Unit 4 Problems and advice
重点词汇
1.I’m worried about my friend Jolin.
be worried about 为....担心 ；为....担忧 =worry about
She was worried about his safety and went along with him.
她十分担心他的安全，于是与他一同前往。
nomatterDon’t worry about John, he will come back soon.
不必为John 担心，他很快就会回来的。
2.She’s always on a diet.
on a diet 节食 balanced diet 平衡膳食
Helen has been on a diet for two weeks. 海伦已经节食两个星期了。
3.She’s getting too thin ,but whenever I talk to her about this ,
①whenever在本句中用以引导时间状语从句，表示“每当一 就”，其用法与when相似，但语气更强。
The roof will leak whenever it rains. 这屋顶一下雨就漏。
②talk to sb.about sth.和某人说某事，跟某人提及某事与mention& sb.意思相近。
Did you _____ _____him _______the recent ca?
你跟他提及最近的案子了吗？
4.We saw a lady lying in the street.
①See somebody doing something 看到某人正在做某事，表示看到了事情的片段。e somebody do something意为看到某人做某事往往强调看到了事件的全过程。
【活学活练】
(1)_______________________________________
我看见一个小女孩正在公园里哭。 ( I saw the little girl crying in the park.)
(2)_______________________________________________
老人看见一个男人跟小猫玩 (The old man saw the man play with the cat)
②lie (撒谎) lied lied lying
(躺) lay lain lying
He was lying on the bed. 他正躺在床上。
Don’ t lie to me. 别对我撒谎。
5.My friends made jokes about her and laughed.我的朋友们取笑她，还哈哈大笑。
make jokes about somebody 怎样快速学英语 “取笑某人；开某人的玩笑”，.
They made jokes about the stupid man. 他们取笑那个愚蠢的男人。
6.It was awful of them to laugh at her,and I regret not saying anything. 他们这样取笑她是很可耻的行为，而我却为自己什么话都没说而感到后悔。
①在“It is +形容词+不定式”的结构中，我们常常可以在形容词后加上of/for 的短语。现将两者的区别简述如下：
1).of somebody的句型一般用来表示人物性格品德的形容词，如kind.nice,clever
It’s very nice of you to help me. 你帮助我，你真是太好了
2).for somebody 的句型中，形容词一般表示对做这件事情的评价 。如easy,hard,difficult,interesting,impossible等。
It’s very hard for him to learn two languages.
对于他而言学习两门语言是很困难的
②regret doing something “后悔做了某事”，强调为已经做过的事情感到后悔；
regret to do something 则表示“很遗憾地做某事”，强调事情还未做。
【活学活练】
(1) He regrets not learning English well before. 他后悔以前没有学好英语。
(2) I regret to tell you that you didn’t pass the examination.
我要很遗憾的告诉你你没有通过考试。
7. I feel ashamed of my lf. 我对自己感到羞愧。
feel ashamed of “对......感到羞愧”
【知识拓展】
1) be ashamed to do sth 为做....感到羞耻
2) 忽视的英文ashamed that
3) shame n 羞愧，令人遗憾的事
4) a n of shame 羞愧感
5) what a shame！ 多可惜！真丢脸！
【活学活练】
(1) He felt ashamed of his mistakes. 他为他犯的错误感到羞愧。bye for now
(2) I'm ashamed to admit it. komanic 我为承认这件事感到羞愧。
(3) I'm ashamed that I haven't replied to your letter yet. 我为还没有回复你的信感到羞愧。
8.What should I do in this situation?遇到这样的情形我该怎么办？
in this situation在这种情况下大连日语
How can I keep happy when I am in this situation?
在这种情况下我怎样才能保持快乐
9.I’ve just started wearing braces,but I hate them.我刚开始戴牙箍，但我很讨厌这东西。
①start doing something=start to do something开始做某事；着手做某事
As soon as they sit down beside a boy,they started making /to make fun of him.
他们刚在一男孩子身边坐下来，就开始 拿他开玩笑。
creeps◎但在如下情况下要注意：
A.start 用于进行时时，后接不定式to do
I was starting to get angry. 我开始生气起来。
B.后接know,understand,realize麦克阿瑟演讲 这类动词时常用不定式。
I started to understand the truth . 我开始 明白了真相。
②hate v讨厌
hate to do \ hate doing sth
hatred n.憎恨 同义词 dislike 反义词love
I hate to laugh at others when they are in trouble.
我讨厌在别人处于困境时嘲笑他们。
10. I don’t e any advantage in wearing them.我看不到戴它们有任何好处。
advantage n. 优势 表示“某一方面的好处”时，advantage后需跟介词 in.
【知识拓展】
take advantage of sb\sth 利用某人某物 反义词 disadvantage
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Is there any advantage in getting there early? 早到那里是否有好处 ？
You should take advantage of this chance. 你应该好好利用这次机会。
回忆的英文11. I feel embarrasd when I smile or open my mouth.
embarrasd adj 尴尬的
【知识拓展】
1) feel embarrassed 感到尴尬
2) embarrassing adj 令人尴尬的 生于忧患翻译
3) embarrass v.使尴尬
【活学活练】
That was an embarrassing situation for me. 对我来说，那是个令人尴尬的场面。
His foolishness embarrasd him. 他的愚蠢令他尴尬。
12. What do you suggest?
suggest v建议
【知识拓展】
suggest doing sth 建议做某事
Suggest & advi区别
◎相同点： suggest和advi都都可接n/ing/that从句
不同点： advi后可以直接跟人称代词做宾语；advi sb to do sth.
Suggest 后一般用suggest to
We suggest that he should make an apology to his teacher. 我们建议他去向老师道歉。.
13. I have to share a room with my ven-year-old sister,and she’s driving me mad.我不得不和我七岁的妹妹合住一个房间，而她真让我受不了。
①share sth with somebody 与某人分享某物
I often share my lunch with my best friend. 我经常和我的朋友分享午餐。
②drive somebody mad让某人受不了
