【X-Level带你学英语8】English amuses you!

“It takes a strong man to save himself, and a great man to save another.”

——强者自救，圣者渡人

“Confine yourself to the present”

——着眼于当下

英语小陷阱

She is a has-been.

作为一只international小编，我可是有超级多外国小伙伴的哦~这不，一放假我就拉上小伙伴Joe陪小编看电视啦！

节目中一位风韵犹存的好莱坞女演员正在接受采访，Joe问我知不知道这个女演员，我回答说不知道。

于是，Joe嘴里嘟囔了一句，听上去好像是: “She is a husband.”我听了觉得很奇怪，就试探着问: “难道她是个女同性恋?”

Joe看了我一眼，说: “为什么这么问？” 我说: “刚才你不是说she is a husband?” Joe哈哈大笑，把他的话重复了一遍 “She is a has-been.” 然后向我解释说，

这句话的意思是说这位女演员已经过气了，不红了，所以也就是 “已经成为过去式了”, 可是跟 “老公” 一点关系都没有。

“Don't cry for what is lost.

Smile for what still remains.”

——别为失去的哭泣，为还留在你身边的一切微笑吧。

追溯词源

memory（记忆）

随着时间的推移时代的变化，大红大紫的明星总会有“过气”的那一天，“has-been”也就意味着从人们的记忆中淡去了，小编不禁想起《寻梦环游记》中那首经典的主题曲Remember Me！

每次回顾，小编都感叹“记忆”真是个神奇的东西，那么单词“memory”是怎么来的呢？偷偷告诉大家，它来源于希腊神话哦~

莫涅莫绪涅（Mnemosyne）是希腊神话中的记忆女神。她是天神乌拉诺斯和大地女神盖亚的女儿，十二泰坦神之一。

她是宙斯的情人，和宙斯一起生了九个缪斯女神。

莫涅莫绪涅的名字中包含词根mneme，意思是“记忆”，Memory便来自记忆女神的名字。变体有：memo，memor，mnem，mnes。

拓展

memory： ['mem(ə)rɪ]n.

记忆，记忆力

remember： [rɪ'membə]v.

记得，记起memo： ['meməʊ]n.

备忘录

memoir： ['memwɑː] n.

回忆录，自传
memorial： [mə'mɔːrɪəl]adj.

纪念的，记忆的，追悼的n.

纪念碑，纪念馆，纪念仪式，纪念物

“It is only when you are pursued that you became swift.”

——唯有在被追赶的时候，你才能真正地奔跑

初高中月考试卷解析

中考补全对话专讲认真看过前两期推送的同学一定知道，补全对话主要考查三个内容——一般疑问句、特殊疑问句和情景对话。

两种疑问句的做题方法已经推出，接下来小编就要放大招，带大家攻克最不具有确定性但是最好得分的情景对话啦！

说它不具有确定性，因为答案可能不唯一；说它最好得分，因为做题有“方法”。做题方法化为两个词：“礼貌原则”+“合理接话”！
接下来，小编就给大家奉上“礼貌对话三连杀“习题

1、 A:75. ______________________.

B: You're welcome.（青竹湖湘初三第一次月考）

【答案】Thank you.

/Thanks a lot.

B: Thank you very much.

A:75.
_________________________.

【答案】You are welcome.

（师大附中初三第二次月考）

A: Read, speak and listen to English as much as you can.

And you can watch English TV programs when you have time.

B: Does it help?

A: Yes, but you have to try your best.

B: 75.________________________!（师大附中梅溪湖中学初三第一次月考）

【答案】Thank you,/Thanks a lot, and I will try my best

2、 A: Hi, Scott! 71._________________?

B: Everything is great.（雅礼初三第三次月考）

【答案】How is it going?

A: Hey, Judy! Long time no see! 71. ?

B: Pretty good! What are you doing these days?（长郡初三第二次月考）

【答案】How is it going?

3、B: It’s too bad.

I failed my English test again.

I really want to give up.

A: Oh, 72.

_________________.

But English is very important for our future job.

You shouldn’t lose confidence.

（师大附中梅溪湖中学初三第一次月考）

【答案】I am sorry to hear that.

4、A: Yes, he sings really well.

And I suggest you to watch it in Jinyi Cinema that is near your home.

B: 75. __________________________.

I' ll buy tickets right now.

Thank you.

（师大附中博才中学初三第三次月考）

【答案】Sounds great!/ Good idea!/ That’s a good idea!

5、A: That’s true. But I plan to play basketball this afternoon.

I’m afraid it’s going to rain all day.

B: 57. _______________.

The weather report says it will be clear then.

（天心区初三第三次月考）

【答案】Don’t worry./It can’t be.

6、Tom: It may be a girl’s, because pink is girls’ favorite color.

Let’s see what is in the bag.

Mary: There is a hair band and a Japanese-Chinese dictionary.

Tom: 75.______________.

She is the only girl that both has long hair and is fond of learning Japanese in our class.

Mary: OK. Let’s go to give the bag to Lily.

（长郡初三第三次月考）

【答案】It must be Lily’s.

【总分析】根据以上的练习，我们可以知道情景对话无非也就两种：一种有套路，根据“礼貌原则”即可作答，而礼貌用语需要的是多积累多练习。

另一种则是纯粹看情景，要根据“合理对话”进行作答，这类题关键在读懂上下文，理清思路，并结合生活实际。

总之，补全对话是一个综合性能力考查题，在时态等语法的基础上考查大家写英语句子的能力，通过情景设置考查大家在生活中应用英语的能力。

要做好补全对话，建议大家多练多积累！

初高中月考试卷解析高三语法填空专讲

Mentally strong people don’t have their time 61 ( waste) feeling sorry for themselves, and they don’t give away their power.

They don’t allow others to control them, and they don’t give someone else power 62 them.

You won’t hear a mentally strong person 63 (complain) about lost luggage or traffic jams.

Instead, they focus on 64 they can control in their lives.

They recognize that sometimes, the only thing they can control is their attitude.

They don’t want to please everyone.

Mentally strong people recognize that they don’t need to please everyone all the time.

They are not afraid to say no or speak up 65 necessary.

They strive to be kind and fair, but can handle other people 66 (be) upset if they didn’t make them happy.

Mentally strong people don’t waste time dwelling on the past and wishing things could be different.

They acknowledge their past and can say what they 67 (learn) from it.

However, they don’t constantly relive (回味) bad experiences or fantasize about the glory days.

Instead, they live for the present and plan for the future.

They don’t make 68 same mistakes over and over.

Mentally strong people accept responsibility for their 69 ( behave) and learn from their past mistakes.

As a result, they don’t keep repeating those mistakes over and over.

Instead, they move on and make 70 ( good) decisions in the future.

（选自2017年雅礼中学高三第三次月考）

这篇语法填空，难度偏难，并且考查的搭配也比较多，虽然有些搭配是可以根据语法推断出来的，但是能记住其搭配能大大提高做题效率，所以建议同学们多练习多积累，语法填空需要的是细心而扎实的知识功底。