5. on school nights , on Friday nights , on Saturday afternoons.

　　 我们在说某个具体的，特定的早晨、下午、晚上时应用on.

4. So do we (Section A 3a)

　　 So do we 为倒装句，其结构是So + be 动词/助动词/情态动词+主语，在时态上应和上一句保持一

致。应翻译为“我们也是这样”用英文解释是：

　　 We have a lot of rules at my house , too.

3. 主+seem to do sth . 好像

　　 His temperature seems to be all right.

　　 他的体温好像完全正常。

　　 seem其他用法

　　 (1)seem+形容词

　　 The question seems quite easy.

　　 那个问题好像很容易。

　　 (2)seem+名词

　　 That seems a good idea.

　　 那好像是个好主意。

　　 (3)It seems + that 从句

　　 It seemed that nobody knew anything about the matter.

　　 看来没有人知道这件事。

2. stop doing

　　 He should stop wearing that silly earrings.

　　 (Section A 2a)

　　 停止做某事

　　 We two stopped talking.

　　 我们俩个停止了谈话。

1. sixteen-year-olds十六岁的青少年

　　 它相当于一个名词　 相当于sixteen -year- old kids.

　　 “一个16岁青少年的表达方式”

　　 a kid sixteen years old

　　 a kid of sixteen

　　 a kid of sixteen years old.

　　 a sixteen-year-old kid

9. … have an opportunity to do sth

　　 有做…的机会

　　 have no opportunity to do 没机会做…

　　 I hope to …… have an opportunity to go to the States.

　　 I have no opportunity to have a talk with her

　　 I

　　 注意：文中在谈论将来时，用了一些动词过去式和would + 动原的形式

　　 这是虚拟语气。表示对将来的一种假设。

　　 本单元其他句型结构：

8. at present . (At present they’re too short. )

　　 at present 此刻、现在＝at this time , now

　　 I can’t help you at present －－I’m too busy

　　 我现在帮不了你－－实在太忙了。

7. learn from 向…学习，从…中学习

　　 … but we learn a lot from each other.

　　 We should learn from our mistakes.

　　 我们应从错误中学习。

6. get noisy 变得嘈杂(I know we got noisy sometimes , …)

　　 noise －noisy

5. It’s a good idea for sb to do sth. 做…对…来说是个好主意(It’s also probably a good　　

idea for parents to allow …)

　　 It’s a good idea for us to travel to the south.