第一单元 星座
课文解析
1. You are patient and do not give up easily. 你是一个有恒心，不轻易放弃的人。
★give up有“放弃、投降、认输”的意思。如：
① They gave up without a fight. 他们不战而降。
② She doesn’t give up easily. 她不会轻易认输的。
★give sb. up或者give up on sb. 有“对某人的到来（或康复、能否找到等）不再抱有希望”的意思。如：
① You are here at last. We’d given you up. 你终于来了。我们都以为你不来了呢。
② Their parents hadn’t heard from him in the front for so long. They had given him up for dead.
他们的父母已经很长时间没有收到他在前线的来信，都以来他死了。
★give sb. up还有“与某人断绝关系、不再与某人来往”的意思。如：
Why don’t you give him up? 你为什么不和他一刀两断呢？
★give sth. up有“停止、终止、放弃、抛弃”的意思。如：
① You must give up smoking because it is bad for you health.
你必须戒烟，因为吸烟对你的健康有害。
② The short boy finally gave up climbing over the wall.
那个矮个男孩最后放弃了从墙上爬过去。
★give oneself up to sb. 解释为“投案、自由”。如：
① The rubber gave himself up to the police after two weeks on the run.
那个抢劫犯在逃跑了两个星期后向警方自首了。
② His father wanted him to give himself up to the police.
父亲要他向警方自首。
2. You are a curious and clever person. 你有强烈的好奇心，而且又很聪明。
★curious作形容词，意为“求知欲强的、好奇的”。如：
① They were very curious about the strange thing in the box.
他们对盒子里陌生的东西感到很好奇。
② I was curious to find out what she had said. 我真想弄清楚她说了什么。
★curious还可作“稀奇古怪的、奇特的、不寻常的”解。如：
① What a curious mistake! 多么荒谬的错误！
② It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air.
那是一种奇特的感觉，我们仿佛在空中飘浮。
3. You are outgoing. You are to talk. 你善于交际，有辩才。
★outgoing作形容词，意为“爱交际的”“友好的”“外向的”。如：
① Nick is an outgoing person. Nice是个爱交际的人。
② Everyone says she is outgoing. 大家都说她爱交际。
★outgoing作形容词时，还有“卸任的”“离职的”说法。如：
① The people there don’t trust the outgoing government.
那儿的人民不信任将下台的政府。
② Mr. Tang is nearly sixty years old. He is an outgoing principle.
唐先生近六十岁，他是位即将卸任的校长。
★outgoing可以解释为“向外的”“离开的”。如：
① This telephone should be used for outgoing calls. 这部电话机用于打外线。
② All the outgoing passengers stayed at the airport last night.
所有的离境旅客昨晚都滞留在飞机场。
★outgoing反义词是incoming
4. You love your home and family, and like to take care of others.
你爱家和家人，乐于助人，爱好储蓄和烹饪。
★take care of作“照顾、照料”解，相当于look after。如：
① I believe that neighbours can take care of your son while you are out.
相信我外出期间我的邻居们会照顾我的儿子的。
② The boy is very young. He can’t take care of himself. 这男孩很小，不可以照顾自己。
★take care of作“保管、保护”解。如：
① The teacher told the students to take care of the new books.
老师告知学生要保护好新书。
② Can you take care of your thing？ 你会保管你的物品吗？
★take care of与look after都能作“照顾、照料”解，可以互相替换。但look after没有“保管、保护”的意思。如：
① She stayed at home and took care of her mother yesterday.
＝She stayed at home and looked after her mother yesterday.
昨天她呆在家里照料她母亲了。
② Who is going go take care of the wounded person in the hospital?
＝Who is going to look after the wounded person in the hospital？
谁去医院照料那个受伤的人？
③ Children must take good care of their eyes.
≠Children must look after their eyes well.
孩子们要好好保护眼睛。
★take good care of和look after…well意义相同，都是“好好照料、好好照顾”的意思。
但要注意，take care of用的是good一词，而look after则用well。如：
① Don’t worry. I can take good care of your pet while you are away.
＝Don’t worry. I can look after your pet well while your are away.
放心，你不在时，我会照料好你的宠物的。
② The nurses took good care of the children.
＝The nurses looked after the children well.
保育员把孩子照料得很好。
5. You are a strong and confident person. 你有强烈的自信心。
★confident作“自信的、有自信心的”解，主要指具有对自己的价值深信不疑，或不自觉地肯定自己无论做什么都会成功，不受怀疑、犹豫及恐惧的干扰，特别是强调乐观的态度。如：
① Our English teacher wants us to feel confident about asking questions when we don’t understand.
我们的英语老师要我们遇到不懂的问题就大胆提问。
② At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous, but then they became more and more confident.
起初，女孩们感到有点紧张，后来，她来变得越来越自信了。
★confident of sth. 或者confident that +从句有“肯定的、确信的、有把握的”意义。如：
① We are confident that we can overcome the difficulties. 我们相信能够克服困难。
② I am confident that you can pass the exam. 我肯定你考试能够通过。
★confident名词形式是confidence, have confidence in sth./sb.，表示“对……信赖”。如：
① All the students confidence in her students’ abilities.
她完全相信她学生的能力。
② He answered the question with confidence.
她有把握地回答了那些问题。
★另外confidence还有“（向某人透露）秘密 机密”一说。如
The girls exchanged confidences. 女孩子们相互吐露自己的心事。
6. You are generous. 你慷慨大方。
★generous常常译成“慷慨的、大方的、慷慨给予的”。当人们要表示乐于奉献自己的力量或金钱，肯定为别人着想和宽容他人；或者指大份的饭菜或数量很大的奉献物品的意思时，通常用这词。如：
① She gave me a generous present on my birthday. 我生日那天，她给了一份丰厚的礼物。
② It was generous of him to pay for the meal for us. 他为我们付了饭钱，真是大方。
7. You like to buy your friends nice gifts. 你乐意为朋友购买精美的礼物。
★buy作动词时，后面常接双宾语，即有buy sb. sth.或buy sth. for sb.的用法。如：
① He bought me a new coat. 他给我买了件新外套。
② What are you going to buy for your teachers? 你打算给你们的老师买什么？
★除了buy外，在英语中，还有一些动词后面带有两个宾语。其中一个宾语是直接宾语，另一是间接宾语，我们把它称为双宾语现象。双宾语里有些位置基本是固定的，teach, ask就属这种情况。如：He taught us English. May I ask you some questions? 有些位置可前可后，但要在两个宾语之间加介词。如在give, pass, lend, show, bring等词后加to；在ask, buy, draw, get, make等词后加for。如：
① Please give me the pen.
＝Please give the pen to me.
请把那支钢笔给我。
② Can you pass him the ruler?
＝Can you pass the ruler to him?
你可以把那把尺递给我吗？
③ Don’t lend her the book.
＝Don’t lend the book to her.
不要把书借给她。
④ I will show you the shirt.
＝I will show the new shirt to you.
我将会给你看我的新衬衫。
⑤ Can you bring me something to eat?
＝Can you bring something to eat to me?
你能给我带点吃的东西来吗？
⑥ Uncle Wang made us a kite last week.
＝Uncle Wang made a kite for us last week.
上星期王叔叔给我们做了只风筝。
⑦ My father will buy me a new bike next week.
＝My father will buy a new bike for me next week.
我父亲下星期就给我买新自行车。
⑧ They drew us a good picture.
＝They drew a good picture for us.
他们给我们画了一幅美丽的画。
⑨ Please get me a pen.
＝Please get a pen for me.
请给我弄支钢笔来。
★如直接宾语是代词，则无论间接宾语是名词还是代词都应将直接宾语放在动词之后。如：
① Would you please give it to me?
你把它给我，好吗？（不能说Would you please give me it.）
② I will buy it for you.
我就给你买。（不能说I will buy you it.）
8. You are a modest person. 你是一个很谦虚的人。
★modest是形容词，意为“谦虚的”“谦让的”“谦恭的”。通常是指不过分自信、不虚荣和不傲慢，或表示在尺寸大小方面中等或较小的东西。如：
① She is very modest about her success. 她对自己的成功非常谦虚。
② You’re too modest. 你太谦虚了。
★有“朴素的、朴实的”意思。如：
① She likes wearing modest dresses. 她喜欢穿朴素的服装。
② All of the villagers there live in modest cottages.
那里所有的村民都住在朴实无华的村舍里。
9. You worry too much at times. 你有时过于小心。
★too much可以修饰不可数名词，在名中作定语；too much也可以单独使用，相当于一个代词，在句中可作主语、表语或宾语。too much也可作副词，修饰动词，在句中作状语，表示“过于”“太多”（＝more than enough）。如：
① I drank too much beer last night. 昨天晚上我啤酒喝得太多了。（作定语）
② He has too much trouble in his life. 他生活中麻烦太多了。（作定语）
③ Too much has been said about it. 有关这件事已说得够多了。（作主语）
④ The work is too much for me. 这工作我干不了。（作表语）
⑤ But where there’s too much of it, the poisonous waste may do great harm to the things around us.
但是在有毒的废物太多的地方，这些有毒的废物就会给我们周围的东西带来很大的害处。（作表语）
⑥ You’ve done too much for her. 你为她做得太多了。（作宾语）
⑦ I don’t enjoy reading too much. 我不是非常喜欢看书。（作状语）
⑧ She talks too much. 她说话简直太多了。（作状语）
⑨ Don’t let the children watch TV too much. 不要让孩子过多地看电视。（作状语）
★ much too在句中只用作状语，修饰形容词或副词，表示“太、过、非常”。如：
① It is much too hot today. 今天实在太热了。
② Crusoe realized that he had make his boat much too large.
克鲁索意识到他把小船造得太大了。
10. You are elegant and love beautiful things. 你文雅，追求完美。
elegant作形容词用，意为“文雅的”“优美的”“漂亮的”，也有“简洁的”“简练的”的意思，一般指在风格上极其时髦或正式的事物，或指昂贵、错综复杂或过于丰富的事物。是个褒义词。如：
① She is tall and elegant. 她身材修长，优雅大方。
② Yesterday his mother wore an elegant dress and went the party.
昨天他母亲穿着一件高雅的连衣裙去参加舞会了。
③ I saw the couple go into an elegant restaurant.
我看见那对夫妇进了一家雅致的饭店。
④ They thought of an elegant solution to the question.
他们想到了一个解决这个问题的简要方法。
11. You love peace and do not like to argue with others. 你热爱和平，不喜欢与人争吵。
★argue用作动词，意为“辩论、争论”。如：
① They argued the matter for hours. 这件事他们辩论了好几个小时。
② He argued that she should not go. 他们争辩说她不应该去。
★argue with sb. (about/over sth. )意为“（就某事）与争论、争吵、争辩”。如：
① My brother are always arguing with me about the house.
我兄弟总为房子的事和我争论不休。
② They argued with each other over the money.
他们为钱的事相互争吵过。
★argument是argue的名词形式，它的常见用法如下：
① Two men were deep in argument. 两个人在激烈地争论。
② There was a hot argument. 有一场激烈的辩论。
★discuss用作及物动词意为“讨论、谈论”。主要指就某一问题交换意见，相互的观点可能好象一致，也可能不一致。Argue则不同，辩论的双方意见是不一致的，一方要提出种种理由支持自己的观点，反对另一方的观点。着重在于说理，论证和企图说服。Discuss比较缓和。如：
① Let’s discuss the problem. 我们讨论一下这个问题吧。
② I’ll discuss the question with my classmate next Monday.
下星期一我将和我的同班同学讨论这个问题。
12. You are a powerful person and have lots of energy. 你个性强烈，精力充沛。
★powerful作形容词，意为“健壮的”“强壮的”。如：
① He is a powerful person. 他是个体格健壮的人。
② Look, Simon has got a powerful body. 瞧！Simon有健壮的体魄。
★powerful作形容词，有“权势的”“有影响力的”的意思。如：
① China is one of the most powerful countries in the world.
中国现在是世界上最具有影响力的国家之一。
② Zhang Yimou is a powerful director in China.
张艺谋是位中国具有影响力的导演。
★powerful作形容词，还可以作“强有力”“力量大的”解。如：
① Have you got powerful tools to do the work?
你们有有效工具去干那活吗？
② That is a powerful truck. 那是辆大功率卡车。
★powerful一词由名词power加形容词后缀-ful而来，类似的词还有：
Success→successful help→helpful
use→useful care→careful
hope→hopeful colour→colourful
peace→peaceful meaning→meaningful
13. You like to keep secrets. 你能保守秘密。
★keep secrets或keep a secret。意为“保守秘密”。这种“keep + 名词”的用法，在英语中遇然见到。如：
They asked us to keep secrets for them. 他们要我们为他们保守秘密。
★keep + 形容词表示“继续保持某种状态”，其中keep为连系动词。如：
① I hope to keep healthy. 我希望保持健康。
② Keep quiet and listen to me. 安静，听我说。
★“keep + 宾语 + 形容词/分词/介词短语”是个常用词组，其中“形容词/分词/介词短语”是宾语补足语，表示“使……保持某种状态”。如：
① I was too tired to keep my eyes open. 我累得连眼睛都睁不开了。
② It’s a good way to keep our classroom clean. 最好的办法是保持我们的教室干净。
③ After class we should also keep our desk tidy.
下课后，我们也应该保持桌面整洁、有序。
④ You should keep your hands behind your backs. 你们要把手放在背后。
⑤ A cold kept him in bed for a week. 感冒使他卧床一周。
⑥ You have to keep the fire burning. 你得让火一直烧着。
⑦ I’m sorry. I kept you waiting outside so long. 对不起，让你在外面久等了。
⑧ Don’t keep the window closed all day long. 不要整天把窗户关着。
⑨ She kept the food locked in the fridge. 她一直把食品锁在冰箱里。
★词组keep…away (from)，意为“不让靠近”。接介from短语时，表示“妨碍”或“免遭……”。如：
① You should keep your long hair away from the running machine.
你应该让你的长发远离转动的机器。
② Keep him away. 别让他靠近。
③ I mustn’t keep you from your work. 我不能妨碍你去干你的工作。
④ We must keep this from getting dirty. 我们一定要尽力别把这弄脏了。
⑤ They make fire to keep the animals from coming near.
他们生火是使动物不靠近。
★keep后面可以直接用动词+ing的形式，表示“持续做某事”“不间断地做某事”。如：
① My father kept coughing all right. 我父亲整夜咳嗽。
② Don’t keep talking in class. 课上不要一直讲话。
14. You are kind and wise. You have many friends. 你聪明善良，朋友多。
★kind用作形容词，意为“友好的、仁慈的、心地善良的”，后面常眼介词to。如：
① Mellie’s step-mother was very kind to him and did all she could to find books for her.
Mellie的继母待她很好，尽一切可能为她找书看。
② They have been most kind to me, since I came to this school.
自从我来到这个学校，他们一直对我很好。
★kind用作名词，意为“种类”。如：
① Love our kind and be kind to the animals. 爱我们的同类，爱护动物。
② There are different kinds of mooncakes in the shop.
店里有不同种类的月饼。
★type也有和kind相同的意义，作“种类”解，有时候可以相互替用。但type有“类型”一意，而kind则没有。如：
① There are three types of air conditioners in the shop. 这店里有三种型号的空调卖。
② They have to meet all types of people. 他们得和各种类型的人打交道。
15. However, some people think that you are strange. 但也有人认为你有点怪。
★副词however表示上、下文在意义上的转折，意为“然而”“不过”“但是”。However在句中的位置比较灵活，可以在句首、句中或句末，有时用逗号与句子其他成份隔开，有时则不用，须看其在句中的意义而定。如：
① His efforts, however, proved a failure. 但他的努力结果都失败了。
② He hasn’t arrived; he may come later, however. 他还没有来，不过，他可能晚点来。
③ It was raining hard at that time. However, we had to leave as soon as possible.
当时雨下得很大，不过我们还是得尽早动身。
④ Later, however, he decided to go. 可是后来，他决定去了。
⑤ He said that it was so; he was mistaken, however. 他说情况如此，但他错了。
⑥ So far I haven’t had my success. However, I’ll keep trying.
迄今为止，我还没有成功，然而，我会不断努力的。
⑦ She was weak. However, she insisted on doing the heavy work.
她很虚弱，不过她还是坚持干重活。
⑧ However, we will look into the matter later. 然而，我们以后还要调查此事。
★however用于修饰形容词或副词，表示“无论到什么程度、不管多么”。如：
① She has the window open, however cold it is outside.
不管外面有多么冷，她都开着窗户。
② However dangerous the work is, we must finish it on time.
无论这工作有多么危险，我们必须准时完成。
★在英语中，除了however外，以“-ever”构成的合成词在文章中很常见，用法各有千秋，如：
whoever谁都；无人谁 whichever随便哪个；无论哪个
whatever凡是的；无论什么 whenever随时；无论什么时候
wherever无论哪里；无论到哪里
★用来引出名词性从句。如：
① Whoever has eyes can see what great changes China has made since opening.(主语从句)
凡是有眼的人，都能看到中国开放以来取得了多么巨大的变化。
② Give the apple to whoever wants it. (介词to的宾语从句)
谁要这个苹果，就给谁。
③ We are ready to do whatever the Party wants us to do. （宾语从句）
党要我们干什么，我们就准备干什么。
④ Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. （主语从句）
凡是值得做的，就值得好好去做。
⑤ You may take whichever book will interest you. （宾语从句）
哪本书你感兴趣，你就可以拿哪本书。
⑥ Whichever come first may have enough time to do this experiment.（主语从句）
无论哪个先来，他就可以有足够时间做这个实验。
⑦ He may write about whatever subject he is interested in. （介词宾语从句）
他可写他感兴趣的任何题目。
★用来引出让步状语从句。如：
① Whoever you are, you have no right to do such a thing.
不论你是谁,你都无权做这种事。
② Whatever the reason is, the fact remains.
不论什么理由，事实依然不变。
③ Whatever happens, we will not change our plan.
不管发生什么事，我们决不改变计划。
④ You must finish this experiment today, whichever way you do it.
不管你用什么方法，这个实验你务必于今天做完。
★用来引出具有强调语气的时间、地点、方式状语从句。如：
① Wherever there is plenty of sun and rain, the fields are green.（地点状语从句）
哪里阳光雨水充足，哪里的田野就绿油油的。
② Wherever you go, we’ll still remember you. （地点状语从句）
无论你去哪里，我们始终会记着你。
③ Wherever people say that sort of, you know they don’t mean it.（时间状语从句）
每当人们说那种事时，你知道他们并不是指它而言的。
④ You may solve the problem whichever way you like. （方式状语从句）
哪种方法你喜欢，就用哪种方法解决这个题。
⑤ He goes there whenever he has time, which is not often. （时间状语从句）
他一有时间就到那儿去，但这并不是经常的。
⑥ The dog will go wherever you tell him. （地点状语从句）
那狗你告诉他去哪里就去哪里。
16. You are generous, kind, gentle and easy-going.
你个性率真，温文尔雅且为人随和。
easy-going一词主要作形容词用，意为“悠闲的、随和的、不慌不忙的”。如：
① I wish I had such easy-going parents. 我多么希望有这样随和的父母啊！
② She is always easy-going when she meets any difficulty.
遇到困难时，她始终是不慌不忙。
17. You are also creative and imaginative. 你还具有丰富的创造能力和想象能力。
★imaginative用作形容词，意为“富有想象力的”，相当于full of imagination。如：
① I think it is an imaginative idea. 我认为是个有创意的想法。
② Mechille is an imaginative girl. Mechille是个富有创意的女孩。
★imaginative是由imagine变化而来。Imagine作及物动词，意为“想象，设想”，也有“料想，估计，预想”，其后可跟名词、代词、动词的-ing形式及其复合结构。如：
① I can’t imagine life on a deserted island. 我不能想象在荒岛上的生活。
② We had never imagined anything like that. 我们从未想象过那样的生活。
★imagine后可跟不定式作宾补，但该不定式通常只能是to be。如：
① Don’t imagine yourself to be always correct. 不要认为你自己总是对的。
② Imagine yourself to be in their place, how would you act?
设想你处于他们的地位，你会怎么办？
★imagine后可跟从句，有时也和as连用。如：
① Imagine that you were alone on an island. 想象一下你孤身一人在一个岛上。
② You can’t imagine how we missed you all. 你不能想象我们是多么相信你们大家。
③ I had imagined you as a big tall man. 我想象你是个高大的男人。
④ I don’t imagine that he will come if it rains. 我认为如果下雨他就不会来。
★主从复合句中，如果主句的主语是第一人称，imagine后接that引导的宾语从句，从句若含有否定意思，通常否定要转移到主句上。如：
① We don’t imagine that he is fit for the job. 我们认为他不胜任这项工作。
② “He will be late again.” “I imagine so/not.” “他又要迟到了。”“我想也是的/不会吧。”
③ －Will they be ready tomorrow? 他们明天能准备好吗？
－Yes, I imagine so. 是的，我是这么认为的。
★答句中的否定式也可用I don’t imagine so。如：
－Will they attend the meeting next month? 他们会出席下个月的会吗？
－No, I imagine not. /No, I don’t imagine so. 不会的，我想不会的。
★imagine的名词形式是imagination。imagination为不可数名词，意为“想象，想象力”。如：
① He hasn’t much imagination. 他缺乏想象力。
② Simon was a man of remarkable imagination. Simon是一个有着非凡想象力的人。
18. A practical person is good at doing things and dealing with difficulties.
务实的人擅长做事和应对困难。
★difficulty在表示具体的困难时，通常用作复数形式。如：
① There are many difficulties for us to face to, such as had weather, muddy road.
我们有许多困难要面对，如恶劣的天气、泥泞的道路。
② He got into the difficulty while they traveled in Japan.
他在日本旅游时遇到麻烦。
★difficulty作不可数名词时，意思是“费力、费劲”，常和介词in, with或without搭配使用。如：
① It was with difficulty that I persuaded him to come.
说服他过来我费了很大的劲。
② She finished his homework without any difficulty.
她毫不费力地做完了家庭作业。
★介词in后接动词-ing形式，这种用法通常用于have difficulty in这一结构。这时的difficulty可用trouble替代，且介词in可以省略。如：
① I have some difficulty in pronouncing some of the words in English.
我觉得英语中有些单词不好拼读。
② He said he had little difficulty in learning Japanese.
他说他感觉学日语不费什么劲。
19. Millie has collected enough information about her classmates’ star signs.
米莉已收集了足够的有关她同学的星座的情况。
★enough作形容词修饰名词时，可以在名词的前面，也可以放在后面。但是为了避免混淆，一般放在名词前。如：
① I’ve enough time to do it. 我有足够的时间去做这事情。
② There are enough people to help them pick apples. 有足够的人去帮助他们摘苹果。
★enough作副词修饰形容词和副词时，均放在他们的后面。如：
① The room is big enough to hold 20 people. 这个房间足够大，能够容纳20人。
② The book is easy enough for the child to read. 这本书让这孩子读是足够容易的。
20. otherwise否则
otherwise一词最常见用法是放在句首，表示“要不然”“否则”。如：
① You have to go now, otherwise you’ll miss your train.
你得马上动身，要不然就赶不上火车了。
② I borrowed some money from my parents, otherwise I couldn’t pay for it.
我向父母借了些钱，否则就我付不起了。
21. Well, he likes to dream. I don’t think he’d be able to concentrate.
他喜欢幻想。我认为他不可能集中精力。
词组be able to和情态动词can
★be able to词组中，be是连系动词，able是形容词作表语，to为不定式符号，后接动词的原形，作“能够”“有……能力”解释时，不仅有现在式，而且还有过去式和将来式。如：
① Everyone was able to run away from the burning house.
每个人都能够从那着火的房子里逃出来。
② The river is wide but he is able to swim across it.
尽管河很宽，但他能够游过去。
★be able to往往表示“经过努力能成功地做”，而can和could仅表示一种“能力”。如：
① Animals can’t use tools. 动物不会使用工具。
② He couldn’t speak when he was five. 他五岁还不会说话。
22. Who else would be suitable? 还有谁会更适合呢
★else作形容词用时，常跟在疑问代词、不定代词之后，有时也可修饰疑问副词，表示“别的”“其他的”。如：
① What else do you want? 你还要别的什么？
② Who else did he want to invite to his party?
他还邀请了其他什么人去参加他的聚会了吗？
③ What else would you like to take? 你看还需要什么吗？
④ Little else is known of her name. 除了她的名字，其余就知之甚少了。
⑤ Where else did you go when you were in Australia?
你在澳大利亚时还去过什么地方？
★other通常与any, some, no及定冠词the搭配使用，表示“另外一些”；与every搭配使用，表示“每隔……”。后面接可数名词的单数形式时，other前面必须有限定词，否则只能用another。如：
① Mary is here, but the other girls are still out in the playground.
玛丽在这儿，可是其他的女生都还在操场上。
② Do you have any other books on this subject?
你还有这方面的书吗？
③ I am very busy now. You can ask me about it some other time.
我现在很忙。你可以另找时间再问吧。
④ We’ve got ten chairs, but they are not enough yet. Bring us two other ones tomorrow, will you?
我们已经有十把椅子，但仍不够用，明天请再拿两把别的椅子来，行吗？
⑤ This medicine is to be taken every other day.
这药每隔一日服一次。
⑥ Remember to write in every other line.
记住每隔一行写。
23. He would not mind doing extra work for the students’ Union.
在学校里，他常帮助其他同学。
★mind用作动词时，常见的意义为“介意”“在乎”。如：
① Do you mind if I open the window? 你介意我开窗吗？
② Never mind, I’ll teach you to sing Beijing Opera? 别介意，我教你唱京戏。
★mind后面接“动词+ing”的形式，意为“介意做……”。如：
① He didn’t mind doing work for the club. 为俱乐部做事情，他一点儿不介意。
② Do you mind asking your age? 问一下你的年龄，你介意吗？
★mind作动词时，可以用于警告人们，意为“当心、注意”。如：
① Mind that step. 当心台阶。
② Mind your head. 小心，别碰着头。
★mind作名词时，意为“头脑”“思想”。如：
① Keep your mind on your lessons. 专心做你的功课吧。
② I couldn’t have peace of mind before she came back.
她没有回来，我心里就不踏实。
24. Mr Wu spends a lot of time explaining things to us. He is patient.
吴老师花许多时间为我们讲解。他很有耐心。
★explain通常用作动词，常译成“解释”“说明”“阐明”。主要用于explain sth. to sb.形式。如：
① Let me explain the rules of the game to all of you first.
让我先向你们解释一下比赛的规则。
② It is quite difficult to explain the problem to the beginners.
向初学者解释清楚这个问题是比较困难的。
★explain后面可以接从句。如：
① Simon explain that his car had broken down. Simon解释说他的汽车出了毛病。
② Well, that doesn’t explain why you don’t phone. 哎哟，那不是你不打电话的理由。
★explain oneself to是“为自己的行为作说明”的意思。如：
① I needn’t explain myself to you. 我没有必要向你们解释。
② I really don’t see why I should have to explain myself to them.
我真弄不明白我为什么非得向他们解释我的行为不可。
25. Yes, I agree. We compare you with all the other students and we find that you are the most suitable person.
是这样，我也同意。我们对比了其他所有同学，觉得你是最合适的人选。
★compare作“比较”解时，常用作及物动词，与介词with搭配，指同类事物的具体比较。如：
① If you compare my computer with yours, you’ll see whose is better.
如果你把我的电脑和你的比较一下，就可以看出谁的更好些。
② She compared herself with her workmates and found she didn’t work so hard as any of the others.
她把自己和她的工友作了比较，发现自己工作没有他们中任何一个人努力。
★compare与介词to搭配，作“比较”解，是非同类事物的抽象比较。如：
① The great writer compared the world to a stage. 这位大作家把人生比作舞台。
② They compared the boy to a small tiger. 他们把那个男孩比作小老虎。
同步测试
1. Where are you going to visit there?
A. other B. another C. else D. also
2. Some young people are now to buy private(私人的) cars.
A. rather rich B. very rich C. rich enough D. enough rich
3. It is very important us it.
A. to; to remember B. for; to remember
C. for; remembering D. to; remembering
4. Half of the class done most of the work. The left rather difficult.
A. have; is B. has; is C. have; are D. has; are
5. Lei Feng went, he was always ready to help others.
A. When B. Where C. Wherever D. Whenever
6. That’s very kind you me.
A. of; help B. of; to help C. to; to help D. for; helping
7. It’s good for you to keep when you have something difficult .
A. trying; to do B. doing; to do it
C. to try; to do D. trying; to be done
8. “You must keep in the hospital,” the woman said to me .
A. quietly; quiet B. quietly; quietly C. quiet; quietly D. quiet; quiet
9. The river is too wide for the swimmers .
A. to swim B. to swim in C. to swim across D. swimming
10. He didn’t think the shirt , so he didn’t buy it.
A. enough cheap B. enough expensive
C. cheap enough D. expensive enough
11. The factory has been for two years.
A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened
12. “It’s too cold. Would you mind the window?” “ . But don’t do it now.”
A. to close; Sure B. closing; Good idea
C. closing; Better not D. closing; Of course not
13. The headmaster stopped to me because there was a call for him.
A. talking B. to talk C. saying D. to say
14. Teachers often ask us make any noise in class.
A. to try not to B. not try to not C. not to try to D. try not to
15. I can’t it in English because I can’t English. Can I you the story in Chinese.
A. speak; say; tell B. say; speak; tell
C. tell; speak; say D. say; tell; speak
16. “Mum, I think I’m to get back to school.” “Oh, my dear. You’d better stay at home for another day.”
A. so well B. so good C. well enough D. good enough
17. Which sign tells us the way out of a building?
A. EXIT B. PUSH C. ENTRANCE D. PULL
18. If a=3, b=4, what’s the answer to the problem; a+2ab+1=? The answer is .
A. twenty-eight B. twenty-eighth C. thirteen D. eighteen
19. Many girls go to your house. They bring all their pet dogs. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many girls and dogs are there in the room?
A. 6 girls and 16 dogs B. 7 girls and 15 dogs
C. 8 girls and 14 dogs D. 9 girls and 13 dogs.
20. He is businesslike and is often . I hope he will have more at his business.
A. success; successful B. successful; success
C. successfully; successful D. successful; successful
参考答案
1. 选C。also主要是“也”的意思，只用在肯定句中。其余三个词都有“别的”意义。Other后面要接修饰对象，如“What other things do you want（你还需要别的什么东西吗）？只有else跟在疑问代词、疑问副词和不定代词后面。
2. 选C。本题主要考查对“(to) be + adj + enough to do…”句型的运用。enough要放在被修饰对象的之后。
3. 选B。在It is/was + adj + of/for sb. to do ……这一句型中，表示客观情况的形容词后面用for sb.，表示主观感情或态度的形容词后面用of sb.。
4. 选A。这是有关主谓一致问题的试题。前面句中的主语“Half of the class”是复数形式，所以应该在A项和C项中选择。后面的主语“The left”是表示前面句中“the work”余下部分，是不可数名词，因此，排除C项。
5. 选C。本题是个连词选择题。从句中所表达的意思看，雷锋“was always ready to help others”，说明他无论何时何地，以助人为乐为荣，这就需要选引导让步状语连词，所以A项和B项就先行排除。而句中所用动词went，要求用引导地点让步状语的从属连词。
6. 选B。这是人们在口头经常用来向别人表示致谢的口语。在kind后接介词of you后接动词不定式。
7. 选A。动词keep后应接动名词，全句的后半句是个从句，需用动词不定式作定语，而difficult暗示要用动词try。
8. 选C。keep用作连系动词时，后面跟形容词，所以，先排除C项和D项。修饰动词“said to me”要用副词，故D项不符合题意。
9. 选C。根据题意，河太宽，对swimmers来说，“swim across”有困难，而too……to结构有否定的意义。在too……to结构中，当出现主语是后面动词不定式的逻辑宾语的现象时，如果动词不定式中的动词是不及物动词，要用小品词（介词）过渡。
10. 选C。当enough作为副词修饰形容词时，要放在修饰的后面。根据句意，是嫌衬衫贵而没有买。
11. 选A。open是瞬间动词，不能和完成时态连用。open作形容词，be open表示状态“开着的”。
12. 选D。mind后接doing sth.，所以A项首先排除。B项与题意明显不符。“Better not”与“But don’t do it now”的语气不符。
13. 选A。stop to do sth.是“停下来去做某事”，stop doing sth.是“停止做某事”，句意是“因为校长有电话，所以他停止和我交谈”，故排除B和D。say是“说话”，talk是“谈话，交谈”。
14. 选A。首先以前学过“ask sb. to do sth.”或“ask sb. not to sth.”的词组。而try to do sth.的否定形式是“try not to do sth.”。
15. 选B。这是一个全面考查“说”的试题。解这个题可以从中间的空先入手，讲什么语言要用“speak”，这样就排除了A项和D项。Say后面接“sth.”，而tell后接“sb.”。
16. 选C。本题是主要考查两项内容。一是good和well的区别。根据句意，是“我”身体恢复了，可以回学校上课。Well能够用于表示“身体好”，而good是表示“人品好”。所以A项和D项不在此列。其次，是考查关于“(to) be + adj + enough to do…”。
17. 选A。这是一道与生活内容有关的试题。在大型商场、超市，人们经常可以看到选项中的几个符号。Push表示“推”，entrance表示“入口”，pull表示“拉”。根据题意，是要选表示出口的符号。exit表示“出口”。
18. 选A。这是一道多元思路题。英语作为交流工具，理应学以致用。本题取自中学学习课程数学方程式内容，使英语更贴近学生的学习生活，只要能读懂题目，通过简单计算，便知答案。
19. 选C。这也是一道多元思路题，取自数学中传统的“鸡兔共笼”问题，学生在读懂题目的基础上，通过简单计算，便能够找到答案。
20. 选B。本题是考查success、successful和successfully的正确运用。按句子结构，第一空是在is后面，并且与businesslike相对应，所以需用形容词。第二空是接在have的后面作宾语，要用名词。