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1、轻松英语电子报第八期主办：上海轻松英语网 2007-05-08-单词搭配-as conj.如同；因为，由于，当.时候， (关系代词)当做，像.一样 ad.同样地 prep.作为；像，如同at prep.在(几点钟)；在(某处)；因为； 处于.状态；对；向；(表示价格、速度等)以as.as 与.一样at last 终于，最后not as/so.as 与.不一样at least/most 至少/多as if/though 似乎，好像at once 马上such.as 如，像at present 目前，现在as well as 除.以外，还at times 有时，间或as to 常用在句首至于，关于
2、at a time 每次，一次as far as 就.而论at one time 曾经，过去as a result 结果at the sight of 一见到.就as long as 只要at all times 无论何时as a matter of fact 事实上at ones ease 不拘束as soon as 一.就-词义辨析-attend，join与take part inattend 一般用来参加会议，课程。例如：I attended the lectures at the university.join 着重于从旁观者或外地人的地位成为某党派，团体的一员。例如：I joined
3、 the League when I was in Junior Middle School.take part in 指参加群众行活动、会议等。例如：Everyone should take part in the project to clean up the town.appear，look与seemappear，look，seem 都有看似之意，appear 强调视觉上的看法，着重从外边看似，有时未必如此。例如：He appears poor. In fact he is very rich.seem 强调说华人的主观判断，往往会有一定的真实性。例如：It seemed they ha
4、d brought nothing back.look 表示眼睛看来如此。例如：He looked very tired.-生活英语-Saying Thank You 道谢When someone invites you for dinner, you can bring flowers,candy or a bottle of wine. Sometimes people send a thank you note to the host or hostess a few days after the event.1.A: Id better be going.B: So soon? Why
5、 dont you stay a little longer?A: I wish I could, but its already late.B: Oh, its a shame that you have to leave.A: Thank you for a wonderful meal.B: Im glad you enjoyed it.2.A: I really must be going now.B: But you just got here. Cant you stay a little longer?A: Thats very nice of you, but I really
6、 cant.B: Well, its too bad that you have to go.A: Thanks very much. It was a great party!B: It was our pleasure.3.A: I think its about time we got going.B: What? Already? Wont you have more coffee?A: Id love to, but I have to get up early tomorrow.B: Oh! Im sorry. I wish you could stay.A: Thank you
7、for a very enjoyable evening.B: Dont mention it. I hope you can come again soon.4.A: I really should be on my way.B: Oh, not yet! At least have one for the road.A: No. Thanks all the same.B: Well, Im sorry you have to leave so early.A: Thank you very much. We really had a good time.B: Well, thank yo
8、u for coming.-英语阅读-母爱的真谛 Time is running out for my friend. While we are sitting at lunch she casually mentions she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. Were taking a survey,she says, half-joking. Do you think I should have a baby? It will change your life, I say, carefully keeping my
9、tone neutral2. I know,she says, no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous3 holidays.But thats not what I mean at all. I look at my friend, trying to decide what to tell her. I want her to know what she will never learn in childbirth classes. I want to tell her that the physical wounds of
10、child bearing will heal, but becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional4 wound so raw5 that she will be vulnerable6 forever.I consider warning her that she will never again read a newspaper without thinking: What if that had been MY child? That every plane crash, every house fire will haunt
11、her. That when she sees pictures of starving children, she will wonder if anything could be worse than watching your child die. I look at her carefully manicured7 nails and stylish suit and think that no matter how sophisticated8 she is, becoming a mother will reduce her to the primitive9 level of a
12、 bear protecting her cub10.I feel I should warn her that no matter how many years she has invested in her career, she will be professionally derailed11 by motherhood. She might arrange for child care, but one day she will be going into an important business meeting, and she will think her babys swee
13、t smell. She will have to use every ounce of discipline12 to keep from running home, just to make sure her child is all right.I want my friend to know that every decision will no longer be routine. That a five-year-old boys desire to go to the mens room rather than the womens at a restaurant will be
14、come a major dilemma. The issues of independence and gender identity will be weighed against the prospect that a child molester13 may be lurking14 in the lavatory15. However decisive she may be at the office, she will second-guess16 herself constantly17 as a mother.Looking at my attractive friend, I
15、 want to assure her that eventually18 she will shed the added weight19 of pregnancy20, but she will never feel the same about herself. That her own life, now so important, will be of less value to her once she has a child. She would give it up in a moment to save her offspring21, but will also begin to hope for more yearsnot to accomplish her own dreamsbut to watch her childre
