THURSDAY 10 JULY

reading
Barclays finance chief quits over 'grinding rules'
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article604140.ece
grammar

⒈用do\does\did + V可表强调
Some people do believe that nuclear power poses a threat to the world peace.
⒉adv或adj可表强调：Never \ only\ Very
This is the very question that deserves careful analysis.
⒊双重否定可表强调
Taking part-time jobs is never without drawbacks.
⒋what引导的主从可表强调
What really matters is cooperation.
⒌倒装可表强调(凡是倒装都可以表示强调)
Littlie do people take into account the seriousness of this problem.
⒍比较状语从句可表强调
Nothing is more imperative than to learn from the past.
⒎强调句型可表强调
It is \was +被强调部份+ that \ who +原句剩余部份
It is stability that destroys people’s ambition and barricades people’s steps.
It is through competition that children can learn the meaning of courage
speaking

CLASSIC FILM CLIPS
1. I feel that’s a bum rap.
bum rap 意思是 受冤枉 等于 getting unfair blame
e.g. Just because you gained 10 kilos doesn’t mean it’s my fault. What a bum rap to blame me!
你长了10公斤不是我的错啊,你真是冤枉我了!
It was a bum rap. Eddie didn’t steal those paintings.
真是冤枉Eddie了,他可没偷这些画.
2. get the picture? 等于 do you understand? 你明白了么?
e.g. If you ask your mother for $5 and I ask mine, we’ll have $10, get the picture?
如果你向你妈妈要5美元,我也要我的,那么我们就有10美元了,懂了么?
I can’t come out because I have to study. I need to pass the test. Get the picture?
我不能出去玩了,我得学习. 我需要通过考试.明白么?
3. take for granted 意思是 把什么东西当作是理所当然
e.g. His support cannot be taken for granted. We must ask him first.
他可不是理所当然支持我们.我们必须先问问他.
I never thank my mum. I take her love for granted.
我从来没有谢过我的妈妈.我觉得她对我的爱是理所当然的.