The Forbidden City教案

知識點：
1）not …until    直到……才……
例如：
he did not go until night.       他直到夜里才走。
i didn’t notice it until yesterday      直到昨天我才注意到這件事。
to cook until brown.              烹調至呈現棕（褐）色。
we danced until dawn.             我們跳舞跳到天亮。
wait until two o’clock.             等到兩點鐘為止。
i’ll wait until he arrives and then i’ll leave.　 我要等他來以后再離開。　
go straight on until you come to a large red building.　
一直往前，直至（你）走到一幢高大的紅色建筑物為止。
let’s wait until the rain stops.　    咱們等雨停吧。　
the teacher kept on asking the students questions until the bell rang.　
老師反復向學生提問，直到下課鈴響。　
2) be driven into
drive  n.駕車, 驅動器, 快車道, 推進力, 驅使, 動力, 干勁, 擊球
vt. 開車, 驅趕, 推動、發動(機器等), 駕駛(馬車, 汽車等)
vi. 開車, 猛擊, 飛跑
n.  [計]驅動器
例如：
drive the dog away.   把那條狗趕走。
drive the nails home.   把釘子完全敲進去。
drive your own car.       開你自己的車。
drive off the invaders.      趕走入侵者。
i will drive faster.         我開快一點。
can you drive faster?      你能開快一點嗎？
do not drive me.         不要攆我。
3) long-term hard labor    長期的苦工
4) it was said that      據說
本句型常用來表達“你”聽來、看來沒有確鑿證據的事情。這個句型也表示“你”開始陳述。
例如：
① it is said that we’ll have a new manager.     聽說我們要有新經理了。
② it is said by the bible that adam is the very first human being in the world.
據《圣經》上說亞當是世間的第一個人。
③ it is said that drinking much pure water is good for health. 據說多喝純凈水有益健康。
④ dialogue:
a: why don’t we chinese have our own valentine’s day?
我們中國為什么沒有自己的情人節呢？
b: of course we have. it’s on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
我們當然有，是在農歷的七月初七。
a: oh? why is that day?
哦？為什么是那天？
b: it is said that the cowherd and the spinster, the lover stars in heaven, can only meet on the seventh eve, so this day has become the lover’s day.
據說牛郎星、織女星只能在七夕相會，所以這天就成了情人節。