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Lesson Twelve  Weather 天气
How do you like the weather today?
你觉得今天天气如何？

What do you think of the weather today?
How was it yesterday?
昨天天气如何？

How was the weather like yesterday?
How was it yesterday?
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
明天天气如何？

How do you like the weather tomorrow?
How about tomorrow?
How will it be tomorrow?
What will the weather be like tomorrow?
(The weather will be like what tomorrow.)
What is the weather like today?
What was the weather like yesterday?
Nice day, isn’t it?
天真好，不是吗？
What a lousy day!
天气真糟糕呀！

What a difficult day, isn’t it?
What a chilly day, isn’t it?
What a cold day, isn't it?
What a hot day, isn't it?
What a muggy day, isn't it?
It is muggy and hot.
又闷又热。
It has been cloudy all morning and now it is raining cats and dogs.
整个上午天气阴沉沉的，现在下起了大雨。

windy              sunny           muggy
breezy            foggy           mist
It’s foggy.         It's misty.       pour
pour tea          coffee          It’s pouring.  
shower            It’s cloudy.      It's sunny.
It's clear.          It’s raining.      It’s showering.
rain               pour             shower
storm             thunder  lightning  
thunder storm    hail
It has been cloudy all morning and now it is raining cats and dogs.
整个上午天气阴沉沉的，现在下起了大雨。

breeze          wind              northern wind
northly wind     western wind    gale      sand-storm
There is a gale these days.
There is a thunder storm these days.

typhoon        hurricane        tornado
Tornado Jack is coming.

snow           snowy            sleet        blizzard  
A blizzard is hitting us next month.   
The storm is hitting us.
It was blowing hard.
风很大。

It’s blowing hard.   
It's blowing heavily.
It will probably clear up tomorrow.
明天可能天就晴了。

It is clear up today.
What’s the temperature today?
今天多少度？

What was the temperature yesterday?
What will be the temperature tomorrow?
What is going to be the temperature tomorrow?
body temperature    thermometer    degree  
Celsius  Fahrenheit  （华氏度-32）×5/9 = 摄氏度
The temperature is 7°C.    °C    °F
The lowest temperature can drop to 30°C below zero.
最低温度能达到零下三十度。

The temperature rises.
The temperature drops.
Increase    decrease     
increase to    decrease to  
increase by    decrease by
global warming
The lowest temperature these days increased by 2 degrees
these years.

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Lesson Thirteen  Family 家庭生活
How many people are there in your family?
你们家几口人？

How many members are there in your family?  
How big is your family?
There are four people in my family.
My father, my mother, my sister and me.
father        mother
dad          mom
daddy        mommy   
parent        parents
I am married but haven’t started a family.  
child         children            kid
son          daughter
How many people are there in your family?
你们家几口人？

brother      elder brother       younger brother  
sister        elder sister         younger sister
There are five kids in my family.  
eldest brother                  eldest sister      
I’m the second child.
my younger sister              my younger broter
youngest brother  
He is the youngest child in our famiy.
Rick is an only child.
Rick是独生子。

Rick is the only child in the family.
I’m an only child.
I’ve got two sisters and one brother.
我有两个姐妹和一个兄弟。

sisters and brothers          siblings 兄弟姐妹
Do you have any siblings?
Do you have sibs?
grandfather                     grandpa
grandmother                    grandma  
uncle           aunt             aunty
cousin          nephew         niece  
better half      sister-in-law    brother-in-law
mother-in-law
Her great-grandpa is still living.
她老爷爷还活着呢。

My grandmother is still living.
grandson         great-grandson  
granddaughter    great-granddaughter
four generations living under the same roof 四世同堂
Sam and Tony are twins.
Sam和Tony是双胞胎。
Richard comes from a well-off family.
Richard家境不错。

We are living a better-off life.  
They would live a better-off life without so many kids.
well-off 小康
build China into a well-off society
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.  
Richard comes from an ordinary family.
He was born in a moderate family.
He comes from in a moderate family.  
Abe came from a poor family.
He was born with a wood spoon in his mouth.
I have a close family. We love each other.
我们家重亲情，大家感情很好。

Our family is close.His parents always quarrel with each other.
他父母经常吵嘴。

quarrel with sb over sth = argue with sb over sth.
We can’t get on well with each other.
We can’t get along well with each other.
My father is a pilot and he is very strict with us.
我父亲是飞行员，对我们很严厉。

a sterning father 严父
a loving mother 慈母
My mother is very soft with us.
My father is very hard on us.
My parents grew up in the countryside.
我爸爸妈妈在农村长大。

in the city
on the suburbs
You are a grown-up.
We moved to the city when I was just five.
我五岁时全家搬到了城里。

My family lives in the coutryside.
My family lives in the city.
My family lives on the suburbs
My father is the bread earner.
我父亲挣钱养家。

father
mother
minor children
The mother is usually the homemaker.
Robin was brought up in a single-parent household.
Robin家是单亲。

He was raised in the single-parent family.
There are more and more DINK families in big cities.
大城市里“丁克”家庭越来越多。

DINK = double income and no kids
What do your parents do?
你父母是做什么工作的？

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Lesson Fourteen  Date 日期
when    who    whose    where    what    how
date n.日期，约会
have a date with sb.  
date n.枣
Chinese date
What day is it today?
今天星期几？

What day is it tomorrow?
What day is 28th of December?
It is Monday.
星期一。

Monday = Mon.
Tuesday
Wednesday   
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Today is October 31, 2002.
今天2002年10月31号。

Today is October 31st, 2004.
Today is 31 of October, 2004.
January          February     March         April
May            June          July            August
September    October      November    December
31  thirty first
2002 two thousand and two  
Beijing is going to host 2008 Olympic Games.
1980 nineteen eighty  
HongKong returned to the embrace of China in 1997.
What is the date of next Sunday?  
Next Sunday is October 31.
When were you born?
你什么时候出生的？
I was born on October 1st, 1981.
我生于1981年10月1日。
Halloween starts on the evening of October 31st.
万圣节从10月31号晚上开始。

in the morning
in the afternoon
in the evening
at noon
at midnight
I took a trip to Hong Kong in 1980.
我1980年去了趟香港。

I took a vacation in May.
I was born in the 1980s.
In what month will the meeting be held?
大会在哪个月召开？
It will be held in the latter half of June.
在六月下旬召开。

in the first half of June
in the middle of June  
We had an examination in the middle of June.
in the early years of 1980s
in mid-1980s  
in the later years of 1980s
The American Day of Independence is on July 4th.
美国独立日是7月4日。

National Day holiday 国庆节  
Day of Independence
Independence Day 独立日
The National Day is Octorber 1st.
The Children’s Day is June 1st.
复活节              the Easter      
复活节彩蛋        the Easter egg  
总统纪念日        the Presidents’ Day
马丁路德纪念日   Martin Luther King Day  
阵亡将士纪念日   Memorial Day
劳动节              Labor Day         
退伍军人节        Veterans Day  
圣诞节              Christmas Day     
元旦                New Year’s Day
感恩节              Thanksgiving Day  
感恩节大餐        the Thanksgiving feast    火鸡 turkey   
情人节              Valentine's Day     
万圣节              Halloween  
父亲节              Father’s Day      
母亲节              Mother’s day
The Spring Festival is the first day of the first month in the lunar year.
春节是阴历正月初一。

阳历 solar calendar
阴历 lunar calendar
元宵节   the Lantern Festival  the fifteenth day of the first
    month in the lunar year
端午节   the Dragon Boat Festival  the fifth day of the fifth
    month in the lunar year
中秋节   The Mid-autumn Festival is the fifteenth day of the
    eighth month in the lunar year.
元旦         New Year's Day        劳动节 the Labor Day  
国庆节      the National Day       生日 birthday  
周年纪念    anniversary         
50 years wedding anniversary
星座 zodiac     水瓶座 Aquarius     狮子座 Leo  
属相 animal zodiac
mouse       ox            tiger           rabbit
dragon      snake        horse          sheep
monkey      rooster      dog            pig
My animal zodiac is pig.
My animal sign is pig.

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Lesson Fifteen  Time 时间
Excuse me. What time do you have? I wanna set my watch.
麻烦您，几点了？我想对对表。

What time is it?
wanna = want to
have got to = gotta
going to = gonna
It’s two o’clock British summer time.
英国夏时制两点钟。

DST = daylight saving time
Greenwich Mean Time = GMT 格林威治标准时间
Now, it’s 2 o’clock Beijing Time.
Now, it's 5 o’clock local time.
Now, it's 4 o’clock GMT.
Sure thing. It is nearly seven thirty.
当然。快七点半了。

9:00 nine           9:10 nine ten          9:20 nine twenty
9:15 nine fifteen   9:45 nine forty-five    10:00 ten
The train will arrive at 12:15.  a.m          p.m  
Now, it’s ten a.m.        Now, it’s ten p.m.   
Now, it’s 22 o’clock.    Now, it’s 22 o’clock sharp.
9:30 half past nine      past    to    9:05 five past nine  
9:15 a quarter past nine               9:45 a quarter to ten  
9:50 ten to ten            1:58 two to two
before = to                9:50 It’s ten before ten.  
off = past                  9:05 five off nine
It’s a few minutes after seven.
现在是七点过一点儿。
My brother is already 7 years old but he can’t tell time yet.
我弟弟都7岁了，但还不认表。

set the watch 对表
tell time 认表
You must have misread the watch.
你一定读错表了。

misread the watch 认错表
I was late for school because my watch was broken yesterday.
我上学迟到了，因为昨天我的手表坏了。

My watch stopped. It was broken yesterday.
The quartz clock keeps very good time.
石英表走得很准。
Your watch is fast and my watch is a bit slow.
你的表有点快，我的表有点慢。

My watch gains time.
Your watch loses time.
quartz clock
clock
wrist watch
alarm clock
It’s very important to be punctual.
一定要准时。

punctuality n.    Punctuality is a virtue.
on time 准时    be on time       in time 及时
The police came in time and saved the baby.
in time 迟早       You will fail in time.
time n. 时间（不可数）      Time father is cruel.
Time father is sweet.         Time can cure anything.   
Time cures all wound.        Time flies.
time n. 次数（可数）        several times
from time to time              nine times out of ten
times  时代                     our times
keep up with the times       move up with the times
United Flight No.706 will take off at 10:10 a.m.
联合航空公司706号航班上午十点十分起飞。

The cafe is open from ten a.m. till eleven p.m.
咖啡馆从上午十点开到晚上十一点。
Come on! The train will leave in fifteen minutes!
快！火车还有15分钟就开了。

Let’s hurry up.
We’re running short of time.
We're running out of time. 我们时间不多了。
Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。
Time is up today.

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Lesson Sixteen  Asking For Help 请求帮助

Will you please do me a favor?
帮我个忙好吗？

Excuse me, can you help me?
Can you do me a favor?
Will you give me a hand?
Will you lend me a hand?
help v. 救命
Help!
help with sth
My sister helps with my study.
help sb do sth     直接帮助
He helps me open the door.
help sb to do sth  间接帮助
Reading a book helps me to improve my personality.
help sb out
Please help me out.

Sure.
Of course.
Certainly.
No problem.  
All right.
Yes.
You bet.
What’s up?
What’s wrong?
What’s going on?
Would you please pick up the cassette tapes?
请帮我拾起磁带好吗？

pick up
pick up a wallet from the ground
pick up a flower
I’ll pick you up.  
When I was on the tour trip, I picked up a cold.
You picked up French.  
I picked up how to use the digital camera.  
pick up driving
video cassette tape 录像带
Will you please help me pick up the bunch of keys?
Will you help me pick up the disk?
I want you to download this file from the Internet.
我想请你帮我把这个文件从因特网上下载下来。

Will you please help me download this file from the Internet?
upload 上传
Would you mind if I use your computer this evening?
你介意我今天晚上用一下你的电脑吗？

Would you mind doing sth for me?
Would you mind attending a meeating on my behalf?
Would you mind if I use your telephone?
No way.
Forget it.
I’d be glad to, but...
Sorry, could you wait a minute? I am tied up now.
对不起，您能等一分钟吗？我现在很忙。

Excuse me, will you spare me a minute?
Could you wait a moment?
Please don’t bother me. Can’t you see I am busy?
请不要打搅我。你没看见我正忙着么？

Well, it depends.
Excuse me, will you lend me your car this evening?
Well, it depends. If I won’t go shopping, it’s ok.
Would you please pick up the cassette tapes?
请帮我拾起磁带好吗？

Here’s the cassette tape. Will that do?
给你磁带。可以了吗？
I owe you one.
我欠你一个人情。

Thank you.        Thanks a lot.   
Thanks a million.   Thanks a billion.
indebted
I’m really indebted to you.
grateful
I’m realy grateful.
I really appreciated your help.
Thank you anyway.
repay
I really hope that one day I can repay you.
Please let me know if there is anything I can help.
Wouldn’t you copy the contract?
把合同复印一下。

Will you help me copy the contract?
Will you help me fax this document?
Will you help me print this file?
Will you help me answer the call?
Will you help me answer the phone?
Will you help me arrange a meeting with Mr. Lee?
God will help those who help themselves.

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Lesson Seventeen  Housework 家务事儿
We always do the housekeeping on the weekends.
我们总是在周末做家务。

housework      家务事
household chore
homework      家庭作业
work around the house
keep the house   
housekeeper   管家
keep open house   
Linda is a housewife. And she keeps her house open.
Turn on the vacuum cleaner, please.
请打开吸尘器。

clean the carpet          mop the floor         wax the floor
broom                     sweep the floor      clean the floor
do the cleaning          do the gardening
He has a green thumb.
mow the lawn            weed the garden
decorate the house
Chirstmas is coming. We are decking our house out with
small ornaments.
cook                      cooker        clean
cleaner                    airconditioner
I want to hang the world map on the wall.
我想把这张世界地图挂在墙上。

hang the pictures on the wall
Will you hold the map straight while I nail it up?
我钉的时候，你能帮我按住地图吗？

nail n. 钉子、指甲
nail v.
nail sth up
Will you hold the door open while I get my bicycle out?
Will you hold the stool for me while I put on the curtain.
Hand me the hammer and nails, please.
把锤子和钉子递给我，谢谢。

hand sb sth = pass sb sth
hammer          锤子
nail
screw            螺丝
screwdriver      螺丝刀
scissors         剪刀
pincers          钳子
glass cutter      玻璃刀  
saw              锯
drill               钻头
glue              胶水
tape measure  卷尺
The lock to the door is rusty. And the key won’t turn.
门锁锈死了。钥匙转不动。

latch     插销
The key won’t move.
It need oiling.
The window is broken, so I need to fix it.
窗子破了，我得修修。

The window needs fixing.
The tap is off, but it is still dripping water.
龙头拧上了，但还在滴水。

tap
faucet
turn it on
turn it off
I need to fix it.
It’s leaking water.
We need a washing machine. The old one doesn’t work.
我们需要一台洗衣机。旧洗衣机坏了。

TV set            the stereo system       DVD player
VCD player      VCR                      digital camera
computer        air conditioner           refrigerator
microwave oven                            sterilizer
have it fixed      have a new one
There is a wet spot on the ceiling.
天花板上有一块水渍。

ceiling price  最高价
glass ceiling  玻璃天花板
roof
Roof has leaks.
She forgot to turn off the tap and water flooded the kitchen.
她忘了关水龙头，满厨房都是水。

There is a flood in Henan province
Mr. Jones services his car on Saturdays.
Jones先生每周六养护他的汽车。

do the fixing
do the cleaning
do the gardening
decorate the room out
The Browns hire a housekeeper to manage their villa.
Brown家雇了一个管家打理别墅。

baby-sitter       临时帮助照顾孩子的人
housekeeper  管家
gardener    园丁
cook chef    厨师
chauffeur    司机
service man  男服务员
service maid  女服务员
My younger brother has got a part-time job as a newspaper boy.
我弟弟找了一份当报童的兼差。

newspaper man
milk man
postman

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Lesson Eighteen  Continuous Activities 进行时
进行时 =be + doing
now
at the moment
nowadays
Now I am reading a book.  
I am reading a book now.
I am giving a class.
I am leaving for Europe by train tomorrow.
What are you doing?
你干吗呢？

I am working on my homework.
What were you doing at six o’clock yesterday evening?
I was calling and no body was answering.
Julie is playing the piano in her room now.
Julie正在她的房间里弹钢琴。

play the violin
play the flute
play the harmonica
I kept ringing the doorbell but nobody answered.
我一直按门铃，但没人开门。

keep doing sth    反复做某件事
keep on doing    继续做某件事
Jimmy is too absorbed in his computer game to hear.
Jimmy专心致志地打电脑游戏，没有听见。

I was so absorbed in the novel that I didn’t hear.
I was too absorbed in the novel to hear.
be absorbed in = be in engrossed in
My brother is preparing for his final exam.
我哥哥正在准备期末考试。

My brother stayed in his room preparing for his examination.
My brother statyed in his room.
He was preparing for his examination.
My brother stayed in his room listening to the music.
My brother stayed in his room playing Video games.
My brother stayed in his room listening to the pop music.
Mr. Cooper is brushing up on his French for the France trip.
Cooper先生为了去法国旅行正在补习法语呢。
I was sleeping soundly this morning when the telephone rang.
今天早晨我睡得正香呢，电话铃响了。

when = at the moment
I am dying.      我要死了。
I am marrying.  我要结婚了。
Your mother was calling to ask if you were at the Sunday school.
你妈妈打电话问你是不是在主日学校。
She is always making a fuss.
她总是大惊小怪的。

He is always making As.
I am wondering if you can speak English.
我想知道你会不会说英语。
What were you doing the whole morning?
整个上午你在什么？
AF Flight No.123 is checking in at the moment. Please hurry up.
法航123号航班正在办理登机手续。请抓紧时间。
I have been learning English for six years.
我学英语有六个年头了。
And nowadys, I’m working hard to improve my spoken English.
现在我正努力提高我的英语口语。
You are driving me mad.
你快把我逼疯了。

JOANNA:   Ted, I'm leaving you.
TED:        That represents a gross billing in excess of
              two million - What?!
JOANNA:   Here are my keys. I won't be needing them
              any more.
TED:        I'm sorry I'm late, all right? I'm sorry I didn't
              call - I was busy making a living.
JOANNA:   Ted, you're not listening to me. It's over,
              finished.
TED:        I'm listening, Joanna - believe me, I'm
              listening. My wife is walking out on me after
              eight years of -
JOANNA:   You just don't get it, do you? I-am-really-
              and-truly-leaving-you.
TED:        I heard you, Joanna. I promise I heard you.
JOANNA:   No you didn't. You didn't even ask about Billy.
TED:        What about Billy?
JOANNA:   I'm not taking him with me.

魔魂飘影

哇,楼主还真有心

魔魂飘影

好长啊,不过不用给大学生讲这些了吧?

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莫以善小而不为
道理自在其中的
卡卡......................

yellow

动作真快

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卡卡
马上大批人马来了

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Lesson Nineteen  Finished Activities 完成时
I have done sth.
I had done sth.
Have you ever been to Britain?
你去过英国吗？I have been to London twice.
我去过英国两次。

once
twice
three times
four times
many times
He has gone to London. 他去了伦敦。
He has been to London. 他去过伦敦。
Have you sent the postcard to your uncle?
你把明信片寄给你叔叔了吗？

Christmas card
New Year card
Spring Festival card
I told Maggie to send it for me.
我告诉Maggie帮我寄过去了。
Haven’t I told you that the address to the letter might be wrong?
我难道没告诉过你信的地址可能有错吗？

address  n. 地址
May I have your address?
address  v. 演讲
address the audience = make a speech
Peter had thought a lot about quitting before he did it.
Peter辞职前考虑了很久。
He had become an Olympic champion by the age of twenty.
他二十岁就已经是世界冠军了。

China is going to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
Beijing is going to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
残奥会 Special Olympic Games
冬奥会 Winter Olympic Games
champion        冠军
championship   锦标赛
runner up        亚军
Beijing successfully won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
北京成功获得2008年奥运会的主办权。

Beijing is biding for the...
Guangzhou is biding for the 2010 Asian Games.
Beijing won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
It had tried eight years before but failed.
八年前它尝试过，但没有成功。
I should have checked it.
我真应该检查一下。

should have done sth. 后悔
You might have heard that Dustin was dismissed.
你可能听说了吧，Dustin被开除了。

might have done sth. 推测
You are dismissed. = You are fired. = You are laid off.
You might have heard Jenny was promoted again.
You must have gotten the news that the postage is going to be raised.
您一定知道邮资上调的消息了。

must have done      肯定推测
You must have forgotten to lock the door.
postage paid        邮资已付
Having successfully concluded their project, Melissa is spending her holiday in Singapore.
Melissa完成了项目，现在正在新加坡度假。

Having won the prize, people went to the bar to celebrate.
完成时时间状语
before
before he did it
by
by the age of
by 2000
应用
BEAST:    That hurts!
BELLE:     If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.
BEAST:    Well if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have
              happened!
BELLE:    Well if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have
              run away!
BEAST:    Well you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!

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Lesson Twenty  Marriage 婚姻
marriage n.

marry vt.      
marry A to B    My father married me to a doctor.  
                   I am married to a doctor.
marry sb. off    She finally married her daughter off.
marry sb.        I married Rick.   
                   She married money.
marry vi.          A and B married last year.
marry above oneself           marry below oneself
married adj.     be married to sb    He is a married man.
marriage        Marriage in haste and repent at leisure.
                   Marriage may be compared to a cage:
                   the birds outside despair to get in and
                   those within despair to get outside.
My elder sister is married, but she doesn’t want to start a family yet.
我姐姐结婚了，但还不想要孩子。

family
I have closed family.
I have a big family.
He married above himself.  
He married into the Kennedy family. 家族
mother-in-law                          岳母
Sino-Tibetan-family
Germanic-family                       语系
She gets on well with her mother-in-law.
她和她婆婆相处得很好。

get on badly
My aunt is expecting a baby now.
我的阿姨要生小孩儿了。

I expect to see you.
I am expecting the coming of Christmas.
pregnant 怀孕
She is pregnant.
She is with a child.
She is in the family way.
They had a baby last year.
他们去年生了个孩子。

infant 婴儿 (holy infant 圣婴) → baby 婴孩 →
toddle 刚学走步的小孩 → kid / child 小孩 →
teenager 十几岁的青少年 → grown-up / adult 成年人 →
the senior citizens 老年人 → elderly people / the old
people
aging problem 老龄化问题  
married man   married woman
anniversary    wedding anniversary  
1年 paper wedding anniversary
10年 china wedding anniversary
25年 silver wedding anniversary  
50年 golden wedding anniversary
60年 diamond wedding anniversary
All the kids in our family are trying to host a silver wedding ceremony for my parents.
My younger brother is engaged.
我弟弟订婚了。

be engaged in sth
I am engaged in writing the term / graduation paper.
be engaged to sb
John is still studying at the university. He is single.
John还在上大学，他是单身。

I’m free.
I’m available.
MBA = married but available
Well, I’m on the market.
Her fiance is David, a businessman.
她未婚夫叫David，是个商人。

fiance    未婚夫
fiancee    未婚妻
They become husband and wife.
He got divorced from her last year and remarried her this year.
去年他们离了婚，今年又复婚了。

Divorce rate is on the rise.
Divorce rate is on the increase.
get divorced from sb
divorce sb
He divorced the girl.
ex-wife 前妻
ex-husband 前夫
Uncle Mike married twice. He has two stepsons.
Mike叔叔结过两次婚。他有两个继子。

She married five times.
She had five marriages.
stepfather            stepmother
stepson              stepdaughter  
stepbrother          stepsister
halfbrother           halfsister
adoptive father      adoptive mother
adopted son        adopted daughter
He is a son out of the wed lock.
HDaniel has another woman on the side but his wife is totally unaware.
Daniel有婚外情，可是他太太根本不知道。

be aware of 意识到
I wasn't aware of his anger.  
I was unaware of his anger.
affair  事件   
domestic affair              foreign affair
Do you know Michael is having an affair. 风流韵事
He is having an affair with his secretary.
extramarital affair          extramarital love 婚外恋  
He is cheating on his wife.     lover      concubine
e is born without wed lock.
Some young people in the West fear marriage and would rather cohabitate.
西方社会一些年轻人怕结婚，宁愿同居。

cohabitate            同居
coeducation school = coed school
They are separate.
They split up.
He's moved out.      分居
sugar daddy
Woman is rubbing the cradle.
Do you have any relatives here in the States?
你在I still keep in touch with my cousins in Britain.
我和我在英国的表亲们还保持着联系。
美国有什么亲戚吗？
Aunt Lucy has been alone since her husband passed away last year.
从她先生去年去世后，Lucy阿姨一直一个人过。

married               engaged
single                 divorce  
passed away
He passed away.
widowed 寡居的、鳏居的
widower 鳏夫        widow 寡妇
bride     新娘        bridegroom 新郎
bestman 伴郎        bridemaid 伴娘

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Lesson Twenty-one  Asking for Directions
问路
Excuse me. Is there a cafe nearby?
麻烦一下，这附近有咖啡店吗？

Is there a net cafe nearby?       Is there a net bar nearby?
Is there a WC (washing closet) nearby？  
Is there a rest room nearby?  
Is ther a  washing room nearby?
Where can I wash my hands?    bathroom
Is there a bank nearby?      Is there a post office nearby?
Is there a school nearby?    Is there a restaurant nearby?
Is there a hotel nearby?      Is there a gas station nearby?
Could you tell me the way to the Tian’anmen Square?
告诉我去天安门广场怎么走好吗？

Where is the nearest café?  
How can I get to Tian'anmen Square?
the Forbidden City                           故宫      
the Summer Palace                          颐和园
the Great Wall                                长城  
the Yonghe Lama Temple                  雍和宫
the Temple of Heaven                       天坛   
the Ming Tombs                              十三陵  
China Science and Technology Museum  中国科技馆
the Great Hall of the People                人民大会堂  
the Monument to the People's Heroes    人民英雄纪念碑   
the Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao       毛主席纪念堂
Landmark Tower                            亮马大厦  
Lufthansa Shopping Center                燕莎购物中心
Sunflower Tower                            盛福大厦
Just go straight ahead, and turn left at the first crossing.
一直向前走，在第一个拐角处左转。

go straight ahead towards the building
crossing             十字路口
block                街区
T shaped crossing 丁字路口
Turn left at the first crossing.
Turn right at the first traffic light.
Turn left at the first traffic light.
overpass                  underpass
pedestrian crossing     crosswalk  
avenue       road        street
Go this way. Follow the road back for about 500 meters.
这么走。沿着马路往回走大约500米。

go back
follow the road back 往回走
go up
go down
go along the street
I went up to Beijing.
I went up to Paris.  
I went down to my hometown.
The museum is opposite the Great Hall of the People.
博物馆正对着人民大会堂。

be opposite = be facing sth
The park is just on the left side of this street.
公园就在马路的左侧。

The bank is on the left side of the post office.
The Oriental Plaza is located in the downtown area.
东方广场位于市中心。

be located
be situated
suburbs 郊区
the second ring road
the third ring road
the forth ring road
You can’t miss it.
你一定找得到。

miss  怀念
I miss my father a lot.
miss  错过
miss the bus
miss it
Can I go by bus?
我做公共汽车能到吗？

bus              shuttle bus 班车
aircondition bus 空调车
double-decker双层巴士   
tram有轨电车    trolley bus电车  
subway                tube              Metro 地下铁  
the loop line 环线    the light rail 轻轨
taxi出租车            car 汽车          train 火车  
Magnetically Levitated Train 磁悬浮列车
Plane                 jet plane 飞机
ship 轮船            minibus 小公共
You can take the subway to get there.
你可以坐地铁到那儿。

take the subway = ride the subway = get on the subway
It’s on my way. I’ll walk you there.
我顺路，陪你去吧。

Let’s go for a walk.
I’ll walk you downstairs.
Sorry. I’m new here too.
不好意思，我也不熟。

Sorry, I’m a stranger here.
How far is it from Beijing Hotel to the Palace Museum?
从北京饭店到故宫有多远？
It takes five minutes to get there by taxi.
乘出租车五分钟就到。

by bike
on foot
by plane
by air
It’s a five-minute walk.
Fiv问路
Welcome.  
Where to …
That’s the place.
Please get off.
You should pay 20 yuan.
The charge is 20 yuan.
Have a nice day.e minutes will do.