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知识点讲解
1.
time off
time off
意思是
“
（
正式规定的）休假或放假
”
。如：
If you are feeling tired,
you should take some time off.
Will you mind if I have some time off?
He gave up holidays and other time off.
e to Beihai Park.
welcome (sb.) to ...
欢迎某人进入<
/p>
…..
.
。如：
Welcome to our school.
Welcome home.
welcome
也可以作名词
,
“
欢迎
”
。
如：
give visitors a warm welcome
receive a cold welcome
别人说
thank you
或
thanks
时，可以用
You are
welcome.
来回答。
3. I
can hardly believe ...
hardly
adv.“
几乎不
,
仅仅
”
，含有否定的意味
,
放于
be
动词或助动词之后、行为
动词之前。如：
It was so dark that
I could hardly see anything.
The
old people can hardly speak English.
I
haven’t seen her for years but she has hardly
changed at all.
辨析：
hard
、
hardly
1
、
hard
可用作形容词或副词。用作形容
词时意为
“
困难的，硬的，勤奋的，严
厉的，苛刻的
”
；用作副词时，意为
“
努力地，猛烈地，剧烈地
”
。
2
、
hardly<
/p>
是副词，
意为
“
几乎不
”
，
多和
can
连用，
接近
almost n
ot
，
也可表示
“
几
乎没有
”
的意思，和
any
连用时，相当于
almost
not
。
4. The lake
takes up over half ...
take up
(1)
占，占去（时间；空间）
That big table takes up too much room.
Learning English takes up a lot of my
time.
That boy took my time up with his
questions.
(2)
开始从事
He
had studied Japanese for a year and a half before
he took up English.
We took up physical chemistry at
college.
The
scientist has taken up a new subject.
5. point out
point out
指出，说明；使注意到
Did he point out where you
were wrong?
No matter who point out our
shortcoming, we will correct them.
Point out the mistake in this sentence,
please.
[
辨析
] point at,
point to, point out
point
to
和
point at
都有
“
指向
”
之意，有时可
以互换。
①
point to
多指较远距离的事
物，
to
着重于指方向，主语既可以是人，也可
以是物；
②
point at
多指向较近距离的
事物，
at
着重于指的对象，其主语通常是人；
但
point …
at
是
“
瞄准
……”
之意；
③
point out
是
“
指出
……”
之意，
out
是副词。
6. Why don’t we go for a swim?
Why don’t … do …? = Why not
do…? “
为什么不
…
？
”
。如：
Why
don’t you come earlier?
Why not come earlier?
7. I’m
having
a wonderful time here in
。
。
。
have a wonderful time
玩得高兴
=
have a great time / enjoy oneself
Sally
said that she had a good time in Beijing last
week. (enjoyed herself)
萨丽说她上周在北京玩得很高兴。
8. It’s famous for the strange shape of
its tall rocks.
它以奇形怪状的高高的岩石
而
闻名。