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Unit 9 Can you come to my party?
1. prepare for an exam.
Prepare(v)使做好准备;把...准备好
用法如下:
Prepare to do sth.准备做某事
Eg:My father prepare to cook a big dinner for us.
Prepare for sth.为某事做准备
Eg:The students are preparing for the coming exam.
Prepare sb.sth.=prepare sth. for sb.为某人准备某物
Eg:My father is preparing us a meal.
My father is preparing a meal for us.
Preparation(n)准备;准备工作(可数名词/不可数名词)
常用短语:in preparation 在准备中
make /do preparation for ... 为...做准备
2. Oh,but Sam isn’t leaving until next Wednesday.
not...until...直到...才...(形式上是否定,意义上表肯定)
Eg:They didn’t go home until they had finished their work.
(他们直到把工作做完才回家)
辨析:not...until 与until
Until:表示某种行为一直持续到某一时间 用于肯定句中(主句的谓语动词必须是延续性动词)
Eg:He ran until he was breathless. (run是延续性动词)
他一直跑到气喘吁吁才停下。
Not...until...:表示直到某一时间动作才发生,在此时间之前动作并未发生 (主句的谓语动词通常是瞬间动词,也可以是延续性动词)
Eg:We won’t leave until they come here. (leave是瞬间动词)
He didn’t do his homework until his father came back home. (do是延续性动词)
辨析:until与till
Until:直到(正式用语,位置较灵活) till:直到(非正式用语,不能位于句首)
3. Can you hang out with us on Monday night?
hang:(v)悬挂;垂下 (过去式为:hung)
常用短语:
hang out/about/around闲逛;徘徊
hang up挂断;悬挂 hang on(打电话时)不挂断
Eg:It’s dangerous for you to hang out alone at night.
hang:(v)绞死 (过去式为:hanged)
Eg:The prisoner hanged himself yesterday.
4. Catch you on Monday!
catch you(口语)再见 相当于see you
catch(v)及时赶上;抓住
常用短语:catch a cold感冒 catch sb’s eye引起某人的注意catch up with赶上
5. Accept
accept(vt)接受 (反义词:refuse)
辨析:accept与receive
accept:指主动地“接受”(强调结果)
receive:通常指被动地 “收到”(收到并不一定接受)
Eg:I have received her invitation,but I won’t accept it.
refuse(v)拒绝 (后接n/pron/to do ) (相当于短语:turn down)
Eg:Why did you refuse my invitation?
The girl refused to go to military training.
refuse sb.sth.拒绝某人某事(只有此种用法)
Eg:She refused us presents.
6. Forward
forward(v)转寄;发送 (adv)向前;前进 (adj)向前的
forward sb. sth.=forward sth. to sb.转寄/发送某物给某人
短语:look forward to 盼望;期待(后接名词或动词ing)
Eg:Her mom looks forward to going to Beijing.
7. What’s today?
What’s today?(用来提问星期和日期,通常用表示星期和日期,或表示节日的词回答)
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