My First Ride on a Train單元學案

   at a distance of six miles you can’t see much.
   distance is no problem with modern telecommuciations.
phrases: 
in the distance 在遠處；在遠方
from the distance 由遠處
at a distance 在稍遠處，在一定距離處
keep one’s distance from sb. /sth. 與某人/某物保持一定的距離
keep sb. at a distance  與某人保持一定距離
distance learning 遠程教育
distant adj.遙遠的
period 2: reading
1.get off 下車
   a. get (sb.) off （使某人）出發
   b. get off sth. 下班；不再討論某事
   c. get sth. off  郵寄某物；從某物上移去某物
e.g. we got off immediately after breakfast.
her finger was so swollen that she couldn’t get the ring off.
i usually get off at 6:00 p.m..
phrases: get on  上車 get around 傳播   get away  逃離，離開辦
 get over  爬過，克服；熬過  get in  進入；收獲；收（稅等）； get ride of 除掉，擺脫 get through 通過；做完；看完    get up  起床，起身  get along/on with  進行；進展；與……相處 get across 使……通過，（使）被理解
2.more than: over 超過；僅僅
e.g. judging from his appearance, he is more than 40.
not more than  與 no more than
not more than 不超過，頂多，相當于≤；no more than僅僅，只有，相當于＝。
other phrases:
more …than… 與其說……倒不如說…… e.g. he’s more mad than stupid.說他笨，不如說他瘋了。
no more … than… 與……同樣不……（表示前后比較對象程度相當）
the more …, the more…越……就越……
more or less 或多或少
3.scenery, scene, view
scenery-為自然風景的全稱，常用來描述靜態的鄉村景色/
e.g. the scenery of the country is not beautiful.
scene-指某一特定環境呈現的景色，多半包含人的動作。
e.g. a happy scene of children playing in the garden.
view-屬scenery的一部分，也就是從某處所見的情景。
e.g. there’s no view from my bedroom window except for some factory chimneys.
4. after that,…..
that 常“承上”；this 常“啟下的”
e.g. that’s the end of the news.
    the reason is this.理由如下。
5.be short for 為……的縮寫; in short 簡言之，總之
e.g. prc is short for the people’s republic of china.
   my name is johnson, but my classmates always call me john in short.
   phrases: be short of =lack  缺乏……；短少； to be short 簡單地說，簡言之               go short (of) 欠缺，缺少      cut… short  使……中斷，打斷，阻止 run short  （物品）不足，短缺
6.not … any more=no more ; not … any longer=no longer
not … any more=no more表動作不再重復出現或做某事的次數不再增加，多與瞬間動詞連用。e.g. you will not see him any more.