教你正确用(十八)

How Small Are They:a Little,a Bit,and a Little BitAbit and a little are a pair of words often usedinterchangeably to indicate“not much”,butthey can also have different meanings indifferent contexts.My hunch is that“a little”is a littlebit larger than“a bit”,and“a bit”is a little bit morecolloquial than“a little”.Well,these two words do gotogether,don’t they?Here are some examples:He was a bit surprised that she couldn’t cook.He was a little surprised that she couldn’t cook.He …     

谈谈used to与would

复旦大学主编的《英语》第三册第四课讲的是一个女孩如何成长为导游的故事,课文里有这样一段话,“When she was just a little girl,she usedto watch the group of tourists being led around some famous historicalsite.Whenever she could,she would stand close to the group and listento the guide.”(当她还是个小女孩的时候,她总是去看一批游客被人领着     

五粒豌豆的故事

Spring came,and one morning early the sun shone brightly through the little window,and threw itsrays over the floor of the room.Just as the mother was going to her work,the sick girl looked at thewindow-“Mother,”she cried,“what is the little green thing in the wind?”The mother went to thewindow and opened it.“Oh!”she said.“There is a little pea which has taken root and is putting out itsgreen leaves.How could it get into this crack?Well now,here is a little garden for you.”So she moved thebed of the sick girl nearer to the window,that she might see the budding plant.Then the mother went outto her work.     

谈谈反意疑问句

反意疑问句又叫附加疑问句,是一种常用于口语的疑问句形式,主要由“陈述句+附加疑问”构成。如果陈述部分为肯定形式,附加疑问部分用否定形式;陈述部分为否定形式,附加疑问部分用肯定形式。两部分的人称和时态要一致。例如:It’s a bit windy today,isn’t it?今天有点风,是吧?She ate it all,didn’t she?她全吃了,不是吗?Y ou don’t like fish,do you?你不喜欢鱼,对吗?H e can’t speak E nglish,can he?他不会说英语,是吗?在使用反意疑问句时,要注意以下几个问题:1.当陈述部分带有never,hardly,seldom few,little,nothing,now here等…     

倒装句用法面面观

1.含有否定意义的副词、连词或其他否定词,如hardly,scarcely,no sooner,never,seldom,little,few,not,not only,by no means,at no time等放在句首时,句子要部分倒装。如:①Neveris she late for class.她上课从不迟到。②Not a single word have I spoken to her.我一个字也没跟她说。     

幽默小集

Tom's Answer Teacher: Today we are going to learn subtraction. Tom, if your little sister has ten pencils and you take away four from them. What's the result? Tom: Oh, let me see. The result is that she is sure to cry.     

阅读天地

One day the little daughter was late coming home from school. Mum was both annoyed and worried. When the little girl came through the door, mum demanded in her upset tone that she explain why she was late.The little girl said, Mommy, I was walking home     

反意疑问句用法漫谈

英语中的反意疑问句也称“附加疑问句”,表示提问者对某事有一定的看法,询问对方是否同意。它的形式通常有两种:①肯定陈述句 否定反意问句;②否定陈述句 肯定反意问句。He is an English teacher,isn’t he0他是英语老师,对吧?She can’t go swimming,can she5她不能去游泳,对吧?They are good students,aren’t they5他们都是好学生,对吧?反意问句中的主语须与陈述句的主语保持一致,且必须是相应的代词。Your little brother enjoys skating,doesn’t he5你弟弟喜欢溜冰,对吧?Kate is from America,isn’t she5凯特是美国人,对吧?在“前否后肯”的反意疑问句中,回答时,yes译为“不”,而no译成“是”。—She isn’t a worker,is she5她不是工人,对吧?—Yes,she is.不,她是(工人)。—No,sheisn’t.对,她不是(工人)。对于一些特殊的反意疑问句,需要把握好以下几点:1.当陈述部分是there be结构或therelive,the...     

语言学习的风格与英语教学

<正> Have you ever taught students with similar learning styles to these? Student A: spent over a year in class audio-taping every word her teacher said: Her written notes were a mess and she seemed to make little progress in speaking and reading. She insist-ed on taping every lesson, then replaying the teacher's output when she got home. Quite suddenly after about a year, during which time her teacher began to despair, her     

妈妈,为什么哭?

A little boy asked his mother,"Why are youcr ying?"一个男孩问他的妈妈:"你为什么要哭呢?""Because I'm a woman,"she told him.妈妈告诉他说:"因为我是女人啊。"     

永远的纯真——《小飞侠彼得·潘》赏析

原作节选 That was the last time the girl Wendy ever saw Peter.For a little longer she tried for his sake not to have growing pains;and she felt she was untrue to him when she got a prize for general knowledge.But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy;and when they met gain,Wendy was a married woman,and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.     

A JOKE

Grandpa and granddaughter were sitting talking when she asked,“Did God make you,Grandpa?”“Yes,God made me,”the grandfather answered.A few minutes later,the little girl asked him,“Did God make me too?”“Yes,He did,”the older man answered.For a few minutes,the little girl seemed to be studying     

PEP五年级下册第六单元 Part B

PEP五年级下册第六单元B部分话题是询问某人正在做什么事:Is he/she playing chess/counting insects?并能正确回答:Yes,he/she is.No,he/she isn’t.教材提供的词组有:countinginsects,collecting leaves,writinga report,playing chess,having apicnicWarm up or lead in设计一:歌曲导入百度上输入:洪恩Gogo学英语MTV23,可找到这首歌曲:What’s she doing? She is     

Lesson Five

教学要求:1.复习现在进行时的一般疑问句及回答。2.学习句型:A:What's he/she doing?B:He's/She's mopping.A:What are they doing?B:They'recleaning the classroom.教学重点和难点:句型 What's he/she doing?What are they doing?和句中动词的正确使用。教学过程:一、课前歌曲 London's bridge.二、复习     

寻找快乐

Once upon a time, there was a little girl; once upon a time, she was polishing her nail in her yard with her friend like a young woman; once upon a time, this world is such a beautifill and perfect place for her; once upon a time, she was me.Once upon a time, she sang loud and clear with her little voice as if she had been the greatest singer in the world without shyness; once upon a time, she has so many dreams to be fulfilled; once upon a time, she has a heart as pure as an mborn baby.     

形似句辨析

1.A.The little girl is too happy tospeak.那小女孩高兴得说不出话来。B.The little girl is only too happy to speak.那小女孩非常乐意讲话。析:A句可转换为The little girl is so happy that she can't speak.B句中的only too=very。     

Units 1-3主题口语乐园

Unit 1 Where is she from?【情景对话】A:How do you do? B:How do you do? A:Look at that girl.Who is she? B:Oh.she is my pen pal. A:Where is she from?I think she is a foreigner. B:You are right.She comes from Canada. A:Ah,she’s a Canadian.Canada is very beautiful.What language does she speak?     

已全部偿付

Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper,and handed her a piece of paper that, he had been writing on.After his mun dried her hands on an apron,she read it,and this is what it said:     

What Does Little Birdie Say?

在她黎明时的小巢中,小鸟说些什么呢?小鸟说,让我飞吧,妈妈,让我飞走吧。宝贝,再多呆一会儿,等到那对小翅膀再长硬些儿。因此她又多留了一会儿,然而她还是飞走了。在破晓时分的床上,婴儿说些什么?婴儿像小鸟那样说,让我起来飞走吧。乖乖,再多睡一会儿,等你的四肢再长硬点儿。如果她再多睡一会儿,婴儿必然也会飞走。W hatdoes little birdie say,In her nest at peep ofday?Let m e fly,says little birdie,M other,let m e fly away.Birdie,resta little longer,Tillthe little w ings are stronger.So she rests a little longer,Then …     

一只小蚂蚁(英文)

Once there was a little ant. She wanted to get married, but she only wanted to marry the strongest creature.23She wanted to marry the strongest crea-ture,but she didn’t know who is the strongestone.One day,she saw the wind blow housesdown.So she thought the wind was thestrongest creature.She wanted to marry thewind.But the wind told the little ant that hewasn’t the strongest creature.“There was atower in the forest.He had stood there for athousand years against my force.The towerwas the strongest creature.”...