Unit 1 The Summer Holidays

A. Useful expressions:

1.be off -- be going / leaving

I must be off now. = I must be leaving now.

2.go away -- leave

He preferred to go away during the summer holidays.

3.right now -- at once

Right now it is the summer vacation and I’m helping my Dad on the farm.

4.from dawn until dark --從黎明到黃昏

Sometimes we go on working from dawn until dark.

5.as a result --therefore 因此

It was late at night and there was no bus. As a result, we had to walk to the village.

as a result of …= because of

He was late as a result of the snow .

6.employ vt.-- give work to 雇用

His father is employed in a bank.

7.introduce sb. to sb.-- make persons known by name to one another

I’d like to introduce myself (to you).

8.general -- not in detail adj. 概括的;大概的

Do you have a general idea of how a car works?

B.Sentence patterns:

1.So was my friend Bob White.

Harry: I went swimming yesterday.

Bill : So did I.

2.in one’s opinion -- in one’s view

In Charlie’s opinion, Americans should eat less meat.

3.go on doing sth. 接著(zhù)做某事

go on to do sth. 接著(zhù)做另一件事

Charlie went on studying computer till midnight.

After he finished the letter, he went on to read the text of Lesson1.

4.have sb. doing sth. --make sb. keep doing sth.

My Dad has only two men working for him.

5.give one’s best regards / wishes / love to …