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课件网) Lesson 54 Sticky fingers 黏糊的手指 ★sticky adj 粘的 as sticky as glue和胶水一样粘 have sticky fingers 表示“手脚不干净，偷窃” ★finger n 手指 thumb大拇指 /θ m/ index finger食指 middle finger中指 ring finger无名指 little finger小指 ★mix v 混合, 拌和 mixture n 混合物 mix up 把……混合在一起 ★annoying adj 恼人的 annoyed感到烦恼的 比anger的语气弱 ★dismay v 失望, 泄气 dismaying adj 令人失望 dismayed adj 感到失望 to one's diamay 使某人失望的是…… To her dismay , her name was not on the list 使她难过的是，名单上没有她的名字。 be dismayed at … 对……感到失望,震惊 I am very dismayed at the news. 我对新闻感到很震惊。 ★persuade v 说服, 劝说 persuade sb (not ) to do sth 说服某人（不要）做某事 reason with sb劝说某人; 并不能说明是否劝说成功 persuade表示劝说已经成功 ★mess n 乱七八糟 what a mess! 真糟糕！ you are a mess!你真邋遢 make a mess of sth把...搅得乱七八糟 he made a mess of my job 他把我的工作搅得一团糟 ★sign v 签字 sign for签收 sign your name(s) here在这签名 (许多人加 “s” ) signature n 签名 I need your signature我需要你的签名 1.After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. 早饭后, 我送孩子们上学, 然后就去了商店. send sb to sp送某人去某地 send sb to do sth派某人去做某事 I sent her to Beijing yesterday. 我昨天送她去北京了。 I sent her to buy some milk yesterday。 我昨天派她去买了一些牛奶。 2.It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. 我回到家时, 时间还早. 孩子们在上学, 我丈夫在上班,家里清静得很 return home 回到家 at school在上学 at work在工作 school和work前都没加冠词，因为不是指具体那个学校或具体干什么工作，只是泛指他们在干什么。 3.So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. 于是我决定做些肉馅饼. 不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉,很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊. decide to do sth决定做某事 He decided to study abroad next year. 他决定明年去国外学习。 in a short time ＝ in a short while 不久,一会儿 In a short time I was all wet in the rain. 在很短的时间，我被雨淋湿。 be busy (in) doing sth 忙于做某事 He is busy (in) writing his letters. 他忙着写他的信。 be busy with sth 忙于某事 They are busy with study day and night. 他们忙于日夜研究 be covered with被…所覆盖 The road was covered with snow. 道路被雪覆盖。 Every inch of the floor space was covered with books 4. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. 恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。没有什么能比这更烦人了。 exactly用于加强语气，表示“正”、“恰恰”： That's exactly what I wanted to tell you. 那正是我想要告诉你的。 no one could have been... 没有人... no one could have been fatter没有人更胖了 nothing could have been 没有... 更... nothing could have been more exciting 没有什么事情更令人激动 5、It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 I persuaded h ... ...
