Lesson 54 Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指

单词讲解

  • sticky adj.黏的
    a sticky candy
    a sticky afternoon 一个湿热的下午
    sticky fingers 手脚不干净的人,小偷

  • finger n.手指
    little finger 小指
    ring finger 无名指
    middle finger
    forefinger / index finger 食指
    thumb

  • pie n.馅饼
    an apple pie
    a pumpkin pie

  • mix v.混合,拌和
    mix the butter with the flour
    mix wine and water
    I found it hard to mix at parties(政党).
    It’s easy to mix him up with his twin brother.

  • annoying adj.恼人的,让人讨厌的
    an annoying habit
    It’s annoying that there is no hot water here.
    These flies are annoying.

  • dismay v.失望,使人惊愕
    Sally was dismayed at the news.
    They are dismayed at Paul’s refusal to cooperate.

  • recognize v.认出,听出
    recongnize an old friend.
    I recongnize him by his voice.
    John recongnize that he was not the right person for the job.

  • persuade v.说服
    Nick persuaded Vicky to change her mind.
    I persuade Ben into joining our party.
    Mary persuaded her husband out of his plan.

  • mess n.乱七八糟
    The dorm is in a mess.
    His hair is quite a mess.
    The children made a terrible mess in the room.
    messy adj.杂乱的
    a messy kitchen.

  • sign v.签字
    Sign your name here, please.
    sign a contract
    sign for delivered goods

  • register v.挂号邮寄
    register a letter

语法讲解

  • The children were at school, my husband was at work
    零冠词
    He is in bed. 他在睡觉
    go to church(教堂)
    in hospital(住院)
    go to university(大学)

  • … I was busy mixing butter and flour…
    be busy doing
    mix A and B

  • … my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
    be convered with
    The ground is convered with snow.

  • At exactly that moment,the telephone…
    at exactly that moment 刚好在那时
    He arrived at exactly the right moment.
    at exactly six o’clock.

  • Nothing could have been more…
    没有什么东西能让人更讨厌的了…
    Nothing could have been more exciting/embarrassing.
    Nothing is more precious than time.
    Nothing can be more delicious than jiaozi.

  • It took me ten minutes to persuade her to…
    It took me a month to read the novel.
    It took me several weeks to write the essay.
    persuade sb to do
    persuade sb into doing

I persuaded him to change his mind.
I persuaded him into changing his mind.

  • … to ring back later.
    I will call you back tomorrow.
    later adv.随后,以后
    two years later.
    See you later.

  • … I hung up the receiver.
    hang hung hung
    Don’t hang up on me. I have more to say.
    pick up the receiver.

  • What a…
    How messy it is!

  • I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than…
    no sooner … than … 一…就…
    Ben had no sooner left the airport that it began to rain.
    Ellen had no sooner got home than telephone rang.

  • … to wake the bead.
    the + adj.
    the living
    the rich
    the young 年轻人

  • …to sign for a registered letter!
    sign for 签名接收
    The postman asked Mike to sign for the parcel.

知识扩展

冠词

  • a / an + 具体化的抽象名词
    Reading is a pleasure. 阅读是一件乐事.
    He is a complete failure. 他是个完完全全的失败者.

  • the + 表示世界上独一无二的事物的名词
    the moon
    a full moon 一轮满月

  • 零冠词
    月份,季节,星期,节假,大洲,称呼,头号,职务,三餐,球类,学科,棋类,惯用词.

If Winter comes,can Spring be far behind?

注意 : It was a spring afternoon.