Shopping

cupboard是名詞，表示“櫥柜，衣柜”。
注意so that和 so…that 之間的區別。
lesson 56
1.we went to the hotel by taxi and dropped off our things. 我們乘出租車到了賓館，并卸下我們的東西。
drop sth. / sb. off (at…)將某人（某物）送到（某處）。如：
i dropped him off at the post office.
我讓他在郵局那兒下了車。
he went to his office to drop off the things after doing some shopping and then went to the park with his friends.
他購物后把東西放在了辦公室，然后和朋友們去公園。
drop off減少。如：
his friends dropped off one by one. 他的朋友一個個地棄他而去。
我在街道拐角處下車。
2.…it was close to our hotel. 它離我們旅館近。 
be close to… 離……近。此處close 作形容詞。如：
the bus-stop is close to my school. 在學校附近有個公共汽車站。
“close”作形容詞時，還可表示“親密的”。如：
liu ying is my closest friend. 劉鶯是我最親密的朋友。
3.we had our pictures taken in the middle of the square.我們在廣場中央拍了照。
have something done是一個固定搭配，表示“使人或安排人做某事”。
i had my hair cut yesterday. 我昨天去理了發。
4.i'm in a hurry now. 我正忙著。 
in a hurry匆忙地，此處hurry作名詞。
hurry to… 匆忙到某地，此處hurry作動詞。
另外hurried“匆忙的”，可做形容詞。如：
he was in a hurry to leave. 他急著要離去。
i had a hurried meal. 我匆忙吃了頓飯。
don't hurry to the station, there's much time.
別著急去車站，時間還早。
詞語辨析
1. search / search for / search…for…
search 作及物動詞時意為“搜查”，賓語一般是被搜查的處所。
有時其后面跟介詞for，形成短語search…for…，表示“搜查……以找到……”。
search也可用作不及物動詞，構成短語search for，表示“尋找、搜尋”的意思，相當于look for,它的賓語是要找的東西或人。
they searched the house.
他們搜查了那幢房子了。
the enemy searched the village for the red army man.
敵人在村子里搜查那位紅軍戰士。
he is searching for a lost ball.
他在找一個丟失的球。
2.so…that和so that表示的狀語從句
so…that引導的是結果狀語從句，常用來說明其后的形容詞或副詞達到“如此”程度，以至于產生了某種結果。so that引導的是目的狀語從句，其謂語動詞中常含有can, could, may. might等情態動詞。
the digital camera cost so much that i can't afford it.這個數碼相機太貴了，我買不起。
i took a taxi so that i could get there earlier.我乘出租車，為的是早點兒到。
so that引導的狀語從句也可表示結果，這時句中沒有情態動詞，如：
she sat behind me so that i did not see her.
她坐在我身后，所以我沒看見她。
注意：so…that “如此…以致…”, 引導結果狀語從句時與too…to…, …enough to do, such…that…進行轉換。
3. expensive與high, cheap與low
這四個詞在談論到價格的高低時，要注意使用。expensive與high涉及到價格“高”，而cheap 與low涉及到價格“低”。