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　　Alice: Hmm, what do you think, you two, how do I look?

　　Helen: Ooh, its a gorgeous dress, Alice, but the other one seemed nicer.

　　Alice: Mmm, it is lovely, isnt it? But youre right, the blue dress looks better. Tim?

　　Tim: Oh yes, lovely, very nice. Can we go and look at the computer games now?

　　Alice: Ok Tim, youve been very patient. Lets just get Helens shoes and then we can go to the electronics shop. I want to buy a camera for my brother, and then Helen wants to get a book for her Dad, dont you Helen?

　　Helen: Yes, and after that I expect well all be feeling peckish, so well have a quick bite to eat, and then Alice wants to look at winter coats.

　　Tim: Here we go...

　　Alice: It wont take as long as the dress, I promise!

　　Vocabulary:字汇

　　gorgeous (adj):美丽的

　　lovely, beautiful

　　peckish (adj):肚子有点饿的

　　a little bit hungry

　　a bite to eat:零食或轻食

　　a snack or light meal

　　here we go:又来了

　　this phrase is used to show mild annoyance at something happening repeatedly. In this case, Tim is expressing mild frustration at Helen and Alices constant clothes shopping.

　　本单元语言点是关于连系动词的用法，在英语中除了 be 外，还有look, feel, seem, sound 等，请看下面的解释和例句

　　Verbs which take adjectives - look, feel, seem, sound

　　Verbs, adverbs and adjectives 动词、副词、形容词

　　A verb is a word which describes an action - for example, walk, work, drive. Adverbs are words which describe how the actions described by verbs are perfomp3ed.

　　He walked slowly - (How did he walk? Slowly.)

　　She worked hard - (How did she work? Hard.)

　　He drives dangerously - (How does he drive? Dangerously.)

　　Some verbs can be used with adjectives, to give more infomp3ation about the subject of the verb. These verbs function as a link between the adjective and a particular aspect of the subject.

　　Helen says:Its a gorgeous dress, Alice, but the other one seemed nicer.nice refers to the dress)

　　Alice replies:It is lovely, isnt it? But youre right, the blue dress looks better.better refers to the dresslook refers to an aspect of the dress - here, the way it looks)

　　Helen says:And after that I expect well all be feeling peckish... (peckish refers to ; feel refers to an aspect of . In other words, we dont look peckish, we dont sound peckish, we feel peckish.)

　　Verbs of perception, sense and change-of-state with adjectives 感知动词，状态动词后接形容词

　　Verbs which can be used with adjectives in this way are called link verbs. They are also known as copula verbs. They can be divided into groups:

　　Verbs of perception: seem, appear

　　Your plan seems realistic.

　　He appears older than he really is.

　　Verbs of sense: look, feel, taste, smell, sound

　　The blue dress looks better.

　　This fabric feels lovely.

　　I didnt enjoy the food. It tasted horrible.

　　These flowers smell beautiful.

　　That sound system sounds expensive.

　　Change-of-state verbs: become, grow, get, go, turn

　　She became very angry when she saw what they had done.

　　As night fell the air grew cold.

　　The sun got hotter and hotter.

　　His face went white with shock when he heard the news.

　　As I get older, my hair is starting to turn grey.

　　More about verbs, adverbs and adjectives

　　Link/copula verbs take adjectives. They can also function as nomp3al verbs which take adverbs.

　　She looked angry (adjective) = she had an angry expression

　　She looked angrily (adverb) at her husband. Here, looked is a deliberate action.

　　The cake tasted beautiful (adjective) = the cake had a beautiful taste.

　　She quickly (adverb) tasted the cake. Here, tasted is a deliberate action