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send
1) send sth. 送，发，寄，递
She send me a note thanking me for dinner.
send me a present/ a letter/ a basket of fruit/ a card/......
send a  signal

 

2) send someone to ... 送某人去某地
send his children to school
be sent to prison

 

3) send for somebody  派人去找某人
send for doctor 派人去请医生
send for something  索要....，要求对方投递...
send for free catalogue

 

区分deliver, take, bring
看一下send的英文注释：
When you send someone something, you arrange for it to be taken and delivered to them, for example by post
由此可以看出，send 是表示委托第三人递送，即send所在句子的主语并不是“送”的动作的执行者

deliver，take 自己亲自带某人或某物到别处
deliver groceries, deliver the mail
Take this book home.
bring 指某人带某物到说话者处
bring me some water

 

postcard 明信片
其他各种卡的表达方法：
clock card 考勤卡
business card/ namecard 名片
credit card 信用卡
magnetic card 磁卡
greeting card 贺卡
identification card 身份证
namecard 名片
price card 价标
red card 红牌（罚下）

 

spoil (spoiled, spoilt)
1) 损坏，破坏， = injure, damage, destroy
The rain has spoilt my painting.

2) 溺爱 =pamper
They spoil their children.

3）食物变质变坏, =decay
Some of the apples were spoilt.

 

区分spoile, injure, damage, destroy
spoil 使事物的完整性，完美性遭到破坏
spoil the party

injure 对肉体或情感的伤害
be badly injured in an accident

damage 指那种使价值、有用性和有效性减少的损害
A falling tree damaged the roof.
The scandal seriously damaged the senator's reputation.

destroy  彻底损害，摧毁（程度最深）
The building was completely destroyed  in the explosion

museum
北京故宫博物院
the Palace Museum in Beijing

 

public
1)the public 普通群众
Pure alcohol is not for sale to the public.

2)公众的，公立的
public park
public opinion
public school

3)众所周知的 well-known
public figure 公众人物

4)go public 上市 public company 上市公司

5)in public 和in private相对
make speeches in public

friendly
1)友好的,好意的,
friendly advice
construct an resource-efficient and environment-friendly society
创建资源节约型和环境友好型社会

2)容易的,易被理解和使用的
a read-friendly novel 易于理解的小说
a consumer-friendly policy 有益于消费者的制度

 

形容词构词法
名词+ly 构成形容词
表示“具有....的性质”或者“有...的特征”,这类形容词以表示人的关系为多，在句中可
做定语或者表语。
lovely 可爱的
oily 油腻的
manly 男子汉气的
homely 家常的，日常的，
orderly 井井有条的
mannerly 有礼貌的
godly 神圣的
costly 昂贵的
timely 及时的
motherly 母亲般的

 

waiter
动词+er(or) 表示做该动作的人
win ---- winner
play ----player
但是有些例外，也能表示物
read ---- reader 读物
speak ----speaker 扬声器
find ---- finder 探测器
open ---- opener 开瓶器
count ---- counter 计算器
cook ---- cooker 炊具
compute ---- computer 计算机

 

以-or,-er结尾的，是男性
以-ress结尾的，是女性
waiter：男服务员
waitress：女服务员
prince：王子
princess：公主
god：神　　（God：上帝）
goddess：女神
lion：公狮子
lioness：母狮子
actress：女演员
actor：男演员

 

word
1)说话，言语 talk,language
Actions speak louder than words.

2) 看法 opinion
May I say a word about it?

3) 诺言 promise
I will keep my word.

lend
lend something to somebody 借给某人...
borrow something from somebody 向某人借...

 

decision
make a big decision

 

whole用法
表示整个 all the ...有两种表达法：1,2
1)the whole of ...
for the benefit of the whole of mankind 为了全人类的利益
The whole of Europe was astounded. 整个欧洲震惊了。
He put the whole of his money into the bank.

此外，the whole of + the + Noun时，可以简单用作: the whole + Noun
如：The whole of the house was on fire. ——〉The whole house was on fire.
I spent the whole day in the park.

2)a + whole + Noun
I devote a whole morning to the job.
迪斯尼动画电影《阿拉丁》（Aladdin）的主题曲《全新世界》A Whole New World

 

whole的相关短语
as a whole 整体看来（所涉及到的事物是个整体，跟事物的各个方面无关）
I disliked the acting but enjoyed the play as a whole.

on the whole 表示所述的事实适用于大部分情况，个别可能会有例外
You can expect sunny weather, on the whole.
I don't pretend that housework is fun because on the whole it isn't.

 

single
强调语气的用法
1) 强调数量上的唯一，only one
She had but a single thought, which was to escape.
她现在只有一个想法，那就是逃跑。

2)强调某事物与其他的区别
Every single child will receive a gift. (暗示每个孩子的礼物都不一样)
Every single house has been damaged. (暗示每家都遭到了不同的破坏)

其他含义
3)单身的 not married

4)单程的 (英国英语用法，美语用one-way)
single ticket(one-way ticket) 单程票
a round-trip ticket, a return ticket 往返票

5)单打比赛
the women's singles 女子单打
the women's team tennis 女子网球团体赛

 

 

语法要点
1. 一般过去时

1）在确定的过去时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态。
　 时间状语有：yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1982等。
　 Where did you go just now?

2）表示在过去一段时间内，经常性或习惯性的动作。
　 When I was a child, I often played football in the street.
　 Whenever the Browns went during their visit, they were given a warm welcome.

2.直接宾语与间接宾语
直接宾语表示动作的结果，间接宾语表示动作的目标。
give sb. sth.
sb. 间接宾语
sth. 直接宾语

间接宾语放在后面时，前面加介词to(对...)或者for(为...)
give a book to me
oder a ticket for you