Parting Friends /告别朋友
Summary
Useful Language
object to something someone says:不同意对方所说- Give me a break.
- advise against something:说事情未必顺当
- Surprise parties don't always work out.
- express regret:表示后悔
- I should have saved some money.
- talk about gifts:谈论礼物
- I'd like to give her something to remember me by.
- agree to something if someone else agrees, too:表示如大家同意则我也同意
- It's all right with me if it's all right with your dad.
- ask someone's opinion:征询对方意见
- What do you think
- say you need money:说自己需要钱
- I'm (kind of) short of cash.
- ask what someone is proposing:问对方想做什么
- What did you have in mind?
- give and return a compliment:称赞及对称赞的回答
- A：You're OK, Dad.
B：You're not so bad yourself.
- introduce a statement:导入话题
- You know what?
By the way…
- say you're tired of something:说自己对某事厌烦
- I can't look at another…
- I can't look at another…:拒绝别人的建议
- That isn't necessary.
- accept an offer:接受建议
- That would be very nice.
- confirm an engagement:确认约会
- It's a date.
- express appreciate:表示感激
- You've been like a second family to me.
- imagine:想象
- Wouldn't it be nice if…
- ask if someone can go somewhere alone:问对方可否自行前往
- 问对方可否自行前往
- say you can't replace something:说自己无法取代
- It's not the same.
- say an event is a celebration for someone:说为某人开庆祝会
- The party is in her honor.
- say you'll go to a phone to accept a call:说要在某处接电话
- I'll take it in there
本集小结
- You're home from school early. 在 school表示“上学”，work表示“上班”，church表示“到教堂做礼拜”， hospital表示“在医院看病或住院”等时，介词短语中不用冠词或物主代词等限定词。如：go to school/be at school/go to work/come off work/go to hospital/go to church/ be in hospital等。
in that case: 如果是那种情况的话。 case表示一种特定的情况。以case组成的短语还有：
in any case: 不管怎样，不论如何，反正。如：
In any case, he may have been honest when he said that.
I won't come to your party in any case.
in case: 万一，如果，以防。如：
I took my raincoat in case it rained.
In case of fire, pull this handle.
be a case in point: 适合作为…… 的例证。如：
Orphans tend to become sensitive. Michelle is a case in point.
be the case（with…）：（……的）情况就是这样。如：
This was the case with my new radio----the sound was harsh in some bands.
I don't think that's the case with all Americans.
in some (many) cases: 在某些（许多）情况下。如：
In some cases red and white blossoms bloom on the same plant.
What you said is true in many, but not all, cases.
work 的用法在这一集中有几个例子：
work (out): 成功，有效。如：
The new method did not work out at first.
A surprise party only works when it is a surprise.
Things don't often work our way. We must be ready for disappointments.
用功，学习。如：
He's been working at the problem for several days.
She's working for the final exams.
灵，能行。如：
His cassette recorder did not work at first. He had to have it repaired.
Is the engine working properly?
The medicine doesn't work at all.
The question is, will the parliamentary system work in that country?
work 还可以带下列宾语：
Her calm words worked magic on the noisy children.
Don't expect this device to work wonders.
mind 作为名词表示“心思”：
Have you got any worries on your mind?
He has a new idea in mind.
The boy has his mind on a pair of roller-skates.
You must take your mind off the coming exam.
Such an idea never entered (crossed) my mind.
Please keep my words in mind and leave alcoholic drinks alone.
His name slipped my mind----we hadn't seen each other for many years.
Your child is in good hands. Put your mind at rest.
I'm in two minds about taking the job in California. 等等。
He pats him on the shoulder. 触及人身，并特指出某一部分时，用 on (in, by) the…, 如：
The snowball hit him in the face.
We held him by the arms.
I looked him in the eye.
The friend slapped him on the back, a bit too heavily perhaps.
He was bound at the ankles.
这里的 the 不可以用物主代词 my, his, her等代替。
这一集中有若干虚拟语气的条件句，希望注意区别指现在（将来）的虚拟句与指过去的虚拟句。
罗比为亚历山德拉的音容笑貌所震颤，萌生了纯美的感情。由于家人的正确对待和引导，美好的喜剧没有化为怨怼的悲剧。 饯别晚会达到高潮时，也正是罗比学到了人生的重要一课的时刻。
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