动宾搭配
to send a card 寄送卡片
to lay the table 摆桌子
to have a meal 吃一顿饭
to propose a toast 致祝酒辞
to make a speech 演讲
to sing a song 唱一首歌
to play cards 打牌
to take a turn 轮到一次
to throw a party 安排一个聚会
现在完成时和一般过去时
1．现在完成时
l 现在完成时用于谈论过去开始并持续到目前为止的动作或情 况，这些动作或情况与现在有联系。例如：
I've/I have never forgotten the Hogmanays we used to have when I was a child in Scotland．我从没忘记小时候我 在苏格兰过新年的情景。(即现在还记得。)
l 现在完成时用于表示没有明确说出时间的过去的经历。例如：
My children have often heard me tell these stories． 我的孩子经常听我讲起这些过去的事情。
2．一般过去时
一般过去时表示在确定的过去时间所发生的动作或存在的状态。一般过去时表 示的这种确定的过去时间，常用时间状语表示出来或通过上下文来体现出来。例如：
I finished reading the book yesterday．我昨天看完了那本 书。
Nothing compares to the ones we celebrated back home in Glasgow．什么活动也比不上我们家乡格拉斯哥的新年庆典
Function
美式英语与英式英语
| American English |
British English |
| 1. subway（地铁） |
underground |
| 2. we'd just gotten |
we'd just got |
| 3. bourbon（波旁酒，一种威士忌酒） |
whisky |
| 4. highway（高速公路） |
motorway |
| 5. sidewalk（人行道） |
pavement |
| 6. trunk（汽车尾部的行李箱） |
boot |
| 7. gas station（加油站） |
petrol station |
| 8. to be mad at sb（生某人的气） |
to be angry with sb |
| 9. to stand in line（排队） |
to queue |
| 10. restroom（盥洗室, 厕所） |
toilets/lavatory |
| 11. fall（秋天） |
autumn |
接受及谢绝邀请
1．发出邀请
发出邀请可以根据邀请的对象及场合的不同使用不同的句式，除最后两个句式多用于非正式场合外，其他句式均可用于正式和非正式场合。
l Would you like to come... 您愿意来……
Would you like to come over for a meal on Saturday?
We are going to Stratford on Saturday．Would you like to join us?
l We’d like to invite you... 我们想邀请您……
We’d like to invite you to dinner on Thursday evening．Can you come?
l if you'd like to come... 如果你愿意来……
Are you free on Wednesday? There's a gig at the local pub，if you'd like to come.
I was wondering if you'd like to come round for a meal next week．
l Do you fancy／like coming... 你想不想来……(非正式)
Do you feel like coming... 你愿意不愿意来……(非正式)
Do you fancy coming to a gig on Friday?
Do you feel like coming down to the pub this evening?
2．接受邀请
接受邀请时，同时应表示谢意。可以说：
I'd love to come．Thank you．
That's very kind of you．I'd love to come．
3．谢绝邀请
当谢绝邀请时需要说道歉的话，不能接受邀请可以说已有安排。例如
I'm (very) sorry but...
I'm already going out on Thursday．
I'm afraid I can't．I'm working that evening．
I'm doing something else on Friday．
I can't make it．I'm in London that evening．
表示遗憾
谢绝邀请时，礼貌的做法是同时表示遗憾。
致歉可以说：
I'm sorry．I'm very sorry．I'm so sorry．
表示遗憾可以说：
What a pity! That's a pity．
What a shame! That's a shame．
