Chapter one一课文重点词汇和短语pay attention to 注意 go wrong 出毛病，出错 break down 抛锚for example 例如 lose memory 失忆 become worse 变得更糟be angry with 对…生气 the Guinness Book of Records 吉尼斯世界记录大全a short-term/long-term memory 长/短时记忆 a man with an injured brain 一个脑伤的男人amazing stories 令人惊叹的故事 be connected to 与…相连be/feel amazed at …对…感到惊讶 make an excuse 找借口/借故make an apology to sb. 道歉 write an article on the topic 写一篇关于这个主题的文章include a feature about sth. 增加一个关于…的特写（报道）look up a word in the dictionary 在字典里查询单词agree v. 同意agree to ＋V We agreed to leave at once.我们同意立即走。
agree to sth. 赞同；允许 She agreed to my idea. 她同意我的想法。
agree with sb. 同意某人的意见 I agree with Jim. 我同意Jim 的意见。
agree with sth. 赞同 I don’t agree with experiments on animals.agree on sth. 对……意见一致 They all agree on this case. 他们对此案件意见一致。
‘I think it’s a bad idea.’“I couldn’t agree more”.(=I completely agree) ‘我认为这是一个坏主意。
’“我完全同意”。
反义词：disagree v. 不同意everyday adj.“日常的；例行的；平凡的”相当于daily.The article is written in everyday language. 这篇文章写得浅显易懂。
every day 副词短语“每一天，天天”He gets up at 6:30 every day. 他每天6：30起床。
注意 death，die与dead 和dyingdeath 是名词，意思是死亡，die 是动词，死；dead是形容词“死了的，死亡的”之意；dying 是形容词，意思是即将死亡的，垂死的二语法：由if和unless引导的条件状语从句含有if的复合句由两个分句组成；if 为连词，引导条件状语从句，另一句为主句。
如果谈论的是某一个动作发生后势必会产生某个结果，那么主从句都用一般现在时态。
e.g. If you boil water, it becomes steam.If you drop a glass, it breaks.如果谈论的是‘如果’某一个动作或事情发生后，很可能将会产生某种结果，那么在复句中主句的动词用一般将来时，而if从句仍然是一般现在时。
If he arrives in Hong Kong, he will call me.若 if 条件句放句首，从句后面要加逗号，和主句隔开。
unless 与if用法相似，相当于if…note.g. You will fail the exam if you don’tprepare for it.→ You will fail theexam unless you prepare for it.Chapter 2一．课文重点词汇和短语1. look at oneself in the mirror 照镜子2. succeed in doing sth. = do sth successfully 成功做某事3. instead of 代替 = in place of4. get…into trouble 使…陷入麻烦中5. be in trouble with 与…之间有麻烦6.be in trouble 陷入困境7.all around the world 全世界 8. bad-tempered 脾气坏的9. a number of 许多 =many /a lot of /lots of /plenty of10. in total 一共 11.stay up 熬夜12. the number of ……的数量 13. fall asleep 睡着 go to sleep 去睡觉14. come to life 有生气,活跃 15. play a trick on 捉弄16.stay in bed 卧床 17.escape from 逃离18. laugh at 嘲笑 19. be full of = be filled with 充满20. try to do sth 尽力做某事 21. in the late 1930s 20世纪30年代末22.think of 想到；想起；想出 think about 考虑 think over 仔细思考23. tell sb to do sth 告诉某人做某事24. a man called…= a man who is called…叫…的人二．语法形容词概述1.形容词用来修饰名词，说明事物的性质，特征或状态。
Mary is a good girl.The cartoons also have a long history.2. 形容词放在连系动词之后，如：be, look, sound, taste, smell, feel, seem, turn, keep, come…It looks beautiful.The cake doesn’t taste sweet.3. 形容词做宾语补足语.它们能使动作完整并通常与一些特定的动词如：make, keep, want, find, think, prefer 连用。
They thought it would be funny to make the mouse clever.I drank a lot of coffee to keep myself awake.4．形容词与不定式连用的两个句型。
(1) It is +形容词+of / for sb. + to do sth.若形容词是描述不定式行为者的性格、品质的，如kind，good，clever，careless，polite，foolish 等，用of sb.。
It’s very kind_____you____ help me.It’s clever ____ you_____work out the maths problem.若形容词仅仅是描述事物，不是对不定式行为者的品格进行评价，用for sb.这类形容词有difficult，easy，hard，important，dangerous，（im）possible等。
It’s very dangerous_____children _____ cross the busy street.It’s difficult ____ us_____ finish the work.(2) n. + be + 形容词+ to do sth.Comics are wonderful____________（read)The film is exciting _______(see).5. 形容词修饰不定代词应位于其后：I have ________________ (一些重要的事情) to tell you.Is there ________________( 有趣的事情) in today’s newspaper?6. 以-ed 和-ing 结尾的形容词的比较：以-ed结尾的形容词强调人的感受:excited,interested,surprised,frightened以-ing 结尾的形容词强调某事物本身的特征:exciting,interesting,surprisingThis is an ________ book and I am ________ in it. ( interest)We were all deeply ________ by the _________ story. ( move)7. 注意1）Good是形容词，副词是well。
但是well 也可以作为形容词，但只能指身体好的。
2）有些词既可以当形容词，又可以做副词：Long, early, late, high, low, enough, much，hard (hardly 意思为几乎不，不是hard的副词)a. He is a hard student.b.He works very hard.a. She is a fast runner.b.She runs very fast.a. Do you like late dinners?b.No,I don’t like to eat late.3）很多副词由形容词加词尾–ly 构成副词, 有些名词加ly 后可构成形容词(friend +ly ---friendly友好的 love+ ly---- lovely可爱的)复习：形容词和副词的比较级和最高级1. 形容词副词比较级和最高级的构成单音节词加-er 和-est hard-harder-hardest辅音字母y结尾变y为i，再加-er/ -est easy- easier- easiest重读音节并且是“辅音字母+元音字母+辅音字母”要双写辅音字母再加-er/-esthot-hotter-hottest big-bigger-biggest多音节词前加more /most beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful2. 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的用法①两者进行比较A=B as +形容词或副词的原级+ asI am as tall as you. Lucy sings as well as Lily.A≠B not so/as +形容词或副词的原级+ asHe is not as/so careful as his brother. He doesn’t run as/so quickly as me.A＞B或A＜B 形容词或副词的比较级+ thanYou are two years younger than me. He is a little stronger than his father.Nancy dances better than her classmates.②三者或三者以上进行比较使用形容词或副词的最高级常接in 或of表比较范围Who is the tallest in Class Three? Shanghai is the largest of all the cities.注意：one of + 最高级+ 名词的复数China is one of the strongest countries in the world.the + 序数词+ 最高级+名词的单数The Yellow River is the second longest river in the world.③注意以下几种情况：形容词或副词的比较级前可用much, a little, a bit ,even, far等程度副词或词组表示不同程度，但是注意，very 不行。