Expressions:

　　1. aim to do sth. 立志要……

　　My brother aims to be a famous doctor.

　　2. be crazy about … 热衷于……；狂热于……

　　Most boys and girls today are crazy about the singer Adu.

　　3. more than 不止……；多于……

　　Hibernation is more than sleep. 冬眠不止是睡眠。

　　More than one house was burnt down in that big fire last night.

　　4. take turns... 轮流做…… 常用于take turns at sth. 和take turns to do sth.

　　On our way to Beijing, we took turns at driving.

　　The two daughters took turns to look after their sick mother.

　　5. make of... 把……认为……；以……为……。 没有被动语态。常用于what的疑问句或否定句中。

　　I can't make anything of what he said.

　　What do you make of our new boss？

　　6. in space 在太空。space 前无冠词，但可以用形容词加以修饰。

　　There are many manned satellites in space.

　　in outer space 在外层空间

　　7. Now that 连词，既然已……；现在以……。that 可以省略。

　　Now (that) I've seen how he lives, I know why he needs so much money.

　　8. in total = altogether 总计；总共

　　Traveling abroad once will cost you 8,000 dollars in total.

　　9. come out vi. ①出现②开花；发芽③真相大白④出版

　　The moon has come out from behind the clouds.

　　Spring has come and the tree has come out.

　　The facts came out through the investigation of the government.通过政府的努力事实已经真相大白。

　　His new book will come out recently.

　　10. belong to vt. 属于……。没有被动语态和进行时态。

　　What does the car parking under the tree belong to?

　　China is a country belonging to the third world. (China is a country which belongs to the third world.)

　　11. on board adj. & adv. & prep.搭乘(飞机、车、船等)的；在(飞机、车、船等)的。做prep.时其后常跟具体的交通工具。

　　As soon as we went on board, our ship left the port.

　　There were 500 passengers on board the ship.

　　Sentence patterns:

　　1. Now that I made this first visit, I hope I can come many more times.

　　now that 是一连词，为“既然，因为”之意。相当于since. 引导的从句在句中作原因状语。that可以省略。

　　例如：Now (that) you mentioned it, I'll explain it to you.

　　2. While she was waiting for a taxi outside the studio, she met Sam Parish.

　　此处while是并列连词，连接两个同一时刻发生的动作的句子，while从句中的谓语动词应为延续性动词,可以置于句首或句末。while有时还可以表示比较。例如：

　　I'd like to read books while I'm traveling on board the train.

　　Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。

　　I like sports while my younger brother likes listening to music.

　　3. The story took place in the early 1800s in China. 这个故事发生在19th 早期的中国。

　　在这个句型中，应该注意take place 为vi. 和短语in the early/late 1800s / 1800's。例如：

　　Great changes have taken place in China in the 1980s.

　　4. You don't believe aliens, do you?

　　次句是前否定后肯定的反意疑问句。对这类句子应注意：①主句的动词是do 动词，还是be 动词。②其答语应根据事实情况而定，即和事实相符用yes 回答；和事实不符用no 回答。例如：

　　—You are not a student, are you?

　　—Yes, I am. 不，我是学生。

　　—No, I am not. 是的，我不是学生。

　　—Tom doesn't know the truth, does he?

　　—Yes, he does. 不，他知道。

　　—No. he doesn't. 是的，他不知道。

　　(文/陈德生； 英语辅导报外研新标准高一版 04~05学年度第18期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)