二.口語講解
1.Ellen, I'd like your opinion.
咨詢別人的看法,還可以問:What do you think about it?
2.Well, Richard and I feel that with a baby coming we need to have our own place to live.
with a baby coming做狀語。
3.Well, what do you think about Richard and melooking for a small house or an apartment at this point in our lives?
向別人提供建議。
4.We couldn't afford it.
表達某物太貴,支付不起。
5.They're all alike.
alike是形容詞,相像的。
6.Now Richard and I are having a baby, and we probably won't be able to afford a house right.
一般的連詞,比如either or,not only but also連接主語時,謂語動詞采取就近原則。但是and則不是這樣,如果主語是多個時,謂語動詞用復數。
7.Why don't you look at some houses, Marilyn?
why not表示為什么不,表達的也是建議的意思。