25. A lot of e-mail English words might look unfamiliar to us…

大量的e-mail English 可能对我们来说看起来很熟悉。

be familiar/unfamiliar to sb 对某人来说(不)熟悉

This name is so familiar to me.

look familiar/unfamiliar to sb 看起来对某人来说(不)熟悉

24. E-mail English is a new kind of written English that is being used to save time.

that is being used to save time是定语从句，做written English的定语

is being used是现在进行时的被动语态形式

E-mail English是用来节省时间的一种新的书面英语。

23. And can you also write e-mail English? Maybe not.

你也会写e-mail English吗？也许不。

Maybe not = Maybe you can not.

Maybe yes 也许是，也许可以，也许能。

22. Was I supposed to start at the outside and work in or the inside and work out?

我是应该先从外面开始依次向里用，还是从里面开始依次向外用？

Reading

21. Questions crowded my head. 问题充满了我的大脑。

crowd 动词，挤满，使……充满

Shoppers crowded the street.

crowded 形容词，拥挤的　 a crowded street

20. make an appointment/appointments with sb 与某人约会

19. I have to say, I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting used to things, and don’t find them so strange any more.

find it difficult to do sth 发现做某事很难

it 作形式宾语，真正的宾语是动词不定式to do sth

He finds it difficult to stop smoking.

get used to sth/doing = be used to sth/doing

18. You’re not supposed to eat anything with your hands expect bread, not even fruit!

expect除……之外,但不包括在内，介词

I get up early expect Sunday.

besides 除…之外，还有…

Nobody was late except me.

Five others are late besides me.

17. I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’m used to it.

be used to sth/doing sth 习惯于，适应于

I’m not used to speaking like that.

　　 This machine is used to clean the windows.

This machine is used for cleaning the windows.

16. Although I still make lots of mistakes, it doesn’t bother me like it used to.

尽管我经常犯一些错，但它不像过去那样困扰我了。

make lots of mistakes 犯许多错

bother 打扰，烦扰

Don’t bother your father, he is working.

used to do 过去常常，强调过去的习惯动作，而现在不那样了

Life isn’t so easy here like it used to be.