Section A

　　1. I get so nervous when I give a speech. 只要发表演讲，我就紧张。

　　give (sb.) a speech 做报告，做演讲;

　　e.g. Our school will invite a scientist to give us a speech about feelings next week.下周，我们学校将邀请一位科学家给我们做一个关于情感的报告。

　　2. I have a CD about giving speeches. 我有一张有关发表演讲的CD。

　　3. I feel more relaxed now because of your help. 有了你的帮助，我现在感觉轻松多了。

　　A. because of+代词/介词短语，“因为(某人/某事物);由于”，在句中作状语。

　　e.g. He walked slowly because of his bad leg. 他走得慢是因为腿有毛病。

　　B. because 连词, “因为”，用来连接原因状语从句。

　　e.g. I did it because he told me to. 我做这事是因为他叫我做的。

　　4. What is Kangkang’s suggestion for helping Michael?

　　suggestion 意为：“建议，提议”,为可数名词。 其的动词：suggest。同义词： advice, 为不可数名词。

　　e.g. I’d like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money.

　　= I’d like to hear your advice for ways of raising money.

　　关于筹集资金的办法，我想听听你的意见。

　　make a suggestion 意为：“提建议”。

　　e.g. Can I make a suggestion? 我提个建议好吗?

　　5. Relax and just follow the dentist’s advice. 放轻松，只要听医生的建议。

　　A. advice 意为：“建议”， 不可数名词。

　　advice 可被 some, any, no 等词修饰，不可被an或其他数词直接修饰。

　　常用短语：

　　a piece of advice 一则建议; three pieces of advice 三则建议;

　　give sb. some advice 给某人提些建议;follow one’s advice 遵循某人的建议;

　　B. advise 意为：“建议”， 动词。

　　常用结构：

　　advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事;

　　advise sb. not to do sth. 建议某人不要做某事;

　　e.g. The doctor advised her to eat less and do more exercise. 医生建议她要少吃多锻炼。Section B

　　1. If we are not confident about ourselves, we may feel upset or nervous. 如果我们自己不自信，我们可能会感到不安或紧张。

　　be confident about...意为“对……有信心”。

　　e.g. I’m confident about passing the exam.我有信心通过考试。

　　We should be confident about ourselves.我们应该对自己有信心。

　　2. When we are in a bad mood all the time, we could become sick. 当我们一直心情很糟糕时，我们可能会生病。

　　in a bad mood 心情糟糕; in a good mood心情愉快;

　　in good health 健康状况良好;

　　e.g. He is in good health all the time. 他身体状况一直很好。

　　3. Let’s do something for Michael! What about telling him that he is brave and great. 让我们为迈克尔做点什么吧!告诉他他很勇敢也很优秀怎么样?

　　1) do something for sb. 为某人做点什么;

　　e.g. We should do something for the old people. 我们应该为老人做点什么。

　　2) What about doing sth.意为“做某事怎么样”，与How about doing sth.同义。

　　类似提建议的句型还有：

　　Why don’t you/we do sth.?

　　Why not do sth.?

　　Let’s do sth.

　　We’d better do sth.

　　e.g. What about going for a picnic next weekend? 下周末我们去野炊怎么样?

　　4. Let’s show him that we are proud of him. He was afraid to give his speech, but he did it anyway. 让他看到我们为他感到骄傲。他本来害怕演讲，但是无论如何，他还是做到了。

　　1)be proud of...以……为骄傲，同义词组为take (a) pride in...

　　e.g. I am proud of our great country.=I take(a) pride in our great country.

　　我为我们伟大的祖国而感到骄傲。

　　2)A. be afraid to do sth. 不敢做某事，可与be afraid of doing sth. 转换。

　　e.g. The little boy is afraid to touch the fire again.

　　=The little boy is afraid of touching the fire again.

　　那男孩再也不敢碰火了。

　　B. be afraid of (doing) sth. 害怕(做)某事(物);

　　e.g. The girl is afraid of dogs. 这个女孩怕狗。

　　I’m afraid of going out alone at night. 晚上我不敢独自外出。

　　5. Let’s give Michael a surprise! 让我们给迈克尔一个惊喜吧!

　　A. give sb. a surprise=give a surprise to sb. 给某人一个惊喜，此句中surprise是名词，意为“惊喜，惊奇”。

　　to one’s surprise使某人惊奇的是;

　　e.g. To my surprise, he arrived on time. 令我惊异的是，他居然准时赶到了。

　　B. surprised作表语形容词，

　　be surprised to do sth. 做某事感到惊奇;

　　e.g. She was surprised to find she was lost. 她吃惊的发现自己迷路了。

　　be surprised at sth. 对某事感到惊奇;

　　e.g. I am surprised at the news. 对于这个消息，我很吃惊。

　　C. surprising既可作表语，又可作定语。

　　e.g. a surprising story 一个惊人的故事;

　　It’s very surprising. 非常惊奇。

　　6. We can put on a short play, just as we do at the English Corner.我们可以演一部短剧，就像我们常常在英语角里做的那样。

　　A. put on在这里意为“上映，放映”。它还有“穿上，戴上”之意，反义词组为take off 脱掉，脱下。

　　e.g. They are going to put on a new play. 他们打算上映一部新剧。

　　It’s very warm here. Take off your coat, please!这儿很暖和，请脱掉你的大衣吧!

　　put常见的短语：

　　put sth. away 把某物收拾好; put off 推迟;

　　put up挂起，举起，贴(广告等); put out 扑灭，熄灭;

　　put down 记下，放下等。

　　B. play在这儿作名词，意为“戏剧，短剧”，它还可以作动词，意为“打，踢，玩，弹”。

　　e.g. play basketball 打篮球; play football 踢足球; play the piano 弹钢琴;

　　The boy likes playing with his dog. 这个男孩喜欢和他的狗玩耍。

　　7. Let’s get ready for it. 咱们去准备吧!

　　get ready for sth. 意为“为某事做准备”。与“prepare for sth.”同义。后面还可以接动词不定式：get ready to do sth./prepare to do sth.

　　e.g. We are getting ready for the party.我们正在为聚会做准备。　Section C

　　1. I think the moon can affect my moods, especially when the full moon is high in the sky on the Mid-autumn Festival.我觉得月亮能影响我的心情，尤其是中秋节一轮圆月高高地挂在天空的时候。

　　especially 格外地，特别地，副词，通常用于强调某事物，或表示该事物比其他被谈论的事物更值得一提或更重要。

　　e.g. It can be especially difficult for drivers to see cyclists at night. 汽车司机夜间特别不容易看到骑车人。

　　2. The moon is so round and bright. 月亮又圆又亮。

　　3. It is always noisy and crowed with people.那总很喧闹，到处都是人。

　　be crowded with...意为“挤满了，充满了……”。

　　e.g. The amusement park is crowded with children.游乐园里挤满了孩子们。

　　4. I feel nervous and I have trouble sleeping at night.我感到很紧张，晚上很难入睡。

　　have trouble/difficulty (in) doing sth. 意为“做某事有困难”。

　　e.g. I had trouble (in) finding my new house.我找到新房子有困难。

　　5. I hope to live in the countryside some day. 我真希望有一天能住在乡村。

　　1)hope to do sth.意为“希望做某事”，后面还可以接从句，但不能说“hope sb. to do sth.”。

　　e.g. We hope to win the game.我们希望赢得比赛。

　　2)live in + 地方 住在某地; live with sb. 和某人住在一起;

　　live on 靠...生活;以...为食;

　　e.g. We have lived in London for ten years. 我们住在伦敦十年了。

　　I live with my parents. 我和我父母住。

　　He lives on writing. 他以写作为生。

　　3)some day 有朝一日;有一天;某一天;常用于将来时;

　　e.g. We hope to go to the America some day. 我们希望有一天可以去美国。

　　6. When the sun shines brightly, it makes me happy again. 阳光灿烂时，我又感觉快乐起来。

　　1)the sun shines brightly. 阳光灿烂。

　　2)make sb. + adj. 使某人……;

　　e.g. The party made us happy. 这个聚会让我们很开心。

　　7. Wearing red often makes me feel active. 穿红色的衣服常使我充满活力。

　　make sb. do sth. 使某人做某事;

　　e.g. My English teacher makes me do my homework. 我的英语老师让我做作业。

　　8. Big events can affect me a lot. 重大事件会严重影响我的心情。

　　A. a lot = very much 非常，是一个程度副词词组;

　　e.g. I like him a lot. = I like him very much. 我非常喜欢他。

　　B. a lot of = lots of 许多，大量;

　　e.g. I have a lot of friends. = I have lots of friends. 我有很多朋友。

　　9. When I talk about the Wenchuan earthquake with friends, sadness and worries always come to me. 当我和我朋友谈起汶川地震时，悲伤和忧虑总是萦绕着我。

　　come to sb.意为“被想出，被想到”。

　　e.g. When I read the sad novel, sadness comes to me. 当我看这部悲剧小说，悲伤总是萦绕着我。