Lesson 22 I Like My Neighbourhood
我喜欢我的社区
1My name is Michael, and I live in Canada.我的名字是麦克, 我住在加拿大。
2There is a pond near my house.
我的房子旁边有一个池塘。
3During the winter it freezes, and I can play hockey on it with my friends.在冬天它会结冰,我可以和我的朋友们在上面打曲棍球。
3.1play hockey打曲棍球,球类名词前不加the。
3.2freeze动词,冻结;冰冻;(使)结冰;(使)冻堵;严寒;极冷;冷冻贮藏;能冷冻贮藏;(因害怕等)停住不动;(屏幕)冻结;使定格;使固定不动。过去分词: frozen 过去式:froze 。
freeze out 排挤;逐出;挤对
freeze over(表面)封冻,结冰
freeze up(使)完全被冰覆盖(或堵塞)
4In Canada, many people like hockey.在加拿大,许多人都喜欢曲棍球。
5There's also a new shopping centre in my neighbourhood.在我的社区里面也有一个新的购物中心。
5.1a shopping centre购物中心
6It's only three blocks from my house.它距离我的房子只有三条街。
6.1 It's... blocks (away)from...离……有……个街区。这是表达距离的句型。还可用下列句式表达距离:
①A is..tre(s)/kilometre(s)/mile(s)/(away) from B.
②It is... metre(s)/kilometre(s)/mile(s)(away) from A to B.
It's two blocks away from the bus station.离公交车站有两个街区远。
The park is about 13 kilometres from my house.=It is about 13 kilometres from my house to the park.公园离我家大约 13 千米远。
6.2block①名词,块;街区;(方形平面)大块;立方体;(公寓、办公、教学、医院等)大楼;(成组建筑中的)一栋楼房;四面...
②动词,阻碍;堵塞;阻塞;堵住(某人的路等);挡住(某人的视线等);妨碍;拦截,挡住(球、打击等);
He and his students tied some poles to each of four sides of a 30-kilogram stone block.
他和他的学生们在一块30公斤重的石块的四个侧面各绑了一些杆子。
block in 把...的车堵住;使...的车无法开出
block off封闭,封住(门、窗或通道)
block out 不去想;设法忘记
6.3block、street与avenue的区别
①street是所有城镇、乡村内两侧或一侧有房屋或建筑物的路和街这类公共通道的总称。
②avenue一般指较长和宽的路,这种路令人愉快,旁边有住宅,有绿树,但更多是由屋前的花园加以美化的street,所以它的意思是两侧有树的道路,或城市里两侧或一侧有建筑物的大马路。它可以包括从郊区小的街道到两旁有豪华宅第的城市大道的各种道路。
③block 是我们说的街区,一片一片的。
④在纽约,东西走向的道路叫street,南北走向的称avenue
7It has a coffee shop, a grocery store,a bank and a movie theatre.它有一个咖啡店,一个杂货店,一个银行还有一座电影院。
8My mum and dad shop at the grocery store. Sometimes I go with them.我的妈妈和爸爸在杂货店里面买东西。有时候我和他们一起去。
8.1shop①用作名词,意为“商店”,主要用于英国英语,美国英语多用 store:
He goes to the shop to buy some things.他去商店买些东西。
②用作动词,表示“购物”,是不及物:
I like shopping for clothes.
我喜欢买衣服。
My mother goes shopping twice a week.我妈妈一个星期去购物两次。
③常用短语:go shopping 去购物
do some shopping 购物
shopping mall/ center 购物中心
④词汇拓展:
shopping 名词,购物
shopper 名词,购物者;买东西的人
9 I really like the coffee shop.
我非常喜欢咖啡店。
10 I like to go there on weekends, but I have to do some housework first.我喜欢在周末去,但是首先我必须做一些家务。
10.1 on weekends在周末。
10.2do some housework做一些家务。
11Then I walk or ride my bike to the coffee shop.然后我步行或者骑自行车去咖啡店。
11.1 ride one's bick to the sp.骑自行车去某地
12 It's quiet there, and the chairs are very comfortable.那里很安静,椅子们非常舒服。
12.1comfortable形容词,使人舒服的;舒适的;愉快放松的;舒服的;安逸的;自信而无忧虑的;自在的;
最高级:most comfortable
比较级:more comfortable
13 Sometimes I sit for the whole afternoon and do my homework.
有时候,我会在那里坐一下午写作业。
13.1whole形容词,整个的,完全的。
13.2do one's homework做作业。
14Other times I just chat with my friends.其它的时间,我只是和我的朋友们聊天。
14.1chat ①不及物动词,聊天;闲谈。
In the evening,I used to watch TV
or chat with my grandmother, but now I have to study.我以前在晚上经
常看电视或者跟奶奶聊天,但现在我不得不学习。
②名词,聊天;闲谈。
I had a long chat with her about her job.关于她的工作,我和她聊了很久。
③常用短语:
chat with sb.和某人聊天。
chat about sth.聊某事。
have a chat 聊天;闲谈。
15The coffee shop has lots of different drinks.咖啡店有许多不同的饮料。
16I usually have hot chocolate, but it's a little expensive. It costs $3.50!我通常要热巧克力,但是它有一点贵。要3.5美元!
16.1cost,take ,spend 与pay表示“花费”用法区别。
16.1.1spend的主语必须是人, 常用于以下结构:
(1) spend time /money on sth. 在……上花费时间(金钱)。例:
I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。
(2) spend time /money (in) doing sth. 花费时间(金钱)做某事。例:They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(3)spend money for sth. 花钱买……。例:His money was spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了。
16.1.2cost的主语是物或某种活动, 还可以表示“值”, 常见用法如下:
(1)sth. costs (sb.) +金钱,某物花了(某人)多少钱。例:
A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) +时间,某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间。例:Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。
注意:cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句。
16.1.3take后面常跟双宾语, 常见用法有以下几种:
(1) It takes sb. +时间+to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。例:
It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。
(2)doing sth. takes sb. +时间,做某事花了某人多少时间。例:Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。
16.1.4pay的基本用法是:
(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买……。例:
I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每个月要付20英磅的房租。
(2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。例:
I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。
(3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。例:
Don't worry! I'll pay for you.
别担心, 我会给你付钱的。
(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。 例: They pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬。
(5)pay money back 还钱。例:May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next week. 你能借给我12块钱吗?下周还你。
(6)pay off one's money还清钱。
17What is hockey? It's a very popular sport in Canada.You skate on ice and try to put a hard rubber puck in the opponent's net.冰球是什么?在加拿大这是一项非常受欢迎的运动。你在冰面上滑着,尽力把一个硬的橡胶冰球击入对手的网中。
17.1 a hard rubber puck一个硬的橡胶冰球。
17.2puck名词,冰球。
17.3opponent①名词,对手;竞争者;反对者;阻止者。②形容词,反对的。
17.4put…in把…放进去,侧重于表示放进去的状态。
Many people put money in the bank.许多人把钱存进银行。
put…on:穿上,特指穿戴衣物。
put…into把什么放进什么里面,侧重于表示放进去的动作
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