生活中充满了意想不到的事情。Life is full of the unexpected,

洗浴take a shower,

 把背包忘在家里leave my backpack at home,

返回学校get back to school,

开始教学start teaching,

响铃，对 不再喜欢 ， 失去对 的兴趣 ， 爆炸 ， 开火 ，突然大作，（电器设备）停止运转，go off,

 冲出房门rush out the door,

捎某人一程give somebody a lift,

错过两个事件miss both events,

充满着不可预知性full of unexpected,

正要做某事be about to do something,

难以置信地盯着。stare in disbelief at,

从正在燃烧的楼上升起raise above the burning building,

跳下床jump out of bed,

收数学作业collect the math homework,

完成老板的工作complete the work for my boss,

制作苹果馅饼make the apple pie,

 赶到，出现show up,

 添加绿豆 add the green beans,

当我起床时，我哥哥已经进了浴室了。By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower,

 当我出来时，公汽已经走了。By the time I got outside, the bus had already gone,

当我到达学校时，我才意识到我把背包忘在家里了。When I got to school, I realized I had left my backpack at home,

当我走进教室时，老师已经开始讲课了。By the time I walked into class, the teacher had started teaching already,

当我到达晚会时， 其他的每个人都已经到了。By the time I arrived at the party, everyone else had already showed up,

当他把面条放进碗里时，他意识到他忘了添加绿豆了。When he put the noodles into the bowl, he realized he had forgotten to add the green beans,

在她得到一个向他告别的机会之前，他已经进入楼房了。Before she got a chance to say goodbye, he had gone into the building,

当我出来的时候，公共汽车已经走了。By the time I got outside, the bus had already left,

by the time,作连词引导时间状语从句，当从句用一般过去时，主句用过去完成时；当从句用一般现在时，主句用一般将来时或将来完成时。

 等到了十岁的时候，汤姆自己建了一个化学实验室。By the time he was ten, Tom built a chemistry lab himself,

 你到家时，我已经上床睡觉了。I'll be in bed by the time you get home,

 当她到学校时，她意识到她把背包忘在家里了。When she got to school, she realized she had left her backpack at home,

“把某物忘在某处”leave something in a place,

我把伞忘在家里了。I've left my umbrella at home,

我把书忘在桌子上。I left my book on the desk,

“遗忘某物”，指忘记一件具体的东西，但不能有具体的地点。forget,

 我昨天忘了带伞。I forgot my umbrella yesterday,

别忘了带箱子。Don't forget the cases,

在上面above,

月亮正位于树梢上。The moon is now above the trees,

在 之上，超过above,

他们是六岁以上的孩子。They are children above six years old,

高于；优于；胜过above,

在公司里，迪克的地位比汤姆高。In the company, Dick ranks above Tom,

不屑于；不致于above,

他自认为是不会去做那种事的。He considered himself above doing such things,

在上面；向上面above,

上面是白雪皑皑的群峰。There are snowy peaks above,

（级别、数目等）更高；更大；更多above,

年龄在十八岁以上的男女有投票表决权。Men and women of eighteen and above are eligible to vote,

有资格的 ; 合格的 ; 具备条件的 ; 合意的，合适的eligible

合法的 ; 法律的 ; 与法律有关的 ; 法律允许的 ;legal

在上文above,

见上述例子。See the examples given above,

上文；上述事实above,

除上述外，她还在1980年获奖。In addition to all of the above, she won a Prize in nineteen eighty,

活着的；有生气的alive,

主要用作表语（有时可用作后置定语，但不用作前置定语），可用于人或动物。alive,

 他一定还活着。He must be still alive,

若 alive, 本身有修饰语，则也可用作前置定语。

 他的确是一个十分活跃的学生。He is a really alive student,

living, 可用作表语或定语，可用于人或物。

 你的祖父母还健在吗？Are your grandparents still living？,

alive, 和 living, 表示“活着的”，两者含义很接近，只要句法适合，有时可互换。

谁是当代最伟大的诗人？Who is the greatest living poet？

Who is the greatest poet alive？,

living 通常是客观描述某人“尚在人间”或“健在”，

alive, 则主要指生与死的“界限”。

 当我赶到医院时他还活着。He was still alive when I reached the hospital,

live, 通常只用作定语（前置），可用于动物或植物，但一般不用于人。

 他买了几条活鱼。He bought some live fish,

 火灾之后只剩下几棵树还活着Only a few live trees were left after the fire,

空的；空闲的, 排空；倒出empty,

empty,作形容词，常用表语或定语，此时其反义词是full, 。

 他把空咖啡杯送回到柜台。He took his empty coffee cup back to the counter,

 我们走在空旷的街上。We walked in the empty street,

empty,作动词，后常接宾语，此时其反义词是fill。

 他腾出自己的工具袋。He emptied his tool bag,

 她倒空了箱子。She emptied the box,

上周五晚上，我朋友邀请我参加他的生日晚会。Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party,

“邀请某人到某一地方或参加某一活动”invite somebody to a place,

 “邀请某人做某事”。invite somebody to do something,

我想我们现在有很多朋友了， 我们也应该邀请他们到我们家做客。I think we have many friends now, and we must invite them to our place,

基蒂的老师吴老师邀请我参加了去世界公园的学校郊游活动。Kitty's teacher Mr Wu invited me to join their school trip to the World Park,

威尔斯讲述这个新闻起来如此的真实，以致成百上千的人都相信了这个故事，进而引发了全国性的恐慌。Wells made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story and fear spread across the whole country,

这本书是如此的有趣以至于全班同学都想看看。This book is so interesting that everyone in our class wants to read it,

他跑得那么快，以至于我跟不上他。He ran so fast that I couldn't catch up with him,

So,   that,   too,   to do something,  enough to do something, 这三个句型可互换使用。

 他跑得飞快，很快就赶上了我们。He ran so fast that he caught up with us quickly,

He ran fast enough to catch up with us quickly,

在so,  that,句型中，当主句和从句都是肯定式，但主、从句的主语不一致时，可简化成enough for somebody to do something,结构。

 这道题很容易，她能解答出来。The problem is so easy that she can work it out,

The problem is easy enough for her to work out,

他还没到上学的年龄。He is so young that he can't go to school,

He is too young to go to school,

He is not old enough to go to school,

如果主从句的主语不一致，too, to do something,  enough to do something,须在to do something, 前加for somebody, 作为不定式的逻辑主语。

这道题太难了，我们解答不出来。The problem is so difficult that we can't work it out,

The problem is too difficult for us to work out,

The problem isn't easy enough for us to work out,

当我到达电影院时，电影已演了五分钟了。When I got to the cinema, the film had been on for five minutes,

他到了火车站后忽然意识到他竟忘记带车票了。He got to the railway station and suddenly realized that he had forgotten to bring his ticket,

人们应该握手。People are supposed to shake hands ,

 握手shake hands,

 到家拜访。 drop by one's home,

拜访drop in at,

 毕竟after all,

 捡起、拾起、开车接某人pick up,

 发出令人不愉快的声音、制造噪音make noise,

 餐桌礼仪table manners,

习惯于be used to,

get used to,

 自学learn by oneself,

 应该做某事be supposed to do,

should do,

 用正确的方式问候greet somebody in a right way,

和某人握手shake hands with somebody,

 不同的风俗different customs,

 亲吻脸 kiss somebody on the face,

面颊，脸颊，半边屁股，令人讨厌（或粗鲁、无礼）的话（或行为），对  粗鲁无礼地说cheek,

前额forehead,

觉得轻松be relaxed,

 觉得紧张be nervous,

有宽松的规则have relaxed rules,

 有严格的规则have strict rules,

 访问drop by,

 拜访visit somebody,

顺便来访，come over to,

 某物之地，某物的地方，the land of something,

拥有自由与机遇的国度。the land of freedom and opportunity

太阳升起的地方。the land of the rising sun

 毕竟after all,

 首先first of all,

端起你饭碗pick up your bowl of rice,

 用纸巾擦嘴wipe one's mouth with the napkin,

 指向point at somebody,

 注意餐桌礼仪mind one's table manners,

 用手抓着吃eat with hands,

 在餐桌上讲话talk at the table,

 端起饭碗pick up one's bowl of rice,

 先开始吃start eating first,

 用餐巾纸擦嘴wipe one's mouth with the napkin,

 吃时发出声音make noise while eating,

 用筷子插进食物里stick chopsticks into the food,

 用筷子指向某人point at somebody with the chopsticks,

边走边吃喝eat or drank while walking down the street,

 把手放在大腿上put the hands on one's lap,

 说吃饱了say you're full,

 从右手边坐下sit down from the left side,

 习惯于get used to doing something,

 被使用做be used to do,

 过去常常used to do something,

 用叉子吃eat something with a fork,

 用刀子吃eat something with a knife,

 用勺子吃eat something with a spoon,

 用筷子吃eat something with chopsticks,

感觉很饱feel full,

感觉很饿feel hungry,

feel empty,

 充满, 装满 be full of something,

be filled with something,

大腿部 ， 一圈 ， 一段，环节 ， 拍打 ， 舔食 ， 舔着喝 ，lap,

 把手放在大腿上put the hands in one's lap,

只有一个座位，你只好坐在我腿上了。There's only one seat so you'll have to sit on my lap ,

 猫舔食盘中牛奶。The cat lapped milk from a dish,

跑到第三圈，他已经把别人远远地抛在后面了。On the third lap he left the other runners far behind,