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Unit 5 Can you come to my party?
知识要点一:Jenny,can you come to my party on Saturday afternoon ?
(1) 英语中表示非正式的且较随便的邀请或请求往往用“Can you ...?”.
其肯定回答通常用“Sure,I'd love /like to.”;
否定回答通常用“I'm sorry.I can't.”致歉,再以“I must/ have to do sth.”
陈述无法接受邀请的理由或“I'd love/like to,but I...”陈述无法应邀的理由。
(2) can是情态动词,意为“能;能够”其否定形式是在can后加not ,缩写成can't。
知识要点二:Oh,but Sam isn't leaving until next Wednesday.噢,但是萨姆要一直到下周三才走。
(1)本句用现在进行时表示将来。一些表示位移的动词,如leave,go,come,move,fly等,可用现在进行时表示将来。
(2)until,此处用作介词,意为“到……时;直到……为止”,其后跟名词或名词短语。
例:We did not notice this matter until yesterday.直到昨天我们才注意到这件事。
until,也可以用作连词,后跟句子,
until
用于肯定句,意为“到……时;直到……为止”
主句谓语动词是延续性动词
用于否定句(not...until),意为“直到……才......”
主句谓语动词是非延续性动词
例:The boy waited in the school until his father came to pick him up.
那个男孩一直在学校里等,直到他的父亲来接他。
The workers won’t leave until they get their salaries.
工人们直到拿到他们的工资才会离开。
知识要点三:Bring Ms. Steen to the party without telling her so that she can be surprised.
不告诉斯蒂恩老师,把她带到聚会上来,这样她就能感到惊讶。
(1) without,介词,意为“没有;不(做某事)”,反义词为 with;其后跟名词、代词或doing;
without doing sth.意为“没有/不做某事”。
例:He left the room without saying a word. 他一句话都没说就离开了房间。
Fish can’t live without water. 没有水鱼儿不能存活。
(2) so that,意为“以便;为的是”,此处引导目的状语从句。
例:My father bought me a bicycle so that I could get to school quickly.
父亲给我买了辆自行车以便我能快点到学校。
引导目的状语时so that 与 in order to同义,前者跟句子,后者跟动词(短语)。
He studies hard so that he can go to a good college. = He studies hard in order to go to a good college.
(3) 辨析:surprised,surprising & surprise
surprise
动词,意为“使惊奇;使感到意外”;
名词,意为“令人惊奇的事”;to one’s surprise 令某人吃惊的是
surprised
形容词,意为“惊奇的;感觉意外的”,主语通常是人或用来修饰人;
be surprised at对……吃惊
be surprised to do sth. 对做某事很吃惊
surprising
形容词, 意为“令人吃惊的”,主语通常是物或用来修饰物。
知识要点四:
Please reply in writing to this invitation by Friday,December 20th.
请于12月20日星期五前以书面方式回复此邀请。
(1)reply此处用作不及物动词,意为“回答;回答”,同义词为 answer。
例:I asked him where he was going, but he didn’t reply.
我问他要去哪里,但他没有回答。
I didn’t reply to his letter. 我没有给他回信。
· reply 还可以作名词,意为“回答;答复”;
例:I got no reply from him.