Unit 7 Would you mind turning down the music?
when you leave the room, please turn the light.
2. —would you mind washing the dishes?
—no, not at all.
(1)此句中的not at all 意為“一點也不,根本不”。它還可以用來表示“不客氣,不用謝”,用來回答對方的感謝。
thank you! —not at all. / that’s ok. / that’s all right. / you are welcome.
(2)not…at all 意為“根本不,一點也不”,此時的at all用在句尾。
i don’t like geography .
a. a little b. a bit c. a lot d. at all
3. —would you mind cleaning your room?
—sorry, i’ll do it right away.
句中的right away意為“立刻,馬上”,同義詞為 “right now, at once, in a moment / minute”.
4. your father is at the meeting.
此句中的at the meeting 意為“在開會”,類似的短語有:at work, at school, at the cinema, at a party, at table等,均表示“在干……”。
5. could you please feed the dog?
△ could you please + v原意為“請你干……好嗎?”相當于would /can you please +v原?此處的could和would不表示過去,只表示客氣的語氣。若表示“請你不要做……好嗎?”則用could / would / can you please not +v原?
ex:(1)請你做晚飯好嗎?
—could you please cook dinner?
—yes/sure. i’d love to. /no problem.
(2)請你別出去好嗎?
could you please follow me around?
a. don’t b. not c. not to
6. there are many people waiting in line. 許多人在排隊等候。
此句中的wait in line意為“排隊等候”,若表示“插隊”,則用cut in line,line的意思是“排,隊,列”,in line意為“排隊”。
(1) the students are standing in line.
(2) lines of trees “一排排的樹”
7. i get annoyed when someone talks to me while i’m reading.
(1)get annoyed意為“生氣,惱怒”,相當于get angry。annoyed是形容詞,其動詞形式是annoy,意為“使……惱怒/生氣”,
ex: don’t annoy others. (make others annoyed)
(2)while i’m reading. 意為“當我在看書的時候”。
8. the pen you bought didn’t work.
(1)此句中含有一個定語從句,即you bought,省略了關系代詞that,修飾先行詞pen。
the boy you met just now is tom.
(2)work在此處用作不及物動詞,意為“運轉,發揮作用”等意。
△ the computer works well.
△ i took some medicine, but it didn’t work.
9. perhaps in the future i should try not to be so polite.
(1)perhaps 用作副詞,意為“或許,大概,可能”,相當于maybe。
perhaps / maybe the weather will get better.
(2)try not to do sth. 意為“盡量不做某事”。
please try (別遲到).