1．admit vt. 承认；让……进入；（指范围之内的场所）可容纳
课文原句：And a few students even admit liking her!
一些学生甚至承认喜欢他。
e.g.We have to admit that he is a highly competent man. （recognize, or acknowledge sth. as true, often reluctantly, confess sth.）
我们不得不承认他是一个非常称职的人。
The host opened the door and admitted me( into the house). （allow sb./sth. to enter）
主人打开门让我进去（到屋子里）。
The plaza admits trucks and cars.
这个停车场可停放卡车和轿车。
常见搭配：
（1）admit + n. / doing
e.g.The thief admitted his guilt. 贼承认了他的罪行。
Tom admitted having seen her. 汤姆承认自己见过她。
（2）admit + that-clause
e.g.Jack admitted the statement was true.
杰克承认这一陈述是事实。
（3）admit + n. + to do sth.
e.g.You must admit the work to be difficult.
你得承认这工作很难。
2．strict adj. 严格的，严厉的
课文原句：She is very strict—we don't dare to say a word unless she asks us to.
她非常严格，我们一句话也不敢说除非她要我们说。
e.g.We have a strict rule against smoking in our school.
在我们学校有严格的禁止吸烟的规定。
常见搭配：
be strict with sb. 对某人要求严格
e.g.The teacher is strict with his students.
那位老师对他的学生要求严格。
be strict in sth. 对某事要求严格
e.g.Our leader is always strict in our work.
我们的领导总是对我们的工作要求严格。
反馈练习：
In a way the teacher is _____ me than my mother.
A．stricter B．more strict with
C．most strict D．more strict to
[答案]
3．appreciate vt. 感激；感谢
课文原句：Some of our class don’t like her, but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organized and clear.
我们班有的同学不喜欢她，但是我们大多数人都很感谢她，因为她的讲解非常有条理，很清楚。
e.g.I appreciate your help.
我感谢你的帮助。
We appreciate your efforts for the development of the company.
我们感激你对公司发展所作的努力。
We greatly appreciate your timely help.
我们非常感谢你们的及时帮助。
辨析：thank与appreciate
（1）thank—thanked—thanked 感谢
thank后接人，即：thank sb.
e.g.You don't have to thank me. 你不必向我道谢。
She thanked me for my help. 她感谢我帮忙。
（2）appreciate—appreciated—appreciated 感激；感谢
①appreciate后接人或物，即：appreciate sb./sth.
e.g.I greatly appreciate your help. 我很感激你的帮助。
I appreciate your kindness. 多谢厚意。
…but most of us really appreciate her because her teaching is so well organized and clear.
……但是我们大多数人都很感谢她，因为她的讲解非常有条理，很清楚。
appreciate是比thank you正式的用法。
②appreciate doing sth.
e.g.We shall appreciate hearing from you again.
我们恭候佳音。
He appreciated attending the English evening party.
4．joke n. & v. 玩笑，笑话；开玩笑
课文原句：He's really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we're getting bored.
他很风趣而且当他认为我们感到厌烦时就给我们讲笑话。
e.g.Our teacher told us a joke today. （n.）
我们老师今天给我们讲了一个笑话。
We all played a joke on him. （n.）
我们大家开了他一个玩笑。
You mustn't joke with him about religious belief. （joke with sb. about sth. , vi. ）
有关宗教信仰的事你决不可和他开玩笑。
He is only joking. （vi.）
他只是开玩笑罢了。
常见搭配：
tell a joke /tell jokes 讲笑话
play a joke on sb 取笑某人
have a joke with sb. 和某人说笑话
e.g.She is fond of making jokes.
她喜欢说笑话。
On April Fool’s Day, we play jokes on friends.
在愚人节，我们戏弄朋友们。
5．respect n. & vt. 尊敬，尊重
课文原句：I respect him a lot. 我很尊敬他。
e.g.We deeply respect him. 我们十分尊敬他。（vt.）
He fought bravely in many battles and gained their respect. （[U]）
他在多次战役中英勇作战，从而赢得了大家的尊敬。
Please give my respects to your parents. [(pl) 敬意；问候]
请代我向你的父母致意。
注意：respect 当名词作“敬意；问候”讲时，要用复数形式，此时它是可数名词；作“尊敬；考虑”讲时是不可数名词。作“考虑；重视；关心”讲时，后接 to 或 for.
e.g. He had respect to my request very much. （have respect to，关心，注意）
他非常重视我的请求。
常见搭配：
have /show respect for sb.( sb's opinions) 尊重某人（某人的意见）
pay one's respects to sb. 向某人致敬
give/send one's respects to sb. 代向某人问候
pay/ have respect to 考虑……
respect oneself 自尊
respect an agreement 遵守协议
e.g.The leaders should pay respect to the needs of the people.
领导应该关心人民的疾苦。
We should respect others, especially we should respect ourselves.
我们应当尊重他人，我们尤其应当自重。
拓展：
（1）respectable adj. 可敬的，值得尊敬的
e.g. What he did is respectable. 他所做的事是值得尊敬的。
（2）respectful adj. 恭敬的，尊敬人的
e.g.The old professor was respectful of tradition.
那位老教授尊重传统。
反馈练习：
He was courage and unselfishness and gained his comrades_________.
A．respectable B．respectful
C．respect D．respects
[答案]
6．so that 如此……以致于……
课文原句：I’ve always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Mrs Li just smiles, so that you don't feel completely stupid!
当我讲英语时，我总是憎恨犯错误或者不能正确读出一个单词的发音，但是李老师只是微笑，这样你就不会感觉自己很傻。
用法小结：
（1）so that 引导的从句通常用来表目的，也可表结果。
e.g.I worked hard so that I could pass the exam. ( 目的 )
我努力学习以便能通过测试。
I got up early so that I can see the sunshine. ( 目的 )
我起的很早以便能看到日出。
He was caught in the rain so that all his clothes got wet. ( 结果 )
他被那场雨淋了，（结果）衣服都湿了。
（2）so… that…分开用时，意为“很……，所以……；如此……以致于……”，so 后需接形容词或副词，that 后的从句表示前面原因的结果。
e.g.He is so honest (a man) that everybody trusts him.
他是一个如此诚实的人以致于大家都信任他。
He was so ill that we had to send for a doctor.
他病的很重，我们不得不给他请医生。
7．keep doing sth. 一直不断地做某事/总是做某事
课文原句：There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late...
在我们班有一些总是保持上课迟到的学生……
keep相关短语：
keep doing sth. 一直不断地做某事
keep on doing sth. 接连……，反复……，继续
keep sb. doing sth. 使某人一直做某事
keep sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
e.g.Don't keep the girl waiting outside. 不要让那个女孩总在外面等。
We keep the students from smoking. 我们不让学生吸烟。
Why do you keep (on) laughing all the time? 你们为何总是在笑？
注意：keep doing 表示状态或动作的持续；keep on doing 表示动作的反复。
试比较：
He kept standing there for two hours without moving.
他站在那里两个小时一动不动。
He kept on standing in the meeting.
在会议中他一再的站起来。
8．as a result 因此；结果
课文原句：During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving.
在科学实验过程中，她精确地解释发生的过程，结果我的学习不断进步。
as a result 因此；结果
e.g.As a result, there is often trouble in American families.
因此，美国家庭中常常会出现麻烦事。
Many people helped him. As a result, he succeeded at last.
许多人帮助他。因此，他最后成功了。
注意：as a result of 因为；由于……的结果（ as a result of 是介词短语，后面跟名词、代词、动词的-ing 形式，相当于 because of ）
e.g.As a result of the flood, many people became homeless.
由于这场洪水，许多人变得无家可归了。
反馈练习：英译汉
（1）I was listening to music at that time. As a result, I didn't hear clearly what he said.
（2）She was late as a result of the heavy snow.
9．prefer to do 更喜欢/宁愿做……
课文原句：I prefer to do“Travel”. 我更喜欢旅行。
我们常用prefer表达个人喜好，现详细介绍prefer的用法。
（1）prefer + n. / pron.意为“更喜欢……”，在含义上相当于like...better。注意：由于prefer本身含有比较意义，故不可与比较级better连用。
e.g.Which do you prefer (=like better), fish or meat? （prefer sth.）
你更喜欢吃什么，鱼还是肉？
Of the two cars, I prefer that red one.（prefer sth.）
两辆小汽车中，我更喜欢红色的那辆。
（2）prefer + (not) to do sth. 意为“宁愿（不）做某事”。这时，不定式to do可用动名词doing替换，意义相同。
e.g. —What do you think of the film we saw yesterday?
你认为昨天我们看的电影怎么样？
—I prefer not to talk about this question at the moment. [prefer (not) to do ]
我现在宁愿不谈这个问题。
—How did she spend her spare time?
她怎样度过她的空闲时间？
—She preferred spending her spare time doing some reading. （prefer doing sth.）
她喜欢空闲时读些书。
（3）prefer + sb. + (not) to do sth. 意为“宁愿某人（不）做某事”，在意义上相当于would like sb. (not) to do sth.
e.g.I prefer Mary to go to Beijing with us next Sunday. （prefer sb. to do sth.）
我宁愿玛丽下周日跟我们去北京。
We prefer you not to put off the meeting until next week. （prefer sb. not to do sth.）
我们宁愿你们不要把会议推迟到下周。
（4）prefer + n.(pron.) / v-ing + to + n.(pron.) /v-ing意为“宁愿（喜欢）……而不愿（喜欢）……”。注意：这一结构中的to为介词，后接名词、代词或动名词。
e.g.She usually prefers vegetables to meat. （prefer A to B）
她通常喜欢吃蔬菜，而不喜欢吃肉。
On Sundays my brother prefers staying at home to going out to play with other children. （prefer doing A to doing B）
在星期天，我弟弟宁愿呆在家里，也不愿出去和其他孩子玩。
（5）prefer + to do sth. + rather than + do sth.意为“宁愿做……而不愿做……”。当这一结构中prefer后接动词不定式时，rather than后面接不带to的不定式结构，rather than引导的不带to的不定式结构还可以置于句首。例如：
e.g.—How about going to Beijing by air? 乘飞机去北京怎么样？
—I prefer to take a train to Beijing rather than fly there. （prefer to do rather than do else）
我宁愿乘火车去北京，而不愿意乘飞机去那。
Rather than sit here waiting, I prefer to go to find out what on earth has happened. （prefer to do rather than do esle）
我宁愿去探个究竟，也不愿坐在这儿等待。
（6）prefer + that + sb. + did / (should) do sth. 意为“宁愿某人做某事”，that引导的宾语从句中要使用虚拟语气，句中谓语动词用一般过去时或“should + 动词原形”，should可以省略。
e.g.She preferred that she(should) do it alone. （prefer that-clause）
她宁愿独自一人做这件事。
I prefer that you went there with us tomorrow. （prefer that-clause）
我宁愿你明天跟我们一起去那儿。
3．…Mrs Li just smiles, so that you don’t feel completely stupid!
李老师只是笑笑，你就不会感到自己是个大笨蛋。
stupid 愚蠢的，笨的
completely stupid 彻彻底底的笨，大笨蛋
don’t feel completely stupid 并不觉得自己是个大笨蛋。
请注意这里的don’t和completely放在一起的用法：否定词+表示“全部”概念的词，这是一种部分否定的表示法。在本句中，作者认为：因李老师的鼓励，觉得自己虽然还要犯些错误，但不再是彻底的没希望了。
在英语里有一些用来表示“全体”或“完全”意义的词，如all, every(及everybody, everything等)，both, always, quite, wholly, entirely, altogether, completely等，凡含有这些词的否定句并非表示全部否定，而是部分否定。
e.g.Not all the ants go out for the food. 并非所有的蚂蚁都出外觅食。
Money is not everything. 金钱并非万能。
Not all birds can fly. 并不是所有的鸟都会飞。
Not both children are clever. 两个孩子并不都聪明。
We are not altogether interested. 我们并不完全感兴趣。
4．Mr Wu’s only been teaching us for two weeks and he’s already very popular.
吴老师只教了我们两星期就已经很受大家欢迎了。
（1）本句原为：…Wr Wu has only been teaching us for two weeks…表示从开始到现在，他教了两星期，并且还将教下去。
（2）popular在这里并不解释为流行歌曲中的“流行”，而是解释为“被爱戴的，受欢迎的”。
be popular among/with 在……中流行/受……的欢迎
e.g.The song is very popular with the young.
这首歌在年轻人中很流行。/这首歌很受年轻人的欢迎。
Chinese food is becoming popular among Americans.
中国菜逐渐受到美国人的欢迎。
The teacher is very popular with his students.
这位老师在学生中很受欢迎。
5．I’ll do well in the exam with Mrs Chen teaching me.
陈老师教我，我会在考试中取得好成绩。
此句中with Mrs Chen teaching me的结构是“介词with+宾语+动词-ing形式（宾语补足语）”，称为with复合结构。with复合结构能在句中作状语。
e.g.With the boy leading the way, we have no trouble in getting to the station.
由这个男孩带路，我们很容易到了火车站。
With the wind blowing heavily, we took great trouble to move on to the front.
由于风刮得很大，我们费力的往前线进发。
6．…this is one class you do not fall asleep in!
……这是一节你不会想睡觉（感到困倦）的课。
（1）you do not fall asleep in是定语从句修饰class. 请注意，这里的in是不可少的。可以把本句分为两句：
This is one class. In the class you don’t fall asleep.
（2）请注意，这里one class中的class不能解释为“班级”，而是解释为“课”。课文中还有这样的一句话：
But now, after two weeks, the class really likes working with her.
两个星期过去了，现在全班同学都很喜欢上她的课。
上句中的class, 不是指“一个班级”，也不是“课”，而是表示“大家，全班同学”。
（3）这里fall asleep中asleep为形容词，a-是前缀，又如：alike, alive, alone, ashamed, awake, aware, etc. 这样的形容词在句中多用作表语，而不用作定语。
e.g.He was alone in the house. 他独自一人在家里。
The baby is awake. 婴儿醒着。
动词-ing形式是常见和重要的语法现象。在My New teacher中可见到较多这种形式：
The class really likes working with her.
She avoids making you feel stupid.
I’ve always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English.
There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late
And a few students even admit liking her!
I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature.
仔细观察，我们就会发现它们紧跟某一及物动词作这个及物动词的宾语。这时，动词-ing形式实质上起到了一个名词的作用。一些及物动词的后面只能跟有名词作用的动词-ing形式，如：keep, consider, admit, suggest, finish, imagine, delay, avoid, postpone, mind, put off, risk, enjoy, practice, miss, excuse, can’t help, escape, give up, can’t stand等。
另一些动词可以跟不定式作宾语，又可以用有名词作用的动词-ing形式作宾语，如：love, like, hate, prefer, begin, cease, continue, regret, remember, forget, propose, can’t afford, intend, neglect, stop等。
1．有时两种形式之间有一些细微的差别。在 love, like, prefer, hate 后，如果表示一般倾向性，多用动名词作宾语；如果指特定的具体动作，多用不定式做宾语。
e.g.I like listening to music of this kind.(表示一般情况)
I like to listen to this song.(表示特定情况或具体动作)
They prefer going to the beach in summer.(表示一般情况)
I prefer to be alone now.(表示特定情况或具体动作)
2．在 remember, forget, stop, try, regret, mean 后加不定式和加动词-ing 形式意思不同。
e.g.Where do you remember putting the book? (记住已经发生的动作)
Please remember to take the book with you. (记住去做迄今还没有做的动作)
Stop yelling. (停止做正在做的动作)
She stopped to have breakfast. (停止做别的什么事，开始做不定式表示的那件事)
又如：
3．有时在-ing形式的前面可以加上该动作的逻辑主语。
She didn’t mind my smoking there.
I can’t excuse her pretending not to know me.
