3、Everyday I thought about postcards.

think about/of 考虑, 思考，指某一段时间一直在想/考虑某事, think of还可指想到 What do you think of?

What do you think of TV program last night?

What do you think of the weather today? 你觉得天气怎么样? think over 仔细考虑，反复思考 What’s the weather like today?

cold, chilly（非常非常冷）, freeze I'll freeze.我要冻僵了

4、I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

spend与表示时间的词或短语连和时，意思为“花（时间）”、“ 度 过 ” spend+时间+地点 : 在什么地点我花费/度过了多少时间 I spend three hours in the sea.

I spend my weekend at my mother's.

I spend three hours in the classroom everyday. I spend a lot of time in traffic jam.(交通堵塞) spend还可以表示“花钱”

If we spend all the money, we’ll be poor again. I can’t spend any more on this car. 【Key structures】 一般过去时

一般过去时通常表示过去发生的而现在已经结束的事件、动作或情况。它通常指动作何时发生，而不指动作持续多久。

Do you ever catch a cold in the winter? Yes, I caught a cold last winter. 【Special Difficulties】 直接宾语与间接宾语 双宾语：直接宾语(表示动作结果，动作所涉及的事物)和间接宾语(动作目标，动作是谁做的或为谁做的，通常是人)。间接宾语大多数情况下置于直接宾语之前，如果间接宾语在后，间接宾主前必须加“to”（表示动作对什么人做）或“for”（表示动作为什么人而做）。 give sb. sth./give sth to sb

间接宾语在后面时, 其前必须加to(对……而言)或 for(为……而做)。可以翻译为“给”、“替”、 “为”的，就用for；如果只能翻译为“给”的, 就用to

与to相连的give, take, pass, read, sell, buy，pay，hand，bring，show，promise，offer，owe take flowers to my wife.

与for 相连的 buy, order, make, find I buy a book for you . make a cake for you find sth. for sb.

do sb. a favor 帮某人一个忙

Do me a favor please./Do a favor for me? 帮我一个忙 I do something for you.

Can I order something for you?

Can I buy you a bottle of beer ? 意为我请你喝杯酒的意思 ★Lesson 4 An exciting trip ★exciting adj. 令人兴奋的

exciting adj. 令人兴奋的；excited adj. 兴奋的 -ed: 自己感到 / -ing:令人感到 The news exciting.

exciting boy 令人兴奋的男孩 I am excited.

excite v. 激动 （这类动词的宾语一定是人，让后面的人感到……） The news excited me.

interesting adj. 令人感到有趣的；interested adj. 感到有意思的 interesting man

The man is interesting.

interest v. 对……感兴趣

The book interests me. 那本书让我感到很有趣 ★receive v. 接受, 收到 ① vt. 接到，收到，得到

When did you receive that letter? ② vt. 招待，接待

You need a large room if you are going to receive so many guests.

receive 是“收到”，指的是一个被动的动作，主观上接受与否不清楚。 receive/have a letter from sb. accept 同意接收

This morning I received a bunch of flowers from a boy,but I didn't accept it. take则是主动的“拿”、“取”

I received a beautiful pen from my uncle. My brother took it from me yesterday. take 也可以作收到

take the exam 接受考试； take advice 接受建议 ★firm n. 商行, 公司 company n. 公司

★different adj. 不同的

① adj. 不同的，相异的（经常与 from连用）

We are planning something different this year. 我们今年有不同的打算。 My room is different from yours. ② adj. 各种各样的，不同的

This department store sells a large number of different things. 这家百货商店出售许多各种各样的东西。

He has visited many different places in China. 他去过中国的不少地方。 ★abroad adv. 在国外（副词, 直接和动词连用） go abroad 去国外 live abroad 国外定居 study abroad 国外学习 【课文讲解】

1、I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.

同位语：一个名词（或短语等）与另一个名词（或短语）并列而作为其说明或限定成分时称为同位语。同位语与它所补充说明的成分之间用逗号隔开。 在译成汉语时，同位语或者插入主句中，或者另译为一句，很少像英语中那样用逗号隔开。

This is John, one of my best friends. 这位是约翰。他是我最好的朋友之一。

Mrs. Smith, my neighbore, has never been abroad. 我的邻居史密斯夫人从来没有出过国。 2、He has been there for six months. one month；two months 注意读音

I have arrived in Beijing. （arrive 是瞬间动词不能和段时间连用） has been + in 地点

He has been in Beijing for one year. He has been in America for tow years.

3、He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.

work for 在……上班/任职，强调work I am working for a school.

work in 强调地点（在哪个地方上班） I am working in the New Oriental school. work at 上班

She works at a department store.

a number of后面一定要加可数名词复数；通常 number前有great，large，good，small，certain等形容词，数量大小也随之改变。a great number of 类似于, 约等于a lot of； A large/great number of our students are Danish.

There are a small number of spelling mistakes in your homework. a lot of 可加可数名词也可加不可数名词 I have a lot of friends

I have a great number of friends.

4、He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. has gone to 去了某地没回来

has been to 曾经去过某地, 现在不在那个地方 Have you been to Paris?

5、From there, he will fly to Perth. from there:从那地方起

from 即可以加时间又可以加地点 from half past 8 to half past 11 from Beijing to Tianjing

fly to Perth = go to Perth by air

6、My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fending this trip very exciting. before在句子后是副词, 译为“在此之前”，是现在完成时态的标志

find作“发现”、“ 发 觉 ” 讲时宾语往往带补足语（一般为形容词），说明宾语的状况、性质等。 find +宾语+形容词做宾补 find the room clean find her happy

be finding在口语中经常使用 I'm finding... . . We’re finding... ... 下面表示状态、感觉、情绪、精神活动的动词不可用于进行时：believe，doubt，see，hear，know，understand，belong，think，consider，feel，look，seem，show，mind，have，sound，taste，require，possess，care，like，hate，love，detest，desire 【Key structures】 现在完成

现在完成时表示动作现存的结果，或者过去发生的事对现在的影响。常与现在完成时连用的副词和副词短语：before (now)（以前）；it’s the first tiem（第一次）；so for（到目前为止）；so far this morning（到上午为止）；up to now（直到现在）；up to the present（直到目前）；just（刚刚）；recently（最近）；already（已经）；lately（最近）；now（现在）；for 一段时间；since+时间；still（还；仍）；at last（终于）；finally（最终）；疑问句和否定句中常用ever，yet，never，not…ever等。 I’ve planted fourteen rose bushes so far this morning.

I have lived here for several years now and I’ve made many new friends since I have lived here. 现在完成时还可和表示频度的副词连用，表示反复和习惯性动作，如 often（经常），frequently（屡次），three times（三次）等。

I’ve watched him on TV several times. ★Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

★pigeon n. 鸽子

It's not my pigeon. ＝None of my business. 不关我的事。 ★message n. （口头或书面的）信息 Here is a message for you from your sister. an oral/written message 口信/便条 leave sb. a message 给……留便条 I'll leave you a message.

take a message for sb. 替某人捎口信

Can I take a message for you? 我能替你捎个口信吗? Can you take a message for me? 你能替我捎个口信吗? take a message to sb. 给某人口信 打电话 :

Hello!--?May I have a word with Tom ?/May I speak with/to Tom? --?Can you take a message for me? information n. 信息（不可数） messenger n. 送信人，信使 ★cover v. 越过；覆盖 ① vt. 盖，覆盖

Snow covered the whole village.

She covered the child with a coat. 她给孩子盖了件外衣。 ② vt. 行过（一段距离），走过（通常不用被动语态） cover+距离 越过……

You can cover the distance to the museum in ten minutes. ③ n. 覆盖物，盖子，罩子，套子 Put a cover on the box!

★distance n. 距离 keep distance 保持距离 distant adj.远距离的 Can I share this table? Can I join you?

importance n. 重要 important adj. 重要的 difference n. 不同 different adj. 不同的 ★request n. 要求, 请求 ① n.

request for 对……有请求, 有需求 I have a request for the cake.

He granted my request for more time. 他同意了我延长时间的请求。 She sent a request for help to Gary. 她向加里请求帮助。 ② v. 要求, 请求

request sb.to do sth. ＝ask sb.to do sth. 要求某人做…… require sb.to do sth. 要求某人做……

You are required/asked to do sth. （对人要求习惯用被动语态） ★spare adj. 备用的

① vt. 抽出（时间等），让给 Have you got five minutes to spare? I cannot spare the time. I have no time to spare. ② vt. 饶恕，赦免

The robbers spared his life.