单词讲解

temporarily adv.暂时地
temporary adj.暂时的
temporary employee 临时工
temporary job 临时工作
temporary agreement 临时协议
They agreed temporarily to stay.
Sam temporarily remained silent.
inch n.英寸(度量单位)
The car is moving inch by inch.(一点点的,缓慢地)
space n.空间
a parking space 停车位
There isn’t enough space in the bookcase for all the new books.
actually adv.实际上
actual size 实际尺寸
actual cost 实际成本
actually == in fact
Actually,Ted doesn’t like his job.

语法讲解

… I have been working hard all morning.
have / has been doing 现在完成进行时

句子中常含有时间状语 :
all + 表示时间的词语(all moring,all day,all week…)
for,since…
Ted has been working on his essay for several weeks.
Rick has been playing the game all moring.

… get my new room in order.
get … in order : 把…整理好
put … in order
Bob gets everything in order before he leaves the office.
To make matters worse,…
更糟糕的是
… the room is rather small…
rather adv.相当的
The movie is rather boring(无聊地).
It’s rather cold here in winter.
fairly adv.相当(常修饰褒义词)
He is a fairly nice man.
It’s fairly delicious(美味的).
At the moment…
此时,此刻
just at the moment 就在此时
When Vicky was standing by the sea, everything was so peaceful at the moment.
She went into my room and got a big surprise…

get a surprise 感到吃惊
get a big surprise 大吃一惊

“This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,”…
This is the prettiest carpet that I have ever seen.
先行词为物,且前有形容词最高级修饰,定语从句关系代词只能用that
It’s the most beautiful painting that I have ever seen.
She gazed at it…
gaze at 盯着看,凝视
Her eyes were fixed on her plate…
fix one’s eyes on
You can sit here in your spare time…
spare adj.空闲的,多余的
in one’s spare time 空闲的
I will visit you in my spare time.
You can stay here toight.We have a spare bedroom.

知识扩展

现在完成进行时 : 过去已经发生,一直持续到现在
have / has been doing
表示开始于过去的动作持续到现在,而且动作往往还没有结束,将继续持续下去.

与现在完成进行时常连用的时间状语 :
for + 时间段
since + 时间点
all morning
all day
….
Sam has been repairing his bicycle since 9 o’clock this morning.
Mr.Green has been teaching in this school for 20 years.
I have been waiting for you for ages.

翻译 :
尼克最近一直在考虑换个工作.
Nick has been thinking about changing his job.
自从玛丽和约翰吵架后,他们一直避免见到对方.
Mary and John have been avoiding each other since they had a quarrel.