drive

eg. He drives his car very badly. 他开车技术非常糟糕。

eg. The farmer drove the cattle in the field. 那位农夫把牛赶进田里。

eg. Our army drove the enemy back. 我们的军队把敌人赶回去了。

eg. During the war, many people were driven out of their homes.

战争期间，许多人被赶出家园。

passing planes can be heard night and day

(in fact the noise of passing planes can be heard night and day) （借喻）

eg. I couldn’t hear the actors.

→ I couldn’t hear the actors’ words.

night and day/day and night

for some reason 因为某种原因

some: 某种（个）+ 可数名词单数

to some extent 在某种程度上

in some way 在某种意义上

someone

somebody

something

eg. Some Mr. Wang wanted you on the phone. 一个王先生打电话找你。

come into use 投入使用（永无被动，物作主语）

eg. When did this word come into common use? 这个词什么时候广泛使用的？

eg. The airport came into use last year. 这个机场去年投入使用。

go out of use 停止使用

eg. The present phone boxes will go out of use next year. 现有的电话亭明年停止使用。

over: more than

must have done 对发生完的事情有把握的判断

must have been done （被动形式）

left

leave---left---left

left作定语常放n.后

eg. There is only 2 yuan left in my pocket. 我的口袋里只剩下2元钱。

eg. There is nobody left in the room. 房间里一个人也没有留下。

sometimes 有时候

sometime （过去或将来）某时候

some time 一段时间

some times 几次，几倍 （本博注：这是中国人的用法，地道的说法是：several times）

关于knock的短语：

knock at 敲

knock at door

knock at window

knock off 下班；从…碰下去；优惠，折扣

knock over 撞翻，打翻，撞倒

knock down 撞倒

knock out 打昏

eg. Knock it off. 住手！；住口！

offer  vt. 提供，给予

offer help 提供帮助

offer a sum of money 提供一笔钱

offer a job 提供一份工作

offer sb sth

offer sth to sb

give sb sth

give sth to sb

被动→ sb be given sth

→ sb be offered sth

eg. He was given a job.

eg. He was offered a job.

被动→ sth be given to sb

→ sth be offered to sb

eg. A job was given to him.

eg. A job was offered to him.

be determined to do sth 下定决心要做

I must be mad 有把握的判断

eg. You must be hungry now.

They are probably right. 他们可能是对的。

They may be right. （可能性的判断）

They might be right. ( might比may更加委婉，对判断的把握性更小一些)

Special Difficulties:

home and house

eg. After work I always go home. 下班后我总是回家。

eg. I stay at home during the weekend. 周末我呆在家里。

eg. There is no place like home. 没有任何地方像家一样。

eg. They are building many new houses in our district. 他们正在我们这个区建大量的新房子。

eg. Houses are very expensive. 住宅很昂贵。

eg. I paid a lot of money for a new house. 我付一大笔钱买了一栋新房子。

eg. House is a man’s castle. 家是男人的城堡。

eg. Thera is no place like home. 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝。

eg. East or west, home is best. 不管东南西北，家最好。

homeland/ motherland/native land 祖国

Exercises: 用house(s)或home填空

1. It was raining heavily and I was glad to get home.

2. The government plans to build thousands of houses next year.

3. He is very rich. He owns a house in the country.