内容正文:
必修一
Unit 1
Teenage Life
Para 1:
1. Hi! My name is Adam and I'm a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing.
译:你好!我叫亚当,是高中一年级的学生。从初中到高中是一个非常大的挑战。第一周有点混乱。
· Freshman:a person in the first year at an educational institution(教育机构)
Para 2:
1. First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take.
首先,我必须非常仔细地考虑我想参加哪些课程。
· carefully仔细地,认真地→careful仔细的,认真的→careless粗心的
helpful,hopeful, useful, meaningful…
· which 引导的宾语从句
2. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese.
学校顾问帮我选了合适的:数学、英语、化学、世界历史和中文。
· advise(v)建议—advice(n)--adviser 顾问,建议者
advise sb to do sth 建议某人做某事
help sb(to)do sth 帮助某人做某事
choose(v)选择—choice(n)选择
· Subjects:Biology生物 Physics物理 Politics政治 Geography地理
PE体育
3. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
我知道中文是一门非常困难的语言,但我希望毕业时能流利。
· that引导的宾语从句
· difficult(adj)困难的—difficulty(n)困难
· hope(v)希望—hopeful(adj)有希望的
hope to do sth 希望做某事
· fluent 流利的—fluently 流利地
· graduate(v)毕业—graduation(n)毕业
· when 引导的时间状语从句
4. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I'm good at it.
我的导师建议我报名参加高级文学,因为我喜欢英语,而且我很擅长。
· Recommend推荐,建议 = advise suggest
recommend + that-clause (should) do
He recommended that I should see a doctor.
· sign up (for sth)报名(参加课程)
· advanced高级的,先进的—advance(v/n)前进,发展
· because 引导的原因状语从句
· be good at=do well in 擅长
Para 3:
5. I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too.
我也不得不选择课外活动。
6. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn't play well enough.
我试图加入学校橄榄球队,但教练告诉我,我踢得不够好。
· try to do sth 尽力做某事 try doing sth 尝试做某事
· tell告诉—told tell 引导的宾语从句
· adj/adv. +enough enough + n. 足够…
7. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won't quit. I'll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.
显然,我不开心,但我不