9. beat (v.) 打败，战胜　 (p.)beat

　 ① beat sb (in…) 在……比赛中击败某人

　 eg. They beat us in the baseball game yesterday.

　 ② beat 与 win 的区别：

beat 的宾语是竞争对手;

win的宾语是“比赛、战斗、奖品、名声、胜利”。

　　 eg. He always beats me in tennis.

　　　　 He won the match easily.

　　　　 She won the first prize in the music competition.

8. though=although　 (conj.)虽然，即使，纵然

　 eg. Though he was very tired,he didn’t stop walking.

　 注意：though(although)和 but 不能同时使用

7. interest

　 (1)n.兴趣，爱好　 (pl.)interests

　 eg: He have the same interest(s) as him.

　 (2)v. 使……发生兴趣　 This book interests me.

　 (3)adj. interesting 有趣味的；令人感兴趣的

　　　　 interested　 感兴趣的

　 eg: That is an interesting movie.

　　 I’m interested in English.

(4) 对…感兴趣　 be interested in sth. / doing sth. = take (an) interest in …

　 eg. He’s interested in swimming . = He takes (an) interest in swimming .

6. laugh (v.) 笑，感到好笑 (p.)laughed　 (opp.)cry

　 eg: Why are you laughing?

　　 Don’t laugh at the old man.

5.make(v.)　 made(过去式)

　 ① 做，制作 My mother made a birthday cake for me yesterday.

　 ② 促使，迫使 His mother makes him read English every morning.

　 　　　　　　　(make sb. do sth.)

3.way　 n..(1) 路，道路

　　　　 eg. Can you tell me the way to the library?

　　　　 (2) 方法，方式，手段

　　　　 eg. Bicycle is another way of saying“bike”.

　　　　 (3) 某个方面

　　　　 eg. In some ways, the twins look different.

　　　　 (4) 词组：by the way(顺便说一下，顺便问一下)

　　　　　　　　　 on one’s way to…(在某人去……的路上)

　both①(adv.)“两个都”，指两个人或物，常放在系动词后，实义动词前。

　　　 　eg.We are both good at math.

　　　　 They both have cars.

　　 ②adj.放在与限定词 (the,my,these)等连用的名词前

　　 　　eg.Both the girls can dance.

　　　 Both my parents are teachers.

　　 ③. pron.　 both of + 　n./pron.(宾格)

　　　　 eg. Both of them are doctors. = They are both doctors .

　　 　④.词组 both…and…　 既…又…；…和…都

eg.Both Li Ping and Li Ming are good students.

　　　　 I like both singing and dancing

2. mean(v.) 表示……的意思；做……解释；意思是

　 (p．)meant　 (n.和分词)meaning

　 eg.　 What does this word mean？

　　　 =What’s the meaning of this word?

　　　 The word“physics” means“物理”.

1.　 serious(adj.)　 more/most/serious

　 ① 严肃的 My father looks serious.

　　　　　　 Mr Green is a serious teacher.

　 ② 严重的 He has a serious illness.

　　　　　　 Nothing serious.

9.; 10. “洛夫顿的人们的生活或许不像大城市那样丰富多彩，但也可能像那儿一样有趣味。”文中larger是large的比较级，larger cities 指比洛夫顿大的城市。在as … as之间，形容词要使用原级；注意区别interesting(有意思的；有趣的)与interested(对……感兴趣的)。　

2.; 3. “村庄里没有多少人家，所以互相都认识。”表示经常性情况，动词使用一般现在时live；表示“互相”，英语应用each other。