本單元是關于在酒吧的對話

Michal: She's beautiful.
Alice: What's wrong with you?
Helen: Nothing! You know I think Michal really likes you.
Alice: Don't be daft! He's only being polite.
Helen: Do you think so?
Alice: Yes, and why are you so interested all of a sudden?
Helen: No, no reason really. Look, I've got to get back to the flat, I've got loads of studying to do.
Alice: Oh relax! The books can wait. Tim's buying the next round. What do you want?
本單元語言點是靜態動詞，靜態動詞描述狀態（即性質不容易、也不會很快變化的動詞，比如 what you believe，think，or own），而非動作（jump, talk or buy）。這些動詞通常不被用于進行式（ing）。

Stative (or state) verbs describe states (things that don't change easily or quickly, for example, what you believe, think or own) rather than actions (jump, talk or buy). These verbs are not normally used in the continuous form (ing).

Stative verbs can be grouped into these categories （靜態動詞可以分為以下類別）:

Verbs of emotion （情感動詞）:

care feel hate
like loathe love
need prefer want

Verbs of ownership （領屬動詞）:

own have possess

Verbs of the mind （認知動詞）:

believe mean suppose
forget realise understand
know remember doubt

Verbs of the senses - often used with 'can'
（感知動詞，常與’can’一起用）:

hear see smell
taste touch
Other verbs （其它動詞）:

contain depend matter

Some of these stative verbs can be used in the continuous form but their meaning will change. 一些靜態動詞可以用于進行式，但它們的意思將改變。比如:

To think:
Do you think so? (Stative - Is that your opinion? Is that the state of your belief?) 靜態--這是你的看法嗎？你是這樣認為的嗎？
He's thinking about his friends in Poland (Dynamic - The action of thinking. His friends are in his thoughts, in his mind right now but he might be thinking of something else soon). 動態—思考的行動。他在想他的那些波蘭朋友。他現在正在想他的朋友們，但他不久就會思考其它的事情。

To have:
He has got brown eyes (Stative - He possesses brown eyes. The colour is unlikely to change). 靜態--他有棕色的眼睛。這種顏色是不太可能改變的。
He's having a pint of beer (Dynamic - The action of drinking. He might be drinking something else soon). 動態--喝的動作。他在喝一品脫啤酒。他可能不久就會喝點別的什么東西。
To see:
I don't see what you mean. (Stative - I don't understand what you mean). 靜態--我不明白你的意思。
She is seeing him next week. (Dynamic - She is meeting him). 動態--她將在下周與他見面。她將與他見面。

Vocabulary (詞匯):

Daft (adj, informal): stupid or silly 傻的，愚蠢的