Module 1 My first day at senior high 我上高中的第一天 1、 Are Senior High teachers similar to Junior High teachers ? 高中老师与初中老师相似吗？ be similar to 与……相似，与 …… 差不多 反义词 be different from Eg : She is similar to her mother in many ways . 她在许多方面与她的妈妈相像。 My idea is different from yours. 我的想法和你的不同。 扩展： similarly : adv. 相似地 Be similar in 在……方面相似 Husband and wife were similarly successful in their chosen careers. 夫妻俩在各自选择的职业上都很成功。 Our cars are similar in color.. 我们的车子颜色相似。 2、 Describe your attitude to studying English . 描述一下你对学习英语的态度。 attitude to /towards sb./sth. 对 ……的态度 attitude to /towards doing 对待做 ……的态度 eg : What is your attitude to / towards this plan ? 你对这个计划的w态度是什么？ What is your attitude to /towards learning English at school ? 你对在中学学英语是什么态度？ People’s attitudes to /towards doing such work are the same. 人们对于做这样的工作态度是一致的。 3、 The teachers are very enthusiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. 老师们非常热情友好，教室里的设备让人惊讶。 enthusiastic :adj. 热心的，热情的，满腔热忱的，后常跟介词over , for , about enthusiasm : n. 热心，热情，积极性 eg : She is very enthusiastic about singing . 她非常喜欢唱歌。 All the students are enthusiastic about/ over/ for this programme. 所有的学生对这个项目都很热心。 amazing :adj. 令人惊讶的 amazed : adj. 惊讶的 amaze :vt 某物使某人感到惊讶 amazement : n. 惊异，惊愕 eg : In the men’s 110m hurdles , LiuXiang made an amazing achievement . 在男子110米跨栏项目中，刘翔取得了令人惊异的成绩。 I am amazed at her acting in that way . 我对她的那种做法感到吃惊。 He amazed everyone by passing his driving test. 他驾照考试合格使大家很惊奇。 To my amazement , my little son was able to recite the poem. 使我大为吃惊的是，我的小儿子竟然能背出整首诗。 4、… Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at may Junior High school . 沈老师的教学方法一点也不像我初中的老师。 Nothing like 丝毫不像，很不相似=（not at all like ），绝对不 Eg : The dress is nothing like the one they advertised . 这件衣服跟广告的完全不一样。 Her cooking is nothing like as good as yours. 她做饭的手艺绝对比不上你。 扩展：nothing but = only 仅仅，只不过 Something like 类似于，近似于 The story is something like this, 故事大致就是这样。 that 代替the method of teaching ,即代替前面提到的同一类，但非同一物 The climate of Beijing is quite different from that of Shanghai . 北京的气候与上海的气候不大一样。 5、 Today we introduced ourselves to each other. 今天我们向彼此做了自我介绍。 introduce sb. (to sb.) (向某人)介绍某人 introduce … into … 把……引进/引入 The chairman introduced the speaker to the audience . 主席巴演讲者介绍给听众。 The headmaster introduced a new teacher to the students. 校长向我们介绍新教师。 New Pairs fashions are introduced into Beijing every year. 巴黎的新流行式样每年都被引入到北京。 6、 Some students were embarrassed at first …许多学生开始有点困窘…… Embarrassed 难堪的 常见结构：be embarrassed about/ at sth. /to do sth. Embarrassing :adj. 令人尴尬的，使人难堪的 Embarrass: vt 使窘迫，使局促不安 Embarrassment :n. 窘迫 Eg: He felt embarrassed at being the center of attention . 他因自己成为众人关注的中心而感到尴尬。 An embarrassing mistake 令人尴尬的错误 Meeting adults embarrassed the shy child . 遇见大人使这个害羞的孩子很困窘。 I nearly died of embarrassment when she said that . 她那样说差点把我难看死。 7、In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys .换句话说，女生人数是男生的三倍。 in other words 相当于that is to say , that is “换句话说，也就是说” eg : I am not used to the way you speak to me . In other words , I don’t want to go on with our talk. 我不喜欢你和我说话的方式，换句话说，，我不想继续我们的谈话。 You’d better not be late again for the class, in other words, you are expected to be on time next time. 你最好不要迟到了，也就是说，你下一次要准时。 倍数的表达 主语+谓语+倍数+as+adj+(名词)+as 主语+谓语+倍数/分数/百分数+形容词的比较级+than 主语+谓语+倍数+the size(amount /length)+of Eg : We earned four times as much money as we had expected. 我们赚的钱是我们所预料的四倍。 The street is five time longer than that one. 这条街比那条街长五倍。 The classroom is one third bigger than that one . 这个教室比那个大三分之一。 The rope is three times the length of that one . 这条绳子是那条的三倍长。 8、I am looking forward to doing it . 我正盼着去做。 Look forward to sth /doing sth. 期待着某事，盼望做某事，to为介词 Eg: We’re looking forward to visiting your school. 我们盼望着参观你的学校。 All the children are looking forward to the Spring Festival. 所有的孩子们都盼望着过春 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/a96a50225901020207409cac.html