1. the following year第二年，相当于the next year。the following day第二天。following是形容词，
意为“接着的；下述的”。其动词为follow。如： Follow me, please. 请跟我来。
2. by doing sth.表示“通过做某事”。
The old man makes a living by selling vegetables. 这位老人靠卖蔬菜谋生。
The girl learns English well by listening to the radio. 那个女孩通过听收音机把英语学得很好。
Football is also important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. 感恩节的时候足球也很重要，很多球队参加比赛。 · 基本用法
本句中采用了with复合结构中“with+名词/代词+现在分词”的结构。 She fell asleep with the light burning. 她睡着了，灯还开着。 We found the house easily with the little boy leading the way. 有小男孩指路，我们很容易找到了房子。
Like many Americans, we usually watch games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.
像很多美国人一样，我们通常在电视上看比赛，玩得很开心。 · 基本用法
1. like 在本句中并不做动词“喜欢”讲，而是介词，意为：像...一样。 He looks like Father Christmas. 他长得像圣诞老人。
Kathy is a great mate, we are like sisters. 凯茜是个很好的伙伴，我们亲如姐妹。
2. enjoy oneself意为：玩得高兴，玩得开心。 enjoy oneself=have a good time=have fun
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We enjoyed ourselves during the holidays. 我们假期玩得很开心。
I always count down the days until the end of the term, because then it is the beginning of the holiday.
我总是倒数计时直到学期结束，因为那是假期的开始。 · 基本用法
1. count down 意为“递减计数”。如： The spaceship is already being counted down. 宇宙飞船已在进行倒计时。
2. the end of… 意为“…的结束”；the beginning of… 意为“…的开始”。如： You will be allowed to stay until the end of March. 你可以停留到三月底。
I missed the beginning of the film. 电影的开头部分我没有看到。
We have several weeks off school and we can spend some time doing our favourite things.
我们几周将不用去学校，我们可以做一些我们喜欢的事情。 · 基本用法
1. have…off 意为“休息；不上班”，休息的时间长短通常放在have和off之间。如： We usually have three days off on National Day. 在国庆节我们通常休息三天。
2. spend…(in) doing sth. 意为“花费…做某事”，其中in可以省略；spend…on… 意为“在…上花费”。如：
Don’t worry how much you spend on the trip. 别担心你旅行花多少钱？
Don’t spend so much time in doing one thing. 不要花太多时间在一件事情上。
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