9A Unit 1 Star Signs
1. It is nice of you to bring me the newspaper. (It’s nice of sb. to do sth. 某人做某事真是太好了，形容词表示人的品质特征时，介词用of)
2. It says I’ll have lots to eat and drink today. (报纸、杂志、牌子、广告等上写着用 says)
3. You shouldn’t worry about not having breakfast. (担心没有早饭吃) (worry about (not) doing sth. 担心（不）做某事，动名词的否定形式是在动名词前面加not)
4. A year is divided into (被分成)12 different star signs.
5. The time of your birthday decides your star sign.
6. People born under the same star sign (出生在同一星座下的人)share similar characteristics.
(be similar to = be the same as 和……相同，与…….相似)
7. take an active part in 积极参加 be impatient with sb. 对某人没有耐心
be patient with sb. 对某人有耐心 give up easily 轻易放弃
be curious about… 对……感到好奇 be kind / friendly / nice to sb. 对某人友好
be confident of sth. 对……有信心/把握 pay attention to details 注重细节
buy your friends nice gifts = buy nice gifts for your friends 给朋友买漂亮的礼物
have lots of energy = energetic 精力充沛 keep secrets 保守秘密
enjoy life 热爱生活 have a good sense of humour 有幽默感
be successful in doing sth. 成功地做某事 dream about everything 梦想一切
8. You love peace(热爱和平) and do not like to argue with others.（和别人争吵）
（ argue with sb. about sth. 因某事和某人争吵）
9. It is silly of you not to forgive others for their faults.
(原谅别人的过失) (forgive sb. for sth. 原谅某人某事)
（动词不定式的否定放在不定式前面 not to do sth.）
10. You are patient enough（enough 修饰形容词放在形容词后面，patient 是形容词，前面要用be动词）to wait without getting angry. （介词后面用动词ing 形式）
11. You hate to be like anyone else（ else修饰特殊疑问词、不定代词，放在它们后面） and try everything just to be different.
12. A fair person treats everyone equally.(平等地对待每个人，一视同仁)
13. A confident person feels sure about his own abilities.
( be / feel sure /certain of / about sth. 对感到自信/ 有把握)
14. make friends with him 和他交朋友 tell jokes 讲笑话
take care of = look after 照顾，照料 share food with others和别人分享食物
15. 反义词： active---inactive, modest---proud, patient---impatient, fair---unfair,
correct---incorrect, polite---impolite, selfish---generous,
16. It is thoughtful of Andy to play his CDs for us. （Andy为我们播放CD，他考虑得真周到）
17. It is typical of Simon to make such a mess. （把事情搞得乱七八糟是Simon的典型特征。）(make a mess 把……搞得乱七八糟)
18. each of us 我们每个人 at all times 一直，始终
travel around the world 周游世界 travel to different places 去不同的地方旅行
pass the football to Peter = pass Peter the football 把足球传给Peter
plan to go out 计划外出 pack one’s bag整理行李
19. Sandy has been on the phone for hours. (Sandy已经打了好几个小时的电话了。)
20. This month（这个月，不用介词） you will have a lot to celebrate.
21. You will have success at school or work(学业有成，事业有成) around the middle of the month.（大约在本月中旬）
22. You will be given some money.
23. For more details, please call Master Zhang on 5556 0678.
（call+人+on + 号码, 表示按….. 号码给……打电话）
24. a mixture of good luck and bad luck （好运和厄运的混合体）
25. go to a party 去参加聚会 have problems with my health 健康有问题
be suitable for the post 适合这个职位 run for the post 竞争这个职位
26. I don’t think he would be able to(=can) organize things well.
27. He is imaginative enough to come up with new ideas. 他富有充分的想象力来产生一些新的观点。(imaginative是形容词，前面要用be 动词，enough放在形容词之后)
(come up with =think of 想出)
28. Who else would be suitable (for the post)? 还有谁合适（这个职位）呢？
29. recommend David for the post / job 推荐David 担任这个职位/做这项工作(for +职位)
recommend David as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union
推荐David 当学生会的新任主席（as+人，既指职位也指人）
recommend a good dictionary to me (recommend sth. to sb. 向某人推荐某物)
recommend us to read this book (recommend sb. to do sth. 推荐某人做某事)
30. He is a Gemini. = His star sign is Gemini. 他是双子座。
31. The only thing is that David has much more hair than my uncle.
32. We think he will be an excellent chairperson because he has many good personal qualities.
33. He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.
34. He is never afraid of making a speech（发言） in assembly（在晨会上）.
(be afraid of doing sth. 害怕做某事) （他在晨会上发言从未害怕过/ 拘束过）
35. He will / would not mind doing extra work for the Students’ Union.
（不介意为学生会做额外的工作）（mind doing sth. 介意做某事）
36. He always gets good marks in tests. ( 在测试中成绩一直名列前茅)
37. He even got full marks(得满分) once in an English test.
38. He never forgets to do the things he needs to do. （从不忘记去做他需要做的事）
39. He has joined the Computer Club（参加电脑俱乐部） this year because he wants to learn to use the computer to help himself get more organized.（帮助自己工作起来更有效率）
40. We think that David has all the qualities to be a good chairperson.(具备了一个优秀学生会 主席应该具备的各项素质)
41. We hope that you agree with us.
42. ---It was kind of you to recommend me as the new chairperson.
= Thank you for recommending me as the new chairperson. (谢谢你们推荐我当新任主席)
---It’s our pleasure. = Not at all. = You are welcome. 不用谢。
43. You are the most suitable person.
44. Mr Wu spends a lot of time explaining things to us.
(spend ….doing sth.花时间做某事) （explain sth. to sb. 向某人解释某事）
45. Daniel is very clever, but he never shows off.(买弄，炫耀)