词汇与语法

content with

content yourself with (doing) something to do or have something that is not what you really wanted, but is still satisfactory 使自己满足[甘心]于（做）某事

Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post.
拉尔先生一直在要求承担更多的责任，但只能将就着担任一个小小的管理职务。

He wondered _____ ____ his enlisted friends might be staying on that cold winter night.

填写: where

enlisted: 参军的, 入伍的

uniform

制服: 可数名词

shiny 与shining

shiny:

smooth and bright 光滑发亮的，闪光的

shiny black shoes
锃亮的黑皮鞋
a shiny polished table
擦得光亮的桌子
Her hair was thick and shiny.
她的头发浓密且有光泽。

shining:

adj. 华丽的；光亮的

shining streets

the astonished man’s eyes

very surprised about something 吃惊的，惊讶的 SYN amazed
astonished to see/find/hear/learn etc
- We were astonished to find the temple still in its original condition.
  我们惊讶地发现寺庙还是原来的样子。

increase

名词:

a rise in amount, number, or degree 增加，增多；增长 OPP decrease
increase in

an increase in the crime rate
犯罪率的上升

改错

mysteriously old cottage

mysteriously 改成mysterious 修饰cottage 而不是old

by sea 与by the sea

by sea: 沉船, 由海路,

by the sea: (地理) 在海边

tell about sth

tellsb (about sth)

Why wasn’t I told about the accident?

为什么没人把这次事故告诉我？

antonym(s)

反义词

作文

看图写作

The chart provides a summary of the number and types of books bought by men and women and four different age groups in the UK.

The percentage of women buying fiction is 30 percent higher than that of men.

And it can also be noticed that the older an individual is, the better he or she likes fiction.

The percentage of men buying non-fiction is only slightly higher that that of women.

But the figure of people older than 45 who buy non-fiction is significantly higher than the number of 25 to 34 age group.

However, there’s no obvious difference of buying non-fiction between 25 to 34 age group and 35 to 44 age group.

议论文

Generally speaking, our relationship with nature can be classified into three phases.

At the first stage, we can do nothing but adapt the changes of nature, like the day and night and four seasons. On the early stage of human history, our ancestors chose to live in cave in order to find protection from the severe weather. Depending on the change of weather, they have to change their daily routine. For example, they had to go out for hunting in a sunny day and hide under the shelter in a rainy or snowy day.

But nowadays, with the rapid advancement of science and technology, we step into the second phase. We can do anything free from the influence of weather. We are now able to create artificial rain which is important for farmers in the dry season, and air conditioners sweep away the heat in hot summer.

However, we can’t neglect that all of these improvements also cause damage to nature. Hence, we try to step into the third phase — saving the earth. We should never forget to live as part of nature, which means protecting the environment is also good for ourselves.