1、common adj. 共同的;共有的
in common 共同;共有
have/has sth in common with sb. 与某人有共同语言(共同之处)
have/has sth in common 共同使用;共同拥有
①They have English as a common language.
他们都把英语作为共同语言。
②We are good friends and we have common interest.
我们是好朋友,我们有共同兴趣。
③I don’t know why she has nothing in common with us.
我不知道她为什么和我们没有共同语言(共同之处)。
④There is only one computer in this room, so we have to have it in common.
房间里只有一台电脑,我们只好共有。
2、anyway=anyhow 无论如何,无论怎样
①The house is locked and I can’t get in anyway/anyhow.
房门锁着,无论怎样我也进不去。
②Anyway/Anyhow I shall not go there today.
无论如何我今天不会到那儿去。
③It is raining hard. Anyway, we must finish it no time.
在下大雨,但无论如何我们必须按时完成任务。
3、so … that,such … that … 如此……以至于,比较以下例句,归纳so … that
和such … that …的区别:
①He was so tired that he couldn’t walk any longer.
他如此只累,以至于一步也走不动了。
②He ran so fast that nobody could catch up with him.
他跑得如此之快,以至于没有人能赶上他。
③It is so interesting a film that everyone likes to see it.
=It is such an interesting film that everyone likes to see it.
这部电影如此有趣,(以至于)人人喜欢看。
④It is such dirty water that nobody dares to drink.
水如此之脏,没有人敢喝。
⑤She bought such expensive clothes that she spend up the money.
她买的衣服如此贵,(以至于)把钱花光了。
小结:
so后面接形容词、副词、和可数名词的单数,但冠词在形容词之后。
such之后接不可数名词、可数名词的复数和单数名词。
4、deal with 处理;对付 do with 处理;容忍;将就
这两个短语都有“处理”的意思,区别在于deal是不及物动词,不能接宾语,而do是
及物动词,可以接宾语。
①There is so much water in the room. What will you do with it?
=There is so much water in the room. How will you deal with it?
房间里这么多水,你如何处置?
第一句中的what为及物动词do的宾语,第二句中的how作deal with it的状语,how
不可换为what。
②Tell me what you did with yourself on Sundays?
=Tell me how you dealt with yourself on Sundays?
告诉我你星期天是怎样度过的?
③This fellow is hard to deal with.
这家伙很难对付。
5、choose vt.&vi. 选择;挑选 choice n. 选择;挑选
重要句型:
cannot choose but do=have no choice but to do 别无它择,只好……
①It is raining hard. We cannot choose but stop our game.
=It is raining hard. We have no choice but to stop our game.
下大雨了,我们没有别的选择,只好停止比赛。
②He cannot choose but obey.
=He has no choice but to obey.
他只好服从。
6、make up 弥补;化妆,打扮;编造;配置;组成
make up是一个常用短语
①You should study hard and make up for lost time.
你应该努力学习,弥补损失的时间。
②Look, the actors are busy making up themselves.
看,演员们正忙于化妆。
③He often makes up a story to cheat us.
他经常编故事骗我们。
④Our school is made up of 38 classes.
我们学校由38个班组成。
练习
Make sentences with the following given words:
cannot choose but do so … that … sound like deal with have … in common
1 There is no electricity. I cannot choose but go to bed.
2 She studied so hard that she went to a famous university.
3 It sounds like a plane.
4 How will you deal with this waste paper?
5 We have a lot in common with our new English teacher.