2. The writer’s parents used to live in South Africa.

1. The writer used to fly much when he was a boy.

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10. It seems that…(Selfcheck)

　　 It seems that YuMei has changed a lot.

　　 It seems as if he would recover.

　　 看来他好像会康复的。

　　 It seemed that the day would never end.

　　 那天好像没有尽头似的。

9. miss

　　 I really miss the old days.

　　 ①miss在这里为“怀念”的意思。

　　 How he misses his mother while she is away in London!

　　 他妈妈在伦敦期间，他多么想念她啊！

　　 ②此外miss还有“缺”的意思。

　　 I’m afraid that Jim will miss a lot of his lessons.

　　 恐怕Jim会缺很多课。

　　 ③错过

　　 I missed catching the 2：15 train.

　　 我未赶上2点15分的火车。

　　 ④missing 失去的，缺少的，不在的，失踪的。

　　 They are looking for the missing child.

　　 他们在寻找失踪的孩子。

8. hardly ever.

　　 These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts.

　　 hardly ever = very seldom.很少

　　 He hardly ever goes to bed before midnight.

　　 他很少在午夜以前就寝。

7. have to

　　 but now. I have to study.

　　 have to意为“必须”侧重于客观上的必要。

　　 其句型为have (has) to+动词原形

　　 如：We have to leave now.

　　 He has to work on Sunday.

　　 I had to do my homework last Sunday.

6. right

　　 Then I go right home and eat dinner.

　　 right在这里是副词，意为“直接地”。

　　 如：The wind blew right in our faces.

　　 风迎面吹来。