Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad.
23. the art of giving / receiving 給予/接受的藝術(shù)
24. to be honest 說實話
25. pretend+that從句 假裝……
pretend to do sth. 假裝做某事
【即學(xué)即用】
when my mum came into my room, i pretended .
a. to sleep b. sleeping c. sleep d. slept
26. i’ll bet+(that)從句 我打賭……
五. 重點、難點、考點及疑點注釋
1. i’d rather go to the blue lagoon restaurant. 我寧愿去blue lagoon餐廳。(section a, 1c)
would rather意為“寧愿……”,表示句子主語的愿望、選擇,后接省去to的不定式。
he’d rather join you in the english group. 他寧愿加入到你的英語小組中來。
which would you rather have, bread or rice? 面包和米飯,你更喜歡哪一個?
如果表示“寧愿(可)……也不愿……”則用句型would rather...than...。在would rather和than后面所連接的兩個對比部分一般要一致。
the brave soldier would rather die than give in.那個勇敢的士兵寧死不屈。
he’d rather work than play. 他寧愿工作也不愿玩。
2. loud music makes me happy. 聲音大的音樂使我很開心。(section a, 2b)
loud music always makes me want to dance. 聲音大的音樂總是使我想去跳舞。(section a, 2b)
這兩句是動詞make的使役用法,make me后分別接了形容詞和不定式短語。make的這種用法常見于以下結(jié)構(gòu):
◎make+名詞(代詞)+省略to的動詞不定式
my parents often make me do some other homework. 我父母常讓我做些其他的作業(yè)。
特別提示
這一結(jié)構(gòu)中的不定式短語在主動結(jié)構(gòu)中是賓語補足語,必須省去to,變?yōu)楸粍咏Y(jié)構(gòu)時,不定式短語作主語補足語,這時必須帶to。
she was made to practice it again and again. 她不得不反復(fù)練習(xí)。
◎make+名詞/代詞+-ed分詞短語
what made them so frightened?什么使他們這樣害怕?
can you make yourself understood in english?你能用英語把意思表達清楚嗎?
◎make+名詞/代詞+介詞短語或名詞短語
she made him her assistant. 她委派他做自己的助手。
sit down and make yourselves at home, everyone.大家請坐,不要拘束。
◎make+名詞(代詞)+形容詞或形容詞短語。
the good news made us happy. 這條好消息使我們很高興。
3. small restaurants can serve many people every day. 小飯店每天就可以多接待些顧客。(section a, 3a)
句中的serve 有“服侍,侍候,招待”等意思,常用于以下結(jié)構(gòu)中:
◎serve+賓語
they were busy serving the day’s last buyers.他們正忙著接待這天的最后一批顧客。
◎serve sb. sth., 或serve sth. to sb.
mrs. turner served us a very good dinner.
=mrs. turner served a very good dinner to us.
特納太太招待我們吃了一頓豐盛的晚餐。
◎serve sb. with sth.
we served them with beer and wine. 我們用啤酒和紅酒招待他們。
4. however, some advertising can be confusing or misleading. 可是,一些廣告可能會混淆黑白或誤導(dǎo)消費。(section b, 3a)