新概念英语第二册59-04

Lesson 50 Taken for a ride

Letter writing

How to begin a letter

a. 给朋友写信要称呼他们的名字，如“亲爱的弗雷德”，决不要以“ 亲爱的朋友”之类的词语开头.

b. 给亲戚写信，则可以这样开头：亲爱的妈妈，亲爱的爸爸，亲爱的弗雷德叔叔，亲爱的艾丽丝姨妈；但决不可称“亲爱的表兄”，或“亲爱的弗雷德表兄”.

如何给下列人写信：

你的祖母，你的表姐伊丽莎白，你的朋友杰克，你的叔叔汤姆

你的祖母 Dear grandma

你的表姐伊丽莎白 Dear Elizabeth

你的朋友杰克 Dear Jack

你的叔叔汤姆 Dear Uncle Tom

Key structures

Here are some more verbs that tell us what always happens:

belong to, consist of, contain, desire, detest, dislike, hate, hope, love, matter, mean, mind, need, want, wish

Special difficulties

lose, loose, miss

lose /lu:z/ v. 丢失

loose /lu:s/ adj. 松动的

miss /mis/ v. 怀念，思念；错过

sth. is lost / sth. is missing

missing adj. 不见了的

missing boy 失踪了的孩子

Several screws have come loose. ...

come loose 系动词 + adj.

My trip took me longer than I expected.

改写句子， 用 it takes 或 it took 开头

I get to the office in an hour.

--> It takes me an hour to get to the office.

--> It took me fifteen hours to reach Tokyo.

--> It took him six months to write the book.