Chapter 5 Some days; Never a dull moment

chapter 5 some days; never a dull moment
part a language
i. words and expressions
1. interesting  adj. 有趣的  uninteresting  adj. 無聊的
some girls think it is very interesting to chat with friends by phone; but some boys find it uninteresting. 有些女孩子認為電話中聊天是很有趣的；但男孩子認為這很無聊。
2. activity  n. 活動  active  adj. 積極的
he is very busy. he takes an active part in all kinds of activities at school. 他很忙，他積極參加學校的各項活動。
3. speaker   n. 演講者　speak  v. 發(fā)言    speech 　n. 演說
don’t speak any longer. the speaker is giving us a wonderful speech. 別再講話了，演講者正在給我們做一個精彩的報告。
4. terrible  adj. 可怕的   terribly 　adv. 非常，極度地
i am terribly sorry about the terrible mistake i made in the letter. 有關信件上的錯誤我感到很抱歉。
5. lively  adj. 活潑的，充滿生氣的   alive  adj.活著的
the patient is still alive. he’s a bit lively today. 那病人還活著，他今天精神好些了。
6. screamer  n. 尖叫者    scream v. 尖叫
the baby nest-door is such a screamer that she often wakes up screaming. 隔壁的寶寶是個醒來就尖叫的家伙。
7. stone deaf 完全聾了
the old man standing there is stone deaf.  站在那兒的老人完全聾了。
8. run rings 繞著圈跑
don’t run rings in the room. it makes me dizzy. 別在屋里繞著圈跑，我的頭都暈了。
9. in the end 最后　終于
she tried many times to pass the examination and in the end she succeeded 她努力了多次想通過考試，最后終于成功了。

ii. language structure
1. 名詞的所有格
名詞的所有格有兩種：一種是加’s /s’的形式，另一種以of構成的短語的形式。
1) 以’s /s’構成的所有格表示有生命的人或動物的名詞；表示時間、距離、量度、國家、城市、地區(qū)等名詞；還可表示店鋪、樓房、建筑等詞。
monkey’s heart; teachers’ office; students’ dining-room; ten minutes’ walk; today’s homework; china’s china;
the doctor’s =the doctor’s clinic 診所
the barber’s　理發(fā)店
2) 以of構成短語的所有格表示無生命東西的名詞；表示感情色彩；表示有生命東西的名詞間的所有關系；表示部分的概念。
the legs of the desks; the death of the president; a friend of mine; the pretty baby of my aunt’s
2. 疑問代詞指人的有（who/whose/whom）
who(主格)whose(所有格)whom (賓格)。現(xiàn)代語法中有時可用who代替whom。
who is the handsome man over there?
whom(who) are you waiting for?
whose watch is it? = whose is this watch?
3. 名詞性物主代詞的用法
名詞性自物主代詞（mine, his, her, theirs, ours, yours, its）可以用作主語、表語和賓語。
his brother is an engineer; mine is a manager and ours is a teacher.