7.3.1 Section A 知识要点
1.It’s raining! 正在下雨。
rain n.雨水;v.下雨
例如:It often rains in Ya’an.雅安经常下雨。
Look! There are dark clouds in the sky.It is going to rain soon.快看,天空中乌云密布。很快要下雨了。
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a heavy/light rain 一场大/小雨
the rains(热带地区的)雨季,看作复数概念,谓语动词用复数。
“下雨”还可以用 rain 的形容词形式 rainy 和现在分词形式 raining 来表示。
2.How’s the weather in Boston? 波士顿的天气怎么样?
weather 是不可数名词。
fine weather 晴天cloudy weather 阴天 weather forecast/report 天气预报
询问天气状况的常用句型:How’s the weather? = What’s the weather like?
在句末可加上时间或地点状语。其答语常为 It’s raining/snowing.或 It’s+描述天气的形容词。例如:
—How’s the weather in Chengdu today? 成都今天的天气怎么样?
—It’s raining all day.一整天都在下雨。
3.What’s she doing? She is cooking.她在做什么?她在做饭?
cook v.做饭
例如:My father is good at cooking.我的父亲很擅长烹饪。
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cook vt.烹调;煮,其后可接双宾语,即 cook sb.sth.= cook sth.for sb.。例如:
My father cooks dinner for us every day.父亲每天都给我们做晚餐。
cook n.厨师;炊事员
例如:My dream is to be a great cook in the future.我的梦想是将来成为一名优秀的厨师。
cooker n.厨灶;炉具
例如:Mom says it’s very important to buy some good cookers.妈妈说买好的厨具很重要。
cooking n.烹饪;做饭 do some cooking做饭
4.How’s it going? 近来可好?
本句是询问对方处境或事情进展的习惯用语,后面可跟介词短语with sb./sth.。回答该句型时可根据不同情况来回答:
Fine!/Pretty good!/Great!/Not bad!/Terrible! Everything is going well.一切进展顺利。
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类似的问候语还有:
How are you getting on?/How are things going?/How’s everything?/How’s everything going with you?
5.Sounds like you’re having a good time.听起来你玩得正开心。
(1)本句是一个省略句,相当于 It sounds like you’re having a good time.
sound like 听起来像,其后可接名词、代词或句子。例如:
Sounds like she feels better now.听上去她好像好一些了。
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在英语中,类似于 sound 这样的感官动词(如 look,feel,taste,smell 等)后,均可接介词 like,然后再加宾语。例如:
Tony looks like his father.托尼看起来真像他父亲。
(2)have a good time 玩得高兴,过得愉快
同义短语有have fun,enjoy oneself 等。例如:
Linda has a great time every day.琳达每天都过得很开心。
have a good time(in)doing sth.=have fun(in)doing sth.=enjoy oneself(in)doing sth.
例如:We are having a good time playing hide-and-seek in the park.我们很开心地在公园玩捉迷藏。
=We are having fun playing hide-and-seek in the park.
=We are enjoying ourselves playing hide-and-seek in the park.
6.Can I take a message for him?我可以给他留个口信吗?
message n.消息;信息
take a message 捎口信;传话
take a message for sb.为某人捎个口信
leave a message 留口信
give/pass sb.a message 把口信捎给某人
send a message 发送信息
例如:Will,could you pass him the message? 威尔,你能把这个消息带给他吗?
Jenny is not at home now.Would you like to leave a message?珍妮现在不在家。你要留个口信吗?
7.Could you just tell him to call me back? 你能告诉他给我回个电话吗?(https://www.daowen.com)
(1)Could you…?意为“你能……吗?”用于委婉地提出请求,could在语气上比can更委婉、客气。
肯定回答:Sure./Certainly./Of course.(当然可以。)/With pleasure.(很愿意。)/No problem.(没问题。)
否定回答:Sorry,I can’t.I…(对不起,我不能。我……)。
(2)tell sb.(not)to do sth.告诉某人(不要)做某事
tell sb.sth.告诉某人某事
tell sb.about sth.告诉某人关于某事(的情况)
例如:Please tell me your name and address.请告诉我你的姓名和地址。
Could you tell me something about your childhood? 你能跟我说说你的童年生活吗?
(3)call sb.back 给某人回电话
例如:Please tell Jason to call me back as soon as possible.请告诉杰森尽快给我回电话。
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back adv.回来;回原处
例如:When were you back? = When did you come back? 你什么时候回来的?
back n.后背;后面;后部
例如:The little girl is on her father’s back,crying loudly.那个小女孩在她父亲的背上大声哭喊。
Our head teacher always sits at the back of our classroom.我们班主任经常坐在教室后面。
back adj.后面的
例如:Henry is not happy because he sits in the back row.亨利不开心因为他坐在后排。
8.Sure,no problem.当然可以,没问题。
No problem.用于口语中,表示同意或愉快地回答请求。例如:
—Could you help me to move the table? 你能帮我搬一下桌子吗?
—No problem.没问题。
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No problem.常见用法还有以下几种:
用来回答感谢,意为“不用谢;别客气;没什么”,相当于“You’re welcome.”或“Not at all.”。例如:
—Thank you very much.非常感谢你。
—No problem.没什么。
用来回答道歉,意为“没关系;没什么”。例如:
—Mr.Wang,I’m sorry that I lost my homework.王老师,对不起我把作业弄丢了。
—No problem.没关系。
用来表示有能力做某事,意为“没问题”。例如:
—Can you make a lantern? 你会做灯笼吗?
—No problem.没问题。
【辨析】
problem与question用法区别(详见表7.1)。
表7.1 problem与question用法区别

I can’t work out the math problem.Can you help me with it? 我解不出这道数学题,你能帮我吗?
I have problems learning physics.It’s boring for me.我学物理有困难,对我来说它很无聊。
Can I ask you a question? I don’t understand the passage.我能问你一个问题吗?我不太明白这篇文章。
9.What’s John doing right now? 约翰此刻正在做什么?
right now 此刻;现在
例如:—Sophia,let’s go shopping! 索菲亚,我们去购物吧!
—I’m sorry I can’t.I’m busy right now.不好意思我去不了,我现在很忙。
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right now 立刻;马上,相当于 at once 或 right away。例如:
Don’t worry.I’m coming right now.别担心,我马上就来。
10.Is Lisa talking on the phone again? 莉萨又在打电话吗?
again adv.再一次;又一次
例如:Can you say that again? I didn’t hear you.你能再说一遍吗?我没听见。
Jiuzhaigou is so beautiful.I want to visit it again.九寨沟太美了,我想再去一次。
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again and again 反复地;再三地
once again 再一次
over and over again 一再地