Unit 26 Making Journeys

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Unit 26Making Journeys
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Vocabulary

• 1. reserve v. reservation n.
• e.g. Would you please reserve me a room at the
  hotel?
• 2. fix the door open / fix the radio
• We have fixed the date for our wedding.
• 3. The concert was a good one, but because of bad
  publicity, very few people came.
• 4. David and Xiaoyan arrived at the airport in
  good time.
• 5. They are looking round the shops.

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• 6. We embarked at Liverpool for New York.
• 7. We suppose hes gone home.
• 8. Somebody walked off with my camera yesterday.
• 9. Our plane is taking off. / Take off your
  dirty trousers.
• 10. Land travel and sea travel are both pleasant.
• We land safely.
• 11. They went straight to the meeting room.

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• 12. decision n. decide v.
• make a decision
• 13. consider doing sth.
• I am considering buying a new car.
• 14. improvement n. -- improve v.
• make some improvements to the website
• 15. take a photograph

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by?until / till???

• by?????,???
• until /till ?????,??
• ?????????????????,???until,??until ?till ?????
• ?????????????????,??notuntil(???),??until
  ???till ???

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• e.g. We need to be at the airport __ 600.
• They will be in Paris ____ Tuesday.
• They will __ go to Paris ____ Tuesday.

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tell???

• 1. vt. ??
• tell sb. (not) to do sth.
• Tell him to call me before 500.
• Ive told her not to worry about that.
• tell sb. sth. tell sth. to sb.

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• Please tell me her name.
• please tell her name to me.
• tell sb. about sth.
• I told her about the trip.
• tell sb. that ??(??????)
• He told me that he was a policeman.

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• 2. vt. ??,??
• e.g. I cant tell her from her sister.
• I cant tell which is better.
• 3. ????
• tell a lie / tell a story / tell the
  truth
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• ??tell, say, speak ? talk
• say vt. ????????,?????,????????????

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• e.g. say a few words / say nothing to sb.
• say something in English / say hello to
  sb.
• say something about
• speak vi. ??????,??????????????, ????????

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• vt. ???????
• e.g. speak to sb. (about sth.)
• speak English / French
• talk vi. ????,??,???????????????,????????
• n. ??
• e.g. talk to/with sb. talk about/over sth.
• talk to sb. about sth.

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• ????
• can, could, may, might, must???????????
• can, could ???????????,??????
• e.g. He couldn't be at the library. I just saw
  him in the classroom.
• She cant be a teacher.
• may, might?????????,?????

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• e.g. He may be at home.
• must???????????,??????
• e.g. John must be in his seventies.
• ??????????????????
• could have done sth. 1) ????,?????????? 2)
  ??????????????
• e.g. I could have left it in a shop.

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• I could have passed the test, but I didnt have
  enough time to go over my lessons.
• must have done sth. ??????????,?????????????,???
  
• e.g. She looks unhappy. She must have got into
  trouble.
• should have done sth. ?????????????
• e.g. You should have worked hard at English.

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• ????
• 1. ?-thing??????????????-body/-one??????????
• not anything nothing
• not anybody nobody anyoneno one
• e.g. I said nothing._____
• She saw nobody in the classroom.___

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• 2. ? any???????????,?????some???????????/??
  ,????????
• e.g. You can wear anything you like.
• Ive bought something to eat.

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• ????
• everywhere, nowhere, somewhere ?????
• anywhere ??????????
• nowhere not anywhere
• e.g. Where have you been? I am looking for you
  everywhere.
• I went nowhere last night.
• I didnt go anywhere last night.

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• He lives somewhere around here.
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• before, after?while
• 1. ??before, after ?while????????????????????????
• before ???
• Before they embarked, they had a coffee.
• after ???

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• After they checked in, they went through to the
  departure lounge.
• while ??? ?????????
• While they were eating, they discussed the
  website.
• 2. ????????????,before, after ?while???????-ing???
  
• Before they embarked, they had a coffee.

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• Before embarking, they had a coffee.
• After they checked in, they went through to the
  departure lounge.
• After checking in, they went through to the
  departure lounge.
• While they were eating, they discussed the
  website.
• While eating, they discussed the website.

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• in spite of??
• in spite of ?? although ??,????,???????
• e.g. In spite of the rain, she liked the trip.
• Although it rained, she liked the trip.
• He remained optimistic in spite of the trouble.
• He remained optimistic although he was in
  trouble.

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• In spite of poor health, he was always cheerful.
• Although he was in poor health, he was always
  cheerful.
•  
• there be ??????????
• There is/are
• There was/were There used to be
• There will be There is going to be
• There have/has been

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• ?????
• 1)???????????????
• e.g. tomorrow morning, the next day, the day
  after tomorrow, etc.
• 2)??????????????
• e.g. on Monday, at night, in the morning, a day
  later, two days ago, after 500, etc.

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• ???????
• across???????????,????????
• through????????????
• e.g. He ran _____ the bridge.
• He ran _____ the town.
• down ???????????????????
• up ?????????????????

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• e.g. sail ___ the river ???? go ___ north
• travel ___ south go ___ to Beijing
• go ___ town sail ____ the river
  ????
• towards ??
• along ??
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