英语日常口语 Unit51

本单元是关于夏日的烦闷的对话 Alice: It's nice to be back but I do miss the excitement of the World Cup. I'm bored! Helen: Oh thanks very much! Alice: I didn't mean you! I just mean it's a bit hard to come back to reality that's all. Tim: Who says we have to? Why don't we do something to cheer ourselves up? Alice: Like what? Michal: Go to the pub. Alice: No, it's too smoky. Tim: Go to a nightclub. Helen: It's too noisy. Michal: How about going to the cinema? Alice: There's nothing on I really want to see. Michal: We could have a party. Alice: What are we celebrating? Michal: You know it's almost a year since I came to live here. Tim: Perfect! We'll have our first anniversary party! Vocabulary:（字汇） to cheer someone up:（让某人高兴起来） to make someone feel happier an anniversary:（周年） a day that is exactly a year or a number of years after a particular event (for example, It's our 25th wedding anniversary next week) a fancy-dress party: （化妆宴会） a party where people dress up in costumes (often dressed as famous people)

本单元的语言点是后缀，在一个单字的后面加上字尾就可以将名词转为形容词，或是将形容词转为名词。举例来说，将名词 'noise' 字尾的 e 去掉，加上 Y 就成了形容词 'noisy' 。 Suffixes You can make some nouns into adjectives or adjectives into nouns by adding suffixes (extra letters at the end of the word). For example, you can make the noun 'noise' into an adjective by taking off the 'e' and adding 'y' to make 'noisy'. Here is some of the most common suffixes:

Making nouns into adjectives:（名词转为形容词） -able knowledge - knowledgeable fashion - fashionable comfort - comfortable -al nature - natural accident - accidental music - musical -ous danger - dangerous fame - famous adventure - adventurous -y health - healthy cream - creamy mess – messyMaking adjectives into nouns:（形容词转为名词） -ce important - importance patient - patience violent - violence -ity popular - popularity formal - formality regular - regularity -ness happy - happiness lazy - laziness ruthless - ruthlessness -y difficult - difficulty modest - modesty honest - honesty

Some spelling rules:（拼字的规则） When the adjective or noun ends in –e, -t or –y, sometimes its spelling changes. For example: -e nature - natural fame - famous -t important - importance patient - patience -y happy - happiness lazy - laziness