Postcards always spoil my holidays. ^一般现在

always ^{可搭配各种时态}

• She's always ready with advice.  ^{她总是乐于提出建议。}
• I'm always being criticized. ^{我总是受到批评。}
• I have always loved reading. ^{我一直很喜欢读书。}
• He always travels business class. ^{他总是坐公务舱旅行。}

Last summer, I went to Italy. ^一般过去

A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.

Italian 与 Italy ^{重读音的位置不同}

某个国家的语言不可数

a few 与可数名词的复数连用，表示肯定，含有 some，a small number of^{（一些，少数几个）}的意思。

• The police would like to ask him a few questions. ^{警察要问他一些问题。}
• The letter came a few days ago. ^{这封信是几天前寄来的。}
• It's only a few steps further. ^{再走几步就到了。}

I visited museums and sat in public gardens. ^{访问了(多个)博物馆然后坐在公共的花园里休息}

Public gardens ^{【固定搭配】公共花园通常由多个部分组成的，习惯用复数。}

• I always sit in public gardens on Sundays. ^{我经常在周末坐在公共公园里。}
• In the public garden which is said to be the most dangerous as to thefts the squad meats two men. ^{在当地失窃案发生率最高的一座公园内，特警小队遇到了两名年轻男子。}
• Kew Royal gardens in the Uk is one of the largest public gardens in the world. ^{英国基尤皇家植物园是世界上最大的公共花园之一。}

Then he lent me a book.

lend sb. sth. = lend sth. to sb.^借出

• Then he lent me a book.
• I asked him to lend me twenty pounds.
• Then he lent a book to me.
• He lend the money to me immediately. 

I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word.

read 的原型是 /ri:d/，过去式/分词是 /rɛd/。单词不变读音变！

Every day I thought about postcards. ^{过去的每天}

every day ^{与句子搭配做时间状语}

• I study every day. ^每天学习
• She's late for work every day. ^{她每天上班都迟到。}
• Every day was exciting and adventuresome. ^{过去的每一天都令人兴奋充满惊险和刺激。}

think about/of ^{考虑, 思考(指某一段时间一直在想/考虑某事)}

• What do you think of?
• What do you think of TV program last night?
• What do you think of the weather today? ^{你觉得天气怎么样?}

My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends.

send sth. to sb. ^{将某物寄送给某人：通过邮寄、快递等方式将物品送到收件人手中。}

• but I did not send cards to my friends.
• Sam, you forgot to send photos to my new friend , Lucy,  last night.  ^{礼让弱小，谁小谁在前面}
• I would gladly send photos to those that need to believe. 

I got up early and bought...

I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!

spend 与表示时间的词或短语连和时，意思为“花（时间）”、“度过”，必须是人做主语。
注意：人做主语是可以使用take + 时间的： I'm taking too much of your time. 《走遍美国》，包括在《新概念第三册》里也会出现。