I hear she will be back in an hour.

He said she lived with her mother.

He told me that the sun is the biggest of the three.

5.电话记录卡的写法

书写电话记录卡是我们日常生活、办公、学习中常常碰到的事。接个电话，要找的人不在，需要对方留言，我们要学会怎样写这种“电话留条”。

有时候，如果电话内容重要，还要将接电话，写留言记录条的人姓名写上去。

6. It is much cheaper and far more enjoyable than a rushed trip by air.

句中的much和far是用在比较级前表示程度的。类似的还有：a little，still，a lot，even等。例如：

(l)This text is a little more difficult than that one.这篇课文比那篇稍难一点。

(2)I’m feeling even worse today.我今天觉得更不舒服。

(3)I’ve made a lot more mistakes than you have.我犯的错比你犯的多多了。

7. It takes about ten minutes.

“大约花了十分钟时间。

“花费某人多长时间做某事”通常使用 It takes/took sb.some time to do sth.句型。

【例】

(1) It took me three hours to finish my work.

完成工作花了我三个小时的时间。

(2)It usually takes me half an hour to do morning exercises.

早锻炼通常花我半个小时时间。

8. They kept watching the beautiful scenery out of the window.

The conductor kept coming go offer them hot water and selling them magazines.

此两句中共同用到keep doing，keep作为动词有许多用法：

1)保持;保存;保留;保护;保守(秘密)

Will you keep this seat for me?

替我保留这个座位好吗?

Does your watch keep good time?

你的表走得准吗?

Who holds the position to keep goal? Who’s the goal keeper?

谁守球门呀?

2)使人(物)保持在(某一状态)

We should keep the motherland in mind and the whole world in view.

我们应该胸怀祖国，放眼世界。

We’ll keep you informed.

我们将随时让你知道情况。

Sorry to have kept you waiting.

对不起，让你久等了。

3)履行(诺言)，遵守(惯例)等

The Chinese people always keep their word.

中国人民说话是算数的。

She keeps regular hours.

她生活作息很有规律。

4)(按民间习俗)过(节或生日等)，庆祝

How do you keep Spring Festival by yourself?

你一个人怎么过春节?

To keep the Sabbath is a kind of habit of Europeans.

欧洲人的一种习惯是守安息日。

6)留，停留

The old man kept his bed for 15 years.

这老人卧床不起已有三5年了。

The girl keeps the house.

这女孩足不出户。

有关keep的词组：

keep away 站开，使离开

keep back 后退

keep from 阻止

keep down 镇压，控制

keep off 让开，不接近

keep out  靠外，免入

keep under 压制，控制

keep up with 跟上，赶上.

9.trip与journey的区别

这两个单词的含义大致相同，表示“旅游;旅行”等，都可以表示“从一处到另一处旅行”。但在不同的语境，它们的用法稍有差异：

journey可指经常走过、旅行过的范围，它一般用于长距离的，其“旅行”方式不论海、陆、空交通皆可以。例如：

Did you have a good journey?

你一路上顺利吗?

They went on a long train journey.

他们乘火车出远门了。