重点单词
1. hardly adv. 几乎不;几乎没有
I hardly know you.
我几乎不认识你。
辨析:hardly和hard
hardly 几乎不;几乎没有
hard 努力地;困难地
He hardly works.
他几乎不工作。
He works hard.
他工作努力。
2. full adj. 忙的;满的;充满的
The bus was full of people when they got there.
他们到达那里的时候,公交车上已经坐满了人。
full adj. 饱的
I cant eat any more; I am quite full.
我不能再吃了,我相当饱了。
3. maybe adv. 大概;或许;可能
Maybe he knows Tom.
也许他认识汤姆。
辨析:maybe和may be
maybe是副词,表示“大概;或许;可能”。一般放句首,在句中作状语。
Maybe you are right.
也许你是对的。
may be是情态动词加be动词原形的形式,译成“可能是,也许是”。
He may be twenty.
= Maybe he is twenty.
他可能是二十岁。
4. health n. 健康;人的身体(或精神)状态
Smoking is bad for health.
吸烟有害健康。
healthy adj. 健康的
keep healthy 保持健康
You can keep healthy by eating more fruit.
你可以通过多吃水果来保持健康。
5. although conj. 虽然;尽管;即使
although=though,汉语中可以说“虽然……,但是……”,但英语中although/though不能与but连用。
Although it was dark, he still went on working.
= It was dark, but he still went on working.
虽然天黑了,但是他还在继续工作。
Although it rained, the boys still played outside.
= It rained, but the boys still played outside.
尽管天下雨了,但男孩们仍在外面玩耍。
6. mind n. 头脑;心智
Not everyone has the right kind of mind for this work.
并非每个人的头脑都适合做这个工作。
mind v. 介意
Would you mind opening the door?
你介意打开门吗?
7. die v. 消失;灭亡;死亡
His grandmother died when he was five years old.
他奶奶在他五岁的时候去世了。
dead adj. 死去的
death n. 死亡
8. however adv. 然而;不过
She was ill. However, she still went to work.
她病了,然而她依然去上班。
however 表示“然而,可是”时,however必须用逗号与句子隔开。不仅能位于句首,而且能位于句中(注意前后使用逗号),甚至句末(注意其前也用逗号)。
However, he changed his mind later.
可是他后來改变了主意。
He hasnt arrived. He may, however, come later.
他还没有到,不过他等会儿可能会来。
He said that it was so; he was wrong, however.
他说情况如此,可是他错了。
注:以上各例中的however不能换成but,但可用but来改写,如:
He said that it was so, but he was wrong.
他说情况如此,可是他错了。
重点短语
1. hardly ever 几乎从不
这个短语表示否定意义。
I hardly ever heard her singing.
我几乎从未听过她唱歌。
2. such as 例如;像……这样
I have a lot of hobbies, such as reading and singing.
我有许多爱好,比如读书和唱歌。
注意:such as作“例如”讲时,用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。such as后只能接名词或名词性短语。
I like drinks, such as tea and coffee.
我喜欢喝饮料,例如茶和咖啡。
3. more than 多于
more than 相当于over,意为“超过,多余”。
There are more than 2,000 books.
這里有两千多本书。
其反义词为less than,意为“不到,少于”。
She sleeps less than 7 hours every night.
她每晚的睡眠时间不到7小时。
活学活用:
1. ______ food helps me to keep ______ .
A. Healthy; healthy B. Healthy; health
C. Health; health D. Health; healthy
2. My cousin knows a lot about English, ______ he is only four years old.
A. because B. so
C. although D. for
3. 用but/however填空。
It began to rain. ______ , we went out to look for the boy.
It is a sunny morning, ______ very cold.
4. 用maybe/may be 填空。
He ______ late again.
______ he is late again.
基本语法
频度副词
1. 表示次数或频率的副词称为频度副词,按照其频率发生的高低排序通常依次为:
always>usually>often>sometimes>hardly ever>never
2. 通常表示一次用once,两次用twice,三次或三次以上用“基数词 + times ”。
3. 对频率提问用how often,表示“每隔多久”。
—How often does he watch TV?
—Once a week.
——他多久看一次电视?
——一周一次。