朋友(英文)

Be a friend. You don’t need money;Just a disposition sunny; Just the wish to help another Get along some way or other; Just a kindly hand extended Out to one who’s unbefriended; Just the will to give or lend, This will make you someone’s friend.     

打扫(英文)

“A house becomes a home when you can write‘I love you’on the furniture.”I can't tell you how many countless hours that I have spent cleaning! I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect—“in case someone came over.”Then I realized one day that no one came over;they were all out living life and having fun!     

英美国家的“厕所文化”

这样一则笑话:一个外宾想上厕所,便对翻译说:“I wonder if I can go somewhere?”(我可以方便一下吗?)而翻译却把somewhere误解为“某处”,因而回答道“Yes,you can go anywhere in China.”(行,中国你哪儿都可以去。)外宾不禁愕然。可见,如不了解英语中“厕所”的一些表达法是会误事的。1.Public lavatory意为“公厕”。在公共场所,厕所门上都标有Gent’s(男厕),或Ladies’(女厕),有时也标有Men’s,Men’s room,Gentleman’s,Women’s,Women’s room.如:Where is the Gent’s?(厕所在哪儿?)If you would like a wash,the Gentleman…     

一词多解例析

matter一词在日常学习中经常碰到,同时它也是高考考查的重点。下面让我们来看一下matter的方方面面: 一、matter作为名词,用“the+单数”形式(仅见于What’s/something/nothing the matter)时,意为“困难,毛病,麻烦”。-What’s the matter?Why are you crying?怎么回事,你干嘛哭?     

脱口秀

本期我们学习两个与face有关的习语以及它们的用法,它们是:厚颜,胆敢have the face to do sth.感觉事态严重而笑不出来wipe the smile off someone’s face-Do you have the face to blame me?-Why not?-Look at what you have done.-None of your business.     

帽子和脑袋

Anderson lived very simply.He oftenwore an old hat when he went out. Once someone in the street laughed athim,“What's that on your head?Can it becalled a hat?’’ Anderson answered,“What’s that underyour hat?Can it be called a head?”     

都是翻译闹的笑话

有这样一则笑话:一个外宾想上厕所,便对翻译说“:I wonder if Ican go somewhere?”(我可以方便一下吗?)而翻译却把somewhere误解“为某处”,因而回答道“:Yes,you can go anywhere in China.”(行,在中国你哪儿都可以去。)外宾不禁愕然。可见,如不了解英语“中厕所”的一些表达法是会误事的。1.Public lavatory意为“公厕”,在公共场所,厕所门上都标有Gentl’s(男厕),或Ladies’(女厕),有时也标有Men’s,Men’s room,Gentleman’s;Women’s,Women’s room.如:If you would like awash,the Gentleman’s is just over there.(如果要上…     

A Telephone

It's eight thirty in the morning.Lilyis answering the telephone,“Hello,who’s that?”she asks.“It’s me,Peter.”Peter is a friend ofLily’s eight-year-old brother,Jim.“Oh,hello,Peter.What do you     

Jokes

A Dirtier HandWhen he was a child, Mike did not always obey the rules of school. One day the teacher caught him breaking a rule and asked him to come up to be punished. In that school beating the palm of hand(手掌心）with a ruler was the punishment. Mike蒺s hands were very dirty, so on the way to the teacher蒺s desk, he wiped one of his hands on his coat.The teacher looked at it for a moment and said,“Mike, if you can find a dirtier hand in the class, I shall not punish you.”“Here it is…     

Face the Music

When someone says,“Well,I guess I’ll have to go and face the music,”it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert.It is something far less pleasant,like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this or that.Sour music, indeed,but it has to be faced.     

The North Wind and the Sun

The north wind and the sun are good friends.But one day they quarrelabout something. “I am stronger than you.”the cold north wind says.“Indeed you arenot.I’m stronger than you,”answers the soft,warm sun. Just then they see a man walking along the road. “I can get that man’s hat off his head,”the wind says.     

完形填空练与析

A It’s a problem that many teenagers haveto deal with.Call it“lack of confidence”,orcall it“low self-esteem”,it1the samething.Lack of confidence is2thing.Itrobs you of chances in life.It3yourtime.It causes feelings that4you.If you are one of the huge     

超级成语SHOW

1.sell someone down to the river出卖朋友A:How dare you do this to me?你怎么竟敢这么做?B:Why do you use such bad language?Did I do anything wrong?你说话怎么这么难听?我做错了什么吗?A:Don’t try to pretend,you sold me down the river to my wife.You told her that I am having all affair with someone else.别装了,你在我太太面前出卖了我,你告诉她我有外遇了。B:No,I didn't do that.She must have seen her with you     

妙趣横生的英语字母

1.ABC:是字母表中打头的三个字母,意为“入门”“基础知识”。如: He doesn’t know the ABC ofEnglish grammar. 他的英语语法还未入门呢。Do you know the ABC ofcooking?     

Been There; Done That

When classmates meet again after school breaks , we would talk about our vacations, and share the beautiful places we have been and the interesting things we have done . But I think the qualityof the trip isn’t effected by the “been there ’s and done that’s” but ef- fected by whom you “been there and done that”with. “ Jinglebells,jinglebells, jingleallthe way ...” Happy songs were playingloudlyinthe van. It was a big family (the familiesof my Mom ’s four sisters and my grandpar - en…     

完形填空(英文)

通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项。A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggling with a large box. It was half in and half 1 of her car. He was a helpful kind of man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very 2 .”“That蒺s very kind of you,”the woman said. “I蒺m having a lot of 3 with it. I think it蒺s stuck(不能动,受阻).”“Together we蒺ll soon move it,”the man said. He 4 into the b…     

初一英语部分重点精析

1.Are you OK?你没事吧?你好吧? 此处OK是形容词,意思是all right。Is it OKto come here?到这儿来好吗?OK也可作副词。如: OK,let's go.好,让我们去吧。2.Don’t throw it like that.别像那样扔。(1)throw是动词,意为“扔、掷、抛”。如: Throw the ball to him.把球扔给他。(2)like是介词,意为“像……一样”。like that意为“像那样”,在句中作状语。Throw it like this.这是个祈使句,表示请求或命令。它省略了主语you,谓语动词用原形。读时用降调。祈使句的否定式要在动词原形前加do not(通常缩略为Don’t)。如:Don't Worry 别担心     

教你正确用(二十)

Rules and Mistakes Katherine Hepburn said,“if you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.” There are more rules in the English language than we can follow; that’s why we constantly make mistakes when we speak and write in English.     

新目标英语八年级(上)Unit 2重难点解析

1.【原句】What’s the matter?【讲解】What’s the matter?常用来询问某人患了何种疾病或遇到了何种麻烦。当你看到别人气色不好或面带憔悴时,可以用该句型来询问对方,意为“哪儿不舒服?”、“出什么事了?”。【真题】从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。(2006重庆市)A:Jim,you said you would not stay out lateafter school,didn’t you?B:Yes,mom,I did.A:But it’s10o’clock now.1B:Sorry.I’ve been to the hospital.A:What?2B:No.I sent Jack to the hospital.A:Oh,really?3B:He had a terrible headache on the wayhome.A:Is he better now?B:4A:Good for you,my dear!I’m very glad youcan help others.B:5【点拨】答案为:C—F—E—D—B。做此类题时,关键在于联系上下文。由I’v...     

为什么婚戒要戴在无名指上

<正>See someone wearing a ring on their right index finger and you can bet they’re not married. A ring on the left ring finger, though, means that person is "taken". The choice of wedding ring finger seems arbitrary~1, but there’s actually historical reason it became known as the"ring finger", and why most people wear their wedding band on the left.看到有人在右手食指上戴着戒指,你可以打赌他们没有结婚。而左手无名指上的戒指意