We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture（家具）shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”

A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the horse, if

Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line(排队), others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for

James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from India, and the play was very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company（公司）.
James was then invited to go to New York to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour away from New York by air. The plane was going to take off at 8:30 in the mo

禁止和警告
我们要让别人注意某种危险或不许涉足某事，就应该善意地进行禁止，或提出警告。那么，怎样表达呢？
I．Daily Expressions in Communication（日常交际用语）
a．You can't／mustn't．．．．你不能／不可以……。
  If you．．．，you'll．．．．如果你……，你就会……。
b．Take care！留神／当心！
  Be careful！小心！
II．Conversations

“热狗”这个名称十分古怪，它是由英语hot dog之译而来。然而非常滑稽，hot dog一词却来源于一张漫画上的讹写。1906年时，细长流线型的香肠，在美国仍是一种新奇的食物，有各种各样的叫法，如“法兰克福香肠”、“法兰克香肠”、“维也纳香肠”、“小红肠”，还有叫“德希臣狗香肠”的。德希臣狗是指长体短腿棕毛狗，由于香肠的形状颇似这个品种的狗而得名。

Have you ever heard of the Empire State Building？It stands in New York，the United States．It has 102stories and it is 381metres tall．Every year about 3million visitors come to the famous building．

“各打五十大板”是大家熟悉的一句成语，但在《辞海》和一般成语词典中查不到它，不过它的意思简单明了，一看就懂，是平分、对分、各半、均摊的意思。说来有趣，英语中也有类似的成语，叫做go fifty-fifty, 直译就是“五十对五十”。真是巧合，为什么都用五十表示？这是因为这两个数能够凑成整数一百。各打五十大板是怎么来的，据说来自民间故事：有个糊涂县官断案时，不问缘由就把原告和被告各打五十大板了事。以为这是一半对一半。是最公平的判决。所以汉语中这个成语除平分的意思外，也可作暗喻“办事糊涂”或“不分是非”的代词。

“意译”是翻译外来词的一种常用方法。随着时代的进步和思想文化的相互渗透，多数新词、新语所表示的意义，在汉语中可以找到对应或基本对应的词来表达。人们往往能通过字面意义来推测或判断意译词的基本涵义，但在使用过程中并非是一成不变的，追求更简明、更经济的表达方式是各种语言的发展趋势。请看下面的流行语：
快餐（fast food；snack；quick meal；takeaway；carryout），自助餐（self-service），超市（supermarket），连锁店（m ultiple ／chain

I had a classmate who came from London．One day after class， we went to the school café（咖啡馆）together to enjoy our free time．We chatted（闲谈）about Beefeaters，local conditions and customs（风土人情）of different countries at will．Suddenly he told me excitedly（兴奋地）that his father was once a Beefeat

状语从句是中考词汇和句法部分考查的重点内容之一。在复习状语从句时,主要任务是弄清楚引导各种状语从句的连词的用法。现就主要考查点简述如下:
1. 引导时间状语从句的连词
主要有when, while, as, by the time, before, after, since, till/until, as soon as等。其中when,while和as都可表示"当……时候",但用法有区别:
①when意为"在……时;当……时",可表示"点时间"或"段时间",从句谓语可以是终止性动词,也可以是延续性动词。例如:
When I got home, he was having supper.

【考点梳理】
  初中阶段我们所学的状语从句主要包括:if引导的条件状语从句;when引导的时间状语从句;because引导的原因状语从句等。中考重点考查时间状语从句及条件状语从句的时态。即:条件状语从句和时间状语从句不用将来时表将来,而用一般现在时表将来。其用法常用于这几种结构:①当主句是一般将来时时;② 当主句是祈使句时;③当主句的谓语动词含有can, may, must等情态动词时; ④ 当主句的谓语动词是hope, wish(希望),want等动词时。对状语从句的考查要依题意选择连接词,尤其还要注意时态的变化。
  中考重点考查宾语从句的时态及语序。宾语从句的语序一律用陈述句语序(即主。谓的语序)

宾语从句是初中阶段一个非常重要的语法项目。宾语从句也是历年全国各地中考必考项目之一,考查点涉及到"语序"、"时态"、"引导词"三个要素。
    而宾语从句的时态。语序是中考题的热点?为了便于同学们复习、记忆,现向你们推介三则顺口溜。
A)　 宾语从句三要素,
    语序时态引导词;
    主前动后是语序①,
    若是主过从亦过。②
    that从句最常见,
    that连词常

情态动词一般没有人称和数的变化,不能单独作谓语,需与后面的动词原形一起构成谓语。现就情态动词用法提出两个注意：
一、注意区别几个近义词
1.表示“能够”意义的can与be able to的区别。
在表示能力时,can与be able to的意义差不多,有时两者可换用,但表示“经过努力、设法做成某事”时,要用be able to,不可用can。
如:
You'll be able to read it before long.
2.表示“不能”意义的can't与mustn't的区别。如：
can't表示“不能”,意指没有能力;mustn't表示“不

第一组:一般现在时与现在进行时
一般现在时用以说明客观事实或情况,或用于强调动作的经常性和反复性;现在进行时强调动作正在进行,常含有未完成性。例如:
The old man watches TV every day.那位老人天天看电视。(说明客观事实)
The old man is watching TV now.那位老人现在正在看电视。(描述正在进行的动作)
注:1.有些动词,如like, hate, want, believe, guess, know, remember, hear, see, sound等,一般不用于进行时。例如:
I kn