精讲课 笔记随视频锁定
永远年轻

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。

My aunt Jennifer is an actress.

男性 女性 雄性 雌性 Male Female
actor 男演员 actress 女演员 lion 公狮子 lioness 母狮子 policeman 警察 policewoman 女警察
waiter 男服务员 waitress 女服务员 tiger 老虎 tigress 母老虎 steward 男乘务员 stewardess 女乘务员
prince 王子 princess 公主 bull 公牛 cow 母牛 Male Nurse 男性护士 Female Pilot 女性飞行员
doctor 男医生 woman doctor 女医生 cock 公鸡 hen 母鸡 headmaster 校长 headmistress 女校长
god goddess 女神 ram 公羊 ewe 母羊 mayor 市长 mayoress 女市长

She must be at least thirty-five years old.

数字 + years old 作表语 数字 + -year-old 作定语
thirty-five years old 三十五岁 my four-year-old daughter 我四岁的女儿

must + 动词原形 不得不, 必须;(对现在的)推测

  • She must be a model. 肯定是一个模特。
  • She is fifteen years old. 她十五岁了
  • She must be fifteen years old. 肯定十五岁
at least 至少, 最少 at most 最多
  • If you can’t clean the car, you can at least help me to clean it.
  • She must be at least fifteen years old. 至少十五岁
  • As a news item it merits a short paragraph at most.作为一则新闻,它至多只能占一小段。
  • She must be at most fifteen years old. 最多十五岁

In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl.

in spite of 不管,尽管 (“of” 为介词, 后面一定会加名词、代词或从句) in spite of this 尽管如此
  • In spite of great peril, I have survived.尽管危险巨大,我还是活了下来。
  • The Derby will be run in spite of the bad weather.尽管天气恶劣,德比马赛仍将举行。
  • In spite of what you have said about her, she is much better than Mary.
  • In spite of this, I still like school.(school 前不加“the”表示上学,加“the”只表示学校)
  • In spite of this she often corrected me.尽管她这么说,可还是不断纠正我的话。
  • In spite of this, I finally decided to go XiaMen.尽管这样,我还是决定去厦门。

Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.

have to 不得不(被动) must 必须(主动)
She will have to go to school. 她将不得不去上学。 All this mail must be answered. 所有这些信件都必须回复。
will have to 可以使用 must 替换,但must无法体现出其将来的时态。will have to 更强调了将来的必要性。
join sb./sth. 参加了某一种团体 take part in 参加某一种活动 attend v.随同,陪同;经常去;出席
  • join the army 参军
  • join the party 入党
  • join us (口语)加入我们(这个团体)中来
  • take part in the race 参加比赛
  • take part in a play
  • take part in the party
  • attend the meeting 参加会议, 出席会议
  • attend the party / class 出席宴会/上课
  • Thank you for your attending / listening谢谢大家的出席(到来)/聆听

This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.

两种年龄的表达
表语 定语
She is eighteen years old. 她18岁 She is a girl of eighteen. 她是一个18岁的女生

In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.

in  + ( 颜色、衣服) 穿着…样的衣服,用介词短语取代动词,避免了一句话中出现两个动词

  • The boy in green.
  • in a bright red dress 鲜红色的连衣裙
  • bright,orange-coloured dress 鲜艳的桔黄色衣服

If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'

ever adv. 曾经,从来,在任何时候 at any time 任何时候(时间副词)
It's raining worse than ever雨下得比以往都大。 The rain is heavier all the time. 雨下得比以往都大。
grown-up adj. 成年人 grow up (人)成长
  • be grown-up 作为一个成年人
  • They have three grown-up sons.他们有三个成年的儿子。
  • These days kids grow up so quickly.如今孩子们成长得真快。
  • Why don't you grow up你怎么就长不大呢?

当有人问你年龄时,你可以这样回答

  • It is a secret.
  • It is privacy.
  • I forget it.