Part A: Read the following dialogue and do the exercises after it.
Robot: Hello, how may I help you?
Nancy: Do you know about other things apart from places in the mall?
Robot: I know many things. How can I help you?
Nancy: Do you know when the rain will stop?
Robot: The weather forecast (天气预报）says it will stop raining at 16:40, in 5 minutes.
Nancy: Great! I don't want to walk home in the rain!
Robot: Then it will start snowing.
Nancy: Oh!
Robot: Can I help you with anything else?
Nancy: Can you tell me where I left my umbrella?
Robot: Sorry, I can't help you with that.
1.From the dialogue we know that nowadays robots (机器人) are very ______ to us.
A. kind B. helpful C. hepless
2.It will begin ______ soon.
A.raining B.blowing C.snowing
Part B: Learn the following by heart记住下列习惯用语：
1.How may / can I help you?
我怎么才能帮到你？
Please tell me how I can help you.
请告诉我我怎样才能帮到你。
2.apart from除……之外，相当于besides或except for。如：
Apart from them, I had no one to talk to.
除了他们，我没有人可以倾诉。
Apart from the cost, it will take a lot of time.
除了费用之外，它还需要花很多时间。
I have finished apart from the last question.
除了最后一道题，我全做完了。
3.in……将来某段时间后，介词要用in，但如果是将来某个点时间后，介词要用after。如:
It's two o'clock. I'll come in an hour.
现在两点钟了，我一个小时后来。
She'll leave for London in three days' time.
三天后，她要去伦敦。
He will be back after three o'clock this afternoon.
他今天下午三点后回来。
4.help sb. with sth.帮忙做某事。如：
Jo will help us with some of the organization.
乔将帮我们做一部分组织工作。
He always helps with the housework.
他总是帮着做家务。
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