Unit 2 Our daily life
12 at breakfast a) = at breakfast time e.g. we usually talk about our plan at breakfast. b) = having breakfast e.g.they are at breakfast now. we also have: at lunch/dinner/supper 13work on work on = operate e.g.work on my computer = operate my computer 14go to school 15 in one's own car own pron. & a. e.g.is this your own camera or did you borrow it? i have my own room. be careful! you cannot use 'own' after 'a' or 'the'. you cannotsay: i would like a own room. you should say: i would like my ownroom. of one’s own: e.g.i want a room of my own. = i want my own room. on ones own: e.g.she lives on her own. i can't move this case on my own. 16 make a phone call to somebody = call somebody or phone somebody e.g.yesterday i made a phone call to mary. 17 on the way to school on the way to + someplace e.g.on the way to work on the way to library on the way to the usa nb: we use ‘on the way home’. there is not a 'to' before'home'. 18 achieve a grades = get/gain a grades 19 in all my subjects 20 fail an exam pass an exam 21 about twice a week one time: once two times: twice three/four/… times e.g.once a year we have christmas once a year. three times a week mary washes her hair three times a week. … times a day/week/month/year/century … 22 collect somebody from school 23have lunch with somebody have breakfast/lunch/dinner with … 24 return to school = go back to school 25 after school = after school is over after class is over after work = after work is finished 26 attend a club = take part in a club 27 computer club 28 ask somebody to do something e.g.lily always asks me to help her with herlessons. mum won't ask you to do the housework. will you ask her to attend the party? 29 have violin lessons have … lessons e.g.have art and craft lessons have pe lessons review the names of different lessons together with students. chinese, english, maths, history, geography, physics, chemistry,science, social study, biology, pe, music, etc. 30 take somebody home [ 31 in an hour or two = in one to two hours e.g.you may bring two students or three with you. i will come back in seven days or eight. 32. continue doing something e.g.we continued working until 5 o'clock. it continued raining all afternoon. 33. go to bed = go to sleep synopsis by paragraph 1 cheng na described her morning routine and the background to herfamily computer business. 2 she is dri ven to school in her own car. 3 she discribes her studies. 4 at lunch time she sometimes has lunch with a businessclient. 5 she describes her after-school activities. 6 in the evenings she works on writing her computer games.