Rainy days make me sad
(arrived in time)
c. make sb. / sth. + adj. 使某人(感到)…
可用到的形容詞有:happy, pleased, surprised, angry, annoyed, sad, upset, unhappy, worried, anxious, excited, relaxed, stressed out, tense, calm, scared, comfortable, sick …
e.g. the hard life made him more hard-working.
your kind donation made it possible for me to have a specially trained dog.
d. make sb. / sth. + do …使某人做某事
e.g. the boss made the workers work all and all night.
the advertisements make people buy their products.
e. make sb. / sth. + n. 使某人/某物成為…
they made tom their monitor of the class. 他們推選tom為班級班長。
2. i’d rather go to the blue lagoon restaurant because i like to listen to quiet music while i’m eating. 我寧愿去藍湖餐廳,因為我吃飯時喜歡聽輕柔的音樂。
(1) would rather do … (than) 寧可,寧愿,還是……好些。rather 后一定用動詞原形。
e.g. we would rather work outside than study indoors all day.
另: rather表程度副詞,“相當”
it’s rather difficult to work out this problem.
(2) while 后常接進行時,注意while作“然而”的詞義。
e.g. what did you use to do while you were staying in the apartment?
she likes gentle and peaceful music while her brother like rock’ n’ roll.
3. those awful pictures on the wall make me sad, and the loud music makes me tense.
(1) awful adj. 糟糕的,(令人)惡心的,厭惡的
he’s so awful! he keeps on telling the same joke again and again.
the service of the hotel is awful. i can’t stand it any more.
(2) on the wall 墻上的 in the wall 墻里的
let’s put up the signs on the wall.
look at the little holes in the wall.
(3) loud adj. 大聲的,響亮的 aloud adv. 大聲地,高聲地
could you speak a little louder?
speaking aloud in public is not polite in western countries.
4. did you have fun with amy last night?
fun n. 樂趣,享樂(不可數)