口语

  • I’m looking to get a contract. 我想要一份合约套餐。
  • I’m looking for a good deal on a phone plan. 我正在寻找一份划算的手机套餐。

外籍生活

  • I want to open a bank account. 我想开一个银行帐户。
  • to fill out forms 填写表单 / 表格
  • Please provide at least two different types of identification, such as a passport or identity card.
  • to rent an apartment 租公寓
    • landlord 拥有公寓的人（房东）
    • tenant /ˈtenənt/ 花钱住公寓的人
    • a tenancy agreement 租赁协议

新概念 2 L9 A cold welcome 冷遇

词汇

  • welcome n.v.a 欢迎
    • n. A cold welcome 冷遇
    • a warm welcome
    • v. welcome welcomed welcomed 规则变化
    • welcome sb. to somewhere
    • adj. 受欢迎的
      • I didn’t feel welcome in the school.
      • welcome news
      • You are welcome. (不用谢) P.S. 别人道歉，回复的是 It’s OK.

come - came - come

  • crowd n. 人群

    • A big / large crowd
    • A huge crowd
    • a crowed of + n. 一群
    • a. crowded 拥挤的
    • be crowded with 挤满了

  • gather vi. 聚集

    • A crowd gathered to wathc the accident.

armchair n. 扶手椅
needle n. 针

  • shout v. 喊

    • We had to shout because the music was so loud.
    • shout at sb.

  • refuse vt. 拒绝

    • refuse the parcel
    • refuse to do sth. 拒绝去做
    • I refuse to cover a long distance. 我拒绝走这么远的距离。
    • I refuse to enter for the competition. 我拒绝参加这个比赛。

  • laugh /f/ v. 笑
    love /v/

原文

On Wednesday evening , we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes’ time . Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted. ‘It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!’ I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment , everybody began to laugh and sing.

参考译文：

星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。 那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。再过 20 分钟，大钟将敲响 12 下。15 分钟过去了，而就在 11 点 55 分时，大钟停了。那根巨大的分针不动了。 我们等啊等啊，可情况没有变化。突然有人喊道：“已经 12 点零 2 分了！那钟已经停了！”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。

  • city hall /hɔl/ 市政厅

一天以上要用 in（in spring, in 2020），具体日期用 on，具体时刻 at
上午和下午又是 in（in the afternoon），某日上下午用 on（on Wednesday evening, on a cold morning）

  • 过去完成时：had done 表示 过去的过去
    • When we got home last night, someone had broken the window.
  • strike - struck - struck vt. 打，击
    • hit 单击
    • beat 连续（比如心跳）
    • strike

所有格区分

  1. 判断 单数 / 复数
    单数永远 + 's
  2. 复数名词如果是 s 结尾，则加 '
    不是 s 结尾，加 's

pass 的四个含义：

  • 路过
    • He smile at me as he passed.
  • 递给
    • Can you pass me that parcel?
    • pass sb. sth. / pass sth. to sb
  • 通过
    • He hasn’t passed his driving test yet.
  • 时间 + pass: 经过，度过，流逝
    • I don’t know how to pass the winter.

It was 不能缩写成 It’s。It’s 可能是 It is 或者 It has.

past prep. 介词
pass v.

She walked past the shop.（这里不能用动词 pass）
She passed the shop.

at that moment 就在那时