精讲课 笔记随视频锁定
手忙脚乱

右侧笔记支持独立滚动。边听名师连读拆解，边对照右侧的语法事实与统计数据笔记。

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.

零冠词（即不用冠词的情况）

  • have breakfast / lunch / supper / dinner 三餐前
  • Water is necessary to life. / I like music. 不可数名词泛指时
  • Horses are beautiful animals. 复数名词泛指时
  • by bus / plane / ship / air / land / sea / water  by + n. 表示交通方式
  • I’m not feeling well, doctor / young man! 称呼前
  • study English / Chinese / Spanish … 语言前
  •  bed, school, college, church, market, hospital, court, prison 等强调其功能时 go to bed / college ...
  • send sb. to school / bed … / He is in hospital / prison …
  • go to the theatre / the cinema / the museum / the music-hall … 但是在艺术文娱场所前加 the
  • go to the shops / go shopping / do the shopping

Send the kids to school 送孩子上学(每天早上让孩子出门去学校)

场景想象：你开车或走路把孩子送到校门口，看着他们进校门，然后你就离开了。地道的表达为：Drop the kids off at school.
  • It’s time to send the kids to school.  该送孩子们去学校了/该让他们去上学了。
  • We decided to send our kids to a private school. 我们决定把孩子送进私立学校。
  • I drop off the kids in the morning, and my wife picks them up in the afternoon. Pick up 接回
Send to school 去上学或供读书 His parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school. 他的父母决定送他去寄宿学校。
Drop the kids off at school 送到校门口并放下 I need to drop the kids off at school before I go to work. 上班前我得先把孩子送到学校。
Take the kids to school “带着”孩子去学校（伴随过程） How are we going to take the kids to school and get to work? 我们如何送孩子上学，自己怎么去上班？
Drive the kids to school 强调“开车送” I drive my child to school every day. 我每天开车送我的小孩去上学。

The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.

The children were at school, my husband at work and the house quiet. 排比句中重复的谓语动词常可省略

有 the 表地点 无 the 表功能
  • at the school 在学校
  • at the hospital 在医院
  • go to the mall 去商场
  • at school 在上学
  • at work 在上班
  • at home 在家休息
school 和 work 前不加冠词表其功能，因为不是指具体那个学校或具体干什么工作，只是泛指他们在干什么。home 为副词，所以也不加冠词。

In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.

be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事

be covered with… 盖满…

At exactly that moment, the telephone rang.

at exactly that moment 就在那时，恰恰在此时

  • That’s exactly what I wanted to tell you.
  • At exactly that moment, the light went out. 就在那一刻，灯灭了。
at exactly that moment 就在那一刻  
at the very moment 就在那一刻 At the very moment I opened the door, it began to rain. 就在我开门的那一刻，开始下雨了。
just then 就在那时 I was about to leave. Just then, he appeared. 我正要离开，就在那时他出现了。

Nothing could have been more annoying.

否定词+比较级=最高级 否定词+ do/be + 比较级 (+ than …)

  • Nothing is more interesting (than this).
  • No face is more beautiful (than hers). 
  • No one runs faster (than he).
No one could be / have been… 没有人… fatter. 更胖了
Nothing could have been… 没有…更… cheaper. 没有什么东西更便宜了
more exciting. 没有什么事情更令人激动
No face could be uglier. 没有一张脸更丑了 No books could be more interesting. 没有书更有趣了

I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates.

pick up the receiver 捡起、拾起话筒、拿起听筒、话筒

  • The receiver had already clicked into place.听筒咔的一声放回原位了。
  • She picked up the receiver and started to dial.她拿起听筒开始拨号。
  • I picked up the receiver and dialed the number.
  • answer the phone 接电话
  • I’ll get it. 我去接
put down / replace the receiver 放下听筒 Please put down the receiver after the call. 通话结束后请放下听筒。
put the phone down 挂断电话，放下电话 Don’t put the phone down so quickly. 不要这么快挂断电话。
hang up 挂断电话 She was so angry that she hung up. 她十分生气，直接挂断了电话。
be on the phone 在打电话 He is on the phone now. 他现在正在打电话。
call/ring sb. (up) 给某人打电话 I will call you (up) tomorrow. 我明天会给你打电话。
give sb. a call/ring 给某人打个电话 Please give me a ring when you arrive. 你到的时候请给我打个电话。

It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.

it takes sb.+ 时间 + to do 

  • It took us two hours to get there.
  • It took me three hours to finish my homework.
  • It takes about half an hour to get to the airport.
sb. spend +时间/金钱/精力 + on sth. / (in) doing
  • We spent two hours (in) getting there.
  • I spent a lot of time and energy on my homework.
sth. cost sb. + 金钱
  • The dress cost her all her salary.
  • The house cost me 1,000,000 yuan.

persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事

  • I persuaded him to give up that plan.
persuade sb. into doing sth. 说服某人做… I persuaded him into giving up that plan.

At last I hung up the receiver.

At last I put down / replaced the receiver.
At last I put the phone down.

I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead.

I had hardly got back to the kitchen when the doorbell rang …

no sooner…than… = hardly…when… 刚…就…（用于过去完成时）

  • No sooner had I got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang …
  • Hardly had I got back to the kitchen when the doorbell rang …
enough n.& adj.& adv. 足够 n. 足够 I have/had had enough. 我已经拥有足够了。
adv. 足够地、足以… I was old enough to work and earn money. 我到了可以工作、挣钱的年龄了。
adj.足够的 修饰 adj.或者 adv.时一定要放在被修饰词的后面。 They had enough cash for a one-way ticket. 他们有足够的现金买一张单程票。
enough +n. / n. + enough 修饰名词 I have enough time/time enough.
enough to do sth. 足以用来做某事
  • He is rich enough to buy the whole city. 他富有的可以买下整个城市
  • The water in the pool is warm enough (to swim in).
  • I am hungry enough to eat sth.