M units 6--10

Unit 6

Useful Expression

1. how long 多长时间了?

2. start class/skating/to skate 开始上课/滑冰

= begin class/skating/to skate

3. a skating marathon 一场滑冰马拉松

4. would like = ’d like 愿意、想要

5. run out of 跑完

6. by the way 顺便问一下

7. more than = over 超过

8. ever since 自从

9. raise money for charity 筹集善款

10. a pair of 一双

11. five and a half years 五年半

12. the whole five hours 整整五个小时

13. in Russian style 以俄罗斯的风格

Key sentences

1. Every hour they skate, each student raises ten yuan for charity.每位学生每溜冰一个小时就能为慈善事业筹到10元钱。

every 和each 都表示“每一个”，但every是指整体，each是指每个个体。

2. Next is Sam. 紧接着的是Sam。

3. Because we’ve run out of room to store them. 因为我们已经没地方存放他们了。

4. By the way, what’s your hobby? 顺便问一下，你有什么爱好?

5. I am interested in the job as a writer. 我对这份作家的工作感兴趣。

6. In fact, the first Jews probably came to Kaifeng more than a thousand years ago.事实上，首批犹太人可能是在一千多年前来到开封的。

7. The more I learn about Chinese history, the more I enjoy living in China. 我对中国历史了解的越多，我就越喜欢在中国生活。

8. Although I live quite far from Beijing, …. 虽然我住得离北京很远。

Grammar

1. 现在完成进行时

(1) 结构：have/has + been + V.ing.

(2) 用法：表示从过去某一时刻开始，一直延续到现在且很有可能持续下去;

I’ve been doing the cleaning all this morning.

表示从过去开始一直持续到现在的某一动作刚刚结束;

You’re late again! I’ve been waiting here for an hour.

表示一个一直到说话时为止的一段时间内一再重复的动作。

I have been calling you several times in two days.

(3) 时间状语：all the time/this morning, since morning, all night,

this week/month, recently 等

(3) 对现在完成进行时的时间状语进行提问时使用how long。

How long have you been skating?

I’ve been skating since I was seven years old.

for 5 years old.

2. 现在完成进行时与现在完成时区别：

现在完成进行时侧重于动作的持续、运行;而现在完成时强调动作的完成。如：

I have written a letter to my father.(到现在信已写完)我给我的父亲写了一封信。

I have been writing a letter to my father.(一直在写，现在还在写)我一直在给我的父亲写信。

再看：I wrote a letter to my father. 我给我的父亲写过一封信。

Unit 7

Useful Expression

1. turn down/up 调小/大(音量)

turn on/off 打开/关上(电源开关)

2. not at all 一点也不

3. right away = in a minute 立刻、马上

4. do/wash the dish 洗碗

5. get out of 出来

6. put on 穿上(动作)

wear 穿着(状态)

7. feed the dog 喂狗

keep the dog 养狗

8. return … to … 把…还给…

9. help sb. do/with sth. 帮助某人做某事

10. make posters 制作海报

11. a terrible haircut 一个糟糕的发型

12. have a long telephone conversation 褒电话粥

13. wait in line 排队

cut in line 插队

14. follow sb. around 跟在某人周围

15. get mad = get annoy = get angry 感到恼火

16. all the time 一直

17. complain about 抱怨…

18. be polite 有礼貌

19. try (not) to do sth. 尽力(不去)做某事

20. must be 一定是

21. keep down 保持音量

22. seem like 看上去像…

23. be allowed 被允许

24. even if/though 尽管、即使

25. take care = be careful 小心

26. in public places 在公众场合

in public 公开地，当众地

27. put out 熄灭

28. drop litter 乱丢垃圾

29. pick up 捡起、拾起

Key sentences

1. Would you mind turning down the music? 你介不介意把音乐声关小呢?

Would you mind (not) doing sth.? 你介不介意做(不做)…?

= Would/Could you please (not) do sth.? 请你做(不做)…好吗?

2. I won’t be long. 我一会就好。

3. The pen you bought didn’t work. 你买的那把笔坏了。

= The pen you bought wasn’t broken.

= There was something wrong with the pen you bought.

= Something was wrong with the pen you bought.

4. Here you are. 给你。

Here’s what they said. 以下是他们所说的。

5. I can’t stand it. 我无法忍受。

I can’t stand to see good food to waste. 我无法忍受看着好食物被浪费。

6. Could you please not follow me around? 请你不要跟着我四周好吗?

7. This happens to me all the time in the school library.

在学校图书馆我一直碰上这种事。

9. Would you mind keeping your voice down? 你介不介意把音量放小呢?

voice: 名词，指说话和唱歌地嗓音; talk in a loud voice 高声交谈

noise: 名词，指人们不愿听到地噪音;

sound: 名词，泛指自然界一切可以听到的声音。

10. For example, dropping litter is almost never allowed.

例如，乱丢垃圾是不被允许的。

be allowed 被允许。 “be + 动词的过去分词”是被动语态

Unit 8

Useful Expression

1. get her a scarf 送她一条围巾

2. compare with/to sth. …与…相比

3. not creative enough 不够有创意

4. easy/difficult to take care of 容易/难养活

5. these days 目前，现在

6. pot-bellied pig 大肚猪

7. spend with her 和她呆在一起

8. not … at all 根本不

9. fall asleep 入睡(动作)

be asleep 入睡(状态)

10. half way = halfway 半道、中途

11. different kinds of 不同种类

12. pay for 付款

13. from across China = from all over China 来自全中国

14. as … as 与…一样…

not as/so…as… 与…比不如其…

15. encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事

16. hear of 听说

17. make progress 取得进步

18. be able to = can 能够