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try one’ best to do sth. 尽力做某事
Please keep quiet! 请保持安静 =remain calm
keep+形容词表示“保持某种状态”
keep+(sb.)+doing 表示“(使某人)不停地做某事”
keep sth. 保存某物
use sth. to do sth.=do sth.. with sth. 使用…做…
区别:use…for… use…as…
给某人打电话的几种说法：call (up) = phone = ring
call sb. up, call sb. phone sb., phone to sb.
telephone sb. telephone to sb. phone sb. up,ring sb.
give sb. a ring, give sb. a phone
with the name= called = named call for=require=need
the number of….的数量，谓语是单数 a number of=many 许多
number前可用large(=huge=big), great, small (=tiny)修饰其谓语是复数
become a member of =be in=join
have a large / small population of 人口不能用:many/much/a few /a little
what is the population? 不能用: how many/how much
doing sth. takes sb. Some time/ money =It takes sb. some time/money to do sth.
=sb. spends some time/money (on sth.)
=sb. spends some time/money (in) doing sth.
=sth. costs sb. some time/money
=sb. pay some money for sth.
take the subway 乘地铁 ride a bike 骑自行车 take the bus乘公共汽车
take the train乘火车 take a taxi乘坐出租车 go in a parent’s car 坐父母的车
He went there by bus. =He a bus there
He went there by bike. =He a bike there
He went there by car. =He a car there
He went there by air . =He there
He went there on foot. =He there
He went by the shop. He went across the street.
He went into the classroom. He went down the street.
He went back there. My dog goes after me to school.
区别older / elder与farther / further
older(年龄较老的)
elder(指兄弟姐妹中排行在前的)
My ______ brother is ______ than me.
farther (指距离“较远的”)
further(指抽象事物的“更进一步的”)
He went abroad for ________ studies.
Tom is _________ from our school than Alice.
表示“是……几倍”时用“twice; three times等 + as…as”
This book costs twice as much as that one. 这本书的价钱是那本书的两倍。
表示二者相差多少用 “具体数量 + 比较级”
My brother is two years older than me.
= My brother is two years as old as me.
= My brother is older than me by two years.
not as / so… as = less than 不及;不如
This book isn’t as interesting as that one
= This book is ___ ________ _____ that one
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