Lesson 3 Please send me a card
请给我寄一张明信片

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。

How many cards did the writer send?
作者寄出了多少卡片？

Postcards always spoil my holidays.
明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。

Last summer, I went to Italy.
去年夏天，我去了意大利。

I visited museums and sat in public gardens.
我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。

A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book.
一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。

I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word.
我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。

Every day I thought about postcards.
我每天都想着明信片的事。

My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends.
假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。

On the last day I made a big decision.
到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。

I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards.
我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片。

I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

语法

How many + 可数名词的复数 +一般疑问句

多少...

• How many cards did the writer send?
  作者寄出了多少卡片？

• How many years have you been here?
  你在这里有多少年了？

• How many people were present?
  到了多少人？

How much + 不可数名词的复数 +一般疑问句

• How much water does it save annually?
  一年可以省下多少水？

• how much coffee do you drink every day?
  你每天喝多少咖啡？

• How much paper do you use every year?
  你每年用掉多少纸？

lend sb sth

借给某人某物

• Then he lent me a book.
  之后他借给我一本书。

• Would you please lend me your bike?
  你可以把你的自行车借给我吗？

• I had to lend him ten pounds to take his children to the pictures.
  我只好借给他10英镑，让他带孩子们去照相。

lend sth to sb

把某物借给某人

• Then he lent a book to me .
  之后他借给我一本书。

• Will you lend your knife to that man?
  你能把小刀借给那人吗？

• She's crazy to lend the money to him .
  她把钱借给他真是疯了。

spend

v. 用，花(钱);花(时间);度过;花费，消耗，用尽(精力等)
n. (为某目的或某段时间内的)花销，花费，开销

• I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
  我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

• I went to spend a few days at the seaside
  我去海滨玩了几天。

• Children spend so much time in front of the television set
  孩子们花在看电视上的时间太多了。

• By the end of the holiday I had spent all my money
  到假期结束时，我已经花光了自己所有的钱。

spend on sth

花费（...）在某物上

• How much can you spend on food a month?
  你每月花多少钱于饮食上？

• Try not to spend too much on entertainment.
  尽量不要在娱乐上花费太多。

• She would pinch on food in order to spend on clothing.
  她过去常把伙食费省下来买衣服。

spend in doing sth

花费（...）在做某事上

• I think I should spend my free time in doing something I want.
  我认为自己应该把空闲的时间用来做自己想做的事情。

• I spend most of my spare time in playing online games.
  我的大部分空闲时间都在玩网络游戏。

• She didn't spend all her time ( in) doing the work.
  她没有把全部时间用在工作上。

实用句子

• Last summer, I went to Italy.
  去年夏天，我去了意大利。
• On the last day I made a big decision.
  到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。
  
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