Module 8 Public Holidays
5. and it’s the last day before the new school year begins. 這是新學年開始前的最后一天。last 此處意味“最后的”。知識拓展: last 的用法:(1)用作形容詞:① “最后的”,例如:it’s the last house on the left. 是左邊盡頭的那棟房子。② “最近的,上一個的”,例如:last night/year 昨晚/去年her last book 她最近出版的書③ “僅剩下的,最終的”,例如:this is our last bottle of wine. 這是我們最后的一瓶葡萄酒。(2)用作副詞:① “最后,終結”,例如:he came last in the race. 這次賽跑他得了最后一名。② “最新,上一次”,例如:when did you see him last? 你最近什么時候見過他?(3)用作名詞:① “最后來的人或發生的事”例如:sorry i’m late, am i the last? 對不起,我來晚了,我是最后到的人嗎?② “僅剩下的部分”,例如:these are the last of our apples, 這是我們最后剩下的幾個蘋果。(4)用作動詞:“持續,繼續”,例如:the meeting only lasted for a few minutes. 會議只開了幾分鐘。6. but it’s also the end of the vacation season. 但是它也是假期季節的結束。true, but our weather gets better, and then we only have a few weeks before the start of the summer holidays. 真的,但是天氣越來越好,距暑假開始只有幾個星期。spring festival is at the end of january or the beginning of february.春天在一月末二月初。an ending and a beginning 結局和開始 —but people start celebrating on 31 st december, new year’s eve, —但是人們在12 月31日,新年前夜開始慶祝。end 和start都可以做名詞和動詞。(1)end作動詞時表示“使某事結束”,詞組為:end with (以------結束);作名詞時表示“末端、盡頭、結束、終止”,詞組為at the end of, by the end of, in the end等。at the end of 指“在——的末尾,既指時間,反義詞為at the beginning of, 亦指空間;by the end of 則指“到年、月、學期末為止”,只指時間,不指空間,通常與謂語動詞的完成時或一般將來時連用。in the end 等于at last finally, 表示“最后,終于”。例如:the shop is at the end of the street. 這家商店在街頭。at the end of the class, we talked some more. 課結束時我們又談了一會兒。they had collected about one thousand stamps by the end of last year. 到去年底為止,他們已收集了大約有1000張郵票。a un report says that the world population will pass six billion by the end of the twentieth century. 一份聯合國的報道說,在20世紀末世界人口將超過60億。(2)start作動詞時,表示“出發、啟程、動身”,詞組為:start to do/doing sth (開始做某事),start with 意為“起初、開始首先”,等于at the beginning, 或譯成“——開始”;start 作名詞時表示“開始、開端、出發”,詞組為:the start of (——的開始),at the start (最初,起初),from start to finish (自始至終,從頭到尾)例如:he wanted to start with the smallest country and end with the largest one.