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英语语法顺口溜

英语语法顺口溜

英语语法顺口溜(名词)1.名词是秃子,常要戴帽子,可数名词单,须用a或an,若为特指时,则须用定冠,复数不可数,泛指the不见,碰到代词时,冠词均不现。

(非谓语)2.接不定式作宾语的动词【速记口诀】三个希望两答应,两个要求莫拒绝;设法学会做决定,不要假装在选择。

【妙语诠释】三个希望两答应:hope,wish,want,agree,promise 两个要求莫拒绝:demand,ask,refuse设法学会做决定:manage,learn,decide不要假装在选择:petend,choose(非谓语)3.不定式作宾语补足语时省to的动词【速记口诀】一感,二听,三让,五看,半帮助【妙语诠释】一感:feel;二听:hear,listen to;三让:make,let,have;五看:look at, see,notice,watch,observe;半帮助:help.(help sb. to do, to可以省略)(形容词&副词)4.同级比较用原形,as…as永不离。

(没有特殊分类,关于句子结构)5.语序歌主、谓、宾、表同汉语,定语有同也有异。

状语位置较特殊,不能全和汉语比。

(特殊句式)6. 感叹句,并不难,what、how放句前;强调名词用what,其余用how很简单。

(非谓语)7.不定式有标记,to与动词连一起。

没有人称数变化,动词特点它具备。

主宾定状表补语,唯独作谓不可以。

not 加上不定式,否定结构要牢记。

(形容词&副词)8.多个形容词的排列顺序(取谐音记忆)县(限定词)官(感官描绘)行(大小形状)令(年龄新旧)宴(颜色)国(国家地区)材(材料用途)例如:two big round new Chinese wooden tables(名词)9.以-f(e)结尾的名词变复数:leaf halfselfwife knifeshelf wolf thief树叶半数自己黄,妻子拿刀去割粮,架后窜出一只狼,就像强盗逃命忙。

英语妙语

英语妙语
30.Face the music 受惩罚
31.Follow my nose 凭直觉行事
32. For good 永远
33.Freeze 不许动
34.Getting cold feet 害怕做新工作
35.Get out of bed on the wrong side 全天情绪都不好
118.You can say that again . 你说得对
119.You did a good job. 你考得很好
120.You have money on your back .你真是恶习难改
121.you must have had a ball. 你一定过的很愉快
1.a piece of cake 小事一桩
2.big mouth 喋喋不休,随便乱说
3.blow your own horn 自吹自擂
4.break a leg 祝你好运
5.Brown bagging 自备午餐
49.Help me out 帮帮我
50.Hitting below the belt 太过分了
51.Hit the head ; leak the lizard 上厕所
52. Honey wagon 粪车
53.Hot-- “hot temperature” or “ hot spicy”? HOT --是“热”还是“辣”?
42.Got your feet wet ? 适应新工作吗?
43.Have a cow 吓出心脏病
44.He is a pain in the neck 他真令人讨厌
45.He is getting away with murder !他太为所欲为了!

英语学习秘籍|动名词作宾语速记口诀(大量考点,记得收藏).doc

英语学习秘籍|动名词作宾语速记口诀(大量考点,记得收藏).doc

英语学习秘籍|动名词作宾语速记口诀(大量考点,记得收藏)【速记口诀一】完成练习值得忙,继续习惯别放弃。

考虑建议不禁想,喜欢思念要介意。

【妙语诠释】①完成练习值得忙:finish,practice,be worth,be busy;②继续习惯别放弃:keep on,be used to,give up;③考虑建议不禁想:consider,suggest,can’t help,feel like;④喜欢思念要介意:enjoy,miss,mind。

【速记口诀二】Mrs. P Black missed a bag.(P·布莱克夫人丢了一个袋子。

)【妙语诠释】该句话中每个字母代表了一个动词或短语,这些动词要求后面跟动名词作宾语。

这些动词分别是:①Mrs. P Black →M=mind, r=risk, s=succeed in, P=practice, B=be busy, l=look forward to, a=admit, c=cant help, k=keep on;②missed →m=miss, i=insist on, s=suggest, s=stop, e=enjoy, d=delay;③a →a=avoid;④bag → b=be worth, a=advise, g=give up。

【真题链接】1. Most young people hope to get a good job after they finish ____ in universities.A.studyB.studiedC.to studyD.studying答案:D解析:这个是一个老师经常会挖的坑。

finish doing sth,指单纯完成了某一件事;而finish to do sth,指结束一件事又开始另一件事。

2. Richard turned off the computer after he had finished ____ the email.A.writeB.to writeC.writingD.wrote答案:C3. -Jane’s spoken English is pretty good.-Yeah, she works hard and practices ____ it both in and out of class.A.spokeB.to spokeC.speakingD.speak答案:C解析:固定搭配:practice doing sth。

10句信达雅的英语翻译

10句信达雅的英语翻译

10句信达雅的英语翻译1.人生短短几十年,不要给自己留下了什么遗憾,想笑就笑,想哭就哭,该爱的时候就去爱,无谓压抑自己.Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself.2.于千万人之中,遇见你所遇见的人;于千万年之中,时间的无涯荒野里,没有早一步,也没有晚一步,刚巧赶上了,英语翻译 10句妙语连珠的经典翻译。

Among thousands of people, you meet those you've met. Through thousands of years, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late.3.记住该记住的,忘记该忘记的。

改变能改变的,接受不能改变的.Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and aept what is mutable.4.能冲刷一切的除了眼泪,就是时间,以时间来推移感情,时间越长,冲突越淡,仿佛不断稀释的茶。

Apart from tears, only time could wear everything away. While feeling is being processed by time, conflicts would bereconciled as time goes by, just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted.5.鱼对水说你看不到我的眼泪,因为我在水里.水说我能感觉到你的眼泪,因为你在我心里。

英语妙语13

英语妙语13

1.我总是在不停的写日记,我不知道我停不住的究竟是笔,还是记忆。

--------I always keep the diary, I do not know what the pen stopped, or memory.2.Life is tough, but if you has the ability to laugh at life, you have the ability to enjoy life. ------人生路艰难,但是如果你有笑对人生的能力,你就有享受人生的能力。

3.Everbody will make mistakes, that‘s why they put erasers on the end of pencils.每个人都会犯错,这就是为什么把橡皮擦安在铅笔后面的原因。

4.Remember that if you get through yesterday, you'll get through today.——昨天若是都过去了,那还有什么过不去的明天。

5.A true love is what doesn’t strive for busyness, for extravagance, for luxury, and moreover for hokum.真正的爱情是不讲究热闹不讲究排场不讲究繁华更不讲究嚎头的。

6.Life may always have regret, but the future is still good.~~~生活或许总有遗憾,但未来依旧美好。

7.Two people live together, you must accept the other people all, not just the part which you like. ------两个人在一起生活,你必须接受另一个人的全部,而不只是你喜欢的那部分。

8.I don’t regret the things I have done, I simply regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.我不后悔做过的事。

英语妙语佳句

英语妙语佳句

Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

Advice when most needed is least heeded. 忠言逆耳。

Ask no questions and be told no lies. 不问问题就不会受骗。

Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler. 好问是非者,恰是是非之人。

Barking dogs seldom bite. 色厉内荏。

Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. 宁肯失足,不要失言。

The bird is known by his note, the man by his words. 闻音知鸟,闻言知人。

Cast not the first stone. 切莫首先指责别人。

Children should be seen and not heard. 童者应视其行,而勿信其言。

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. 害人反害已。

Dead men tell no tales. 死无对证。

Deeds, not words. 莫坐而论道,应身体力行。

Do as I say, not as I do. 依其言而行事,勿观其行而仿之。

Do as you would be done by. 已所不欲者勿施于人。

Don't cry before you are hurt. 不要危险未来先喊娘。

Don't cry stinking fish. 不要妄自菲薄。

Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you. 不要自贬身价,以免被人看轻。

Don't speak to the man at the wheel. 不要打扰负责你自己安全的人。

动画片20句英语妙语

动画片20句英语妙语

动画片20句英语妙语1.绽放于逆境之中的花最为珍贵美丽。

——《花木兰》,皇帝The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.—The Emperor,Mulan2.有时候,正确的道路并不是最轻松的。

——《风中奇缘》,柳树婆婆Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.—Grandmother Willow,Pocahontas3.记住,是你让这个世界充满阳光。

——《白雪公主与七个小矮人》,白雪公主Remember you're the one who can fill the world with sunshine.—Snow White,Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs4.让你难过的那件事将会让你振作起来。

——《小飞象》,花狸鼠蒂莫西The very things that hold you down are going to lift you up.—Timothy Mouse,Dumbo5.过去或许很痛苦,但在我看来,你可以逃避,也可以从中学习。

——《狮子王》,狒狒拉飞奇The past can hurt.But the way I see it,you can either runfrom it,or learn from it.—Rafiki,The Lion King6.生活是要去经历的一段旅程,而不是要去解决的一个难题。

——《小熊维尼》,维尼Life is a journey to be experienced,not a problem to be solved.—Pooh,Winnie the Pooh7.如果你不思考的话,那么就别说话。

——《爱丽丝梦游仙境》,三月兔"If you don't think,then you shouldn't talk."—March Hare,Alice in Wonderland8.你掌握着自己的命运——无需魔法。

经典浪漫的爱情英语妙语

经典浪漫的爱情英语妙语

经典浪漫的爱情英语妙语I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am withyou。

我爱你,不是因为你是一个怎样的人,而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。

No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is ,won't make you cry。

没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them。

失去某人,最糟糕的莫过于,他近在身旁,却犹如远在天边。

Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile。

纵然伤心,也不要悉眉不展,因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world。

对于世界而言,你是一个人;但是对于某人,你是他的整个世界。

Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you。

不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式爱你,那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。

英语妙语19

英语妙语19

1.Life is simple. You make choices and you don’t look back.人生很简单,做了决定就不要后悔。

2.Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.——生活,就该有些阳光,有点自由,还有一些花朵。

3.I wonder if anyone thinks of me when they can't fall asleep at night.我想知道会不会有人在睡不着的夜里,想起我4.Do what you say,say what you do.~~~ 做你说过的,说你能做的。

5.Sometimes, you have to realize some people can stay in your heart, but not in your life——有时候,你必须意识到,有些人能留在你的心里,但不能留在你生活里。

6.Always remember that the secret of success is passion. Always think big. Spread love & joy. You'll have blissful years ahead. 永远记得成功的秘诀是热情。

永远要志存高远并且分享你的爱和快乐。

这样,你将拥有一个快乐的未来。

7.Appreciate what you have, who loves you and who cares for you. You'll never know how much they mean to you until the day they are no longer beside you. 感恩你所拥有的,爱你的人及在乎你的人,你不会知道他们对你有多重要,直到你失去他们的那一天。

英语-妙语慧句

英语-妙语慧句

太美的英语1。

如果只是遇见,不能停留,不如不遇见。

If we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other,then I wish we had never encountered.2。

宁愿笑着流泪,也不哭着说后悔。

心碎了,还需再补吗?I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry,when my heart is broken ,is it needed to fix?3。

没有谁对不起谁,只有谁不懂得珍惜谁。

No one indebted for others,while many people don't know how to cherish others.4。

命里有时钟需有命里无时莫强求You will have it if it belongs to you,whereas you don't kvetch for it if it doesn't appear in your life.5。

当香烟爱上火柴时,就注定受到伤害When a cigarette falls in love with a match,it is destined to be hurt. 6。

爱情…在指缝间承诺指缝…。

在爱情下交缠。

Love ,promised between the fingersFinger rift,twisted in the love7。

没有人值得你流泪,值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。

No man or woman is worth your tears, and th e one who is, won’t make you cry.8。

记住该记住的,忘记该忘记的。

改变能改变的,接受不能改变的。

英语句子积累

英语句子积累

英语句子积累(妙语连珠)1.happy-go-lucky 无忧无虑的,听天由命2.let one's hair down无拘无束地干某事;放松一下3.the finger on the wall不祥之兆;厄运临头的预兆4.get in one's hair惹恼某人;打搅(金玉良言)1.Where there is a will,there is a way.有志者,事竟成.2.A good book is a light to the soul.好书一本,明亮心里.3.An apple a day,keeps the doctor away.一日一水果,医生远离我.4.A man cannot do more than he can.凡事需量力而行.5.No pains,no gains.不劳则无获.6.Money can't buy everything.金钱并不是万能的.7.Knowledge is power.知识就是力量8.Be your own master.做你自己的主人9.The past can't be called back again.时不再来(知识窗)1.形形色色的火警电话号码.我国的火警电话号码是119,而美国华盛顿的火警电话码却正好相反——911.世界上火警电话号最简单的城市恐怕要数菲律宾首都马尼拉了,只有一个0;而加拿大首都谨太的火警电话号码竟长达七位数——8721212.另外,还有一些比较好记的火警电话号码:丹麦首都哥本哈根的火警电话号码是000,英国伦敦的火警电话号码是99.三种不同的uncle2.英语中有些习语可用来表示不同的人物特征.1.Uncle Sam山姆大叔,是美国、美国政府、美国人等的绰号,源自United States的首字母缩写U与S.在漫画中常以戴星条图案高帽子,穿条纹裤礼服,留胡子的高个子男子形象出现.2.Uncle Tom 含轻蔑之意,指奉承白人的黑人.3.Dutch Uncle 荷兰叔叔,指经常对人谆谆告诫、严厉训斥的人.。

英语妙语6

英语妙语6

1.Everyone has a guardian of the star, the legend that is teeth lover's heart, dear you I have been in the stars engraved your name, that I'm waiting for you as you love Star.每个人都有一颗守护的星,传说那是颗爱人的心,亲爱的你我已在星星上刻了你的名字,那是我为你守候为你爱着的星。

2.Trust is like a paper.Once it's crumbled, it can't be perfect.人与人之间的信任,就像是纸片,一旦破损,就不会再回到原来的样子。

3.There are songs that can really make you sad and cry when you hear them. but it’s actually not the song that makes you cry, it’s the people behind the memories.总有那么一些歌,让我们感伤、落泪。

但其实让我们伤感的并不是歌曲本身,而是藏在回忆里的那些人。

4.I think the most beautiful woman is not her own, but she create beautiful atmosphere。

我认为最美丽的女人不是她自身,而是她营造的美丽氛围。

5.别太依赖任何一个人,等那天他不找你不陪你不哄你,你会很难受的。

---------Don't rely on any one person, and that he did not find you don't accompany you don't kid you, you will be very uncomfortable.6.别忘了最初答应自己要做的事情,别忘了答应自己要去的地方,无论有多难,有多远。

英语妙语诠释奇妙记冠词基础用法速记口诀名词一切格用法接不定式作宾语的动词描述词和副词比拟等级用法

英语妙语诠释奇妙记冠词基础用法速记口诀名词一切格用法接不定式作宾语的动词描述词和副词比拟等级用法

英语妙语诠释巧妙记冠词基本用法速记口诀名词所有格用法接不定式作宾语的动词形容词和副词比较等级用法一、冠词基本用法【速记口诀】名词是秃子,常要戴帽子,可数名词单,须用a或an,辅音前用a,an在元音前,若为特指时,则须用定冠,复数不可数,泛指the不见,碰到代词时,冠词均不现。

【妙语诠释】冠词是中考必考的语法知识之一,也是中考考查的主要对象。

以上口诀包括的意思有:①名词在一般情况下不单用,常常要和冠词连用;②表示不确指的可数名词单数前要用不定冠词a或an,确指时要用定冠词the;③如复数名词表示泛指,名词前有this,these,my,some等时就不用冠词。

二、名词单数变复数规则【速记口诀】单数变复数,规则要记住,一般加s,特殊有几处:/s/结尾,es不离后,末尾字母o,大多加s,两人有两菜,es不离口,词尾f、fe,s前有v和e;没有规则词,必须单独记。

【妙语诠释】①大部分单数可数名词变为复数要加s,但如果单词以/t?蘩/、/?蘩/、/s/发音结尾(也就是单词如果以ch,sh,s,x等结尾),则一般加es;②以o结尾的单词除了两人(negro,hero)两菜(tomato,potato)加es外,其余一般加s;③以f或fe结尾的单词一般是把f,fe变为ve再加s;④英语中还有些单词没有规则,需要特殊记忆,如child-children,mouse-mice,deer-deer,sheep-sheep,Chinese-Chinese,ox-oxen,man-men,woman-women,foot-feet,tooth-teeth。

三、名词所有格用法【速记口诀】名词所有格,表物是"谁的",若为生命词,加"'s"即可行,词尾有s,仅把逗号择;并列名词后,各自和共有,前者分别加,后者最后加;若为无命词,of所有格,前后须倒置,此是硬规则。

【妙语诠释】①有生命的名词所有格一般加s,但如果名词以s 结尾,则只加"'";②并列名词所有格表示各自所有时,分别加"'s",如果是共有,则只在最后名词加"'s";③如果是无生命的名词则用of表示所有格,这里需要注意它们的顺序与汉语不同,AofB要翻译为B的A。

英语中的口诀

英语中的口诀

我用am,你用are,is连着他她它,单数is复数are两多两少两甚至,还有一个远去了。

行前be后规则打撒谎,不规则的躺下,躺下就下蛋,下蛋不规则阻塞的辅音,通畅的元音黑人英雄喜欢坐在火山上吃土豆和西红柿一感二听三让四看限观形定色国材一句两开主谓份,动词谓语支配宾,修饰主宾是定语,谓语前后状补语。

主将从现/主祈从现/ 主情从现世上独无二,双方都熟悉,上文已提及,中日不变英法变,其余s加后面三个希望两答应,两个要求莫拒绝;设法学会做决定,不要假装在选择。

【妙语诠释】三个希望两答应:hope,wish,want,agree,promise 两个要求莫拒绝:demand,ask,refuse 设法学会做决定:manage,learn,decide 不要假装在选择:petend,choosegulf roof chief serf blief proof handkerchief 海湾边,屋顶上,首领奴仆两相望,谁说他们无信仰,证据写在手帕上leaf half self wife knife shelf wolf thief树叶半数自己黄,妻子拿刀去割狼架后窜出一只狼,就像强盗逃命忙。

关于被动语态的使用:动作谁做的不知道,说出谁做没必要。

接受动作要强调,被动语态最为妙。

比较级的规则(好坏多少远老)系动词:一是一感一保持,起来四个,变了三个Be/ feel/ keep/ smell,sound, taste, look/ get, turn, become不规则的形容词的比较级和最高级口诀:合二为一有三对, "病坏""两多"与"两好",①一分为二有两个, 一个"远"来一个"老"。

②还有一个双含义, 只记"少"来别记"小"。

③注:①ill/ bad→worse→worst; many/ much→more→most; good/well→better→best ②far→farther/further→farthest/furthest; old/older/elder→oldest/ eldest ③little→less→least好坏多少远In年in月in四季。

妙语连珠90句超级英语

妙语连珠90句超级英语

妙语连珠90句超级英语1.It’notlikethat.不是那样的。

这句话是用来辟谣的。

当别人误会了一件事的来龙去脉,你就可以跟他说It’notlikethat.「不是那样的。

」当然随着语气及情境的不同,It’notlikethat.这句话也有可能是你用来硬拗的藉口。

2.Thereinothinggoodplaying.没好电影可看这里的There’nothinggoodplaying.是接着问句而来的,指的是「没有好电影可看。

」同样的,若是电视上没有好节目可看,你就可以说There’nothinggoodonTV.3.I’vegottencarriedaway.我扯太远了。

getcarriedaway字面上的意思是「被带走了」,那么被带走的是什么呢?就是心思。

当你或是他人说话的时候离了题,偏离主旨扯远了。

你就可以用上这个表达法I’ve/You’vegottencarriedaway.4.Goodthing...还好,幸好…在美语当中若要表达中文里「还好,幸好…」的语气,你就可以用Goodthing...做开头。

这个句型非常简单又好用,你只要在Goodthing后面加上完整的句子就可以。

5.Idon’tbelieveyou’rebringingthiup.你现在提这件事真是岂有此理。

bringomethingup是指「提到(某件事)」。

当然情况会有正反两面。

你若没想到对方会提起这件事讨骂,你可以说Idon’tbelieveyou’rebringingthiup.。

而反过来说,若你很高兴对方主动提起了一件事,你也可以用这个片语,自然说出Iamgladyouarebringingthiup.6.pyon...跟监(某人)py这个字就是「间谍」。

当动词用的意思自然就是「做间谍做的事」,也就是「监视,跟踪」之意。

当你要去监视跟踪某人,美语中就说成pyonomeone。

7.There’nootherwayofayingit.没有别种说法有时候不管你再怎么转、再怎么拗,也没有办法更婉转或是避开一些绝对会出现的字,这时候你就可以用上There’nootherwayofayingit.这句话,来表达自己避无可避的为难,因为「没有别种说法。

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