Unit 1
　　
　　1. People will live to be 200 years old. 人们将会活到200岁。
　　句中的live to be… 意为“活到……”。eg:
　　She lived to be a hundred. 她活到了100岁。
　　拓展:live 用作不及物动词时,还可以表示“居住”、“过生活”、“活着”的意思,后面可接副词、动词不定式、介词短语等作状语。eg:
　　I live in Shanghai with my sister. 我和我的姐姐住在上海。
　　Though he is in poor health, the old man is living happily.
　　尽管身体不好,这位老人还是愉快地生活着。
　　He lived to see his granddaughter married. 他在有生之年看到了他的孙女结婚。
　　2. Will people use money in 100 years? 一百年后人们还是用钞票吗?
　　⑴in为介词,意为“在……之后”,表示以现在时间为起点的“一段时间之后”,与一般将来时态连用。对“in+时间”结构提问,常用特殊疑问词how soon(多久之后)。
　　⑵该句为一般将来时态“will/shall+动词原形”的一般疑问句形式。助动词will在构成否定句、疑问句及简短回答中起着重要作用。eg:
　　“How soon will he come back?” “In a month.” “他多久以后回来?” “一个月后。”
　　“Will the train arrive in two hours?” “Yes, it will./No, it won’t.”
　　“那趟火车在两小时后到吗?” “是,是的。/不,不会的。”
　　注意:how soon(多久之后)的答语常是:in+一段时间;how long(多久)的答语常是“for+一段时间”或“since+点时间/句子”。
　　小小诊所:in和after两者均可表示“在……(时间)后”,区别是in用于将来时。eg:
　　He will leave in two days. 两天后他将离开。
　　after表示以过去的某时间为起点,用于过去时,后跟一段时间。但是,如果after用于一般将来时,其后只能跟时间点。eg:
　　They started to go again after two days. 两天后他们又开始走了。
　　I think he’ll come here after three o’clock. 我想三点之后他会来这儿。
　　3. There will be less free time. 将有更少的空闲时间。
　　There be句型的一般将来时结构为“There will be…”,否定句为“There will not/won’t be…”,一般疑问句为“Will there be…”,特殊疑问句为“疑问词(组)+will there be…?”。eg:
　　There will be a basketball match this evening.→
　　否定句:There will not/won’t be a basketball match this evening.
　　一般疑问句:Will there be a basketball match this evening?
　　4. ——Well, I don’t agree. 噢,我不同意你的观点。
　　 ——I agree. 我赞同你的观点。
　　agree为动词,意为“同意,赞成”。其用法有:
　　⑴agree to赞同某建议、安排等。eg:
　　He agrees to our plan. 他同意我们的计划。
　　⑵agree on 就某时间、地点、人物等取得一致意见。eg:
　　We agreed on the date for the next meeting. 我们就下次会议的日期取得了一致意见。
　　⑶agree with sb. 同意某人的意见。eg:
　　I quite agree with you on that point. 关于那一点,我非常赞成你的看法。
　　⑷agree to do sth. 答应、同意做某事。eg:
　　He agreed to help me with my physics. 他答应帮助我学习物理。
　　⑸agree that+句子 同意……。eg:
　　He agreed that we tried again. 他同意我们再试一次。
　　5. I’ll live in Shanghai, because I went to Shanghai last year and fell in love with it. 我将住在上海,因为我去年去过上海,并且爱上了这座城市。
　　love 是名词,fall in love with…意为“与……恋爱”、“爱上……”,常指“突然爱上……”。eg:
　　I fell in love with her at first sight. 我对她一见钟情。
　　含有love的短语还有:
　　1)be in love with sb. 意为“热恋着某人”。eg:
　　I’m madly in love with her. 我爱她爱得发狂。
　　2)be in love with sth. 意为“喜爱某物/某事”。eg:
　　He’s in love with his own voice. 他就喜欢自己的声音。(太爱说话了)
　　3)have a love of(for)… 意为“爱好某事”。eg:
　　The girl has a love of music. 那个女孩子酷爱音乐。
　　He has a great love for sports. 他十分爱好运动。
　　6. I think I’ll live in an apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living alone. 因为我不喜欢一个人居住, 所以我想我会和我最要好的朋友们住在一套公寓里。
　　本句是一个复合句,原因状语从句的复合句里包含着一个宾语从句。
　　⑴live in居住,live是一个不及物动词。eg:
　　I have no room to live in. 我没房子住。(不能忘掉in)
　　⑵with具有;用;和……在一起。eg:
　　He wrote a letter with a pen. 他用钢笔写了一封信。(with表示“用”)
　　⑶在英语中because…so在句子中不能同时使用。eg:
　　Because he is too young, so he can’t dress himself. 是一个错句。正确的句子是:
　　He is too young, so he can’t dress himself.
　　Because he is too young, he can’t dress himself.
　　7. I might even keep a pet parrot! 我甚至可能养一只宠物鹦鹉。
　　⑴might是may的过去式,但在该句中它并不表示过去时间,而是用来代替may, 谈现在的情况,口气比may更婉转些。eg:
　　He might tell his wife about it. 他可能会把此事告诉他的妻子。
　　She might still be waiting there. 她可能还在那里等候。
　　She might not believe your story. 她可能不会相信你的说法。
　　⑵even是用来加强语气的,常置于被强调的词语前面。eg:
　　It was cold there even in July. 那里即使是七月份,天气也很冷。
　　He didn’t answer even my letter. 他甚至连我的信都不回。
　　⑶keep在此意为“饲养”。keep还有“使保持”的意思。
　　①keep+adj. eg:
　　Please keep quiet in class. 课堂上请保持安静。
　　②keep+宾语+doing sth. eg:
　　Sorry, I kept you waiting for me for a long time. 对不起,让你等了我很长时间。
　　③keep还可代替borrow用于含有时间段的句子里。eg:
　　You can only keep the book for a week. 这本书你只能借一周。
　　8. Predicting the future can be difficult. 预言未来可能是困难的。
　　Predicting the future 是动词的-ing形式短语,在句中作主语。这种短语作主语时,谓语动词应为单数形式。eg:
　　Walking on the grass is not allowed. 在草地上行走是不允许的。
　　Speaking with your mouth full is very impolite. 嘴里塞满食物时讲话是很不礼貌的。
　　9. There are many famous predictions that never came true. 有许多预言从未成为事实。
　　⑴come true意为“愿望实现”、“预言成真”。eg:
　　His dream has come true. 他的梦想已经实现了。
　　One’s dreams do not always come true. 一个人的梦想并不总是能够成为现实的。
　　⑵that是关系代词,引导定语从句,并在从句中作主语,其先行词是predictions。predictions that never came true 意为“从来就没实现过的预言”。又如:
　　These are the books that you ordered. 这些是你订购的书。
　　These are the things that you need. 这些是你需要的东西。
　　10. The head of the biggest movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors talk. 美国最大的电影公司之一的首脑曾预言,没有人想看演员说话。
　　⑴one of the biggest movie companies最大的电影公司之一,one of+名词的复数意为“……之一”。eg:
　　One of my classmates is an astronaut. 我的一位同班同学是宇航员。
　　one of…后常出现最高级表示“最……之一”。eg:
　　Wang Fei is one of the most famous singers. 王菲是最著名的歌手之一。
　　⑵句中的see actors talk是see sb. do sth.结构。注意see后面接不带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语。see 后面也可用动词的-ing形式作宾语补足语,但是两者意思稍有不同。前者指看见了“某人做某事的全过程”;后者指看见“某人正在做某事”。试比较:
　　I saw him fishing by the lake yesterday afternoon. 我昨天下午看见他在湖边钓鱼。
　　I saw a man enter your house a moment ago. 刚才我看见一个人进了你的家。
　　⑶句中的no one意为“无一人”、“没有人”,它与none的区别是:none既可指人又可指物,后面可接of短语,no one(=nobody)只可指人,后面不跟of短语。no one作主语时,谓语动词常为单数形式。eg:
　　No one likes a person with bad manners. 没有人喜欢没有礼貌的人。
　　none 用来对三个或三个以上的人或物加以否定, 意为“没有什么人”、“没有什么东西”,在句中可用作主语和宾语。none作主语时,谓语动词可以是单数形式,也可以是复数形式。eg:
　　None of my friends ever like/likes the film. 我的朋友们谁也不喜欢这部电影。
　　I liked none of the books. 这些书我全不喜欢。
　　11. He thought that computers would never be used by most people. 他认为电脑决不会被大多数人所使用。
　　⑴thought v. 想,是动词think的过去式。eg:
　　He thought he was right. 他认为他是对的。
　　thought还可用作名词,意为“思想”“看法”。eg:
　　Tell me your thoughts on the problem. 告诉我你对这个问题的看法。
　　⑵be used by 被……使用。eg:
　　Rockets are used by astronauts. 火箭被宇航员们使用。
　　拓展:①be used for doing sth. 被用来做某事。eg:
　　Wood is used for making paper. 木头是被用来造纸的。
　　②be used to do sth. 被用来做某事。eg:
　　Stones are used to build houses. 石头是被用来盖房子的。
　　⑶He thought that computers would never be used by most people. 是宾语从句。主句是He thought;之后是从句。注意主句使用的是一般过去时态,因此从句应使用相应的过去时态。eg:
　　I thought He will come on time. →I thought he would come on time.
　　但如果从句是客观事实或约定俗成的东西时,仍保留现在时。eg:
　　Mr Green told us that Christmas is on December 25th.
　　格林先生告诉我们圣诞节在12月25日。
　　12. People in the future have their own robots. 未来的人都拥有自己的机器人。
　　own 是一个形容词,意为“自己的”,常与物主代词连用。own常见于下列两种结构,即:“one’s own+名词”和“名词+of one’s own”。在这两种结构中,own都能起到强调物主代词的作用。eg:
　　I still don’t have an apartment of my own.(=I still don’t have my own apartment.)
　　我还没有自己的公寓。
　　13. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years. 然而,他们一致认为这可能要花数百年的时间。
　　此句为省略that的宾语从句。主句为they agree,从句为it may take hundreds of years.
　　⑴however adv. 可是;然而。eg:
　　I feel a bit tired. However, I can’t give up. 我有点累但我不能放弃。
　　拓展:however作连接副词的特殊用法:
　　however表示“不管怎样,无论如何”时,常用来引导让步状语从句,其结构为“however+形容词/副词+主语+谓语”。eg:
　　He will never succeed, however hard he tries. 他无论怎样努力,都不会成功。
　　However cold it is, she always goes swimming. 不管天气多么冷,她总是去游泳。
　　小小诊所:It isn’t cheap, but, it’s very good. 此句中but应换为however。因but之后一般不可使用逗号,但however后一般有逗号隔开。
　　however与although
　　两者均不与but连用,而且however需用标点与句子隔开。eg:
　　The scientist keeps a pet pig, although he doesn’t like it.
　　那位科学家养了头宠物猪,尽管他不喜欢它。
　　The scientist doesn’t like the pet pig, however, he keeps it.
　　那位科学家不喜欢那头宠物猪,可他还是养了它。
　　⑵take在本句中表示“花费”,常用于句型It takes sb. some time to do sth.。eg:
　　It took me two hours to finish the work. 完成这项工作花费了我两个小时。
　　⑶hundred, thousand等数词,当表示具体“几百,几千”时,要用单数形式,且后面不跟of;如果表示一个不确定的数字,常用复数形式且后跟of,即hundreds of成百上千;thousands of成千上万。hundreds/thousands of之前不加具体数字,但可加several, many用以形容数量多。若表示“其中的200个”则这样表达:two hundred of…。eg:
　　Two hundred of the students will go to high school next year.
　　明年其中的200名学生将升入高中。
　　类似的短语还有:thousands of成千上万的;millions of数百万的;billions of数十亿的。
　　一语辨异:There are two hundred good teachers in the school, so thousands of students are studying here. 这所学校有200名优秀教师,因此成千上万的学生在此学习。
　　14. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. 日本公司已经研制出可以行走和跳舞的机器人了。
　　⑴already adv. 早已;已经。常用于完成时态。eg:
　　I have already finished my homework. 我已经做完了家庭作业。
　　⑵make sb. do sth. 使得某人做某事。eg:
　　Astronauts make rockets fly. 宇航员使得火箭飞行。
　　拓展:①make sb.+adj. 使某人……。eg:
　　He made the teacher angry again. 他又让老师生气了。
　　②make sb.… 使某人成为……。eg:
　　We made him our monitor. 我们选他当班长。
　　⑶have made…是现在完成时态。其结构是have/has+动词过去分词。表示:
　　①某一动作从过去持续到现在。eg:
　　I have learned English for 3 years.
　　我学英语三年了。(学英语从三年前的某一时间开始持续到现在)
　　②过去的某一动作对现在造成的影响。eg:
　　“Where is Lucy?” “She has gone to Beijing.” “露西在哪儿?” “她已经去了北京。”(表示她在过去的某个时间去北京了,此时人不在说话地。)
　　15. He thinks that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person. 他认为对于机器人来说和人类做同样的事是很难的。
　　⑴句中that引导的从句作谓语动词thinks 的宾语。从句是“it+be+形容词+for sb.+to do sth.”句式,其中it是形式主语,to do the same things是动词不定式短语作真正的主语,介词for引出不定式短语的逻辑主语a robot, be可以有各种时态。eg:
　　It’s easy to talk, but hard to do it. 说起来很容易,但是做起来很难。
　　It was really not easy for me to get up early on Sunday mornings.
　　对我来说,要在星期日早上早起床确实不容易。
　　⑵the same…as… 和……一样…… eg:
　　He wears the same clothes as I. 他和我穿同样的衣服。
　　拓展:①look the same看上去一样。eg:
　　Although they are twins, they don’t look the same. 尽管他们是双胞胎,他们看上去不一样。
　　②be in the same boat处境相同。eg:
　　They are in the same boat now. 他们现在处境相同。
　　③“Happy New Year!” “The same to you!” “新年快乐!” “也祝你新年快乐!”
　　16. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future! 现在那似乎不可能,但电脑,太空火箭,甚至是电动牙刷在100年前似乎也是不可能的。我们永远不知道将来会发生什么!
　　⑴possible adj. 可能的。其反义词为impossible不可能的。eg:
　　It’s impossible for us to finish the work in 25 to 30 days.
　　对我们来说在25至30天之内完成那项工作是不可能的。
　　⑵seem 似乎;好像。①v. 常构成短语seem to do sth.。eg:
　　He seems to agree with me. 他似乎是同意我的观点。
　　也可用于句型It seems that+从句。eg:
　　It seemed that I made him sad. 似乎是我让他难过了。
　　②作系动词,后加形容词作表语:seem angry/happy/unhappy似乎生气/高兴/不高兴。
　　③There seems to be…是There be句型的变形,意为“似乎有……”。eg:
　　There seems to be nothing left. 好像什么也没剩下。
　　⑶We never know what will happen in the future!是宾语从句。成分分析如下:
　　We never know what (will happen in the future!)
　　主语谓语(主谓 时间状语 )
　　在What happens to sb.?句型中,What是主语,happens to sb.是谓语,因此嵌入宾语从句时,语序不变。
　　
　　Unit 2
　　
　　1. I don’t have enough money. 我没有足够的钱。
　　enough在此作形容词,意为“足够的,充分的”。enough作形容词修饰名词,放在名词前后都可以。eg:
　　There is enough water for each child.=There is water enough for each child.
　　每个小孩都有足够的水。
　　enough还可用作副词,意为“足够地,十分”,用来修饰形容词或副词,应放在它所修饰词的后面。eg:
　　The story is easy enough for him to read. 这个故事很简单,他能看懂。
　　2. I argued with my best friend. 我与我最好的朋友发生了争执。
　　argue 意为“争辩”、“争论”;argue with sb.意为“与某人争论”;argue with sb. about sth. 意为“为某事与某人争辩”;argue sb. into doing sth. 意为“尽力劝说某人做某事”。eg:
　　Don’t argue with your mother. 不要与你母亲争辩。
　　Do what you are told and don’t argue with me. 叫你怎么做你就怎么做,别和我争论。
　　We argued with the waiter about the price of the meal.
　　我们跟服务员为那顿饭的价钱发生了争执。
　　They’re always arguing with each other about money. 他们彼此总是为钱争吵。
　　We argued him into traveling with us. 我们尽力劝他同我们一起去旅游。
　　3. My clothes are out of style. 我的衣服都过时了。
　　out of style 意为“过时的”、“不流行的”、“不时兴的”,而in style则意为“时兴”、“流行”。eg:
　　Long skirts are out of style now. 现在长裙子不时兴了。
　　This type of dress is now in style. 这种款式的女装现在很流行。
　　“流行款式”还可以用the latest style in sth. 表示,意为“……的最新式样”。eg:
　　Film stars like to buy the latest styles in clothes. 电影明星们喜欢买流行款式的衣服。
　　4. You could give him a ticket to a ball game. 你可以给他一张球赛门票。
　　ticket n. 票。常构成短语tickets for/to… ……的入场券。eg:
　　I have three free tickets to the concert. 我有三张音乐会的免费入场券。
　　拓展:the way to the station去车站的路;the key to the door门上的钥匙;the answer to the question问题的答案;the solution to the problem问题的解决办法。
　　5. I don’t want to surprise him. 我不想令他吃惊。
　　surprise ⑴v. 使吃惊。surprise sb. 使某人吃惊。eg:
　　The news surprised everyone. 这消息让大家震惊。
　　⑵n. 惊奇;惊讶。常构成短语to one’s surprise令某人吃惊的是。eg:
　　To my surprise, I won the game. 令我吃惊的是,我赢得了这场比赛。
　　拓展:①be surprised to do sth. 做某事很吃惊。eg:
　　I’m surprised to meet him here. 在这儿碰到他,我很吃惊。
　　②be surprised at doing sth. 做某事很吃惊。eg:
　　I’m surprised at meeting him here. 在这儿碰到他,我很吃惊。
　　③surprising令人吃惊的(表示事物本身的性质);surprised感到吃惊的(表示人的感觉)。eg:
　　Everyone felt surprised at the surprising news. 大家对这个令人吃惊的消息感到震惊。
　　6. You could borrow some money from your brother. 你可以向你弟弟借些钱。
　　borrow sth. from sb.表示“从某人那里借某物”,borrow强调“借来”,注意与lend sth. to sb.“把某物借给某人”的区别。lend强调“借出,借给”。eg:
　　He lent a book to me.=He lent me a book. 他借了一本书给我。
　　小小诊所:borrow为非延续性动词,不能和表示一段时间的时间状语连用。当表达“借多长时间”时,应用keep来代替。eg:
　　You can keep the book for a month. 这本书你可以借一个月。
　　lend the book借出书→ borrow the book借入书
　　↑↓
　　return the book归还书← keep the book for a week借一周书
　　7. I think you should ask your parents for some money. 我想你应该向父母要些钱。
　　ask sb. for sth.向某人要某物。eg:
　　You shouldn’t ask the teacher for help. 你不应该找老师帮忙。
　　拓展:①ask for sth. 要某物。eg:
　　The man came up to me and asked for my autograph. 那个人走过来要我的亲笔签名。
　　②ask sb. (not) to do sth. 要求某人(不要)做某事。eg:
　　They asked me not to sell out the books. 他们要求我别把书卖完。
　　8. Maybe you could have a bake sale. 也许你可以卖些烘烤食品。
　　have a bake sale 是“卖烘烤食品”的意思,have a…sale相当于sell sth., 意为“出售某物”。eg:
　　Do you have a matches sale?(=Do you sell matches?) 你们卖火柴吗?
　　There’s a second-hand clothes sale in this shop today.(=They have a second-hand clothes sale in this shop today.) 今天这家商店在卖二手衣服。
　　9. Well, then, he could get a tutor to come to his home. 哦,那他可以请一个指导老师去他家。
　　get sb. to do sth. 意为“让某人做某事”,其中的get作使役动词用。eg:
　　I’ll get him to do the work. 我将让他来做这项工作。
　　You’ll never get her to agree. 你决不可能使她同意。
　　He can’t get the car to start. 他无法发动这辆车。
　　以上句子中的get sb. to do sth.都可用make sb. do sth.或have sb. do sth.结构替换。
　　10. But I just found out that my friends were planning a birthday party for my best friend, and they didn’t invite me. 但我刚刚发现我的朋友们在计划给我最好的朋友举办生日晚会,他们没有邀请我。
　　⑴find out弄清楚,查明,指经过一番努力得到结果。eg:
　　Please find out what happened to her. 请查明她怎么了。
　　⑵plan sth. for sb. 为某人计划某事。eg:
　　You should learn to plan things for yourself. 你应该学会为自己做计划。
　　拓展:①plan to do sth. 计划做某事。eg:
　　They plan to find out the truth. 他们计划查明真相。
　　②make a plan to do sth. 计划做某事。eg:
　　We made a plan to go on vacation. 我们做了假期计划。
　　⑶invite sb. 邀请某人。eg:
　　Thanks for inviting me to your birthday party. 谢谢你邀请我参加你的生日晚会。
　　拓展:①invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事。eg:
　　They invited me to have dinner. 他们邀请我吃晚饭。
　　②invite sb. to+名词(to是介词) 邀请某人……。eg:
　　They invited me to dinner. 他们邀请我吃晚饭。
　　11. Everyone else in my class was invited except me, and I don’t know why. I can’t think what I did wrong. 除了我,班上其他人都收到了邀请,我不知道为什么。我想不出做错了什么。
　　⑴Everyone else was invited…是被动语态。被动语态的基本构成是be+动词的过去分词。eg:
　　The room is cleaned every day. 这个房间天天(被)打扫。
　　be有时态及人称的变化。eg:
　　The house was built 3 months ago. 这座房子是三个月以前(被)盖的。
　　除此之外,我们还学过一个将来时态的被动句:He thought computers would never be used by most people. 他认为计算机绝不会为大多数人所使用。
　　⑵what I did wrong是think的宾语从句。因此使用陈述句语序。eg:
　　I don’t know. What should I do? →I don’t know what I should do. 我不知道该做些什么。
　　Can you tell me? Where did you go last night?→Can you tell me where you went last night? 你能告诉我昨天晚上你去哪儿了吗?
　　12. I’m very upset and don’t know what to do. 我非常苦恼,不知道该怎么做。
　　what to do是带有疑问词的动词不定式。意为“怎么做;做什么”,相当于how to do it。eg:
　　I don’t know what to do.=I don’t know what I should do. 我不知道该怎么办。
　　类似的短语还有how to use…如何使用……,when to start何时开始等。应当注意的是此类短语一般情况下如果作宾语可以与对等的从句互相转换。eg:
　　My sister doesn’t show me how to use a computer.=My sister doesn’t show me how I can use a computer. 我姐姐不展示给我如何使用电脑。
　　13. My cousin is the same age as me. She’s really nice, and we get on well, but she always borrows my things. 我表姐和我年龄一样大。她确实很好,我们相处得不错,但她总是借我的东西。
　　⑴be the same age as sb.和某人的年龄一样大,相当于as old as sb.。eg:
　　My father is the same age as the engineer. 我爸爸和那位工程师年龄一样大。即
　　My father is as old as the engineer.
　　⑵get on well with sb.和某人相处得好。eg:
　　I am getting on well with my friends. 我和朋友们相处得很好。
　　拓展:若对well提问,则是How are you getting on with your friends?。
　　此短语也可表达为get along (well) with sb./sth. 和某人相处的好/某事进展得好。eg:
　　How are you getting along with your English program? 你的英语计划进展如何?
　　14. I don’t want to have a fight with my cousin, because she’s my best friend. 我不想和表姐吵架,因为她是我最好的朋友。
　　have a fight with sb. 和某人吵架。eg:
　　Did you have a fight with him last night? 昨天晚上你和他吵架了?
　　拓展:①have a fight about sth. 因某事吵架。eg:
　　We had a fight about money. 我们因为钱吵了一架。
　　②fight可以用作动词。fight for…为……而斗争;努力争取……。eg:
　　He is fighting for the Olympics. 他正努力争取参加奥运会。
　　15. They have a quick supper, and it’s time for homework. 他们很快地吃完晚饭就该做家庭作业了。
　　It’s time for… 到……的时间了。eg:
　　It’s time for sleep. 该睡觉了。
　　拓展:①It’s time to do sth. 该做某事了。eg:
　　It’s time to get up. 该起床了。
　　②It’s time for sb. to do sth. 该某人做某事了。eg:
　　It’s time for him to have piano lessons. 到他上钢琴课的时间了。
　　16. They take their children from activity to activity, and try to fit as much as possible into their kids’ lives. 他们带孩子们参加一个个的活动,并力图尽可能多地填充孩子们的生活。
　　⑴take sb. from activity to activity带某人从一个活动到另一个活动。eg:
　　Meimei takes Xiao Yu from activity to activity. 梅梅带肖雨参加一个个活动。
　　⑵fit sth. into…①找到时间做某事。eg:
　　I tried to fit ten appointments into one morning. 我得在一个上午安排10个预约。
　　②把……填充到……。eg:
　　Parents always fit so many activities into our free time.
　　父母们总将我们的空闲时间塞上这么多活动。
　　⑶as…as possible/one can
　　as+adj./adv.+as possible尽可能……。类似的短语有:
　　①as soon as possible尽可能快地。eg:
　　Please write to us as soon as possible. 请尽快给我们写信。
　　②as fast as possible 尽可能快地。eg:
　　He ran as fast as possible. 他尽可能快跑。
　　③as careful as possible 尽可能仔细地。eg:
　　To do the work well, Mary is as careful as possible. 为把这项工作做好,玛丽尽可能仔细。
　　as+n.+as possible/one can eg:
　　You should eat as much food as you can. 你应该尽你所能地多吃食物。
　　17. Doctors say many children are under too much pressure. Teachers complain about teaching tired kids in the classroom. 医生说,许多孩子都承受着过大的压力。老师们抱怨在课堂上教疲倦的孩子们。
　　⑴under 表示“承受着”、“处于……状态中”,多指压力、负荷、条件、制约等。eg:
　　The final exam is coming near. I feel under pressure. 期末考试临近,我感到有压力。
　　The city is under air attack. 这座城市正遭受空袭。
　　⑵too much与much too的区别:
　　too much意为“太多”,可用作名词词组,在句中作宾语或表语;too much用作形容词词组时,可修饰不可数名词;too much用作副词词组时,可修饰动词。eg:
　　You gave me too much. 你给我的太多了。
　　I don’t like winter because there’s too much snow and ice.
　　我不喜欢冬天,因为有太多的雪和冰。
　　Don’t speak too much. 别讲得太多。
　　much too 意为“太”、“非常”,用作副词词组,修饰形容词或其他副词。eg:
　　It’s much too cold today. 今天天气太冷。
　　The old man walked much too slow. 这位老人走得太慢了。
　　⑶complain v. 抱怨;控诉
　　①complain to sb. of 向某人提意见about sth. 关于某事向某人提意见 eg:
　　I will complain to our teacher about this tomorrow. 明天我就和老师反映这件事。
　　②complain+从句。eg:
　　The man complained that he was under too much pressure. 那人抱怨说他压力过大。
　　③complain about/of sth. 抱怨某事。eg:
　　He always complains about his unpleasant work. 他总是抱怨他那无趣的工作。
　　18. Pushy parents are nothing new, but now parents seem to push their children a lot more. 固执的父母屡见不鲜,可是现在的父母似乎对孩子们逼迫得更厉害了。
　　seem 意为“看起来”、“似乎”。后面可以直接跟形容词、动词不定式或as if引导的结构。eg:
　　Be what you seem (to be). 要表里一致。
　　He seems (to be) quite happy. 他似乎十分快乐。
　　I seemed to hear a voice in the distance. 我好像听到远处有说话声。
　　It seems to me that it will snow. 我看天快像要下雪了。
　　It seems as if it is going to rain. 看起来天像是要下雨了。
　　19. And they are always comparing them with other children. 而且她们总是把自己的孩子和别的孩子做比较。
　　⑴compare v. 比较,对照。
　　①compare sth. 比较某物。eg:
　　We compared the two plans last night. 昨天晚上我们比较了这两个计划。
　　②compare A with B 把A和B相比。eg:
　　She often compares herself with others. 她经常拿自己和别人作比较。
　　③compare A to B 把A比作B。eg:
　　He always compares my face to the red apple. 他总是把我的脸比作红苹果。
　　⑵be always doing sth. 总是做某事(含有一定的感情色彩)。eg:
　　He’s always helping others. 他总是帮助别人。(赞赏)
　　My cousin is always borrowing my things. 我表哥总是借我东西。(厌烦)
　　20. She also says that these children may find it hard to think for themselves when they are older. 她还说当这些孩子长大后可能就会发现她们独立思考很困难。
　　⑴think for oneself ①独立思考。eg:
　　Don’t always depend on others. You should think for yourself.
　　不要总依靠别人。你应当独立思考。
　　②为……考虑。eg:
　　He always thinks more for others and less for himself. 他总是为别人想得多为自己想得少。
　　⑵find it+adj.+to do sth. 发现做某事很……。it是形式宾语,真正的宾语是不定式to do sth.。eg:
　　You’ll find it necessary to learn English well one day.
　　(将来)有一天你会发现学好英语很有必要。