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Unit10 You’re supposed to shake hands.
知识点讲解
一、 Where I’m from, we’re pretty relaxed about time. 在我的家乡,我们对时间的要求相当宽松。
relaxed 形容词,意为“轻松的,舒适的”。 be relaxed about 意为“对……随意;对……感到放松”。
例句: We’re relaxed about our breakfast. 我们对早餐较随意。
【辨析】relaxed与relaxing
1、relaxed :“舒适的;放松的”,既可作表语,也可作定语。多用来形容人,表示人本身很放松;
2、relaxing :“令人放松的”,指物,表示事或物使人感到放松。
二、 We often just drop by our friends’ home if we have time. 如果有时间,我们会经常到朋友家拜访。
drop by 意为“顺便访问;随便进入”,常用于口语中,多指临时决定,偶尔(顺便)走访、串门。drop by后可接地点或人作宾语,也可不接宾语。
例句:You can drop by when you are free. 你有空时可以顺便来玩儿。
【拓展】drop in 也意为“拜访”,drop in on sb. 意为“拜访某人”,drop in at sp. 意为“拜访某地”。
例句:Yesterday I dropped in on my friend Tom, and tomorrow I’ll drop in at his office.
昨天我拜访了我的朋友汤姆,明天我将去看看他的办公室。
三、 If you’re even 15 minutes late, your friend may get mad.如果你迟到15分钟,你的朋友可能会生气。
get mad意为“大动肝火;气愤”,相当于get angry,其中mad用作形容词,意为“生气的,愤怒的”。
例句: Don’t get mad all the time, my dear friend. It will be bad for your health.
不要总是生气,我亲爱的朋友,那将对你的健康不利。
【注意】 be mad at / with sb. 对某人生气
例句: She’s mad at me for being late. 我迟到了,她非常气愤。
四、So I make an effort to be on time when I meet my friends.因此当我去见朋友的时候我努力做到准时。
make an effort to do sth. 意为“努力去做某事”
例句:You should make an effort to learn something new every day.
你应该每天努力去学一点新东西。
【拓展】effort 名词,意为“努力;尽力”
例句:I will put more effort into my study. 我会更加努力地学习。
五、clean ... off 意为“把… 擦掉”
例句:Please clean the drops of water off the mirror. 请把镜子上的水滴擦掉。
【拓展】 clean up 意为“打扫干净”。
例句: After class, the students cleaned up the classroom. 下课后,学生们清扫了教室。
六、as ... as possible 相当于as ... as one can ,意为“尽可能……”。
例句:Please get to school as early as possible. = Please get to school as early as you can.
请尽可能早到校。
【注意】as ... as中间要用形容词或副词的原级。
例句:He writes English as well as his brother. 他的英语与他哥哥写得一样好。
七、 ... but it is worth the trouble if you want to understand another culture. …但是如果你想了解另一种文化,再麻烦也是值得的。
worth形容词,意为“值得;有… 价值(的)”
例句:The picture is worth at least 1,000 dollars. 这幅画至少值1,000美元。
【拓展】be worth doing sth. 意为“值得做某