.
We like her besides him.
5:between…and…
在两个物体之间:The table is between the sofa and the TV.
在某段时间内:You can call me between 7:00 and 22:00.
6:pardon,动词,原谅。感叹词,请再说一遍。
常用短语:Pardon me ?
Pardon:用于没有听清楚对方说话,恳请再说一遍。
Sorry:因为某事而感到抱歉。
Excuse me :麻烦打扰,问路等等。
7:normally.副词。通常情况下。(normal,形容词)
8:suggest.动词,建议,提议。
辨析近义词:
Suggest:动词,建议,后接:名词,动词ing , that从句(用虚拟语气)。
Suggestion:名词,建议,可数。
Advise:动词,建议,忠告,后接:advise sb to do ,advise sb against doing, that 从句。
Advice:名词,建议,忠告,可数。
9:pass by.路过,经过。指经过人或物,不停顿。
Go by 流逝,过去,多指时间,岁月。
He passed by without greeting anybody.
Time goes by .
10:fascinating.形容词,迷人的。有吸引力的。
作表语:
Fascinating.主语:物
Fascinated: 主语:人
类似的用法的词(以ing结尾的形容物,ed结尾的形容人):
Interesting,exciting,surprising,boring,relaxing,amazing,disappointing
Interested, excited ,surprised ,bored ,relaxed ,amazed ,disappointed.
11:convenient.形容词,便利的,方便的
Convenience.名词,可数。便利,方便。
It’s convenient to do sth.做某事对某人来说很方便。
12:corner.名词,角落。
辨析:
1):In the corner:在拐角的里面。
2):On the corner:在拐角之上。
3:):At the corner:在拐角边。
There is a chair in the corner of the house.
桌子的角落里有张椅子。
There is a cup on the corner of the desk.
在桌子角上有个杯子。
Let’s meet at the corner of the street.
让我们在街的拐角碰面。
13:request.
动词:要求,请求。
名词:要求,请求。
1):request sb to do sth.
2):request sth.(from) sb.
3):request that从句。
14:Politely.副词,礼貌地。
Polite,形容词,有礼貌的。
Impolite.形容词,无礼的。
15:direct.形容词,直接的。
Directly,副词,直率地。
Indirect,形容词,direct的反义词。
Direction,名词,方向。
Director,名词,导演。
16:speaker.名词,发言者。
17:whom,代词,who的宾格,多数情况下可以用who代替whom,但是紧跟介词后面只能用whom.
18:become better at.更擅长(做)某事
=be better at
是短语be\become good at的比较级形式,
Be \become good at=do well in …
19:happen.发生。不及物。
1):某地发生了某事:
Sth happen 地点\时间。
The story happened in 2012.
2):某人出了某事(不好的)
Sth. Happen to sb .
A car accident happened to him last autumn.
3):某人碰巧做了某事。
Sth. Happen to do sth.
I happened to meet him at the corner of the street.
4):表示碰巧发生某事,还可以用:
It happens that…
It happened that…
5):happen, take place 都是表示发生,区别在于:
Happen:无计划地发生。
take place:有计划地发生。
20:look forward to 期待
后接名词,代词,动词ing.
21:宾语从句的几个典型练习:
1):He said,“He will make a big cake .”(改为宾语从句)
He said that he would make a big cake .
2):I want to know. How can I use the computer?(合并成宾语从句)
I want to know how I can use the computer.
3):Could you tell me how I can go to the bank?(变为简单句)
Could you tell me how to go to the bank.
4):He told me ,when will he leave the city?(合并成宾语从句)
He told me when he would leave the city.
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