IELTS006 英语学习笔记 | 小谷的编程随笔空间

口语

谈论对将来的预测

We’re going to have a fantastic holiday next summer. I feel like I will disconnect this time.
我们明年夏天将度过一个愉快的假期。这次我想彻底放松一下。

基于证据做出的预测：Look at the clouds. It 's going to rain.
基于你的观点和感受做出的预测：I think she 'll get the job.

I’m sure the local food will be delicious.

Look at the prices on the leaflet /ˈliːflət/（传单）! The trip is going to be more expensive than we thought.
看看宣传单上的价格！这次旅行比我们想象的更贵。

horrible 可怕的、恐怖的、极坏的

The location of the restaurant was nice but the food was nothing special（不是特别好） . 餐馆的位置很好，但食物没什么特别的。

The food was nothing special. （菜品一般。）

to leave much to be desired 不尽如人意、有待改进、令人不满意

如果我们说「something leaves much to be desired」，则表示它标准很低。

he water pressure in the villa/'vɪlə/（别墅） was really disappointing.

一般过去式

有些动词拥有两种过去式形式。
词尾为 -t 的形式在英式英语中尤为常见

burn - burned / burnt
dream - dreamed / dreamt
learn - learned / learnt
smell - smelled / smelt
spell - spelled / spelt

hit - hit
put - put
let - let

As soon as I got home, I put the shopping in the refrigerator.

lead - led

We didn’t like the hotel at all. The room was small and the staff were unhelpful.
我们一点也不喜欢这家酒店。房间很小，工作人员也不愿意帮忙。

新概念 2 L6 Percy Buttons 珀西·巴顿斯

词汇

beggar n. 乞丐

worker / teacher / gardener (以前地位比较低)
doctor / monitor / director (地位相对较高)
professor / emperor /ˈempərər/ / ancestor 祖先

dollar n. 美元
grammar n. 语法

street artist 街头艺术家（高级版乞丐）

beg v. 祈求

I beg your pardon?
beg sb for sth
- beg people for money
beg sb. to do
I beg you to stay.

pocket n. 口袋
pocket money 零花钱
pocket book
pocket dictionary

call at + 地点
call on sb 拜访某人（短期，顺道地拜访）

visit 可长、可短，比较正式
call at place：参观，拜访某地

原文

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put(过去式) a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.

参考译文：

我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门，问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌。我给了他一顿饭。他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了。后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。大家都认识他，他叫珀西·巴顿斯。他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次，总是请求给他一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

人发出的动作，一般都是 at

smile at 对某人微笑
point at 指着某人
wave at 挥手
nod /nɑːd/ at
kick at

bear /e/
beer /i/

in return 作为回报
- He sent me a gift. In return, I gave my pocket dictionary to him.
- He doesn’t want anything in return
in return for sth. 作为对…的回报
- In return for his smile, I nodded at him.
stand on one’s head
- stand on my hands（双手倒立 / 立于手上）
- stand on my knees
  - I would rather die standing than live on my knees.（我宁愿站着死也不愿跪着生。）

stand-stood-stood

lie on the back 平躺着
lie on the front / floor

eat-ate-eaten

later adv. 过后，以后

tell-told-told

I’ll see you later.

once a year
twice a year
3 times

冠词：a an the

a / an 不定（一个，某个）
the 定（这个，那个）

I have a student.
The student is standing on his head.

the:

特别指出
The student is smiling at me.
双方都知道的事情
Let’s meet at the school gate.
the old place
I’m going to the post office.
文章中第二次提到
Once upon a time, there was an old man. The old man had a hen. Then gave him a gold egg every day.

单数名词必须有冠词。（除非有其他的限定条件，比如物主代词 your、his、this 等等）