Loading... Please wait...Unit 1 Lifestyles
I. Key words and expressions:
1.in one’s free time 在某人的空闲时间
2. wake up 醒来
3. switch on/ turn on 打开
4. switch off /turn off关闭
5. switch over (to…)转换(频道)
6. work one’s way through
7. go off 爆炸/（铃）响/出发/（食物）变坏，进行
8. take up 占用/占据/开始从事
9. be filled with 充满/装满
10. complain about 抱怨某事/某人
11. suffer from 遭受……
12. be an expert on/in/at 是…专家
13. at the moment 眼下，目前
14. get changed 换衣服
类似的有：
be / get bored变得厌烦
be/get tired 累了
be/get separated 分离/离散
be/ get lost 迷路/丢失
be/get excited/relaxed 兴奋/放松
be /get worried 担忧
be /get married to sb. 于某人结婚
be/get mixed/devoiced 结合/离婚
get/hurt/burnt /killed/destroyed
15. can’t stand doing sth. 不能容忍做某事
16. besides除此之外,还有
17. so that…因此…, 以便于…
18. It takes sb. some time to do sth
spend …on sth./ in doing sth. .
花…时间做某事
19. prefer doing sth. to doing sth.
prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.
宁愿做…而不愿做…
20. prevent sb. (from) doing sth.
stop sb. (from) doing sth.
keep sb. from doing sth.
阻止某人做某事
21. be ready for sth. 为…而准备
22. talk show 访谈节目
23. over the years 数/几年来
24. used to do sth. 过去常常做某事
25. be/get used to doing sth 习惯于做某事
26. be against the rule 违反规则
27. as well as… 和…一样; 和，也
28. support one’s family 养活家庭
29. meet the challenge of 迎接…的挑战
30. come up with a good idea
想出（一个好主意）
31. as a result (of) 结果是
32. play a part （in）起作用
33. in order to do 为了做…
34. join sb. in doing sth. 加入某人做某事
35. look forward to （doing）sth 盼望…
36. graduate from 从… 毕业
II. Important sentence patterns:
It takes me less than fifteen minutes to wash, get changed, leave home and get on a bus.
As soon as I hear my alarm clock, I jump out of my bed.
I am always the first person to get to the office.
Besides, I get bored if there’s nothing to do. I like being busy.
That’s what people call the underground in London.
It’s so crowded that I can’t find anywhere to sit.
We like to visit places and go walking where there are no shops, crowds or the tube.
We don’t have the same work hours that office workers in the city have.
It’s my dream to see the Great Wall one day.
Unfortunately, my wife isn’t as fond of them as I am.