这个城市位于北纬30度

Unit Twelve

I: The usage of the new words and expressions.

degree n. 度;程度;学位

eg. 1.The temperature today is 3℃.

2.The city lies at a latitude of 30 degrees North. 这个城市位于北纬30度。

3.The children have different degrees of ability. 孩子的能力高低各不相同。

4.To do the job, you must have a bachelor degree in chemistry.

从事这项工作必须具备化学专业学士学位。

marry v.结婚，嫁，娶(它是一个短暂性动词，不能和表示一段时间状语连用。)

eg. 1.She married a handsome young man.

2.They got married last April; they’ve been married for a year.

他们去年四月结婚，至今已有一年了。

* marry sb to sb. “使...与...结婚”

eg. 1. She wants to marry her daughter to a rich man.

她想把她的女儿嫁给一个有钱的人。

decide v. 决定，决意

eg.1.Now you must decide. 现在你必须作一个决定。

2. --- I don’t know which one to take. 我不知道拿哪一个好。

--- I’ll let you decide. 我让你来定吧。

* decide to do sth; decide that ……

eg. 1. He decided to buy a new car.他决定买一辆新车。

2. She has decided to say no. = She has decided that she will say no.

improve v.提高，改善improvement n.

eg.1. I want to improve my English. 我想提高英语。

2. The weather improved late in the day.傍晚天气转好了。

3.There has been an improvement in the weather. 天气有所好转。

wish n.& v. 祝愿; 希望，愿望”

eg.1. We sent our best wishes for her birthday. 我们对她的生日致以最良好

的祝愿。

2. Please send my best wishes to your family.请代我问候你的家人。

wish (sb) to do sth

eg.1 I wish to go to New York someday.我希望能到纽约去。

2. We wish you a merry Christmas/good luck/a safe journey!

祝你圣诞快乐/走运/一路平安。

straight ad.直接地；一直地

eg.1. Go straight to school without stopping. 直接到学校去，中途不要停留。

2. Tell me straight. Is he dead?直截了当告诉我，他死了吗？

straightaway = at once 立即，马上

eg.1.I’ll do it straightaway if you in a hurry. 如果你赶时间的话，我立刻就做。

look forward to doing sth 盼望……

eg. 1. We’re looking forward to hearing from you. 我们盼望你的回信。

2. The children are looking forward to the holidays. 孩子们盼望着假期。seem vi 好像，似乎

eg.1. I seem to have lost my key. 我觉得好像丢了钥匙。

2. He seems happy with his new job.他看来对新工作很满意。

seem to do sth / It seems that …

eg.1. He seems to know everything = It seems that he knows everything.

他好像什么都知道。

2. It seems that there is something wrong with the big clock. 大钟看上

去好像有问题。

practise v. 练习，实践

eg.1. You’ll never learn to ride a bike if you don't practise.

你如果不联系永远学不会骑自行车

practise doing sth 练习做某事

eg. 1. You’d better practise speaking English every day.

2. You need to practise typing without seeing the keyboard.

你应该练习不看键盘打字。

invite v.邀请它的名词是invitation

eg. 1. We invited all the teachers to the party.

2. We invited all our relatives (to the weeding).

我们邀请了所有的亲戚（来参加婚礼）。

invite sb to do sth 邀请某人做某事

eg. 1. They’ve invited us to stay for the we ekend. 他们已邀请我们在他们家度周末。

II. TEXT Two old friends Meet Again

One day, Zhao Hui and Chen wei meet in the street. They talk about what they are doing now. Zhao Hui is teaching at a middle school in Haidian and Chen Wei is studying. He’s doing a degree course at the Beijing Television University. His major is electronics, but he’s also following an English course.He’s still working at the TV factory and going to classes in the evening and at the weekends. So he’s always busy doing something. Chen Wei is finding his course quite hard and he doesn’t have a lot of free time, but he’s learning a lot and enjoying the course.

NOTE：

1.A middle school: “在中学”中国学年段时间划分和英美不一样，看下列表：