新目標(biāo)英語九年級 Unit10-12 知識詳解
she promised the children they could stay up for homework.
她承諾孩子們可以熬夜做作業(yè)。
5. do you ever worry that you’ll fail a test? (p21)你曾經(jīng)擔(dān)心過考試不及格嗎？
fail表示考試“不及格”或“不通過”，相當(dāng)于not pass。
i think i may fail in the english exam this time.我想這次英語考試我可能不及格。
6. parents should not be too strict with teenagers. (p21)父母對青少年不應(yīng)該要求太嚴(yán)格。
形容詞strict是“嚴(yán)格的”，“嚴(yán)厲的”的意思，對人嚴(yán)格時(shí)用介詞with，對工作等嚴(yán)格時(shí)用介詞in。
the teacher was very strict with his students. 這位老師對學(xué)生非常嚴(yán)厲。
he is always strict in his work. 他總是對工作要求很嚴(yán)格。
7. the other day, my friends and i talked about the rules that we have in school. (p22)那天，我和我的朋友們談?wù)撐覀儗W(xué)校的各種規(guī)章制度。
(1)the other day表示“幾天以前，不久前的一天”。
i saw him in the street the other day. 不久前的一天，我在街上看到了他。
li ming and i went shopping the other day. 幾天以前我和李明去購物了。
(3)本句中的get to意為“開始，著手”，后面接動詞的-ing形式，表示“著手或開始做某事”。
we get to working after a short rest. 我們歇息了一會兒后就開始干起活來。
he got to wondering why he was in the job.
他對自己為什么會從事這份工作感到詫異。
8. we think young people should look smart and so we would like to wear our own clothes. (p22)我們想年輕人應(yīng)該看起來漂亮瀟灑，因此我們想穿自己的衣服。
(1)形容詞smart意為“聰明的，機(jī)敏的，精明的”，相當(dāng)于clever。
the dolphin is a smart animal. 海豚是聰明的動物。
he looks very smart in his suit. 他穿上他的西裝看起來很帥氣。
(2)would like意為“想要”，相當(dāng)于want，后面接名詞或動詞不定式。
i would like a cup of coffee. 我想要杯咖啡。
i didn’t want to go to the cinema. i would like to stay at home.
我不想去看電影，我想呆在家里。
◎ would like sb to do sth表示“想要某人做某事”。
i’d like you to help me with my homework. 我想要你幫助我做家庭作業(yè)。
特別提示
feel like也可以譯為“想要”，有時(shí)可以與would like替換；其后接名詞或動詞的-ing形式。
she feels like a good meal. 她想美美地吃一頓。
i feel like seeing a film tonight. 我今晚想去看電影。
9. our teachers believe that if we did that, we would concentrate more on our clothes than our studies. (p22)我們老師相信，如果我們那樣做了，我們就會將注意力更多地集中在服裝上，而不是學(xué)習(xí)上。
(1)believe是及物動詞，意為“相信”，其后可跟名詞或從句。
i don’t believe his story. 我不相信他的故事。
i believe he told us the truth. 我認(rèn)為他告訴我們的是真的。