练习材料

Lesson 23 A new house

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.

Lesson 24 It could be worse

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost ￡50 and I felt very upset.' I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained ￡50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!’

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?

I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me; I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

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学习笔记：并列句中的语序 

通过并列连词可以把几个简单句连接起来构成一个并列句。在并列句中，各分句要根据上下文的要求按逻辑次序排列，但各分句都同等重要并独立存在。 

并列连词可以用来表示另加（and）、对比（but，yet）、选择（or）、连续（and，then）以及结局或结果（so）。however 用在句号的后面, 单独成句, 于前边的句子只有意思上的承接, 没有语法上的承接, 语法上的承接表转折只能用 but 一些并列句的连词：and，and then，but，so，yet，or，not only…but…as well  不但……而且……，neither…nor… 既不……也不……，either…or…  或者……或者……，both…and…    两者都 yet   adv. 然而 放在句末或句中, 与否定句, 疑问句相连, 并且与现在完成时用得比较多 

Have you finished yet?  

yet=but 连词，放在两个句子间, 起转折作用 

or     adv. 或者, 否则 

Hurry up ,you will be late. /Hurry up,or you will be late.

当主语由and或 both…and连接, 通常采用复数谓语动词.  

Both the girl and the boy are his friends.

当主语由 neither...nor,either...or,not only...but also  或 or 连接时，谓语动词与nor,or,but also后面的词一致，在英语语法中，这被称之为“就近原则”，离动词最近的名词是单数, 整个主语就视为单数；离动词最近的名词是复数, 整个主语就视为复数 

Neither he nor I am going to the airport.

Not only Mary but also her parents have gone abroad.

练习感悟：这两次总是做不到今日事今日毕，这就不是一个好的开始，真怕我的拖延症又犯了，所以我即便是补上我也继续打卡，继续复盘，写日志。我就怕有一天我说日志省了吧，至少我还在语音打卡，那不一定哪一天就开始落下不打卡了，这很危险，所以一定要加油！到目前我开始还是对有些课文开始陌生了，虽然有的我已经跟读过两遍，但是我发现那时候只是跟读，没过脑子，甚至不知道文章大意，这次我能够一边读一遍理解意思了，而不是简单地翻译，真的很不错！每一次学习都会有新的发现。下次我要尝试复数或者dictation了，我看看我能不能跟上。加油！