第一、詞匯學習

devastated

【雙語釋義】extremely upset and shocked

（Vt.）使震驚，使不安

【典型范例】She was devastated by his death.

她因他去世而悲痛欲絕。

I was devastated by the news of the wreck.

我獲悉失事的消息感到十分震驚。

第二、短語學習

1. be supposed to do：應該做某事

e.g.I'm supposed to get a raise.

我應該漲工資。

e.g.Are you supposed to do homework every day?

你們每天都得做家庭作業嗎？

e.g.He was supposed to have graduated from college two years ago.

他本該兩年以前大學畢業。

e.g.How am I supposed to take care of the documents?

我應該怎么處理這文件？

2. chang one’s mind：改變注意

e.g.He started to say something in protest, then changed his mind.

他開始想說些申辯的話，后來改變了主意。

e.g.On second thoughts he changed his mind.

進一步考慮后,他改變了主意。

e.g.He wanted to study physics at first, but he changed his mind later.

他本來準備學物理的，但后來改變了主意。

e.g.At first he thought to tell her, then he changed his mind.

他原來打算告訴她的,后來改變主意了。

第三、口語學習

1. 語意表述：是某人做某事的時候了。

套用句型：It is time for one’s something.

句型操練：It is time for your homework.

是你做家庭作業的時候了。

句型出處：It's time for your speech.

2. 語意表述：有些事情說出來會讓對方收到傷害，感到不舒服，收到刺激，但是又不得不說，也就是某人說某事難于啟齒。

套用句型：Someone has something hard to tell somebody.

句型出處：Betty, I have something really hard to tell you.

3. 語意表述：某件事情不是某人心中所想象的那個樣子。

套用句型：It is not as+adj.+as sb thinks it is going to be.

句型操練：His novel is not as great as I think it is going to be.

他寫的小說不如我心目中想到的那么精彩。

句型出處：It's... it's not even as hard as I thought it was gonna be.

3. 語意表述：某人現在感嘆倘若他是對方，他就會如何做。

套用句型：If sb is someone, he would be +adj.

句型操練：If I were him, I would be very glad instead.

如果我是他，我反而會高興起來。

句型出處：'cause if I were you, I'd be devastated.

4. 語意表述：做某事對與某人來說有艱難，困難。

套用句型：something is hard for sb.

句型操練：Winning the first prize is very hard for me.

獲得一等獎對于我來說很難。

句型出處：Well, it was hard for me.