• doorknob n. 门把手
• There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs.
sign v.签字 This time it was a postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! sign for 签收 sign for a parcel I signed for a letter this moring.
fired many times. • stick n.棍棒 a walking stick拐棍，手杖 • v.粘贴 stuck stuck sticking • Dust could stick to the clothing easily. • v.坚持，坚守，不放弃 • stick to one‘s position/ view/ opinion/rules
afternoon.. 劝说未成功时用“try to persuade sb to do sth” She tried to persuade him to give up that bad habit. persuasive adj. 有说服力的，令人信服的 a persuasive opinion 有说服力的意见/观点
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After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops.
早饭后, 我送孩子们上学, 然后就去了商店。
send sb to sp送某人去某地 send sb to do sth派某人去做某事 I sent her to Beijing yesterday. I sent her to get some milk yesterday.
recognize v. 认出，听出 I was dismayedates.
recognize an old friend recognize属于心理状态的动词，不用于进行时 know, realize, imagine, agree, recognize, want,
• be busy (in) doing sth • He is busy in writing his letters. • be busy with sth • They are busy with study day and night. • • be covered with被…所覆盖 • The road was covered with snow. • Every inch of the floor space was covered with
prefer, love, hate等心理状态的词一般不用于进行时 n. 认出 recognition
persuade v.说服，劝说 persuade sb to do sth 劝服某人做某事 (否定？) persuade sb into doing sth劝服某人做某事 We persuade them to join us. = ? We persuade them into joining us. persuade sb out of doing 说服某人不要做某事 He persuade me out of playing basketball this
• pick up the receiver拿起电话 • pick it up拿起它
It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. 我用了10 分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。
It takes sb some time to do sth ring back 回电话 I decided to ring back a minute later. I will ring you back.
dismay v. n.失望，泄气 disappoint I was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. (TB)
dismayed adj. 泄气的 dismaying adj.令人泄气的
to one's dismay 让某人失望的是..... be dismayed at sth 对.....感到失望 We are dismayed at the news.
• 3. What happened right after the writer got back to the kitchen?
• 4. What did the writer think of her day?
• sticky adj.黏的 sticky fingers sticky rice • have sticky fingers • 手脚不干净 • The man who has sticky fingers has been
pastry n. 面糊,糕点
My hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
annoying adj. 令人烦恼的 Nothing could have been more annoying.
annoyed adj. 感到烦恼的 annoy v. 使烦恼 annoyed annoyed annoying
No books could be more interesting.
I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. • 我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当我听 出是海伦·贝茨的声音时, 非常丧气。
• return不能和back连用
• return to sp
• return to school
• return to Shanghai • at school在上学 • at work在工作
So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
As soon as he got home, the phone rang. n.戒指，铃声 I got a ring for Christmas. exactly用于加强语气，表示“正”、“恰恰”：
That's exactly what I wanted to tell you.
Nothing could have been cheaper.
It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.
• 我回到家时, 时间还早。 孩子们在上学, 我丈夫在上班,家里清静 得很。
n.记号，符号 There are many public signs in the park.
register v. 挂号邮寄 registered letters挂号信 He wanted me to sign for a registered letter.
v. 登记、注册 register at a hotel 登记入住旅馆 register the birth of a child register at a school
You shouldn't annoy him.
receiver n. 电话的话筒， 收款员， 接待者
speak to sb和某人讲电话 answer the phone接电话 hang on/ hold on等一下 put down/ hang up the receiver挂电话
receive vt. 收到；受到 c.f. accept receive a letter receive a gift receive education 受教育
• an apple pie • some pumpkin pies • as easy as pie易如反掌，轻而易举
mix ① vt. 使混和，拌和
mix A and B I was busy mixing butter and flour. mix A into B You can mix some salt into the flour. mix A with B Oil does not mix with water. • ② vi. 交往，相处 • I’m not going to mix with those people. 我不打算和那些人来往。 • Mary doesn’t mix much. 玛丽不太和人交往。 mixed adj.混合的 a mixed school
finger n.
forefinger index finger
One finger cannot lift a small stone. 众人拾柴火焰高/团结就是力量
middle
finger
ring finger
little finger
thumb
palm
wrist
• pie n. 馅饼 • I decided to make some meat pies. (TB)
于是我决定做些肉馅饼。 不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉, 很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。
decide to do sth决定做某事 He decided to study abroad next year.