新目標英語九年級 Unit10-12 知識詳解
i’m terrified of being at home by myself. 我很害怕獨自呆在家。
特別提示
terrified的動詞形式為terrify,表示“使害怕”,“使恐懼”。
there are several persons terrifying the little boy.
有幾個人正在恐嚇那個小男孩。
5. i go to sleep with my bedroom light on. 我開著臥室的燈睡覺。
(1)with my bedroom light on為介詞短語,在句中用作狀語,表示伴隨情況。
he walked out of the room with his coat on. 他穿著外套走出了房間。
知識拓展
“with+名詞+介詞短語”結構也可用作狀語,表示伴隨情況。
the teacher came in with a book under his arm.
老師腋下夾著一本書走進教室。
the poor woman walked through the street with a baby on her back.
那可憐的婦女背著一個嬰兒,穿過了街道。
(2)on在此處是形容詞,意為“開著的,接通的”,常見的結構有:be/turn on。
—is the light on in the room? 屋里的燈開著嗎?
—no. it’s off. 不,關著呢。
turn on the radio, please. i’ll listen to the weather report.
請打開收音機,我要聽天氣預報。
6. before i started high school, i used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but i just don’t have the time any more. (p14)在上高中之前,我常常花費大量時間和朋友們一起做游戲,但是如今我再也沒有這樣的時間了。
(1)high school相當于middle school,意為“中學”,常指高中。
(2)本句中的spend意為“花費”,常用來說明某人買某物花了多少錢或某人花了多少時間做某事,主語通常為人,常見的句子結構有兩種:
◎sb spends some money/time on sth
she spends a lot of money on books. 她花很多錢買書。
◎sb spends some money/time in doing sth,其中介詞in可以省略。
they spent two hours (in) looking for the cat. 他們花了兩個小時找那只貓。
特別提示
take, pay與cost也可以表示“花費”:
◎take意為“花費”,常用形式主語it,真正的主語是動詞不定式,常見的句子結構有:
“it takes (took)+時間/金錢+動詞不定式”(表示“做某事花費了多少時間/金錢”)和“it takes+sb+時間/金錢+動詞不定式”(“做某事花費了某人多少時間/金錢”)。
it’ll take only ten minutes to walk to the supermarket.
只要十分鐘,就可以走到那家超市。
it took yang liwei about 21 hours to circle the earth in his spaceship.
乘宇宙飛船環繞地球大約花費了楊利偉21個小時。
◎pay的基本意思是“支付”,主語是表示人的名詞或代詞,常與for連用。
how much did you pay for all these books? 這些書你是花多少錢買的?
◎cost也可作“花費”解,其主語是“物”或“事”,常用于sth costs (sb) some money結構。
the dictionary cost me 40 yuan. 這本字典花了我40元錢。
(3)not...any more意為“不再……”,相當于no more,一般用來表示動作或行為的不再發生或重復。