牛1-注释及其作业.doc

Notes Unit 1 1 Going to a British high sch00l for one year was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for me．(page lines l-2) 我在英国上了一年的中学，那是一段令我非常开心、非常兴奋的经历。 (1) going to a British high school为动名词，在句中作主语。如： Walking after a meal is a very good habit．饭后散步是很好的习惯。 (2) 这里experience意思是“经历”，可数名词，但表示“经验”时为不可数名词。试比较： Please tell US about your experiences in the UK．请告诉我们你在英国的经历。 He has had much experience in teaching children in the kindergarten．他有丰富的幼儿教学经验 2 This sounded like my school in China．(page 2，line 11) 这听上去倒是像我在国内就读的中学。 短语sound like意思是“听上去像”，后接名词，也可接从句。．．． I heard what sounded like fireworks．我听到了好像是焰火的声音。 It sounds like there is something wrong with the fax machine．It beeps all the time． 传真机好像有点问题。它不停地嘟嘟响。 3 We had to move to different classrooms for different classes．(page 2，lines l6_17) 我们得去不同的教室上不同的课。 在很多西方国家的中学里，学生不总是固定在同一个教室上课。不同的学科在不同的教室进行学生必须去不同的教室上不同的课。 4 I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school…．(page 2，lines 20-21) 我发现这里的家庭作业不像我以前在原来学校时那么繁重。 短语used to意思是“过去经常，曾经”。如： What an agreeable town this used to be! Now there are SO many factories and SO much pollutior 这个小镇早先是多么宜人!现在工厂很多，污染很严重。 而be used to something／doing something表示“习惯于……”。如： I am not used to getting up late as l go to bed very early． 我睡得很早，所以不习惯于晚起。 5 My English improved a lot as I used English every day and spent an houreach’day reading English book in the library．(page 3，lines 26-27) 我每天都在使用英语，每天还花一小时在图书馆里读英文书，因此，我的英语有了很大进步。 在这里，improve作不及物动词，意思是“改善，提高。”如： His French was improving．他的法语水平正在提高。 improve也可作及物动词。如： She went to the club to improve her tennis．她参加俱乐部以提高网球技艺。 6 Though it didn’t look like a table when it was finished，I still liked it very much．(page 3，lines 40_41) 尽管完工之后它看上去并不像一张桌子，但我还是很喜欢它。 英语名中如用了though／although，就不能在同一句中再用but，但可以用still等词。如： Though／Although I have worked hard all day,still l have not finished painting the sitting-room． 虽然我干了一整天，但还没有把起居室粉刷完。 61 7 l do like eating desserts after meals as you mentioned in your article．(pa