Chapter 2 Cartoons

e.g. their meal arrived, together with a carafe of red wine. 他們的菜上來了，還有一瓶紅葡萄酒。

tom together with his friends goes skating every weekends.

together or separately? 合起來付還是分開付？

instead  adv. as an alternative or substitute  替代，

 e.g. do not use lotions, but put on a clean dressing instead. 不用洗劑，而是敷上干凈的敷藥。

if henry is not well enough to go with you, take me instead.如果亨利不舒服不能跟你去, 那就帶我去吧。

mike doesn't study at all. instead, he sits idle all day.

邁克根本不肯讀書, 相反地, 他終日游手好閑。

we went to the biology class instead of attending the english lesson. 我們去上生物而不去上英語課。

he has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work.他整個下午一直玩, 沒有繼續工作。

l       express  v.  1表達, 陳述. 2特快發送,快遞

  expression  n. 1.表情 2.表示，表達 3.詞組

he expressed complete satisfaction.他表示完全滿意。

an express airmail service. 航空快件服務。her voice lacked expression. 她的聲音缺乏感情。

he closed his letter with expression of grateful thanks.

他在那封信的結尾表達了自己的感激之情。

l         wonder   v.對…產生疑惑， 想知道    n.奇觀，奇跡；驚嘆，驚異

e.g. they waited and wondered what to do.

他們等待著, 不知干什么。

 i don‘t wonder at her refusing to marry him. 她拒絕和他結婚我一點也不感到驚異。

books are filled with many wonders. 書中充滿了新奇的事物。

 the seven wonders of the world. 世界七大奇觀

 the children’s faces were full of wonder as they looked up at the christmas tree.

孩子們抬頭看著圣誕樹，臉上充滿驚嘆。

wonder   vt. ＆ vi. 覺得奇怪,想知道.

常構成的結構有:

l         wonder + wh- + 不定式     e.g. i was wondering where to spend the holiday.

l         wonder + wh/if(whether) 從句  e.g. i wonder if you are free this evening.

l         wonder+that從句   e.g. i wonder that he could come back without losing the way .

l         wonder + at   e.g. we wonder at his doing that.

l         wonder + 不定式  e.g. i wonder to hear his voice in the next room.

l         wonder + about   e.g. i was wondering about that.

l         pale adj. 1.蒼白的,灰白的 2.淺色的,淡的.   e.g. his face turned pale at the sight of the blood.