“画蛇添足”20例

1.我很长时间没有收到她的来信了。误:I haven蒺theard from her letter for a long tim e.正:I haven蒺theard from her for a long tim e.析:hear from sb相当于get/receive a letter from sb,因此,hearfrom her后面的letter属多余,应删去。2.虽然天很晚了,但他们仍继续工作。误:Though itw as late,butthey stillw enton working.正:Though itw as late,they stillw enton w orking.析:汉语的“虽然……但是……”译成英语时,用了though就不可再用but;同样,用了but,就不可再用though。因此,此句也可改为:It was late,butthey stillwent…     

初中英语词语误用20例

1．我很长时间没有收到她的来信了。误:I haven’t heard from her letter for a long time．正:I haven’t heard from her for a long time．析:hear from sb．相当于get／receive a letter from sb．,因此不可在hear     

重难点解析

1. I＇ ve had a letter from mybrother, Weiming. have a letter from sb．意为“收到某人来信”,与get／receive a letter from,hear from同义。如：I’ve just heard frommy sister．     

The Little Mice（初二适用）

Once upon a time, a mother mouse and her children went for a walk in the garden. They were looking around for something to eat when they suddenly heard a loud noise. "Hiss, Hiss, Meow!" It was Elgato, the cat.     

High Hopes for High Summer

Welcome to high summer[盛夏],dear CE:Teens readers!When we are young, summer can be a magical[不可思议的] time, free from many of the more stressful[紧迫的] parts of our lives,namely,school! But summer can also be a confusing[混乱的] time of year When faced with a long holiday,after we have caught up with friends we haven’t seen for a long time, slept late for the twentieth time-what     

A Woman and a Doctor（初三适用）

Mrs King came from a rich family. Her father was an important official(官员), but her husband was a policeman. She always made him listen to her and the poor man had to do everything she told him to do though her opinion(意见) was wrong. Now she had three children, and they all had to agree with     

几个连词用法常见错误例析

1.他虽然很年轻,但懂得很多。[误]Though he is very young,but he knows alot. [正]Though he is very young,(yet)he knowsa lot. [析]though是从属连词,but是并列连词,类似的还有because…,so…等,英语中从属连词和并列连词不能用在同一句中,故though与but不可连用,但与yet可以,这里yet只是副词。     

What Man Did Mike Help?

趣味阅读理解 Mike, a sixteen-year-old young man, likes sports. Sohe's the strongest in his class. It was a summer evening. It was too hot for him tostay in the rooms. He went out to the river. On the bridgehe met some of his friends and they talked for a long timeuntil late at night. When he was passing through a darkand narrow street, he heard someone calling for help. Inthe moonlight he saw a big man fighting with a muchsmaller man.     

Who Is Deaf?

An old man thought his wife was a bit deaf and he decided to try her out. He stepped back 10 meters and asked his wife from behind, "Can you hear me?" He heard no answer from his wife, so he walked forward and stood 6 meters away from her. "Can you hear m…     

趣味英语(英文)

Ali, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-w…     

英语广角

英语幽默谚语格言趣味英语完形填空IsItfarAli, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin.Nasreddin was already in bed.“It is late,”he said. “What do you want?”“I want you to write a letter to my wife,”said Ali. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for …     

英语趣味阅读2篇(英文)

Ali, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin. Nasreddin was already in bed. “It is late,” he said. “What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Ali. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, “Has…     

You Are Welcome To Come

A man went to Boston to spend his holidays. Meanwhile, his wife was in New York on a business trip. So he decided to ask his wife to come to Boston to join him for the weekend.He sent a letter to his wife, but unfortunately he made a mistake in her address, and the letter was sent to     

Do You Know Who I Am?

Once,a long time ago,I went to a railway station near New York.I was 1 the night train from there.Crows of people were on the platform(月台）and they were pushing into the long train 2 was already full.I asked the man at the booking office(售票）3 I could have two tickets.He answered sharply "No."So I left 4.     

动词不定式典型错误例析

1.我们经常听到她在这里唱英文歌。[误]We often hear her to sing Englishsongs here. [正]We often hear her sing English songshere. [析]感官动词(如:hear、listen to、see、look at、watch、feel等)和使役动词(如:let、make、have等)后接动词不定式作宾语补足语时     

Beethoven

Beethoven was a famous pianist. He was born on December 16, 1770. He grew up in Germany. When he was young, his father taught him to play the piano. He was a very clever boy.In 1787, he went to school and became a music teacher. In 1802, he could hear nothing, but he wrote some pieces of music.Once, Beethoven was walking in a street. Suddenly, he stopped, because he heard some-     

Humour Page

A young mother was having a consultation with a doctor. As they spoke, her 6-year-old son could clearly be heard disturbing the people in the waiting room - yet she made no attempt to restrain him."Clang!"Soon they heard some clattering in another room, but still she did nothing."Krak!Wham!"Finally, after a very loud crash, the woman told the doctor nonchalantly, "Oops. I hope you don't mind my little Jimmy playing in there."No, no, not at all," said the doctor calmly. "I'm sure he will calm down as soon as he finds the poison."     

似是而非,大相径庭de英语表达

在英语学习中,很多单词之间互相颠倒位置,或者在句中的位置不同,它们的意义就完全不同。如: 1.I heard from you before long.我不久就收到了你的来信。I heard from you long before.我很久以前就收到了你的来信。before long=soon,a little later,before为介词,long为名词;而long before=a long time ago,long为副词,before也是副词。第二句相当于:It was longbefore I heard from you.这里before作连词使用。     

The Thousand and One Nights

There was once a King d Persia who had a beautiful wife.He loved her verymuch,but she was a wicked woman.When the King discovered her wickedness,hekilled her.He believed that all women were wicked and decided that he would punishthem.He gave orders that he was to he given a new wife every day.After one day'smarriage he would cut off her head and marry again.This went on for some time and     

My little Dog

I have a little dog.It's a very lovely dog.Its name is Effie.It has a white face and a pair of black eyes.It looks pretty and naughty. One day,after I turned off the computer,I went out with some biscuits.Not for a long time.I heard DiDi-DiDi.I was