Feed: vt.喂養(yǎng), 飼養(yǎng), 放牧, 靠...為生

I am feeding the children. 給孩子們喂飯

Have you fed the animals? 你喂過動物了嗎？

句型：feed sb\sth on(with) sth = feed sth to sb\sth

句型：feed sb\sth sth(不常見)

I feed wheat to cattle. (= I feed cattle on\with wheat.) 我用小麥喂牛。

I fed fish to the cat. = I fed the cat fish.我把魚喂給了貓

vi.(動物)吃東西，以……為食物，經(jīng)常用on連接

Rabbits feed chiefly on grass.兔子以草為主食。

辨析：feed on與 live on

1 在表示動物以……為食時可以互換。

Rabbits feed chiefly on grass. = Rabbits live chiefly on grass.

2 live on可以用于人，作“以……為主”，可接食物或生活來源

Babies live on milk.

The old man lives on a small pension.老人靠一小筆退休金生活。

Follow: v

1跟隨

Follow me, please.

Monday follows Sunday.

2理解

I don’t follow your meaning.我不懂你的意思。

I can’t follow you.我聽不懂你說的。

3遵循

He likes to follow people.

You should follow the rule.你應當遵循這個規(guī)則。

4沿…前進

Follow this road to the bus stop.沿著這條路走到汽車站。

5效仿，以……為榜樣

Follow Lei Feng’s fine example.學習雷鋒好榜樣。

vi.跟隨, 接著

You go first and I will follow.你先走，我隨后就到。

Grow: vt.種植, 栽培, 培育

The farmer grows many trees on the hill.

He grows vegetables. 他種植蔬菜。

She is growing her hair.她正在留長發(fā)。

vi.生長, 成長, 漸漸變得, 增長, 增高

Rice grows in warm climates. 稻子生長在溫暖的地區(qū)。

The trees are growing well.

How quickly the baby is growing! 這個嬰兒長得多么快啊!

The city is growing fast. 城市正在飛速發(fā)展。

He is growing old. 他漸漸老了。

詞組：grow into成長為; 變得成熟有經(jīng)驗

He's grown into a fine young man. 他已長成一個有教養(yǎng)的青年人。

詞組：grow up長大；長成；成年

She has grown up.她已經(jīng)長大了。

辨析：grow與turn

Hear: vt.聽到, 聽說, 聽取, 審理, 允許

Can you hear the signal? 你能聽到這信號嗎?

I heard a loud noise. 我聽見一聲巨響。

She listened but could hear nothing.她注意聽了, 但什么也聽不見。

vi.聽見, 聽到

I heard about your accident.我聽說你出車禍的事了

I have never heard about him.我從未聽說過他。

句型hear from收到…的來信、電話或傳達來的信息

I hear from my mother every month.我每月都接到母親的信。

句型：hear of聽說；得知

Who's he?--I've never heard of him.他是誰？我從沒聽說過他。

I've never heard of anyone doing that. 我從未聽說有人做那種事。

句型：hear sb do\doing意思是“聽到……在干……”。

I hear him singing a song.我聽到他在唱一首歌

能夠用于這種句型的動詞，除hear外，還有see, find, watch等。

I often see some students at school talking to each other in English.

我常看到一些學生在學校用英語交談。

Sometimes we find them driving the tractor on the farm.

有時我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們用拖拉機在農(nóng)場干活。

句型：hear (that) 從句

You had better hear what I'll say.你最好聽聽我要說些什么。

I heard that he was ill. 我聽說他病了。

I heard that his son had gone to London. 我聽說他兒子到倫敦去了。

Nobody: pron.誰也不, 無人, 任何人, 沒有任何人(只作單數(shù))

Nobody told you to go.沒有人告訴你走

There is nobody here. 沒有人在這里。

She likes nobody and nobody likes her. 她誰都不喜歡，也沒有人喜歡她。

辨析：nobody與no one意思相同，但nobody更加口語化

Nobody\No one will listen to him.沒有人會聽他說話。

注意：在反意疑問句里，用they代替nobody

Nobody was hurt in the match, were they?

Pick: vt.采摘(花、果實)，選擇

We picked apples (from the tree). 我們（從樹上）摘蘋果。

I picked a book to read. 我選了一本書讀。

pick the best seeds挑選最好的種子

vi (被)采, 摘

Ripe apples pick easily. 熟蘋果容易摘下來。

句型：pick up

1撿起，拾起

He picked up his bag.

Will you please pick it up for me?

2 (車、船)在途中搭人、帶貨

I picked up a young girl.

3恢復健康

He is beginning to pick up now.

Stop: n.停止, 車站

We waited at the bus stop. 我們在公共汽車站等（車）。

v停止

The rain stopped. 雨停了。

句型：stop doing sth停止做某事(停止正在做的)

We stopped eating. 我們停止吃東西。

He stopped talking.

句型：stop to do sth停下列去做某事(停止正在做的，開始另一件事)

He stopped to talk.

句型：stop sb (from) doing sth叫某人停止做某事

What stopped you from coming?你為什么沒來?

Nothing shall stop us from studying.什么都不能阻止我們學習。(shall特殊用法表決心)

The conductor stopped the boy (from) getting on the bus.

注意：當用于被動語態(tài)時，from不可省略。

The boy was stopped from getting on the bus by the conductor.

Town: n.市鎮(zhèn), 城鎮(zhèn)(尤指與鄉(xiāng)村相對，此時為不可數(shù))

They live in town.

Do you live in town or in the country?

用在介詞之后，不加冠詞，表示

A (一個地區(qū)的)商業(yè)區(qū)

I am going into town this morning.我今天上午要到商業(yè)區(qū)去。

B (一個地區(qū)的主要的)鎮(zhèn)或城市

He is not in town. = He is out of town.他不在城里。

He went up to town this morning.他今天早晨進城了。

She is spending the weekend in town.她正在城里度周末。

辨析：city與town

1 city指大而重要的城市，還表示“都市”

London is a big city.

I was born in Paris city.

2 town通常指“城鎮(zhèn)、集鎮(zhèn)、小鎮(zhèn)”，對應于country/countryside.

有時指城市里的鬧市區(qū)或商業(yè)中心。

A town is bigger than a village but smaller than a city.

Ashland is a small town from the city of Richmond.

I saw him in town just now.

注意：go to town習慣不用冠詞

I shall go to the city. I shall go to town.

Until: prep.到...為止, 在...以前conj.到...為止, 在...以前, 直到...才

1 until用于肯定句中，，表示動作一直持續(xù)到until所表示的時間為止。

主句的謂語動詞是表示持續(xù)動作的詞。意思“一直，直到”

We danced until dawn.我們跳舞一直跳到天亮

We walked until it got dark.我們一直走到天黑了下來

He waited until the volcano became quiet.他一直等到火山平息下來。

I will wait here until the concert is over.我將一直在這兒等到音樂會結(jié)束。

Stay here until the lights turn green.等到亮綠燈才能通行。

I lived in that city until I was 15.

Until he returns, nothing can be done.他不回來什么也不能做。

Go straight on until you come to a large building.

一直往前走, 直到你走到一座大樓。

2 not…until用于否定句中，表示動作的轉(zhuǎn)折。意思為“直到……才”

主句的謂語動詞是表示瞬間(終止性的)動作的詞。

She can't leave until Friday.在星期五之前她不能離開

You cannot leave until your work is finished.在你的工作被完成以前你不能離開

We can't go until Thursday. 我們要到星期四才能去。

He did not go until night.他直到夜里才走。

I didn’t get\receive the letter until last Sunday.

Lucy didn’t finish her homework until her father came back.

He didn’t start working at the factory until 1999.直到1999他才進工廠工作。

I couldn't sew until I was six. 我直到六歲時才會用針縫東西。

We can't start the job until we have the approval from the authority concerned.

沒有有關當局的批準我們不能開始這項工作。

3句型：It is not until…that + 從句

It was not until the next day that I learned the truth.直到第二天我才知道事情真相。

It was not until midnight that it stopped raining.直到半夜雨才停止。

4 not until用在句首，主句采用倒裝語序

Until now I know nothing about him.直到現(xiàn)在我才知道他。

Not until he finished his work did he go home.直到工作作完他才回家去。

Not until he came to China did he know what kind of a country she is.

Wait: v.(～ for)等待, 等候

Please wait a minute. ＝ Wait a moment please. 請稍等一會兒。

I am sorry to have kept you waiting. 很抱歉讓你久等了。

That work will have to wait. 那項工作需要暫時擱一下。

句型：wait for sb\ sth等待某人或事

Are you waiting for your girl friend here?

I waited for an answer.

I'm waiting for James to arrive. 我正等著詹姆斯的到來。

Don't wait dinner for me. 別等我吃晚飯。

We're waiting for an answer. 我等著回答。

句型：wait to do等待去做某事

Are you waiting to see your girl friend here?

2 n等，等候

There was a long wait before they could get on the train. 他們上火車之前等了很長時間。

★ My job is to feed the animals, too.

此句中的不定式to feed作表語。連系動詞be\seem\appear\get\remain等常用不定式作表語，如果主語部分有實義動詞do，表語常用不帶to的不定式。

My idea is to have a trip on Sunday.

The only thing I can do now is wait at home.

I have to get home to do my work. 我得回家干我的活了。

have to 表示“必須”、“不得不”等意思。

have to和must意思相似，但兩者之間有一些差別，must表示說話人主觀的看法，而have to表示的都是客觀需要。其次have to有更多的時態(tài)形式，而must只有一種形式，可以用于現(xiàn)在和將來。例如：

You must get to school on time.你們必須按時到校。

They have to study very hard. 他們必須刻苦學習（父母或老師要求）。

Do you have to go now? 你現(xiàn)在一定得去嗎？

Yes, I do. 是的，一定得去。

No, I don't. 不，不一定。

Do you live on a farm? 你住在農(nóng)場嗎？

live 是及物動詞，表示“居住”，若表示“在... 地方居住”則在后面接in+地點名詞，單本句中受farm 影響用介詞 on，

"在農(nóng)場"為固定短語 on the farm

In the country, he can hear birds sing and sheep bleating.

在農(nóng)村，他可以聽到鳥兒歌唱，羊兒咩咩地叫。

句中的hear...doing ...的句型意思是“聽到……在干……”。能夠用于這種句型的動詞，除hear外，還有see, find, watch等。又如：

I often see some students at school talking to each other in English. 我�？吹揭恍�學生在學校用英語交談。

Sometimes we find them driving the tractor on the farm.

有時我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們用拖拉機在農(nóng)場干活。

the most delicious

the most在句中修飾多音節(jié)的形容詞，表示最高級。

如：This is the most interesting book of all.

這是所有這些書中最有趣的一本。

be with sb. 和某人在一起。