本單元是關(guān)于快餐的對話

Alice: Ooh, what's that smell? Do I detect cheeseburger and fries? Michal, you disappoint me. What happened to all your resolve at New Year?
Michal: I'm trying to give up fast food but it's just so easy and cheap. I'm really beginning to run out of money so I can't afford better food and I'm really missing my mum's cooking and I don't know how to cook the way she does and I miss my friends and I don't have a job?
Alice: Oh Michal, don't cry. Come here pet, let me give you a hug.
Helen: Michal! Alice! What the hell do think you're doing?

Vocabulary:

fast food: food that's convenient and quick to buy (for example, hamburgers, French fries) 快餐食品，即簡便易買的食品，比如漢堡包和炸薯條等

to run out of something (v, idiom): to not have any more of something 用完，耗盡（習(xí)慣用語）

pet (adj, informal): term of endearment. If people know each other very well or if one person is much older than the other one, they might address each other informally using pet, love, dear or hen 寵物，寶貝。如果人們相互熟識，或者其中一人是長輩，另一人年齡小很多，他們可能在私下里用pet （寶貝），love（寶貝），dear（親愛的）或hen（女人）來客氣地稱呼對方；主要被婦女廣泛使用。

本單元的語言點是連詞，我們可以用連詞（或稱連接詞）將兩個句子和從句連接起來。我們可以用連詞將意思附加連接起來，對它們加以比較，顯示事情發(fā)生的順序，或顯示事情發(fā)生的原因等。

Conjunctions 連詞

We can join two sentences or clauses together using conjunctions (or linking words). We can use conjunctions to add ideas together, contrast them, show the order that things happened in or show the reason why things happened. 我們可以用連詞（或稱連接詞）將兩個句子和從句連接起來。我們可以用連詞將意思附加連接起來，對它們加以比較，顯示事情發(fā)生的順序，或顯示事情發(fā)生的原因等。

Conjunctions - adding (連詞 - 附加)

and （用于連接語法上同類的詞、短語或句子，表示并列或附加關(guān)系）和，與，及，同；并，也
I'm missing my mum's cooking and I don't know how to cook the way she does.
They like tea and coffee.

as well as 除…之外（也）
As well as not having a job, Michal is running out of money.
Alice looks after patients at work, as well as looking after Michal in the flat.

in addition to (more formal) 除…之外；還（用法更加正式）
In addition to offering loans, we can give you advice about other financial services.
There is a heated indoor swimming pool in addition to three outdoor pools in the hotel.

Conjunctions - contrasting (連詞 – 比較)

but 但是，可是，然而；而（是）
I'm trying to give up fast food but it's just so easy and cheap.
Alice was trying to help Michal but Helen didn't understand.

although 雖然，盡管；（用于主句后，引出補充說明）然而
Although he's trying to be more healthy, he finds it easier to eat fast food.
Tim is going to work in the stockroom although he doesn't really want to.

however (more formal) 然而，可是；仍然 （用法更正式）
The flight has been delayed, however , the airline will offer compensation to all passengers.
We received your cheque. However, you failed to sign it. Please do so immediately.

Conjunctions - timing (連詞 – 時間)

while 當…的時候，和…同時，在…時
While Alice and Michal were hugging, Helen came in.
Tim was serving a customer while his manager was waiting to speak to him.

before 在…以前
Before Michal could explain, Helen started shouting at him.
Michal began to cry before he had even finished talking to Alice.

after/after that 在…以后/在那之后
After New Year, some of the flatmates kept their resolutions.
They went to the cinema and after that, they walked home.

during 在…整個期間；在…期間的某一時候
During the President's speech everyone has to listen carefully.

Will you put the kettle on for tea during the adverts?