Lesson 1

★New Words and Expressions
☆private adj.私人的
如果媽媽想看你的信，你可以說：It's my private letter.
如果陌生人想進你的房子，你可以說：It's my private house.

private life 私生活
由此引申出privacy n.隱私

新東方是private school(私立學校），與此相反，公立學校是public school.所以，private的反義詞是public.
eg.public 公眾；public letter 公開信；public place 公共場所

private還有一個值得注意的意思：普通的。
如：private citizen 普通公民；private soldier 大兵
我們熟悉的《拯救大兵瑞恩》就是《Private Ryan》

☆conversation n.談話
subject of conversation 話題。（天氣是英國人最喜愛的話題）

幾種談話：
talk 內容可以正式，也可以私人
conversation 一般用于正式文體中，內容上往往不正式
dialogue 對話，可以指正式國家與國家會談。
eg.China and Korea are having a dialogue.
chat 閑聊，就是北京人說的“侃”，說的是無關緊要的事。
gossip 嚼舌頭，說長道短
用法：have a +...

☆theatre n.劇場，戲劇
[記憶]cinema 電影院

☆seat n.座位
這個詞很重要，考試常考。
have a good seat,這里的seat指place，而不是chair。
take a seat/take your seat 坐下來，就坐
下面這個句子在口語、電影里很常見：Is the seat taken?

請坐的3種說法：
Sit down,please.(命令性）
take your seat,please.
Be seated,please.(更禮貌）

考點：作為動詞的seat與sit的區別
sit--vi; seat--vt
seat sb 讓某人就坐

When all those present___he began his lecture.(D) (重點題）
A.sit B.set C.seated D.were seated
A,B改為sat就對了

☆angry adj.生氣的
cross=angry

☆attention n.注意
Attention,please.
pay attention 注意
pay attention to 對……注意
pay a little/much/more/no attention

☆bear(bore,boren) v.容忍
忍受的幾種說法：bear,stand,endure,put up with
bear->stand->endure 忍受的極限在擴大
pur up with=bear=stand

bear n.熊
give sb a bear hug 給某人熱情（熱烈）的擁抱

☆business n.事，生意
business man 生意人 do business 做生意
go to some place on business 因公出差

business:某人自己的私人的事情
thing：可以指事情，也可以指東西

★Text
Last week,I went to the theatre.I had a very good seat.The play was very interesting.I didn't enjoy it.A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.They were talking loudly.I got very angry.I could not hear the actors.I turned round.I looked at the man and the woman angrily.They didnot pay any attention.In the end,I couldnot bear it.I turned round again."I can't hear a word."I said angrily."It's none of your business."The young man said rudely."It's a private conversation!"

☆go to the+地點：表示去某地干嘛
go to the cinema=see a film

go to the +人+'s:表示去這個人開的店
go to the doctor's 去看病
go to the butcher's 買肉
go to the dairy(奶品店）

go to +地點：去某地做相關的事
go to school 去上學； go to church 去做禮拜； go to hospital 去看病 go home 回家休息
[注]跟home相連一定表示沒有事情可做，休閑

☆enjoy
enjoy oneself 玩得開心
enjoy+sth 喜歡（從中得到一種享受） （后面不能加人）
I enjoy the music/book/dinner/film/program.

☆過去進行時態：過去的某個時間正在發生的動作
一個故事的背景往往用進行時態描述。
eg.The girl was reading a book in the garden.A boy came to her.

☆got 變得
I am/was angry.（是個事實）
I got angry.（強調變化過程）
got取代be動詞。got是半聯系動詞，可以直接加形容詞。

☆說話的時候喜歡用縮略：I'm not,he isn't,they aren't
寫的時候會說：I am not,he is not,they are not

☆hear：聽見 hear+人：聽見某人的話
I couldn't hear you.Beg your pardon?
I couldn't hear a word.（夸張）
I couldn't catch your words.

a word 等于一句話
eg.He didn't say a word.
May I speak to Jim?=May I have a word with Jim?