1．Have you packed the beach towels yet?
yet adv. 多用于疑问句和否定句。
（1）还没……，尚未……（否定句）
e.g.He hasn’t come yet. 他还没回来。
Lunch isn’t ready yet. 午饭还没准备好。
We haven’t received his letter yet. 我们尚未收到他的信。
－Have you finished your work? 工作做完了吗？
－Not yet. 还没有。
（2）现在，已经（疑问句）
e.g.Have you fed the cat yet?
Have you watered the flowers yet?
Has your brother packed the camera yet?
2．I haven’t cleaned out the refrigerator yet.
我还没有清理冰箱。
clean out把……弄干净（相当于clean up，常指将房屋、庭院、厕所、箱子里的脏物清除出去，打扫干净）
e.g. We’d better clean out the drawers which are full of waste paper.
我们最好把装满废纸的抽屉清理干净。
She has cleaned out the garage.
她已经把垃圾打扫干净了。
clean out有时可指“耗尽/用去某人的钱财；将商店里的货物抢购完”。
e.g.I haven’t got a penny. I’m quite cleaned out.
我身无分文，钱全花光了。
Tourists cleaned out all the shops.
游客把各家商店的货物都抢购一空。
3．I’ll do it in a minute. 我马上就做。
in a minute 立即，马上
表达相同意思短语还有：
at once / right now/ right away/ in no time/ in a moment
4．Have you fed the cat yet? 你喂猫了吗？
feed 喂养（动物）；抚养（家庭）
e.g. How often do you feed your dog a day?
He has a large family to feed.
※feed sb. on sth.=feed sth. to sb. 喂……给……
e.g. He feeds the dog on meat. = He feeds meat to the dog.
※feed on 以……为主食；以……为生（相当于live on）
e.g.Cows feed on hay during winter.牛冬天吃干草。
Sheep feed on grass. 养吃草。
The people in the south feed on rice. 南方人以大米为主食。
※be fed up with=be tired of 讨厌……，厌烦……
e.g.I’m fed up with your story.
=I’m tired of your story.
5．Have you turned off the radio? 你关了收音机吗？
turn off关掉（自来水、煤气、收音机等，相当于switch off）
e.g.Be sure to turn off the light before you leave.
离开之前一定要关灯。
Turn off the TV. 请关电视。
turn on 打开（自来水、煤气、收音机等）
turn off 关掉
turn up 旋大，开大（音量）
turn down 旋小，调小（音量）
6．light the fire for breakfast 生火做饭
light v.
（1）点燃，点亮，点火
e.g.He stopped and lit (up) the cigarette. 他停下来，点了支烟。
We lit a fire for warmth. 我们点火取暖。
It’s dark. Please light the candle. 天黑了，请点蜡烛。
（2）使……光明，照亮……（常与up连用）
e.g.The light lit the room quite well.
The streets lit up by electricity.
7．In the last twelve months, they’ve had three major concerts and made a hit CD.
（1）in the last twelve months在过去的12个月中
“in the last/past+ 时间段”通常与完成时连用。
e.g.In the past 5 years, they have planted thousands of trees.
Great changes have taken place in the last few years.
（2）major
①adj.（数量、程度、价值）较大的（通常置于名词之前）
e.g. a major earthquake 大地震
②adj. 主要的，重要的，一流的
a major problem 重大问题
a major artist 一流的艺术家
8．And then they are going to go on a world tour in which they will perform in ten different cities.
which作介词in的宾语，in which引导定语从句修饰a world tour。
in which 相当于 in the world tour
这个句子可分解成两个单句：
They’re going to go on a world tour.
In the tour they will perform in ten different cities.
引导定语从句的关系代词在从句中作介词宾语的很多。
e.g. He has bought a picture book in which there are many interesting stories.
9．Be sure not to miss them. 一定不要错过了他们。
be sure to do sth. 一定要……，务必要……
e.g. Be sure to come on time. 务必按时来。
※不定式的否定式是在不定式前加not。
e.g. Be sure not to break the glass. 千万不要把玻璃打破了。
※be sure to do 一定会……的，必定……的
e.g. He is sure to come. 他一定会来的。
It is sure to be fine today. 今天肯定是好天气。
10．But we really hope to have a number one hit some day.
但是我们真的希望将来有一天我们的歌成为排行榜第一名。
some day 某天，有一天（some time in the future用于将来时，相当于one day）
e.g.I’ll take you there some day.=I’ll take you there one day.
Some day he’ll be famous.=He will be famous one day.
总有一天他会出名的。
11．They’re off to the great start. 他们开创了一个极好的开端。
be off 动身，离开
e.g.Where are you off so early in the morning?
早晨这么早你到哪里去？
It’s getting dark. I must be off now. 天黑了，我得走了。
Be off, or I’ll call the police! 快走，要不然我报警！
1．Have you been back to the place where your ancestors lived, worked, studied and played?
你是否曾经回到祖先曾居住、工作、学习和玩耍的地方?
（1）where引导的是定语从句，修饰先行词the place.
（2）注意区别where引导的地点状语从句、定语从句及名词性从句(主语、宾语、表语从句)。
①where引导定语从句时，从句前必须有表示地点的名词（即先行词）。如：
He went back to the school where he taught ten years ago.
他回到了十年前他任教的学校。
They helped build a school in the village where they had worked for ten years.
他们在劳动过十年的村里帮助建了一所学校。
②where引导地点状语从句表示主句中谓语动词所发生的地点，where从句之前无表示地点的名词。如：
You can get your coat where you left it.
你可以在你放外衣的地方拿到你的外衣。
We took a picture where there is a tall tower.
我们在一座高塔处拍了照。
Leave her where she is.
将她留在原处。
③where引导名词性从句作主语时在动词之前，引导的表语从句在系动词之后，引导的宾语从句在及物动词或介词之后。如：
Where we'll hold the meeting hasn't been decided. (主语从句)
我们将在哪儿开会还未决定。
The problem is where we can get this material. (表语从句)
问题是我们在哪儿可以买到这种材料。
I don't know where he has gone for a holiday. (宾语从句)
我不知道他去哪儿度假了。
They are talking about where they are going to put up the factory．(介词宾语从句)
他们在讨论在哪里建厂。
2．Robert is just one young overseas Chinese who has come to visit his ancestors' homeland, as part of the In search of Roots summer camp program.
罗伯特是一名年轻的海外华人，作为“寻根”夏令营活动的一分子，他回到了祖先的故乡。
（1）overseas在此为形容词，做定语，意为“海外的；国外的”。
e.g. Overseas students in Britain enjoy their life there.
在英国的海外留学生喜欢那儿的生活。
overseas还可做副词，意为“在国外，到国外”，相当于abroad。
e.g. I want to travel overseas recently．最近，我想到国外旅游。
（2）短语in search of意为“寻找；寻求”。
e.g. These birds fly south in search of winter sun every year.
这些鸟每年都飞往南方去寻找冬日的阳光。
其中的search为名词，可用作可数、不可数名词，意为“寻找；搜寻”，后面常接有介词for或of引起的短语。
e.g. They made a careful search for the lost boy.
他们仔细寻找过那个失踪的男孩。
I went off in search of a garage where I could buy some petrol.
我跑去寻找加油站买汽油。
search用作动词，意为“搜查；搜寻；寻找；探求”，常与介词for连用，表示寻找的对象。
e.g. They even searched their homes without any reason.
他们甚至毫无理由地搜查了他们的家。
They searched every part of the building.
他们在全楼进行了搜查。
search somebody /someplace for something 因为某事而搜查……
e.g. They searched the house for the thief.
他们为找到小偷而搜查这间房屋。
They searched him for the map.
他们在他身上搜那张地图。
3．This program started in1980, and so far has brought thousands of overseas Chinese students to China to look for their families' roots.
这项活动始于1980年，到目前为止，已有成千上万的海外华裔学生回到中国，寻找他们家族的根源。
（1）本句由and连接了两个并列谓语started和has brought，主语都是this program，不定式短语to look for．．．是目的状语。
（2）so far表示“到目前为止，迄今”，相当于 up to now，常与现在完成时连用。在句中的位置较灵活，多用于句首或句尾，有时也会置于句中。
e.g. The young man has published ten books so far.
到目前为止，这个年轻人已出版了10本书。
They are making scientific research no one has so far attempted.
他们正在做以前没有人尝试过的科研工作。
（3）短语thousands of是概数的表达，意为“数以千计的；成千上万的”。
e.g. Thousands of trees must be planted every year.
每年都得种成千上万棵树。
* 常用的概数的表达方法：
hundreds of 几百
thousands of 几千；成千上万
tens of thousands of 几万
hundreds of thousands of 几十万
millions of 几百万
tens of millions of 几千万
hundreds of millions of 几亿
hundred，thousand，million，billion等这些词与具体的数词及some, many，several等连用时，不用复数形式，也不与of连用。
e.g. six hundred students 600名学生
many thousand books 好几千本书
4．Most, like Robert, can hardly speak any Chinese, and have never been to China before.
大多数像罗伯特一样，几乎不会说任何汉语，之前也从来没有来过中国。
（1）hardly意为“几乎不”，是表示否定意义的副词，常位于any, anything, anyone, anybody, at all等词之前，而不与some, something, somebody等连用。例如：
e.g. She had hardly any money. 她几乎没钱了。
*hard与hardly虽然都是副词，但hard意为“努力地；猛烈地”。
e.g. He works hard at his lessons.
他努力学习各门功课。
It's raining hard.
正下着大雨。
（2）before可做副词，与具体时间连用，通常用于过去完成时；当泛指“以前”时，通常与现在完成时或一般过去时连用。
e.g. I found that he had learned about the news the day before.
我发现他在前一天已经知道了这个消息。
I have read the book before.
我以前读过这本书。
5．Cathy Qin, a young American student, had this to say, "Thanks to In Search of Roots, I’m beginning to understand my Chinese roots, and who I am. It has been a great trip, and I have so many memories of China to take with me."
凯西·秦是一名年轻的美国学生。她是这么说的：“多亏了‘寻根活动’，我开始了解我的中国根源，开始懂得我是谁了。这真是一次很棒的旅游，我可以把那么多有关中国的记忆带回美国去。”
thanks to 表示“多亏；由于”，相当于because of, to是介词,其后接名词或动名词。
e.g. Thanks to his help I succeeded.
由于他的帮助，我成功了。
Thanks to the policemen, the boy on the top of the house was saved.
幸亏警察，房顶上的那个男孩子才得救了。
Thanks to your coming, I have finally completed it．
由于您的到来，我终于完成了任务。
* because of和thanks to都可以表示原因，但because of可置于句中或句首，而thanks to通常用于句首。
6．The program leaders believe strongly in the program, and say that the purpose of it is to give young overseas Chinese the chance to learn more about themselves.
这个项目的领导对此信心十足，并且宣称此次活动的目的是给年轻的海外华人一个更加了解他们自己的机会。
purpose n. 目的；意图(thing that one intends to do；intention,相当于aim)
（1）purpose做“目的；意图”解时，为可数名词。
e.g. What is the purpose of the meeting?
这次会议的目的是什么?
Getting rich seems to be her only purpose in life.
她生活的唯一目的似乎就是发财。
（2）purpose还可做“意志；决意”解，此时purpose为不可数名词。
e.g. He is firm of purpose. 他意志坚决。
（3）常用短语：on purpose故意地；并非偶然地
7．This has been a big step for me, and I'm looking forward to finding out more about my roots during my time here.
这对我来说是迈出了很大的一步，我盼望着在我逗留期间，能发现更多有关我的根源的事情。
（1）step n. 步骤；措施；脚步
e.g. This has been a great step forward.
这是向前迈出的很大一步。
We should take steps to reduce pollution.
我们应该采取措施来减少污染。
（2）look forward to 意为“盼望；期待”，其中的to为介词，后跟名词或动名词做宾语。
e.g. Children are looking forward to the festival.
孩子们盼着过节。
We're so much looking forward to seeing you again.
我们非常盼望再见到你。
