Unit 4 Travel

A. Useful expressions

1.in a few days’ time 幾天后

I’ll be back in a few days’ time.

2.see sb. off -- go to a station, airport etc. with sb. who is going away為…人送行

My brother is coming with me to see me off.

3.through 動作在某物體空間內進行

across 動作在某物體表面進行

through the forest / valley / city / crowd / hole / window …

across the river / plain / desert / sea …

4.all night / day long 整天 / 晚

He worked on the computer all night long.

5. take off (飛機)起飛

The plane took off with a crowd of dust.

6.for miles and miles 一連好幾英里

for years and years for days and days

7.except prep. -- not including 除了;不包括

The window is never opened except in summer.

在no one, nobody, nothing, all, everyone, everything 等詞之后也可用介詞but

Everyone is at school today except / but Bob.

Under the soil there is nothing but sand.

We haven’t but a minute.

8.at a high price 以高價…

They could sell their beef at a high price in the city.

9.get back = come back

10.take a taxi / bus / train / ship …

They are waiting to take the morning train to town.

11.in the middle of + time / place

I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night.

It’s deep in the middle of the Yuan River.

12.separate adj. not the same , not joined or united單獨的;各自的

My brother and I sleep in separate rooms.

13.guide n.-- someone whose job is to show a place to travellers

vt.--to show the way by leading

The tourists need a guide to show them the city.

He guided the man through the streets to the station.

14.tie… to… 把…栓到…上去

The robber tied the owner to a chair.

Don’t tie the clothesline to the young trees.

15.move on -- move continuously in stead of stopping

on adv. 往前/繼續下去; 類似的詞組還有:

work on talk on go on march on …

16.destroy vt.-- break into pieces; put an end to…

Fire destroyed the forest.

All his hopes were destroyed.

A. Sentence patterns:

1.Do give her my regards.

do, does, did 在祈使句,肯定句中放在動詞前加重語氣表強調

She does work hard.

So you did come yesterday.

2.Have a nice / good trip / time / journey …

3.be (just) about to do -- be on the point of doing sth.

I was just about to call you when you came.

They were about to go out when it started to rain.

4.Is anybody seeing you off ? 有人為你送行嗎?

現在進行時除表正在進行的動作外,還可表示即將發生的動作,常用的動詞有:

go, come, arrive, get, start, die, leave, stay…

He is coming back tomorrow.

The train is arriving.

5.Say hi to Bob from me.

Yesterday we went to town and said hello to my aunt.

say goodbye to sb. say sorry to sb. say yes / OK / no to the plan