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高中英语《共享 Unit 4 Sharing (part 1)》(选修7)
1.Thanks for your letter,which took a fortnight to arrive.
谢谢你两周前寄来的信。
fortnight   n.两星期
1)I will be home in a fortnight's time.
两星期后我会在家的。
2）It's two fortnights to Teachers' Day.
离教师节还有四个星期。
2.It was wonderful to hear from you.
收到你的来信让我非常吃惊。
hear from: v.接到....的信
1)How often do you hear from your sister?
你多长时间接到你姐姐一次信？
2)Have you heard from him by last week?
到上星期为止你们接到过他的信吗？
温馨提示：hear from 后只接表示人的名词或代词，不可接letter作为它的宾语。
相关短语：
hear about/of    听说（间接得知）
hear sth done     听见某事被做
make oneself heard      使自己让别人听到
hear sb do sth（强调动作全过程）     听说某人做过某事
hear sb doing  (强调动作正在进行）    听说某人正在做某事
1)I hear her play the piano.
我听见她弹钢琴了。（弹钢琴这件事）
2)I heard her playing the piano.
我听见她正在弹钢琴。（弹钢琴的情景）
3)I heard the ront door shut.
我听见前门被关上了。
4)I raised my voice to make myself heard.
我提高声音是为了使我自己被别人听到。
3.I know you're dying to hear all about my life here,so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.
我知道你急于了解我在这里的生活情况，所以我在信中放了一些照片，希望能够帮助你了解我所说的这些地方。
(1)be dying to do/for sth
渴望做某事；迫切想要
(1)I'm dying to be with you again.
我盼望着再次回到你们身边。
(2)I'm dying to be somebody.
我渴望出人头地。
(3)He was dying for something to drink.
他非常想喝点东西。
“渴望”的类似说法
be eager to do/for sth
be anxious to do sth/for sth
be thirsty for sth.
be keen to do sth.
desire to do sth.
have a strong desire for sth.
long to do/for sth.
death  n.死，死亡
dead    adj.死的，无生命的（表语）
        adj.致命的，致死的（定语）
        adj.极度的，彻底的
The flowers are dead
the dead people/weapon/disease
We sat in dead silence.
deadly    adj.枯燥的，令人厌烦的
The lecture was absolutely deadly.
adv. 极其，非常
deadly serious/dull/pale/cold
dying   adj.奄奄一息的
The dying  奄奄一息的人=the dying men
2)include    vt.包含，包括，算入
(1)The price includes postages charges.
这个价格是包邮的。
(2)The list included his name.
这个名单上有他的名字。
(3)He had included a number of moving stories in the speech.
他的讲话中加进了许多感人的故事。
4.Many of them have walked a long way,sometimes up to hours,to get to school.
他们中很多人走了很长的路去上学，有时甚至是好几个小时。
1) 多达，高达（as much as)
He can earn up to $50,000 a year.
2)一直到
She lived at home right up/until to she got married.
3)胜任（be fit for)
I'm not sure if she is really up to that job.
4)由...负责
It's up to her to decide whether or not to go on the course.
是否上这门课由她来决定。
5)忙于，从事于
Father wants to know what I have been up.
5.I'm trying to adapt to these conditions.
我正想办法适应这些情况。
adapt (oneself)to    使（自己）适应，适合
相关短语：
习惯于....
be used to
be accustomed to
1)The new students are very slow to adapt to the rules.
新生对于那些规定适应得很慢。
2)Can you adapt to change quickly?
你能很快地适应变化吗？
3)Over the years,we all learned to adjust and to adapt to the new circumstances.
年复一年，我们都学会了调整自己并适应新的环境。
contribute to     为...作贡献
access to         接近/进入.....方法
look forward to     盼望，希望
pay attention to     注意，集中注意力
be accustomed to     习惯于
be addicted to        沉溺于
stick to              坚持
adapt(oneself)to 中的to 是介词，后跟名词或动词-ing形式。
类似短语
be used to      习惯于
be related to     与....有关
lead to          导致/通向
devote oneself to    献身于，投身于
6.However,one thing is for sure,I've become more imaginative in my teaching.
但是有一点是肯定的，我在教学中变得更加富有想象力了。
imaginative    adj.富有想象力的，创新的
imaginable      adj. 可想象得到的
imaginary        adj.想象中的，虚构的
imaginative/imaginable/imaginary
1)Although the main characters in the novel are so true to life,they are (imaginary).
2)It's (imaginable)for such an (imaginative).
3)This is the only solution (imaginable).
7.The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when,before I knew it,the mixture was bubbling over everywhere!
几天前，我正给这些男孩子们做一周一次的化学实验，我还不清楚怎么回事，混合物已经冒出来，流的到处都是。
1)the other day
前几天，不久前一天
every other day
每隔一天，每两天
(1)He fall sick the other day.
他前几天钱病倒了。
(2)The postman comes every other day.
邮递员每隔一天来一次。
2)weekly  adj. 每星期的，一周的
          adv. 每周一次
           n.   周刊，周报
(1)This weekly is printed every Friday.
这份周报每星期五印刷。
(2)Our wages are paid weekly.
我们的工资每星期支付一次。
3）bubble
n. 泡沫；水气泡，冒泡；沸腾（声），泡沫般的计划或思想，骗局
(1)The kettle is at the bubble.
壶里的水在沸腾。
(2)The children like blowing soap bubbles.
孩子们喜欢吹肥皂泡。
bubble
vi.(-bled.-bling)气泡，沸腾，沸沸地响，兴奋；得意
1)The water was bubbling gently in the pan.
水在锅里轻轻地冒着气泡。
2)Marry was bubbling with joy.
玛莉得意洋洋。
8.The boys who had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows.
那些从未见过这种情况的男孩子们吓得都往窗户外跳去。
come across   vt.碰到，遇到，无意中发现  被理解，被认识
1)She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
她在抽屉里偶然发现一些老照片。
2）We must hang in whenever we come across difficulties.
我们遇到困难时一定要坚持不懈。
3)His words couldn't come across.
他的话不能被人理解。
come about   (vi)发生，产生
come along     快点，来吧，进展
come out        出来，出版
come up        走过来，走近，被想出
come up with     想出，提出
come over      过来
come true      变成现实（无被动）
come into being     出现，形成（无被动）