在过去的几年内我在中国住。

20. be different from 与…不同　

19. in the last few years. 在过去的几年内　常与完成时连用　如：

18. miss　 v.　 思念、想念、　错过

6．It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot. 余梅似乎改变了许多.

seem vi.看起来(像是……)，似乎，好像……(不可用于进行时)

(1)seem to be + adj.

e.g. His mother seems to be a friendly woman.

他妈妈似乎是个友好的人。

(2)seem to do sth.

e.g. She seems to know something about that.

她似乎对那件事有所察觉。

(3)seem like

e.g. It seems like years since we last met.

我们似乎好几年不见了。

(4)It seems that+从句

e.g. It seems that he has caught a cold.

= He seems to have caught a cold.

他好像是感冒了。

(5)It seems as if (as though) +从句

e.g. Look at the dark clouds! It seems as if it is going to rain.

看那些乌云，似乎要下雨。

5．I used to be on the soccer team.我曾经是足球队的。

on 介词，表示“属于，参加”，在表达这个意思时可与介词in 互换.

e.g. They are all in /on our team.

他们都属于我们这个队.

4．I go to sleep with my bedroom light on. 我开着卧室的灯睡觉。

with my bedroom light on 是一个介词短语，在句中作伴随状语。

e.g. He went to sleep with his mouth open.

他张着嘴睡着了。

The teacher came in, with a book in his hand.

老师手里拿着一本书走了进来。

3．We’re visiting for a couple of days. 我们参观已有两三天了。

a couple of (口语) 两个的，一对的；两三个的，几个的，数个的(=few)

e.g. They keep a couple of dogs.

他们养了两只狗。

I’ve got a couple of letters from him.

我已收到了他的几封信。

2．Are you still afraid of dark? 你现在还怕黑吗？

be afraid of 害怕后接名词或动名词，主要表达“害怕，担心”。

e.g. She is very much afraid of her mother.

她非常害怕她的妈妈。

He was afraid of losing face.

他担心丢面子。

be afraid to do sth. 不敢做某事

e.g. He is afraid to travel by plane.

他不敢坐飞机旅行。

1．-Mario, you used to be short, didn’t you?

Mario, 你过去个子矮矮的，是吧?

-Yes, I did.

是的。

used to 意为“过去常常”，后接动词原形，表示过去常常干某事，现在不在干了。

(1)肯定句：

e.g. I used to play computer games after school .(But I don’t play computer games any more.)

我过去常常玩电脑游戏。(但是我现在不玩了。)

She used to be thin. ( But now she is heavy.)

她过去瘦瘦的。(但现在她胖了。)

(2)疑问句：

e.g.-Did you use to be a teacher ?

-Yes, I did.

-你曾经当过老师吧？

-是的。

e.g. -Used you to go to school by bike ?

- No, I didn’t.

-你过去是骑自行车上学吧？

　-不是。

(3)否定句：

e.g. He used to drink. 他以前常常喝酒。

→He didn’t use to drink. 他以前不习惯喝酒。

e.g. We usedn’t to watch this kind of plays.

我们以前不习惯看这种电视剧。

●在疑问句和否定句中通常借助于助动词did，但在英国英语中人们也常直接用used 来提问或直接否定used.

●在反意疑问句中可借助于助动词did 来提问和来否定.

e.g. But you used to be really short, didn’t you?

你曾经真的很矮，是吗?

4．学习一些重要的单词、词组和句型：

(1)used to do sth.

(2)连词but 的用法。

(3)Mario used to be short.

Yes, he did. Now he is tall.

(4)I used to eat candy all the time.

Did you ?

Yes, I did. And I used to chew gum a lot.