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高中英語《共享 Unit 4 Sharing (part 1)》(選修7)
1.Thanks for your letter,which took a fortnight to arrive.
謝謝你兩周前寄來的信。
fortnight   n.兩星期
1)I will be home in a fortnight's time.
兩星期后我會在家的。
2）It's two fortnights to Teachers' Day.
離教師節(jié)還有四個(gè)星期。
2.It was wonderful to hear from you.
收到你的來信讓我非常吃驚。
hear from: v.接到....的信
1)How often do you hear from your sister?
你多長時(shí)間接到你姐姐一次信？
2)Have you heard from him by last week?
到上星期為止你們接到過他的信嗎？
溫馨提示：hear from 后只接表示人的名詞或代詞，不可接letter作為它的賓語。
相關(guān)短語：
hear about/of    聽說（間接得知）
hear sth done     聽見某事被做
make oneself heard      使自己讓別人聽到
hear sb do sth（強(qiáng)調(diào)動作全過程）     聽說某人做過某事
hear sb doing  (強(qiáng)調(diào)動作正在進(jìn)行）    聽說某人正在做某事
1)I hear her play the piano.
我聽見她彈鋼琴了。（彈鋼琴這件事）
2)I heard her playing the piano.
我聽見她正在彈鋼琴。（彈鋼琴的情景）
3)I heard the ront door shut.
我聽見前門被關(guān)上了。
4)I raised my voice to make myself heard.
我提高聲音是為了使我自己被別人聽到。
3.I know you're dying to hear all about my life here,so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.
我知道你急于了解我在這里的生活情況，所以我在信中放了一些照片，希望能夠幫助你了解我所說的這些地方。
(1)be dying to do/for sth
渴望做某事；迫切想要
(1)I'm dying to be with you again.
我盼望著再次回到你們身邊。
(2)I'm dying to be somebody.
我渴望出人頭地。
(3)He was dying for something to drink.
他非常想喝點(diǎn)東西。
“渴望”的類似說法
be eager to do/for sth
be anxious to do sth/for sth
be thirsty for sth.
be keen to do sth.
desire to do sth.
have a strong desire for sth.
long to do/for sth.
death  n.死，死亡
dead    adj.死的，無生命的（表語）
        adj.致命的，致死的（定語）
        adj.極度的，徹底的
The flowers are dead
the dead people/weapon/disease
We sat in dead silence.
deadly    adj.枯燥的，令人厭煩的
The lecture was absolutely deadly.
adv. 極其，非常
deadly serious/dull/pale/cold
dying   adj.奄奄一息的
The dying  奄奄一息的人=the dying men
2)include    vt.包含，包括，算入
(1)The price includes postages charges.
這個(gè)價(jià)格是包郵的。
(2)The list included his name.
這個(gè)名單上有他的名字。
(3)He had included a number of moving stories in the speech.
他的講話中加進(jìn)了許多感人的故事。
4.Many of them have walked a long way,sometimes up to hours,to get to school.
他們中很多人走了很長的路去上學(xué)，有時(shí)甚至是好幾個(gè)小時(shí)。
1) 多達(dá)，高達(dá)（as much as)
He can earn up to $50,000 a year.
2)一直到
She lived at home right up/until to she got married.
3)勝任（be fit for)
I'm not sure if she is really up to that job.
4)由...負(fù)責(zé)
It's up to her to decide whether or not to go on the course.
是否上這門課由她來決定。
5)忙于，從事于
Father wants to know what I have been up.
5.I'm trying to adapt to these conditions.
我正想辦法適應(yīng)這些情況。
adapt (oneself)to    使（自己）適應(yīng)，適合
相關(guān)短語：
習(xí)慣于....
be used to
be accustomed to
1)The new students are very slow to adapt to the rules.
新生對于那些規(guī)定適應(yīng)得很慢。
2)Can you adapt to change quickly?
你能很快地適應(yīng)變化嗎？
3)Over the years,we all learned to adjust and to adapt to the new circumstances.
年復(fù)一年，我們都學(xué)會了調(diào)整自己并適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境。
contribute to     為...作貢獻(xiàn)
access to         接近/進(jìn)入.....方法
look forward to     盼望，希望
pay attention to     注意，集中注意力
be accustomed to     習(xí)慣于
be addicted to        沉溺于
stick to              堅(jiān)持
adapt(oneself)to 中的to 是介詞，后跟名詞或動詞-ing形式。
類似短語
be used to      習(xí)慣于
be related to     與....有關(guān)
lead to          導(dǎo)致/通向
devote oneself to    獻(xiàn)身于，投身于
6.However,one thing is for sure,I've become more imaginative in my teaching.
但是有一點(diǎn)是肯定的，我在教學(xué)中變得更加富有想象力了。
imaginative    adj.富有想象力的，創(chuàng)新的
imaginable      adj. 可想象得到的
imaginary        adj.想象中的，虛構(gòu)的
imaginative/imaginable/imaginary
1)Although the main characters in the novel are so true to life,they are (imaginary).
2)It's (imaginable)for such an (imaginative).
3)This is the only solution (imaginable).
7.The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when,before I knew it,the mixture was bubbling over everywhere!
幾天前，我正給這些男孩子們做一周一次的化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)，我還不清楚怎么回事，混合物已經(jīng)冒出來，流的到處都是。
1)the other day
前幾天，不久前一天
every other day
每隔一天，每兩天
(1)He fall sick the other day.
他前幾天錢病倒了。
(2)The postman comes every other day.
郵遞員每隔一天來一次。
2)weekly  adj. 每星期的，一周的
          adv. 每周一次
           n.   周刊，周報(bào)
(1)This weekly is printed every Friday.
這份周報(bào)每星期五印刷。
(2)Our wages are paid weekly.
我們的工資每星期支付一次。
3）bubble
n. 泡沫；水氣泡，冒泡；沸騰（聲），泡沫般的計(jì)劃或思想，騙局
(1)The kettle is at the bubble.
壺里的水在沸騰。
(2)The children like blowing soap bubbles.
孩子們喜歡吹肥皂泡。
bubble
vi.(-bled.-bling)氣泡，沸騰，沸沸地響，興奮；得意
1)The water was bubbling gently in the pan.
水在鍋里輕輕地冒著氣泡。
2)Marry was bubbling with joy.
瑪莉得意洋洋。
8.The boys who had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows.
那些從未見過這種情況的男孩子們嚇得都往窗戶外跳去。
come across   vt.碰到，遇到，無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)  被理解，被認(rèn)識
1)She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
她在抽屜里偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)一些老照片。
2）We must hang in whenever we come across difficulties.
我們遇到困難時(shí)一定要堅(jiān)持不懈。
3)His words couldn't come across.
他的話不能被人理解。
come about   (vi)發(fā)生，產(chǎn)生
come along     快點(diǎn)，來吧，進(jìn)展
come out        出來，出版
come up        走過來，走近，被想出
come up with     想出，提出
come over      過來
come true      變成現(xiàn)實(shí)（無被動）
come into being     出現(xiàn)，形成（無被動）