15. They go out of their way to make me at home.

go out of one’s way to do sth 特意(花时间，心血)做某事，故意做某事

He went out his way to help me.

make sb be/feel at home使某人感觉像在家一样

make sb adj /do

Her smile made me feel at home.

14. Point at anyone with your chopsticks. 用筷子指着别人。

point…at…瞄准，对着

He is pointing his finger at me.

point…to…指向

The hour hand pointed to twelve.

13. We usually make plans to see friends.

make a plan / plans to do 计划做…

We made a plan to go hiking yesterday.

We have made plans for the holidays.

plan还可以作为动词来用，如计划做某事，可以用plan to do sth / plan on doing sth

We’re planning to visit Tibet this summer.

Don’t plan on visiting Beijing in winter, because it’s too windy and cold.

12. Also, we never visit friend’s house without calling first.

without 是介词，后接名词或动名词，是“没有”之意，与with是反义词

Can you do it without any help?

He left without saying goodbye.

11. We are the land of watches, after all.

after all 毕竟，终究

He succeeded after all.

10. In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time.

it用作形式主语，代替了真正的主语to be 这一不定式，不定式可以作主语，但往往用it作形式主语来代替。

To help others is good when they are in trouble.

It’s good to help others when they are in trouble.

9. Often we just walk around the town center, seeing as many of my friends as we can.

* walk around, around是介词，四处，遍及的意思。

look around 四处看看

go around 四处逛

show sb around 带某人参观

follow sb around 四处跟着某人

get around 观光，游览

* as…as, 中间用形容词、副词的原级

He is as tall as he used to be.

Please come here as quickly as possible.

当as…as用于否定句中时，还可以用so…as

8. We often just drop by our friends’ house.

drop by/in/over 偶然拜访

Some friends dropped by to see me yesterday.

7. Spending time with family and friends is very important us.

* spending是动名词作主语，此时谓语动词应用单数。

Reading books is a good way to learn English.

* Sth is important to sb. 某事对某人来说是重要的。

to作介词，意为“对……来说”

6. It’s Okay if you arrive a bit late.

a bit, rather, kind of, 有点，相当

She’s feeling a bit tired.