e.g. In the room we collect the latest news and prepare the weather report.
注意：某些学科名词和以-s结尾的不可数名词，虽 然形式上是复数形式，但实际上是单数，如：
maths physics politics
4. Then let's watch a talk show. ( P33)
①because/because of ②hope动词，“希望”。常用于两种结构： hope to do sth. 和 hope + that 从句
辨析：hope/wish
hope 指对实现某一愿望有信心、把握 e.g. I hope to see you next week. wish常指难以实现或不可能实现的愿望 e.g. I wish I could have a new car. 注意：hope后不能用动词不定式作宾补，而wish可以
注意：think of 表示“考虑”时，与think about同 义；当表示“记起，想起”时，相当于remember。
②show此处用作可数名词，意为“（电视或广播
的）节目”。 a TV show 一档电视节目
拓展：show名词，还可意为“表演，展览”。
常见短语：on show 在展出，在展览中。 e.g. My pictures are on show in Beijing this month.
通常用于疑问句、否定句或条件句中，其后可接名 词。代词或动词-ing形式。
e.g. Do you mind taking care of my cat while I'm out?
拓展：mind 还可作名词，意为“思想，主意”。
3. news 新闻节目（P33 ）
news不可数名词，意为“新闻节目；新闻”，它 虽然以-s结尾，但不是名词复数形式。
1. What do you think of talk shows? (P33) ①think of此处意为“认为”。
What do/does + 主语 + think of…?用于询问他人 的
看法 =How do/does + 主语 + like…? 意“你认为……怎么样？”
e.g. What does he think of his English teacher?
hope sb. to do sth. ( 错误) wish sb. to do sth. ( 正确）
③find out “查明；弄清楚”。 find “找到”
④go on “发生” 与take place同义 e.g. I wonder what was going on.
⑤around the world = all over the world
e.g. A traffic accident happened to his elder brother yesterday.
Sth. +happens + 地点/时间，“某地/某时发生了 某事”
e.g. An accident happened on Park Street.
show及物动词，“出示，把……给（别人）
看”表示这一意思时，可用于两个结构，即： show sb. sth. 或 show sth. to sb. e.g. Show me your new watch, please.
2. I don't mind them. (P33) mind 此处用作及物动词，意为“介意，反对”，
let使役动词，意为“让”。
e.g. 让某人做某事（
）
句中let's 是let us的缩写形式。
Let's go to school,________?
Let us go to the cinema,_________?
5. Lin Hui thinks she can learn _____ from sitcoms.(P34)
6. Sally thinks______are more educational than sitcoms. (P34)
educational 形容词，“教育的，有教育意义的” e.g. The educational system in China is different from that in the USA.
learn from意为“从……获得；向……学习”。该对 于用于两种情况：
learn from sb./sth. 或learn sth. from sb./sth. e.g. Why don't you learn from my mistakes?
You should learn from Tom. She learned Chinese from a Chinese girl.
拓展：stand 作动词，还可意为“站；站立”。
11. I like to follow the story and see what happens next.(P34)
①follow动词，“呈现；跟随”。 ②happen “发生”。一般指偶然发生，其主语常为 事，而不能是人。常用于下列结构：
Sth.+happens to sb . “ 某人发生了某事”
9. We had a discussion about TV shows. (P34) have a discussion about “就……讨论”。 discussin 名词 动词__________
10. Oh, I can't stand them. (P34) stand 此处用作及物动词，“忍受”，通常与can't 连用，表达对某事物到了不能容忍的程度。
拓展：educate education educator educationalist educationally
7. She plans to watch Days of Our Past ______.(P34) plan 及物动词/可数名词
8. Because I hope to find out what's going on around the world. (P34)