Unit 2 How often do you exercise？

重點詞匯

1.hardly adv. 幾乎不；幾乎沒有

I hardly know you.

我幾乎不認識你。

辨析：hardly和hard

hardly 幾乎不；幾乎沒有

hard 努力地；困難地

He hardly works.

他幾乎不工作。

He works hard.

他工作努力。

2.full adj. 忙的；滿的；充滿的

The bus was full of people when they got there.

他們到達那里的時候，公交車上已經坐滿了人。

full adj. 飽的

I can’t eat any more； I am quite full.

我不能再吃了，我相當飽了。

3.maybe adv. 大概；或許；可能

Maybe he knows Tom.

也許他認識湯姆。

辨析：maybe和may be

maybe是副詞，表示“大概；或許；可能”。一般放句首，在句中作狀語。

Maybe you are right.

也許你是對的。

may be是情態動詞加be動詞原形的形式，譯成“可能是，也許是”。

He may be twenty.

= Maybe he is twenty.

他可能是二十歲。

4.health n. 健康；人的身體（或精神）狀態

Smoking is bad for health.

吸煙有害健康。

healthy adj. 健康的

keep healthy 保持健康

You can keep healthy by eating more fruit.

你可以通過多吃水果來保持健康。

5.although conj. 雖然；盡管；即使

although=though，漢語中可以說“雖然……，但是……”，但英語中although/though與but不能連用。

Although it was dark， he still went on working.

= It was dark， but he still went on working.

雖然天黑了，可是他還在繼續工作。

Although it rained， the boys still played outside.

= It rained， but the boys still played outside.

盡管天下雨了，但男孩們仍在外面玩耍。

6.mind n. 頭腦；心智

Not everyone has the right kind of mind for this work.

并非每個人的頭腦都適合做這個工作。

mind v. 介意

Would you mind opening the door？

你介意打開門嗎？

7.die v. 消失；滅亡；死亡

His grandmother died when he was five years old.

他奶奶在他五歲的時候去世了。

dead adj. 死去的

death n. 死亡

8.however adv. 然而；不過

She was ill. However， she still went to work.

她病了，然而她依然去上班。

however 表示“然而”、“可是”時，however必須用逗號與句子隔開。不僅能位于句首，而且能位于句中（注意前后使用逗號），甚至句末（注意其前也用逗號）。

However， he changed his mind later.

可是他后來改變了主意。

He hasn’t arrived. He may， however， come later.

他還沒有到，不過他等會兒可能會來。

He said that it was so； he was wrong， however.

他說情況如此，可是他錯了。

注：以上各例中的however不能換成but，但可用but來改寫，如：

He said that it was so， but he was mistaken.

他說情況如此，可是他錯了。

重點短語

1.hardly ever 幾乎從不

這個短語表示否定意義。

I hardly ever heard her singing.

我幾乎從未聽過她唱歌。

2.such as 例如；像……這樣

I have a lot of hobbies， such as reading and singing.

我有許多愛好，比如讀書和唱歌。

注意：such as作“例如”講時，用來列舉同類人或事物中的幾個例子。such as后只能接名詞或名詞性短語。

I like drinks， such as tea and coffee.

3.more than 多于

more than 相當于over，意為“超過，多余”。

There are more than 2，000 books.

這里有兩千多本書。

其反義詞為less than意為“不到，少于”。

She sleeps less than 7 hours every night.

她每晚的睡眠時間不到7小時。

即時練習：

1. ______ food helps me to keep ______ .

A. Healthy； healthyB. Healthy； health

C. Health； healthD. Health； healthy

2. My cousin knows a lot about English， ______ he is only four years old.

A. becauseB. so

C. although D. for

3. 用but / however填空。

It began to rain. ______ ， we went out to look for the boy.

It is a sunny morning， ______ very cold.

4. 用maybe/may be 填空。

He ______ late again.

______ he is late again.

參考答案：

基本語法

1. 表示次數或頻率的副詞稱為頻度副詞，按照其頻率發生的高低排序通常依次為：

always>usually>often>sometimes>hardly ever>never

2. 通常表示一次用once，兩次用twice，三次或三次以上用“基數詞 + times ”。

3. 對頻率提問用how often，表示“每隔多久”。

How often does he watch TV？

他多久看一次電視？