【X-Level帶你學英語8】English amuses you!

“It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.”

——強者自救，圣者渡人

“Confine yourself to the present”

——著眼于當下

英語小陷阱

She is a has-been.

作為一只international小編，我可是有超級多外國小伙伴的哦~這不，一放假我就拉上小伙伴Joe陪小編看電視啦！

節目中一位風韻猶存的好萊塢女演員正在接受采訪，Joe問我知不知道這個女演員，我回答說不知道。

于是，Joe嘴里嘟囔了一句，聽上去好像是: “She is a husband.”我聽了覺得很奇怪，就試探著問: “難道她是個女同性戀?”

Joe看了我一眼，說: “為什么這么問？” 我說: “剛才你不是說she is a husband?” Joe哈哈大笑，把他的話重復了一遍 “She is a has-been.” 然后向我解釋說，

這句話的意思是說這位女演員已經過氣了，不紅了，所以也就是 “已經成為過去式了”, 可是跟 “老公” 一點關系都沒有。

“Don't cry for what is lost.

Smile for what still remains.”

——別為失去的哭泣，為還留在你身邊的一切微笑吧。

追溯詞源

memory（記憶）

隨著時間的推移時代的變化，大紅大紫的明星總會有“過氣”的那一天，“has-been”也就意味著從人們的記憶中淡去了，小編不禁想起《尋夢環游記》中那首經典的主題曲Remember Me！

每次回顧，小編都感嘆“記憶”真是個神奇的東西，那么單詞“memory”是怎么來的呢？偷偷告訴大家，它來源于希臘神話哦~

莫涅莫緒涅（Mnemosyne）是希臘神話中的記憶女神。她是天神烏拉諾斯和大地女神蓋亞的女兒，十二泰坦神之一。

她是宙斯的情人，和宙斯一起生了九個繆斯女神。

莫涅莫緒涅的名字中包含詞根mneme，意思是“記憶”，Memory便來自記憶女神的名字。變體有：memo，memor，mnem，mnes。

拓展

memory： ['mem(?)r?]n.

記憶，記憶力

remember： [r?'memb?]v.

記得，記起memo： ['mem??]n.

備忘錄

memoir： ['memwɑ?] n.

回憶錄，自傳
memorial： [m?'m??r??l]adj.

紀念的，記憶的，追悼的n.

紀念碑，紀念館，紀念儀式，紀念物

“It is only when you are pursued that you became swift.”

——唯有在被追趕的時候，你才能真正地奔跑

初高中月考試卷解析

中考補全對話專講認真看過前兩期推送的同學一定知道，補全對話主要考查三個內容——一般疑問句、特殊疑問句和情景對話。

兩種疑問句的做題方法已經推出，接下來小編就要放大招，帶大家攻克最不具有確定性但是最好得分的情景對話啦！

說它不具有確定性，因為答案可能不唯一；說它最好得分，因為做題有“方法”。做題方法化為兩個詞：“禮貌原則”+“合理接話”！
接下來，小編就給大家奉上“禮貌對話三連殺“習題

1、 A:75. ______________________.

B: You're welcome.（青竹湖湘初三第一次月考）

【答案】Thank you.

/Thanks a lot.

B: Thank you very much.

A:75.
_________________________.

【答案】You are welcome.

（師大附中初三第二次月考）

A: Read, speak and listen to English as much as you can.

And you can watch English TV programs when you have time.

B: Does it help?

A: Yes, but you have to try your best.

B: 75.________________________!（師大附中梅溪湖中學初三第一次月考）

【答案】Thank you,/Thanks a lot, and I will try my best

2、 A: Hi, Scott! 71._________________?

B: Everything is great.（雅禮初三第三次月考）

【答案】How is it going?

A: Hey, Judy! Long time no see! 71. ?

B: Pretty good! What are you doing these days?（長郡初三第二次月考）

【答案】How is it going?

3、B: It’s too bad.

I failed my English test again.

I really want to give up.

A: Oh, 72.

_________________.

But English is very important for our future job.

You shouldn’t lose confidence.

（師大附中梅溪湖中學初三第一次月考）

【答案】I am sorry to hear that.

4、A: Yes, he sings really well.

And I suggest you to watch it in Jinyi Cinema that is near your home.

B: 75. __________________________.

I' ll buy tickets right now.

Thank you.

（師大附中博才中學初三第三次月考）

【答案】Sounds great!/ Good idea!/ That’s a good idea!

5、A: That’s true. But I plan to play basketball this afternoon.

I’m afraid it’s going to rain all day.

B: 57. _______________.

The weather report says it will be clear then.

（天心區初三第三次月考）

【答案】Don’t worry./It can’t be.

6、Tom: It may be a girl’s, because pink is girls’ favorite color.

Let’s see what is in the bag.

Mary: There is a hair band and a Japanese-Chinese dictionary.

Tom: 75.______________.

She is the only girl that both has long hair and is fond of learning Japanese in our class.

Mary: OK. Let’s go to give the bag to Lily.

（長郡初三第三次月考）

【答案】It must be Lily’s.

【總分析】根據以上的練習，我們可以知道情景對話無非也就兩種：一種有套路，根據“禮貌原則”即可作答，而禮貌用語需要的是多積累多練習。

另一種則是純粹看情景，要根據“合理對話”進行作答，這類題關鍵在讀懂上下文，理清思路，并結合生活實際。

總之，補全對話是一個綜合性能力考查題，在時態等語法的基礎上考查大家寫英語句子的能力，通過情景設置考查大家在生活中應用英語的能力。

要做好補全對話，建議大家多練多積累！

初高中月考試卷解析高三語法填空專講

Mentally strong people don’t have their time 61 ( waste) feeling sorry for themselves, and they don’t give away their power.

They don’t allow others to control them, and they don’t give someone else power 62 them.

You won’t hear a mentally strong person 63 (complain) about lost luggage or traffic jams.

Instead, they focus on 64 they can control in their lives.

They recognize that sometimes, the only thing they can control is their attitude.

They don’t want to please everyone.

Mentally strong people recognize that they don’t need to please everyone all the time.

They are not afraid to say no or speak up 65 necessary.

They strive to be kind and fair, but can handle other people 66 (be) upset if they didn’t make them happy.

Mentally strong people don’t waste time dwelling on the past and wishing things could be different.

They acknowledge their past and can say what they 67 (learn) from it.

However, they don’t constantly relive (回味) bad experiences or fantasize about the glory days.

Instead, they live for the present and plan for the future.

They don’t make 68 same mistakes over and over.

Mentally strong people accept responsibility for their 69 ( behave) and learn from their past mistakes.

As a result, they don’t keep repeating those mistakes over and over.

Instead, they move on and make 70 ( good) decisions in the future.

（選自2017年雅禮中學高三第三次月考）

這篇語法填空，難度偏難，并且考查的搭配也比較多，雖然有些搭配是可以根據語法推斷出來的，但是能記住其搭配能大大提高做題效率，所以建議同學們多練習多積累，語法填空需要的是細心而扎實的知識功底。