本單元是關于在公寓的對話

Tim: Alice this is my cousin Michal - our new flatmate. He's really missing his friends.
Alice: Oh, Michal let me take your mind off that...So, where are you from?
Michal: From near Warsaw - the Polish capital.
Alice: Oh, what do you do?
Michal: I'm a guide tourist.
Alice: So interesting! Why are you visiting London?
Michal: To improve my English.
Alice: Oh, well, why not come out with us now? Then we can cheer you up and you can practise your English at the same time.

本單元的語言點是復合詞，復合詞由兩個（或更多）單獨的詞組成。可以用名詞（a flatmate），形容詞（lovesick）或動詞（jump-start）組成復合詞

Compound words are made up of two (or more) separate words. You can combine nouns (a flatmate), adjectives (lovesick) or verbs (jump-start) to make compound words.

Sometimes they become one word （有時它們可組成一個詞）:

flatmate (noun)
lovesick (adjective)

Sometimes they become two words （有時它們可組成兩個詞）:

tourist guide (noun)
travel agent (noun)

Sometimes they become hyphenated （有時它們可以由連字號，即“-”連接起來）:

low-paid (adjective)
film-goer (noun)

Note: There are no hard and fast rules about which category each compound word goes into but a good dictionary will tell you. You can also help yourself by making a note of new compound words you come across and the category they go into.

注意:復合詞應該屬于哪類詞沒有硬性規定，但查詢一本好詞典一般可以獲得解答。平時遇到新的復合詞的時候應注意記錄，并了解它應該屬于哪類詞。

Generally the stress is on the first word （重讀一般都放在頭一個詞上面）:

phone box (noun)
smoke-free (adjective)
spoon-feed (verb)
Vocabulary (詞匯):

A flatmate (n): a person who shares a rented house or flat with other people 與他人共同租住同一個住宅或單元房的人

Lovesick (adj): a feeling of such strong emotion for someone that it makes you feel almost ill (but not actually physically ill) 因思念某人而害相思?。ú⒎巧眢w真的有病）

A tourist guide (n): someone who shows visitors around places of interest 帶領游客四處旅游的導游

Low-paid (adj): earning a small amount of money for working 低收入的

To spoon-feed (v): 1: to feed someone (usually a baby) with a spoon. 2: to give someone so much information or help that a task or job is very easy for them 用調羹喂某人（如嬰兒、病人）；嬌生慣養