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Lesson 16
A polite request
policeman
traffic police
traffic jam
traffic light
traffic accident
get a ticket
罚单;
票(single\retune)
sleeping ticket
Harris got a ticket for speeding.
Note ①[c]笔记,摘要 常用复数
Make /take notes
②便条短信 a note of thanks
leave sb a note
③纸币(英国)bill (Am)
Do you want the money in notes or in coins ?
Paper money /paper currency
Money
1 cent penny
5 cents nickle
25cents quarter
50cents half dollar
1 dollar
Toss a coin.
Heads and tails
Coin the money pay sb in his own coin
area n. 地段
area : 场地, 地段(一块对方), 大地点, 小地点都可以
A desert area
A residental area
Area code zip code =post code
district : 地区(国家对城市划分)
Xuan wu district ,Beijing ,China
An election district
Washington .D.C
region : 地区(特定划分的)、地带
In this region,there were a lot of wars.战火连 tropical region
sign n. 指示牌 traffic signs
手势 sign language
V.sign your name
Signature 签名 署名 信号
fail v. 失败
fail in doing sth : 在某些方面失败(过去)
He failed./He failed (in) examination. “in” 可省略
fail to do : 没有能够在某事(将来)
He failed to swim across the river.
allow & let
allow sb. to do sth. (较为正式)
sb. is allowed to do sth.
let sb. do sth. (通常不用于被动语态)
1. 我们不允许大家在教室里吸烟。
2. 我会让你用我的字典的。
We don’t allow people to smoke in the classroom.
I will let you use my dictionary.
Compare:
Please allow me to buy you a drink.
请让我给你买一杯酒。(听起来显得客气,庄重)
Let me buy you a drink.
让我来给你买一杯酒。(听起来更亲切,随便)
Fail to do sth.
fail to do (= do not do, cannot do) 表示“不,不能,没有”
1)他始终每星期给母亲写信。
2) 他没有还清债。
He never fails to write (= always writes) to his
mother every week.
He failed to pay his debts.
I fail to see why you find it so amusing. 我弄不懂你们为什么对这件事感到如此好笑
The chairman failed in trying to persuade the committee to share his opinion. 主席未能说服委员会同意他的观点。
remind:表示使…想起,或“记起,提醒”
remind sb. to do.
Remind sb. of sth.
我提醒他寄信。
这张照片使我想起了他的父亲。
I reminded him to post the letter.
This photo reminds me of his father.
我没有忘记寄你的信。
2. 替我向你的母亲问好。
I remembered to