actress  n. 女演员

actor  男演员

waiter  男服务生

waitress  女服务生

-ess  表阴性

hostess  女主人

host   男主人

prince 王子

princess [‘prinses prin'ses] n.公主; 王妃

must be 表示有把握的判断

eg. You have worked all day. You must be tired. 你已经工作一整天，一定累了。

eg. You’ve just had lunch. You can’t be hungry now. 你刚刚吃罢午饭，你现在一定不饿。

eg. You must be Tina. I’ve seen your picture. 你一定是蒂娜，我见过你的照片。

at least 至少

at most 至多

little               less     least

many/much         more    most

least  adv. 最少，最小

eg. He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked least.

   他的老师中有许多他不喜欢，其中史密斯小姐是他最不喜欢的。

at least 3 months  至少3个月

at least ￡8  至少8英镑

at most; at the most / not more than 至多，顶多

eg. There were at most 350 seats in the classroom. 教室里至多有350个座位。

as的含义

1) because  因为…

eg. I cannot come as I am busy. 我来不了，因为我很忙。

2) at the time when 当…时候

eg. As I was leaving the house, the postman brought a letter.

我正要离开房子时，邮递员带来一封信。

3) the thing that 依照；像…一样

eg. Do as you are told. 按照告之你的那样去做。

4) in the position of  担任，作为……

eg. He works as an engineer. 他是个工程师。

appear on the stage as a young girl 在舞台上扮演年轻姑娘

/ play the part of a young girl on the stage

/play the role of a young girl on the stage

/act the part of a young girl on the stage

/act the role of a young girl on the stage

in spite of  prep.  despite  不管，尽管

eg. In spite of the rain, they went out. 尽管下着雨，他们还是出去了。

eg. He failed in spite of all his efforts. 尽管他尽了一切努力，但还是失败了。

eg. In spite of her age, she appeared on the stage as a young girl.

  尽管她年龄不小了，但她在舞台上还是扮演小女孩。

take part in → join in 参加

a girl of seventeen  介词短语后置修饰名词

a man of handsome appearance 一个外表英俊的男子

a coat of bright color 一件色彩鲜艳的外套

a vase of value 一只具有价值的花瓶

in  表穿着

eg. He is in black. 他穿着黑色衣服。

eg. She is in jeans. 她穿着牛仔裤。

wear-----wore-----worn

vt. 穿戴，佩戴

wear a beard 留着络腮胡子

wear a coat 穿着外套

wear a hat 戴着帽子

wear a ring 戴着戒指

wear a watch 戴着手表

wear a necklace 戴着项链

wear long hair 留着长发

wear sunglasses 戴着太阳镜

wear gloves 戴着手套

n.  穿戴的衣物

sports wear 运动服装

men’s wear 男装

underwear 内衣

summer-wear 夏装

eg. Don’t show your underwear in the sun. 家丑不可外扬

wear out 筋疲力尽

eg. I’m worn out by the hard work. 我被繁重的工作折磨得筋疲力尽。

wear away 磨平，使…磨平

eg. The inscription has worn away. 这个碑文已经磨平了。

orange-colored   adj.+ n. + ed

noble-minded 思想崇高的

good-tempered 好脾气的

adj.+ 现在分词

good-looking 好看的

fine-sounding 听起来不错的

adj.+         n.

large-scale 大规模的,大比例尺的,大范围的

high-class 高级的,一流的

terrible  adj. 可怕的, 恐怖的; 令人震惊的, 极其令人讨厌的；剧烈的, 严酷的, 严重的

fearful  adj. 惧怕的, 担心的；可怕的, 吓人的；〈口〉极端的

a fearful railway accident 可怕的火车意外事故

frightful  adj. 吓人的,令人惊恐的;令人不快的,可怕的

a frightful accident 令人恐怖的事故

a terrible war 一场可怕的战争

a terrible accident 可怕的事故

a terrible murder 可怕的谋杀

eg. It must be terrible to be grown up. 长大成人可真是可怕呀。

eg. What a terrible day! 天气有糟糕啊！

eg. I’m terrible sorry. 我非常抱歉。

terrifying  adj. 令人恐惧的，令人害怕的

horrible  adj. 可怕的，令人恐惧的

a horrible crime

a horrible nightmare 令人恐怖的梦魇

a horrible death

dreadful  adj. 使人产生极大恐惧或痛苦的，使人震惊的

a dreadful accident

a dreadful disease

a dreadful nightmare

grow  v. 生长

eg. Children grow quickly. 孩子们生长得快。

eg. The grass has grown very high. 草长得很高。

grow up  指人或动物长大，成年，成熟

eg. Some people never grow up. 有些人永远长不大/不成熟。

(grow up------mature in mind)

grown (up)  adj. 长大的， 成年的，成熟的

a grown man 一个成年人

eg. What do you want to be when you are grown up? 当你长大成人时，你想干什么？

eg. Try to behave in a grown up way. 尽量表现得成熟一些。

Special Difficulties

as 当…时候；因为；像…一样

grow 和 grow up

dress  suit  costume

dress 表示衣服，尤其指外衣、连衣裙

eg. My sister bought a new dress yesterday. 我妹妹昨天买了一件新的连衣裙。

suit 表一套衣服，尤其指套装

a business suit 西服

eg. My brother never wears ready-made suit. 我弟弟从来不穿成衣。

costume 指服装，某个时期，某种场合中穿的衣服

eg. All the actors wore fifteenth-century costume. 所有演员都穿着15世纪的服装。

Exercise A:

1) He works as a pilot. 他是一名飞行员。

  …in the position of

2) You mustn’t shout so loudly as you’ll wake up the baby.

你千万不要大声喊叫，因为你会吵醒孩子。

  …because

3) As we were listening to the radio, someone knocked at the door.

  当我们在听收音机的时候，有人敲门。

  …At the time when

Exercise B: 选择正确的词填空

1) Trees take a long time to grow.

  grow/grow up

2) My father bought a new suit recently

  suit/costume

3) She hired a costume for the fancy-dress party.

  costume/suit

4) Do you like my sister’s new dress?

dress/costume