3. general 意为“普遍的,一般的, 公众的
4. usual 一贯如此的,习惯性的
2 except 除了…之外
except, besides, except for, except that ,but
①except 除去…之外(不再有),表示 从整体中除去一部分,除去的是同一类 事物,常与no ,all, none, nothing, everything, anything等连用,一般不位 于句首
Read the emails and fill the blanks
• Thesecond writer is American. _____
British English Mum programme theatre realised write to me American English Mom Program Theater realized Write me
doing… to doing… 宁愿做… 而不愿做…
to do… rather than do… 宁愿做…而不愿做…
e.g. I prefer going by bus.
我宁愿坐公共汽车去。 I prefer horse-riding to shooting.
我喜爱骑马胜过射击。
She preferred to go with us rather than stay behind.
当你谁叫的时候,有人在唱歌。 There will be life while there is water and air. 只要有水和空气,就会有生命。 While he was bad, I would help him. 尽管他很坏,我也要帮助他。
C America and England are two countries divided by a common language. --George Bernard Shaw, 20th century writer