时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:公寓伙伴


英语课

本单元是关于保姆的对话。
Alice: Well it's almost bedtime. Time for you to go upstairs.
Ellie: I don't want to go to bed. I want to stay down here with you.
Alice: Well you know I'd love to have your company.
Ellie: Then let me stay down and watch TV.
Alice: Ellie, I don't think that's such a good idea. You have to get up for school in the morning.
Ellie: School? I hate school!
Alice: I'm sure you don't.
Ellie: I do. I hate school and I hate bed. You can't make me go upstairs.
Alice: Oh I think I can.
Ellie: No you can't. You're not my mummy. You can't make me do anything. I hate you!


Vocabulary(词汇)

bedtime (特别是指儿童的睡觉时间)
time when people (especially children) go to sleep

I'd love to have your company (我很高兴有你的陪伴)
It would be nice if you could stay with me and spend time with me

let me stay down (让我呆在这儿吧)
allow me to remain here

you can't make me (你不能强迫我)
you can't force me



本单元的语言点是关于家庭的词汇,请看下面的解释和例句


Family vocabulary
Words we use to talk about our families (mother, father, sister etc.) can also have other meanings, either on their own or as part of compound 1 words or phrases.

Mother(与Mother有关的词汇)
Other words for mother


Other words with 'mother'

mother tongue(母语)
the language you grow up speaking, or your first language
She's lived in Spain for years and is completely fluent in Spanish. You'd never guess that German is her mother tongue.

Mother Nature(大自然)
nature, particularly when it is seen as a force that controls the weather and all living things
The tsunami 2 showed Mother Nature at her most fierce.

a mother-to-be(孕妇)
a woman who is pregnant 3 (expecting a baby)
You shouldn't be smoking. You're a mother-to-be now. You need to think about your unborn baby's health.


Father(与Father有关的词汇)
Other words for father



Other words with 'father'

a father figure(父亲般的人物)
an older man who people trust and respect
My first boss was such a father figure to me. He taught me so much about the art world.

Father Christmas(圣诞老人)
Santa Claus, an imaginary 4 man who brings presents to children at Christmas
The children can't wait to see what Father Christmas has brought them this year.

founding father (创始人)
someone who begins a new organisation 5 or a new way of thinking
Galileo was the founding father of modern physics. He did scientific experiments that no-one had ever done before.


Sister(与Sister有关的词汇)
Other words with 'sister'

Sister (护士长)
a nurse who is charge in a hospital ward 6
Sister, can I have some more medication? My leg is hurting very badly now.

Sister (修女)
a nun 7 (a woman who is a member of a religious group) who usually lives with other nuns 8 in a convent
Sister Bernadette, please say a prayer for my daughter. She's got her exams today.

sister (女同志,女同学,女同事)
a word to show support between women
We hope all our sisters will raise their voices against this injustice 9!


Brother(与Brother有关的词汇)
Other words with 'brother'

brother-in-arms (军队战友)
soldiers who fight or fought together in a war (often used as a literary 10 reference)
They were brothers-in-arms and 40 years later, they still remembered every battle.

Big Brother (老大哥)
a person or ruler that has complete power and tries to control people's behaviour and thoughts (from the book '1984' by George Orwell)
Everywhere you go now there are CCTV cameras. The government has turned into a real Big Brother.


Twin(与Twin有关的词汇)
Other words with 'twin'

twin town (姊妹城市)
a town or city that has formed a relationship with a similar town in another country and which encourages business and tourist visits between them
Glasgow's twin town is Havana



1 compound
n.化合物;大院;adj.化合的;vt.加重;使化合
  • Air is a mixture,not a compound of gases.空气是气体的混合物,不是化合物。
  • How many households in the compound?院内有几家住户?
2 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
3 pregnant
adj.怀孕的,怀胎的
  • She is a pregnant woman.她是一名孕妇。
  • She is pregnant with her first child.她怀了第一胎。
4 imaginary
adj.想象中的,假想的,虚构的,幻想的;虚数的
  • All the characters in this book are imaginary.此书中的所有人物都是虚构的。
  • The boy's fears were only imaginary.这小孩的恐惧只是一种想象。
5 organisation
n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
6 ward
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
7 nun
n.修女,尼姑
  • I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
  • She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。
8 nuns
n.(通常指基督教的)修女, (佛教的)尼姑( nun的名词复数 )
  • Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns. 小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. 修女须立誓保持清贫、贞洁、顺从。 来自辞典例句
9 injustice
n.非正义,不公正,不公平,侵犯(别人的)权利
  • They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
  • All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。
10 literary
adj.文学(上)的
  • Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.这样的文学作品很受群众欢迎。
  • The book was favourably noticed in literary magazines.这本书在文学杂志上得到好评。
学英语单词
a trip down memory lane
aerial telescope
africa-american
after - tax profit margin
after tomorrow
ankle-strap
Arkabutla L.
Asfahak
atmospheric changes
atomic set function
average element time
barminess
base-metal attack
berolase
boiling heat transfer coefficient
by line
by number
casing collapsed
change in sequence
charmedly
chelifore
child-baseds
cluke
cold - water flat
corneal layer
Currier and Ives
cymogenes
Deelfontein
demszky
dichogaster affinis
dispersive flow
e-
electron beam energy
embedability
endoneurolysis
equivalent static acceleration
euphranta (rhacochlaena) jucunda
excess of water
fabianism
first generation evaluation
fissidens anomalus
foot-hills
gaddock liver oil
glomus versiforme
Grounding Resistors
hand boom
heidenhain's cell
hemihyperatrophy
i-wasted
ignifluid boiler
inadvisability
KDB Asia Limited
lightning war
macock
main en squelette
mariehamns
mask production
monochloro triazine dye
mosko
moving ball type viscometer
navigation system using time and ranging
news articles
nodular-fireclay
nonpredatory
notched-bar impact test
open design
ordinary property tax
orinasal phones
phallogocentrism
physical causes
plaster core
plus-points
pre-competition
psychometer
pycnidia
radioelectrocardiography
redevelopment plan
refuelling scheme
resistance-bridge pressure pickup
retial
ruboxistaurin
Sarymsakty
schtetl
Sinhung-ni
sintered-aluminum product
snoek peak
soldered side seam
solid state injection laser
storage box
Streptomycetaceae
stump oratory
superconduction phenomenon
takes liberties
tantallum ore
technical research report
timing phase
turbo-distributor
uncoform
valve remote emergency shut-off mechanism
welch plug
Western Dvina
zone heat