当play, 指弹奏乐器时，常在乐器前用定冠词

弹吉他  play the guitar,

弹钢琴play the piano,

拉小提琴,play the violin,

当play,指进行球类运动时，则不用定冠词

踢足球play football,

打篮球play basketball,

打棒球play baseball,

如果你不快点，你将会迟到  If you don't hurry up,you'll be late ,

 如果你知道  if you have any idea,

  if you know,

关于（学术，科目）  on,

一本关于南非的书。 a book on South Africa,

 基于事实的小说。a story based on fact,

我听从他们的建议申请了这份工作。On their advice I applied for the job,

尝试做某事try to do something ,

我尝试爬树。  I try to climb the tree ,

我做这件事是因为我喜欢。  I do it because I like it ,

因为工作的原因我得搬家。  I had to move because of my job,

赶公交车  catch a bus,

邻居 指人  neighbor,

邻居 指地区，也可指附近地区的人。neighborhood,

 当地的local,

 当地的教师  local teacher,

 报警call the police,

快！叫警察！  Quick !Call the police !,

 一些奇怪的东西  anything strange,

当形容词修饰something ,anything ,nothing ,everything 等不定代词时，放在这些词的后面  

从  逃跑出来escape from,

他从燃烧的大厦中逃出来。  He escaped from the burning building,

 不高兴的unhappy,

 高兴的  happy,

最后的final,

最后地  finally,

 不诚实的 dishonest,

 诚实的。  honest,

 上车get on,

 下车get off,

 用光、用完  use up,

他们已经用完了所有的钱。  They have used up all the money,

 试图attempt to do,

男孩子们试图想去北京。  The boys attempted to leave for Beijing,

 动词 唤醒 wake,

醒来wake up,

 请在八点钟叫醒我。  Please wake me up at eight o'clock,

寻找 指过程  look for,

找 指结果 find,

我正在找一支笔。指找的过程 I am looking for a pen,

我刚刚找到了我的笔。指找的结果 I found my pen just now,

 听 指听的结果  hear,

 听指听的过程listen,

你听到了吗？指听的结果，听或没听到   Did you hear ?,

我经常听音乐。指听的过程）   I often listen to the music ,

尽某人的最大努力去做某事try one's best to do something ,

他尽他的最大努力去跑。   He tried his best to run,

在名词后面加's 或是以s 结尾的名词，只在名词的后面加'

  安的书,  Ann's book,

 我们老师们的办公室  our teachers' office,

双方共有的所有格，只在后面一个名词加's ,

 莉莉和露西的爸爸, 她们的爸爸是同一个人）   Lily and Lucy's father,

有of,  介词短语表示无生命东西的所有格

 我家人的相片 a picture of my family,

有时也有's 表示无生命的东西的所有格

今天的报纸, today's newspaper,

 这个城市的名字  the city's name,

 然而，最近在我们附近却在发生一些奇怪的事情，并且每个人都不高兴。  However, these days, strange things are happening in our neighbourhood and everyone is unhappy,

 “然而，可是”however,

but,

我知道怎么读这个英语单词，但是我不知道怎么写。  I know how to pronounce this English word, however I can't write it,

“最近，近来，近几天。”  these days,

我发现最近我只需要睡很少时间。I find that I need very little sleep these days ,

总有一天我们会走运的。One of these days we will get lucky,

  开心 happy,

不快乐unhappy,

像 like,

不像unlike,

感激 grateful,

忘恩负义  ungrateful,

友好 friendly,

不友好  unfriendly,

幸运的lucky,

不幸unlucky,

我的父母亲报了警，但他们也没能发现奇怪的东西。  My parents called the police,  but they can't find anything strange,

 复数名词，“警察、警方”。  the police,

指一个警员，就要用a policeman, 或者 a policewoman,   

在我的梦中，我浸泡在数不尽的试卷中。  In my dream ,I was swimming in an ocean of paper,

 “极多的，用不尽的”后接不可数名词或可数名词复数形式均可。  an ocean of ,

 oceans of,

他认为他有用不尽的时间。   He thinks he has oceans of time,

 在二楼   on the second floor,

 违反规定be against the rule,

 处于困境 in trouble,

上学的时候，我老是惹麻烦,我的心思从来不在学业上。  At school I was always in trouble ,my mind was never on my work,

  禁止入内。No entry,

 那不行。 That's no good,

 拍照take a photo,

 take photos,

 take pictures,

 禁止拍照。   No photos,

 难怪。No wonder,

  粗鲁的   be rude,

上楼go upstairs,

下楼go downstairs,

 因(做)某事而惩罚某人punish somebody for something,

punish somebody for doing something,

他因儿子抄袭作业而惩罚他。He punished his son for copying homework,

汤姆因打架而受到惩罚。Tom was punished for fighting,

 禁止喧哗和跑。 There is no shouting and no running,

 与  不同  be different from,

  谈论某人talk about somebody,

 那个问题的答案  the answer to the question,

 门的钥匙the key to the door,

 挖煤 dig coal,

 物理实验physics experiments,

 不仅  而且   as well as,

 把 装满  fill,  with,

 be full of,

请把这个杯子给我倒满。Please fill this glass for me,

我不知如何回答，感到眼睛里有了泪花。I don't know what to reply, just felt eyes are beginning to fill with tears,

 查明 find out,

 把 和 相比较compare with,

 我的英语不及他。My English cannot compare with his,

请介绍你自己的好朋友，在一些方面和自己比较。Please introduce your good friend, compare with yourself in some way,

 各个年龄段的人 people of all ages,

 玩得很开心have a wonderful time,

 免费的   be free,

 允许某人做某事  allow somebody to do something,

 允许做某事allow doing something,

 发出噪音，发出响声 make a noise,

 在一楼On the ground floor,

乘船旅行 take a boat trip,

发高烧have a high fever,

发送电子邮件  send an email,

写下write down,

陷入麻烦   get into trouble,

破坏规则break the rule,

保持安静 keep quiet,

确保;务必  make sure,

在全世界  in the whole world,

 乘电梯take the lift,

 在  和  之间 between,  and,

顺便拜访   drop in,

 顺便拜访某人drop in on somebody,

 参观某地 drip in at ,

 为什么不过来聊聊天呢？Why not drop in for a chat?,

 她一天的大部分时间都用来拜访在爱丁堡的朋友了。he spent most of the day dropping in on friends in Edinburgh,

 我要是你，今天下午到那里去的路上我会顺路去趟百货商店。If I were you, I would drop in at the department store on my way there this afternoon,

 盼望（做）某事 look forward to something,

look forward to doing something,

(某人)怎么了？What's the matter with somebody?,

 嗯，我们期待着明天与他会面。Well, we shall look forward to seeing him tomorrow,

如果没有美食可以让人期待和享受，那人生还有什么意思！Life is not worth living without food you can look forward to and enjoy!,

注意做某事 pay attention to something,  

pay attention to doing something,

期待做某事 look forward to doing something,

没有做某事 without doing something,