7.Please give my regards/love to your parents.请代我向你父母问好。

　这个句子常用于向别人转达问候之意。例如:

　Please give my best wishes to your family.

　请代我向你全家问好。

　Bob sends his best love to your sister.

　鲍勃向你的妹妹问好。

　例1 单项填空

　-Let me introduce myself， I m Albert.

　-

　A. What a pleasure. B. It s my pleasure.

　C. Pleased to meet you.D. I m very pleased.

　[解析] 答案为C。

　本题考查交际英语。两人初次见面，一方自我介绍后，另一方通常会说“Nice/Glad/Pleased to meet you.”等。

　例2 单项填空

　Go on the other exercise after you have finished this one.

　A. to do B. doing

　C. with D. to be doing

　[解析] 答案为A。

　根据题干中的other可知，说话人是在要“you”做完一件事情后接着去做另外一件事情。

　例3 单项填空

　He fell off his bike. ， he had to stay at home for several days.

　A. In a word B. In other words

　C. As a result D. Once in a while

　[解析] 答案为C。

　卧病在家是从自行车上摔下来的结果，所以该选C。 ?

6.time area

　time area(= time zone)意为“时区”，指的是某一标准时适用的地区范围。全球共分为24个时区，即中区、东1ˉ11区、西1ˉ11区和12区。格林尼治子午线为中区标准线，相邻两时区的区时相差一个小时。在任意的两个时区之间，相差几个时区，它们就相差几个小时。其中较东的时区，区时较早。

　美国所处的位置在西四区和西八区之间，恰好是五个不同的时区;中国处于东九区到东五区，也是五个不同的时区。但是实际上，为了使用方便，我国大部分地区采用北京所在的东八区的区时，这就是“北京时间”(Beijing time)。

5.as a result

　result意思为“结果”。例如:

　I didn t know the results of the final examinations.

　as a result(=so)意为“因此”。常在上文表示原因的情况下，用来引导结果。例如:

　I got up late.As a result，I was late for class.

　(=I got up late， so I was late for class.)

　2 as a result of...表示“由于……的结果”，常用在上文表示结果的情况下，引导原因。例如:

　As a result of his hard work，he got a pay rise.(= He worked hard.So /As a result，he got a pay rise.)

4. Although the farm is large，my dad has only two men working for him.尽管农场很大，我父亲只雇佣了两个人干活。

　句型have sb.doing sth.意为:让某人做某事;或让某种情况发生。与 have sb.do sth.相近，但前一种结构强调正在进行的动作;后一种结构表示一般意义的动作。例如:

　1)Don t forget to have him come.别忘了让他来。

　2)We d be pleased to have you work with us.我们很高

　兴你能和我们一起工作。

　3)I ll have you all speaking English well within a year.

　我要让你们在一年内都能讲一口流利的英语。

3.go on doing something

　go on doing sth.意思为“继续(干某事)，持续不断地(干某事)”，表示一直在做某事，没有做其他事。例如:

　Water goes on running along the channels to the river.

　They went on talking on the way home.

　[注意]它和 go on to do sth.和 go on with sth.的区别。

　go on to do sth.表示“(干完某事后)继续干另外一件事”，强调接着干另外一件事;go on doing sth.强调持续干同样一件事; go on with sth.通常情况下，强调在停顿之后继续原来的活动，with后通常接名词。例如:

　He went on doing his homework in his room after supper.晚饭后他一直在自己的房间里做家庭作业。

　After finishing his homework，he went on to read the text.写完家庭作业后，他又继续读课文。

　You must go on with your work.你必须继续你的工作。

2.employ v.

　及物动词，意思为“雇佣，聘请”。注意其相关词形。employer意为“雇主”，employee意为“雇员”。例如:

　The company employed two new workers.

　The employer is very kind to his employees.

1.find out

　find out意思为“查明，弄清”，要注意和find的区别。

　find意为“发现，找到”，有偶然发现之意。而 find out 有经过调查、询问、了解才发现的意思。例如:

　I found my boots under the table.

　I m trying to find out her telephone number.

6. So was my friend Bob.我的朋友鲍勃也是(去年在中心学校学习)。

　这是一句接着上文所说的话。“so+be/have/情态动词/

　助动词+主语”结构中的so代替本句和上句中某个相同的成分，意为“……也这样”。如果上句中有be/have/情态动词，so后面仍用它们;如果上句用的是实义动词，so后面动词根据上句时态用do的适当形式。注意此句用倒装语序。例如:

　I have had supper.So has he.(= He has had supper，too.)我吃过晚饭了，他也是。

　You can speak Japanese.So can I.(= I can also speak it.)你会说日语，我也一样会说.

　Lessons2 & 3

5.turn to

　turn to在本课意为“转向……，求助于……”，它还有“翻到(书中)……页”的意思。例如:

　I turned to the policeman for help.

　Please turn to page 85.

4.What was the nicest part of your holiday in your opinion?在你看来，你的假期哪段时间过得最好?

　in one s opinion意为“依……看，在……看来”，用来表示个人的看法和意见，并使自己的看法和意见听起来不那么武断。例如:

　1) In my opinion，autumn is the best season in Beijing.

　在我看来，秋天是北京最好的季节。

　2)In Charlie s opinion，Americans should eat less meat.

　查理认为，美国人应该少吃点肉。

　3)In the opinion of most people，there will be a good harvest this autumn.大多数人认为，今年秋天应该有个好收成。