1. Would you mind turning down the music? 你介不介意把音乐声关小呢？

Would you mind (not) doing sth.? 你介不介意做（不做）…？ = Would/Could you please (not) do sth.? 请你做（不做）…好吗？ 2. I won’t be long. 我一会就好。

3. The pen you bought didn’t work. 你买的那把笔坏了。 = The pen you bought wasn’t broken.

= There was something wrong with the pen you bought. = Something was wrong with the pen you bought. 4. Here you are. 给你。

Here’s what they said. 以下是他们所说的。 5. I can’t stand it. 我无法忍受。

I can’t stand to see good food to waste. 我无法忍受看着好食物被浪费。

6. Could you please not follow me around? 请你不要跟着我四周好吗？

7. This happens to me all the time in the school library. 在学校图书馆我一直碰上这种事。

9. Would you mind keeping your voice down? 你介不介意把音量放小呢？

voice: 名词，指说话和唱歌地嗓音； talk in a loud voice 高声交谈 noise: 名词，指人们不愿听到地噪音；

sound: 名词，泛指自然界一切可以听到的声音。

10. For example, dropping litter is almost never allowed. 例如，乱丢垃圾是不被允许的。

be allowed 被允许。 “be + 动词的过去分词”是被动语态 Unit 8

Useful Expression

1. get her a scarf 送她一条围巾

2. compare with/to sth. …与…相比 3. not creative enough 不够有创意 4. easy/difficult to take care of 容易/难养活 5. these days 目前，现在 6. pot-bellied pig 大肚猪 7. spend with her 和她呆在一起 8. not … at all 根本不 9. fall asleep 入睡（动作） be asleep 入睡（状态）

10. half way = halfway 半道、中途 11. different kinds of 不同种类 12. pay for 付款

13. from across China = from all over China 来自全中国 14. as … as 与…一样… not as/so…as… 与…比不如其…

15. encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事 16. hear of 听说

17. make progress 取得进步 18. be able to = can 能够 19. have fun with sth. 做…有乐趣

Key sentences

1. Why don’t you get her a scarf? 为什么不给她买条围巾呢？ get sb. sth. for … 为了… 给某人买某物

= get sth. to sb. for…

注意：当sth. 是代词时，不可使用第二种用法。 2. That’s not interesting enough. 那不够有趣。

enough有两种词性：当它用来修饰形容词、副词时，作为副词，应放在所修饰的词之后，如上句；当它用来修饰名词时,应放在名词之后，如：I don’t have enough time to spend with her.

3. What’s the best gift (that) Joe has ever received? Joe曾经受到的最好的礼物 是什么？

4. What a lucky guy! 幸运的家伙！

5. I think a dog is a good pet for a 6-year-old child. 我认为对于一个六岁的孩子一条狗会是一个好礼物。

6. Dogs are too difficult to take care of. 狗很难照料。

7. The trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig. 近来最流行的宠物是大腹便便的猪。

8. Life with a pig isn’t always perfect. 和一只猪在一起生活并不总是完美的。

9. Now she’s too big to sleep in the house. 现在她太大了不能睡在屋子里。

too… to …：太…以致于不能… = so… that 主语 can’t …. e.g. He is too young to go to school. = He is so young that he can’t go to school. = He isn’t old enough to go to school.

= He is very young and he can’t go to school.

注意：too…to…是一个简单句，而so…that…是一个复合句。并且当复合句中的主句主语和从句主语不同时，在句型中要用for sb.来表述。如： The digital camera is so expensive that we can’t buy it. = The digital camera is too expensive for us to buy. = The digital camera isn’t cheap enough for us to buy. = The digital camera is very expensive and we can’t buy it.

10. My shoes were really cheap. They only cost $5. 我的鞋子真的很便宜。只要花5美圆。

cost：花费（金钱）主语为物； pay：花费（金钱）主语为人； take：：花费（时间、金钱）主语为物； spend ：花费（时间、金钱）主语为人。 Grammar

1. Why don’t you get her a scarf?

= Why not get her a scarf? 为什么不给她买条围巾呢？ How/What about doing sth.? 做…怎么样呢？ How/What about + (a/an) + n.? …怎么样呢？

2. Would you mind (not) doing sth.? 你介不介意做（不做）…？ = Would/Could you please (not) do sth.? 请你做（不做）…好吗？ 注意：7、8两个单元学习的几种礼貌的提出建议的方式要重点、综合复习。注意他们的搭配。 Unit 9

Useful Expression