口语

  • Have you thought /θɔt/ about quitting smoking? 你考虑过戒烟吗？
  • Have you tried talking to your manager about it? 你试过和经理谈这件事吗？
  • Why don’t you…
  • Maybe you should try yoga.
    • Maybe you should drink some water during the day.

No, I want to avoid taking medication if I can.

Get plenty of rest 好好休息
Get plenty of rest before your exam tomorrow.
用 Get 基本形式构成 祈使句。一般祈使句用基本形式，而且不需要加主语，因为默认主语都是 you。

Sit down! Dinner is ready!
There’s a car coming, watch out（小心）!

英文中谨慎使用祈使句，可以使用 just 或者 please 让请求听起来没那么直接。

  • Just wait a minute.
  • Please be quiet.
  • Please don’t be late.

try、consider、avoid 和 suggest 等一些动词以及 about 等 介词，后面要加 ing 形式

  • Have you tried talking to him?
  • I suggest visiting the museum.
  • Avoid going to bed too late.
  • You should consider taking the bus instead of walking.

新概念 2 L3 Please send me a card

词汇

send vt. 寄给
ABB 形：send-sent-sent

  • give sb. sth
    • give sth. to sb.
  • send sb sth.
    • send sth to sb.

send (vt.) + sb 打发
I sent my children to school. 我打发我弟弟去超市。

屠夫 butcher
肉店 the butcher’s

postcard

  • 名片 visiting card
  • 身份证 id card (identity)
  • 成绩单 report card
  • 会员卡 membership card（-ship 成员资格）

spoil vt. 毁坏，损坏（精神、抽象层面）
spoil - spoilt - spoilt
damage v. 毁坏（物体层面）

I don’t want to spoil your fun.（扫兴）

You spoiled my ability to bear idiots（傻蛋）.（生活大爆炸）

公共电话亭 public phone box

friendly a. 友好的（比较特殊，这是个形容词）

He repeated it in a friendly way.

-ly 的 形容词

  • lively 活泼的
  • lovely
  • lonely
  • daily

waiter n. 服务员，侍者
waitress
shop assistant 助手（商场里的导购就不叫服务员了）

lend vt. 借出
lent-lent

lend sb sth. / lend sth to sb.

borrow sth. from sb.

decision n. 决定
make a desisions
decide vt. 决定
decide to do

whole a. 整个的
We drank a whole bottle.
3 whole days

single a. 单一的

single room
double room
single-sex school
single-parent family

原文

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

参考译文：

明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了 37 张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成。

  • 不规则动词
  • go - went - gone
  • sit - sat
  • teach - taught /tɔt/
  • a few + 可数名词
  • understand - understood
  • think - thought
  • every day 副词，everyday 形容词
  • passed
    • v. 经过 3 days passed quickly
    • v. 路过 I passed the restaurant.
      • passer-by 路人
    • v. 通过 I passed the exam in the end.
    • v. 递给
  • make a big decision
  • buy - bought
  • spend-spent-spent
    • 人 spend 时间/ 钱 on 名词
    • 人 spend 时间 / 钱 （in） doing
  • write - wrote

间接宾语在后，必须加 to（表示动作为什么人而做），或者 for（表示动作为什么人而做）。

摘要

Postcards always spoil the writer’s holidays. He spent his hoildays in Italy last summer. He thought about postcards every day. He did not send any cards to his friends. He bought thirty-seven cards on the last day. He stayed in his room all day. He did not write any cards.