Can you recognize sb.?
- Do you know that woman? 你认识那个女人吗？
- Do you know the UK? 你对英国了解吗？
- Do you know these ladies? 你认识这些女孩子吗？
| recognize 认出、听出（辨认） | |
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| Sorry, I didn't recognize your voice. 抱歉，我没有听出来是你的声音 | Can you recognize him? 你能认出来是他吗？ |
* It must be ...
It 当不确定一个人的性别或身份时可以用“it”来指代人。
- 陌生人来敲门，通常情况下我们会说：who are you? 但这并不符合英文的表达习惯，正确用法为:Who is it. 答: It's me.
- 朋友、同事生了小孩儿，我们可以这样问: Is it a boy or girl? 答: It's a girl/boy.
| must be 一定是、肯定是 | |
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| must be + n./ adj./ prep./ pron./ num ... | His phone must be switched off. 他的电话一定是关机了。 |
thought so. 我认为是这样的。
- For centuries, many thought so.几个世纪以来，许多人都这么认为。
- Mary thought so at first. 玛丽一开始是这么想的。
- I would have thought so. 我也会这样想。
| I think so. 我也这样认为 （thought 是 think的过去分词） | Yes, I think so.是的，我认为是这样。 |
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Let me have another look. 让我再看一眼
have a look 看一看
- have another look 再看一下，另外看一眼
| have a try 试一试 | have another try 再试一下，再试试 |
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Doesn't she look old! 她看起来好老啊
| 陈述句 | 否定疑问句 | 回答 |
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| Does she look old？她看起来老吗？ | Doesn't she look old! 难道她看起来不老吗？ | She does, doesn't she? 她确实老啊，不是吗？(反义疑问句) |
She was a famous actress when I was still at school. 求学(不是在学校)
still adv. 仍然，实义前，情系后
- She is still young.(情系后）
- I still live in Beijing.（实义前）
Not that long ago. 就在不久前
not so long ago 没有如此之长(不久)
- Not so long ago I was an expectant father.不久以前我还是一名准爸爸。
- Were they all interred so long ago? 它们真的被埋了那么久了吗？
- Not so long ago finding a TV programme was easy. 不久前，要想查找一个电视节目仍非难事。
| so 如此,这样 |
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| It all happened so suddenly.一切都来得那么突然。 |
I'm not more than twenty-nine myself.
not more than 不超过（没有超过）
- l'll stay here not more than three days. 我在这呆不超过三天。
- There are not more than five people in office. 办公室里不超过5个人。
- She has not more than three hats. 她至多有有3顶帽子。
| no more than 仅仅、才(强调少) | I have no more than ten dollars in my pocket. 我口袋里仅有10美元了。 I have learnt no more than two hundred words this week. (现在完成时)这周才学200个单词(嫌少，对自己的学习效果不满意) There are no more than twenty students in the classroom. 这教室才20个学生(嫌少) |
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| not more than 最多，不超过（强调上限） | I have not more than ten dollars in my pocket. 我口袋里不超过10美元。 I can learn not more than two hundred words this week.这周最多我能学200个单词（我学习的极限）。 There are not more than twenty students in the classroom.这教室最多有20个学生(估计)。 |
记忆小窍门：not 比 no多一个t,所以no强调“少”，not强调“多”。