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 throwing sth onto sth
將…丟到…的上面
► As soon as Rick entered into his
room, he threw his backpack onto
his bed.
 It didn’t matter to me that I knew…
有時也可直接以事物作為主詞。例：
► It matters to the mother that her children
remember her birthday.
( 以虛主詞it為主詞)
► The money matters a lot to the poor family.
( 直接以the money為主詞)
 The truth was we were bored, and
throwing stones was something
interesting to do―at least to boys like us.
① The truth was (that)
 In fact, we were bored
 As a matter of fact, we were bored
② throwing stones was interesting.
► Watching TV helps me relax after
one day of hard work.
③ 形容詞用來修飾不定代名詞，
須置於其後，作後位修飾。
something、
everything、
anything、
nothing、
somebody、
anywhere
+
Adj
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 I found a stone and sent it for a ride.
sent it for a ride
threw it。
► The stone flied high over the fence, landing
in the old lady’s house through a small
window. ( 意指the stone broke a small
window of the old lady’s house)
give sb a ride 讓某人搭便車
► John gave Jeff a ride home.
go for a ride (in/on sth) (乘交通工具)兜風
► How about going for a ride in my new car?
 We were afraid of being caught, so we
took off without delay.
① be afraid of (doing) sth 害怕做某事
② without delay 毫不遲疑地，立刻地
(= promptly = immediately)
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 For the next few days, I was so worried
about getting into trouble that I didn’t
think of…
① 「for + 一段時間」
表示「事情持續一段時間」
② so…(that) 如此…以至於
► The old man is so ill (that) he cannot
walk.
• be worried about
+ N
• get into trouble
• think of + N
= take into account
= have in one’s mind
• 人 be in trouble
• 人 feel sorry about 事
• What I have done
= the thing that I have done
* deliver the newspaper to 人
 Every day, she smiled at me when I gave
her the paper, but I was no longer
comfortable…
① smiled at sb/sth 對著某人/事微笑
② be comfortable with sb/sth
在本文是指「 (心理上) 感到自在的」
• in her presence
= in front of her
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 I made up my mind to save the money I
made from delivering newspapers, and I
calculated that seven dollars would cover
the cost of repairing her window.
① to save the money (that/which) I
made from delivering newspapers
 In
three weeks, I had the seven dollars
ready.
have在此為使役動詞的用法
*have + N + ready
(V + O + Adj )
► Students have paper and pencil ready
to take a test.
① It said that…, and that…
it = the note
***英文note、sign、label等字
多用say或 read
來表達上面所寫的東西
例： The sign says “STOP.”
② 連接詞and連接兩個以上的名詞子句作為
動
詞的受詞時，第一個子句中的that可省略，
其餘的that不能省略。
It said (that) I was sorry for breaking her window
and that I hoped the seven dollars would cover
the cost of repairing it.
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 When it was dark, …
天色已晚/黑。
* it也可用來指天氣或溫度，例：
► It is very hot outside. Let’s just stay at
home.
*slipped + N + under her door
 I felt relieved and couldn’t wait to look straight
into her eyes once again.
① sb feel relieved
②can’t/couldn’t wait to V 等不及…
③ look (straight) in(to) one’s eyes
坦然地直視某人的雙眼
(= look sb in the eye)
4 once again 再一次 (= once more)
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 …, I handed the old lady her paper,
happily returning the warm…
① hand在此為動詞，表「交給，遞出」，
*hand + sb + sth
hand in 繳交 (= submit)
► The student forgot to hand in his homework.
hand out 分發
► The teacher handed out the exam paper as the bell
rang.
② paper指的就是newspaper
③ 原句為I handed the old lady her paper,
and I happily returned…。
兩句的主詞相同，故省略重複的主詞，
並把第二個動詞改為現在分詞。
 She thanked me for the paper and said,
“Here, I have something for you.”
① thank sb for (doing) sth
為了某事感謝某人
② 此句中的here ，作為感嘆詞，放於句首。
a bag of… 一袋的…
a bag of 為一量詞，
用來形容後面所接的名詞。
a cup of tea/coffee 一杯茶/咖啡
a pair of scissors/pants 一把剪刀/一條褲子
a piece of paper/bread 一張紙/一片麵包
a bar of chocolate/soap 一條巧克力/一塊肥皂
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 I walked away, enjoying the cookies.
I walked away, and I enjoyed the cookies.
 They tasted great.
此句型為「S + linking verb + adj.」
 After I ate several, I discovered an
envelope…
several在這邊是作為代名詞
several cookies.
***pull sth out
 When I opened it up, I was very surprised.
***opened sth up 意指「打開」。
若受詞為一般名詞，可代換為open up sth，
但受詞為代名詞，則一律置於open與up中間。
 …a short note that said, “I’m proud of you!”
① a short note which said…
此句為關係代名詞的用法，
此處that為子句中的主詞，故不可省略。
② be proud of表示「為…感到驕傲」
take pride in sb/sth 以…為傲
► The mother took pride in the success
of her three children.
pride oneself on (doing) sth 以 (做) 某事為傲
► Robert prides himself on staying calm
in an emergency.