The cost reached billions. 费用总计达到数十亿。 v. 精神 He is in good spirit. 他很愉快。 n. 感情；感触 He had lost all feeling in the left leg. 他的左腿完全失去了知觉。 He has a feeling of discomfort. 他有种不舒服的感觉。 v. 熟记；记住 He can memorize this passage in ten minutes. 他十分钟就能熟记这篇文章。 hold a contest spirit feeling memorize hold v. 举办；举行 mean 举办一场比赛 v. 含??之意 I mean the red one, not the green one. 我是指那个红的，不是绿的。 I mean what I say. 我说到做到。 I meant to give you this book today, but I forgot. 我本来打算今天给你这本书的，可是我忘了。 v. 照亮；使更She brightened (up) my life. 明亮 她使我的生活有了希望。 His face brightened up when he was told to have won the first prize. 当他得知他得了头奖时脸上露出了喜色。 v. 急忙；赶快 She hastened home 她急忙回家。 I hasten to say that he is not hurt. 我赶紧说明他没有受伤。 He told her about the accident, but brighten hasten 21
hastened to add that no one was hurt. 他把事故的经过告诉了她,但赶紧随即补充说没有人受伤。 I am not fond of eating meat. 我不喜欢吃肉。 Jack's too fond of fun, so the boss doesn't like him much. 杰克太喜欢闹着玩了所以老板不太喜欢他。 May they live long. 祝他们长寿。 May you be happy! 祝你幸福!
Ⅱ．Sentences and Phrases (句型与词组)
A．Grammar Focus
What should I get my sister? Why don’t you get a camera? How about some tennis balls? What about a watch? Why don’t you buy a scarf?
Sentences from the passage (重点句讲解)
◆ Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts.
每个人都喜欢礼物。有些孩子觉得他们得到的礼物太少。
enough 的用法：
1) adj 足够的
I'm sure there is enough space for all these desks.
我保证有足够的地方放下这些办公桌。
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fond adj. 痴爱的；喜爱的 may aux. v. 祝 That’s too expensive. They’re too cheap. That’s too personal. That’s not interesting enough. Two male people are quite enough for the job.
有两个男人干这件事就够了。
2) pron 足够，充足
We have enough to do. 我们有足够的事要做。
Enough is as good as a feast. (谚)知足常乐。
Enough has been said on this topic. 关于这个题目说得已够多的了。
3) adv 充足，足够
warm enough to swim 暖和得足可以游泳 The champion ran well enough but she would have set up another world record indeed if she had tried harder.
冠军的确跑得相当快,不过要是她再努力一些,就会再次创造一个世界记录。
It is light enough to play chess. 要下棋这样的光线还是够亮的。
They know well enough what we mean. 他们当然懂得我们的意思。
◆People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.
人们没必要花太多的钱。相反，做一顿饭就够了。
spend 的用法：
1)花钱；付款
spend money/time on sth. 在??花钱/时间
I spent five yuan on this book. 这本书我花了五块钱
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He doesn't spend much time on his homework .
他花在作业上的时间不多。
How much money do you spend each week? 你每星期花多少钱？
2)花时间；度过
spend time doing sth. 花费时间做某事
I spent an hour reading.
我花了一小时读书。
Now more and more city adults spend their leisure time trying to improve themselves at school or college.
现在城市里越来越多的成年人利用业余时间到学校或大学去深造。
◆The contest was important to help the speaking of English in China.
这次竞赛对于英语在中国的普及起了重要作用。
◆Jason Subler, a writer for 21st Century newspaper, said that although some people can sing quickly and easily, singing songs well in English doesn’t guarantee fluent speaking.
21世纪英文报记者Jason Subler说，尽管有些人唱得又快又轻松，可是英文歌唱得好并不能保证英文就说得流利。
【同步达纲练习】
Ⅰ．单项选择。
( ) 1. I have no money ___ me. A. with B. without
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C. to D. on
( ) 2. I bought a present for her, ___ she didn’t like it.
A. and B. but
C. so D. for
( ) 3. ___ can live without air.
A. Nobody B. Anybody
C. Somebody D. Everybody
( ) 4. “___ do you fly to Japan to see your son?” “Once a year.”
A. How long B. When
C. How many D. How often
( ) 5. You think foreign languages are more important than science. But I really can’t agree ___ you.
A. to B. at
C. with D. for
( ) 6. He has taught ___ for two years.
A. him B. his
C. himself D. he
( ) 7. You look tired. You’d better ___ to bed earlier.
A. to go B. go
C. went D. going
( ) 8. The suit was ___ expensive that he could not buy it.
A. too B. so
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