At present, they are visiting all parts of the country.
| at present = now 目前,现在 |
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| nowadays adv. 如今、目前、现在 |
- I don't see much of Tony nowadays.我现在见托尼不多。
- Men are doing more housework nowadays.现今男人正在承担越来越多的家务。
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| up to now = so far 到现在为止 |
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visit v.拜访、参观 + 地点(表示去某地)
- visit some place 带有职业相关目的
- visit china 到中国访问
- The headmasters of the New Oriental school visited Lanzhou. 这里指演讲
| all parts of the world 全世界各地 |
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| all parts of the country 全国各地 |
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| all over the country/world 全国/世界 |
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They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station.
will be + doing 将来进行时态
用来表示最近的将来正在进行的动作或说话人设想已经安排好的事情(确定的将来),将来进行时态的意思往往等于一般将来时态(进行时更强调发现这件事的概率更大)。
- We will be acting. = We're going to act .我们将要行动了
| most of + the… 大多数的… |
majority of …的大多数 |
- most of the young people in the town 镇上的大部分年轻人
- most of the books 大部分的书
- most of the time 大部分的时间
- most of the young people 大部分的年轻人 = most young people 大部分的年轻人
- most students 大部分的学生 = most of the students. 大部分的学生
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- majority of young people 大多数的年轻人
- majority of students 大多数学生
- majority of votes 多数票
- majority of boys 大多数男孩
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Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers' Club.
| last night 昨天夜间 |
tonight 今天夜间 |
tomorrow night 明天夜间 |
| next night 第二天晚上 |
this evening 今天晚上 |
yesterday evening 昨天晚上 |
更多时间的表达:Lesson 071&72 He’s awful!
at the Workers' Club 在工人俱乐部
| 叙述流程 |
课文内容 |
| 确定要来 |
They will be arriving here tomorrow. |
| 确定怎么来 |
They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station. |
| 确定要唱 |
Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers' Club. |
The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. 确定的将来
- …will be staying here for five days 逗留五天
During this time, they will give five performances. 不确定的将来
- give a performance 给一出演出(进行一次表演)
- …give five performances 演出五场
As usual, the police will have a difficult time.
| as usual 像往常一样(照例) |
as always 一如既往 |
- You're bang on time, as usual. 你像往常一样,非常准时。
- On that day, he was late for work as usual. 那天,他像往常一样上班迟到了。
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- As always he is liberal with his jokes. 他总有讲不完的笑话。
- as always as before 和往常一样
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difficult 这里解释为“难对付的”、“费劲的”,指麻烦比较多。
| difficult time 困难时期 |
- He was going through a very difficult time.他在经历一段非常艰难的时期。
- have a difficult time. 日子不像平时那样惬意
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| good time 美好时光 |
- have a good time. 玩得开心
- Now is a good time to buy a house.现在买房子正是时候。
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| hard time 艰难时刻 |
- have a hard time. 生活得艰辛
- I had a hard time getting him to pay up.我好不容易让他还清了全部欠款。
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They will be trying to keep order.
try to do sth. 设法做某事, 尽力做某事
- We should try to save water.我们应设法节约用水。
- Did you try to get help from anywhere?你有没有试着从某个地方获得帮助?
| order 常用的意义是“次序、顺序”,也可当“治安、秩序、下达指示”讲 |
| keep order 维持次序 |
public order 治安 |
in order to/that 为了;(唯有…) 才能 |
in order for 为了使 |
It is always the same on these occasions. 区别-tion、-sion、-cian 的发音
| on this occasion 在这个场合(每逢这种场合) |
On this occasion, he had fallen at once into a dreamless sleep.这一次,他立刻进入了无梦的睡眠。 |
| on these occasions 在这些场合(每逢这些场合) |
He tends to get emotional on these occasions.他在这些场合往往容易动感情。 |
| the same 相同的情况 |
Why are you late? = What took you so long? 你为什么迟到? |