1. 单词讲解

polo n.水球
water polo
cut v.穿过(cut,cut)
Grandpa usually cuts across the park on his way home.
The road cuts through the forest(森林).
row v.划(船)
We rowed the boat across the river.
kick v.踢
The boy kicked the ball into the lake.
towards prep.朝,向(toward)
walk towards the entrance
look out towards the sea
Sally turned her back towards Kim.
nearly adv.几乎
It’s nearly midnight.
They nearly won the game.
Bob is nearly late for the meeting.
sight n.眼界,视域
The plane is still in sight(在视域之内).
The mountain is out of sight.
They fell in love at first sight.
I laughed at the sight of(一看到) the clown.

2. 语法讲解

… that cuts across the park near my home.
cut across : 横穿,走捷径,抄近道
I can get there earlier if I cut across the field.
I like sitting…
Dave likes drinking coffee.
like doing (经常性的,习惯性的)
Dave likes to drink some tea now.
like to do (具体的某一次)
… on fine afternoons.
in the morning
on s sunny morning
on a rainy night
on sunny mornings
… sat on the river bank(河岸) as usual.
as usual : 照常,像往常一样
On Sundays Nick gets up early as usual.
… a passing boat.
a passing train
a passing plane
… called out to the man…
call out : 大声叫嚷
Someone is calling out for help.
Ryan called out his firend’s name in the street.
The bll struck him so hard that he nearly fell…
strike / struck / struck
fall / fell / fallen
so + adj./adv. + that … 如此…以至于…
The movie is so great that I want to watch it again.
Alan was so tired that he fell asleep instantly(立即).
Fred moved so quietly that no one noticed him.
There is no star in sight.
The car is soon out of sight.

定冠词的用法

在姓氏复数前表示一家人.
The Johnsons are having a picnic.
用在年代,朝代名词以及逢十数词(表某个年代)前.
the Ming Dynasty
in the 1980’s
用在表度量单位的名词前表示”每一”
We rent a car by the hour. 我们按每个小时租了一辆车.
句型 “动词 + sb. + 介词 + the + 身体的某一部分”中的the不能用人称或物主代词替代.
hit sb. in the face.
在一些固定结构中要用the.
at the same time,in the end,by the way…
在名词的词组中,定冠词一般放在最前面,但名词词组中如果有exactly, just, all, both, double, twice, half, of, 等修饰时,定冠词要放在这些词的后面.
exactly(确切地) the same song.