本單元是關于夏日的煩悶的對話
Alice: It's nice to be back but I do miss the excitement of the World Cup. I'm bored!
Helen: Oh thanks very much!
Alice: I didn't mean you! I just mean it's a bit hard to come back to reality that's all.
Tim: Who says we have to? Why don't we do something to cheer ourselves up?
Alice: Like what?
Michal: Go to the pub.
Alice: No, it's too smoky.
Tim: Go to a nightclub.
Helen: It's too noisy.
Michal: How about going to the cinema?
Alice: There's nothing on I really want to see.
Michal: We could have a party.
Alice: What are we celebrating?
Michal: You know it's almost a year since I came to live here.
Tim: Perfect! We'll have our first anniversary party!
Vocabulary:（字匯）
to cheer someone up:（讓某人高興起來）
to make someone feel happier
an anniversary:（周年）
a day that is exactly a year or a number of years after a particular event (for example, It's our 25th wedding anniversary next week)
a fancy-dress party: （化妝宴會）
a party where people dress up in costumes (often dressed as famous people)
本單元的語言點是后綴，在一個單字的后面加上字尾就可以將名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞，或是將形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞。舉例來說，將名詞 'noise' 字尾的 e 去掉，加上 Y 就成了形容詞 'noisy' 。 Suffixes You can make some nouns into adjectives or adjectives into nouns by adding suffixes (extra letters at the end of the word). For example, you can make the noun 'noise' into an adjective by taking off the 'e' and adding 'y' to make 'noisy'. Here is some of the most common suffixes:
Making nouns into adjectives:（名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞） -able knowledge - knowledgeable fashion - fashionable comfort - comfortable -al nature - natural accident - accidental music - musical -ous danger - dangerous fame - famous adventure - adventurous -y health - healthy cream - creamy mess – messyMaking adjectives into nouns:（形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞） -ce important - importance patient - patience violent - violence -ity popular - popularity formal - formality regular - regularity -ness happy - happiness lazy - laziness ruthless - ruthlessness -y difficult - difficulty modest - modesty honest - honesty
Some spelling rules:（拼字的規(guī)則） When the adjective or noun ends in –e, -t or –y, sometimes its spelling changes. For example: -e nature - natural fame - famous -t important - importance patient - patience -y happy - happiness lazy - laziness
本單元的語言點是后綴，在一個單字的后面加上字尾就可以將名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞，或是將形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞。舉例來說，將名詞 'noise' 字尾的 e 去掉，加上 Y 就成了形容詞 'noisy' 。 Suffixes You can make some nouns into adjectives or adjectives into nouns by adding suffixes (extra letters at the end of the word). For example, you can make the noun 'noise' into an adjective by taking off the 'e' and adding 'y' to make 'noisy'. Here is some of the most common suffixes:
Making nouns into adjectives:（名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞） -able knowledge - knowledgeable fashion - fashionable comfort - comfortable -al nature - natural accident - accidental music - musical -ous danger - dangerous fame - famous adventure - adventurous -y health - healthy cream - creamy mess – messyMaking adjectives into nouns:（形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞） -ce important - importance patient - patience violent - violence -ity popular - popularity formal - formality regular - regularity -ness happy - happiness lazy - laziness ruthless - ruthlessness -y difficult - difficulty modest - modesty honest - honesty
Some spelling rules:（拼字的規(guī)則） When the adjective or noun ends in –e, -t or –y, sometimes its spelling changes. For example: -e nature - natural fame - famous -t important - importance patient - patience -y happy - happiness lazy - laziness