本單元是關(guān)于夏日的煩悶的對(duì)話
Alice: It's nice to be back but I do miss the excitement of the World Cup. I'm bored!
Helen: Oh thanks very much!
Alice: I didn't mean you! I just mean it's a bit hard to come back to reality that's all.
Tim: Who says we have to? Why don't we do something to cheer ourselves up?
Alice: Like what?
Michal: Go to the pub.
Alice: No, it's too smoky.
Tim: Go to a nightclub.
Helen: It's too noisy.
Michal: How about going to the cinema?
Alice: There's nothing on I really want to see.
Michal: We could have a party.
Alice: What are we celebrating?
Michal: You know it's almost a year since I came to live here.
Tim: Perfect! We'll have our first anniversary party!
Vocabulary:（字匯）
to cheer someone up:（讓某人高興起來(lái)）
to make someone feel happier
an anniversary:（周年）
a day that is exactly a year or a number of years after a particular event (for example, It's our 25th wedding anniversary next week)
a fancy-dress party: （化妝宴會(huì)）
a party where people dress up in costumes (often dressed as famous people)
本單元的語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)是后綴，在一個(gè)單字的后面加上字尾就可以將名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞，或是將形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞。舉例來(lái)說(shuō)，將名詞 'noise' 字尾的 e 去掉，加上 Y 就成了形容詞 'noisy' 。
Suffixes
You can make some nouns into adjectives or adjectives into nouns by adding suffixes (extra letters at the end of the word).
For example, you can make the noun 'noise' into an adjective by taking off the 'e' and adding 'y' to make 'noisy'.
Here is some of the most common suffixes:
Making nouns into adjectives:（名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞）
-able
knowledge - knowledgeable
fashion - fashionable
comfort - comfortable
-al
nature - natural
accident - accidental
music - musical
-ous
danger - dangerous
fame - famous
adventure - adventurous
-y
health - healthy
cream - creamy
mess – messy
Making adjectives into nouns:（形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞）
-ce
important - importance
patient - patience
violent - violence
-ity
popular - popularity
fomp3al - fomp3ality
regular - regularity
-ness
happy - happiness
lazy - laziness
ruthless - ruthlessness
-y
difficult - difficulty
modest - modesty
honest - honesty
Some spelling rules:（拼字的規(guī)則）
When the adjective or noun ends in –e, -t or –y, sometimes its spelling changes.
For example:
-e
nature - natural
fame - famous
-t
important - importance
patient - patience
-y
happy - happiness
lazy - laziness
Alice: It's nice to be back but I do miss the excitement of the World Cup. I'm bored!
Helen: Oh thanks very much!
Alice: I didn't mean you! I just mean it's a bit hard to come back to reality that's all.
Tim: Who says we have to? Why don't we do something to cheer ourselves up?
Alice: Like what?
Michal: Go to the pub.
Alice: No, it's too smoky.
Tim: Go to a nightclub.
Helen: It's too noisy.
Michal: How about going to the cinema?
Alice: There's nothing on I really want to see.
Michal: We could have a party.
Alice: What are we celebrating?
Michal: You know it's almost a year since I came to live here.
Tim: Perfect! We'll have our first anniversary party!
Vocabulary:（字匯）
to cheer someone up:（讓某人高興起來(lái)）
to make someone feel happier
an anniversary:（周年）
a day that is exactly a year or a number of years after a particular event (for example, It's our 25th wedding anniversary next week)
a fancy-dress party: （化妝宴會(huì)）
a party where people dress up in costumes (often dressed as famous people)
本單元的語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)是后綴，在一個(gè)單字的后面加上字尾就可以將名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞，或是將形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞。舉例來(lái)說(shuō)，將名詞 'noise' 字尾的 e 去掉，加上 Y 就成了形容詞 'noisy' 。
Suffixes
You can make some nouns into adjectives or adjectives into nouns by adding suffixes (extra letters at the end of the word).
For example, you can make the noun 'noise' into an adjective by taking off the 'e' and adding 'y' to make 'noisy'.
Here is some of the most common suffixes:
Making nouns into adjectives:（名詞轉(zhuǎn)為形容詞）
-able
knowledge - knowledgeable
fashion - fashionable
comfort - comfortable
-al
nature - natural
accident - accidental
music - musical
-ous
danger - dangerous
fame - famous
adventure - adventurous
-y
health - healthy
cream - creamy
mess – messy
Making adjectives into nouns:（形容詞轉(zhuǎn)為名詞）
-ce
important - importance
patient - patience
violent - violence
-ity
popular - popularity
fomp3al - fomp3ality
regular - regularity
-ness
happy - happiness
lazy - laziness
ruthless - ruthlessness
-y
difficult - difficulty
modest - modesty
honest - honesty
Some spelling rules:（拼字的規(guī)則）
When the adjective or noun ends in –e, -t or –y, sometimes its spelling changes.
For example:
-e
nature - natural
fame - famous
-t
important - importance
patient - patience
-y
happy - happiness
lazy - laziness