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peg-topchildren'sbikeWhendopeopleusuallyhaveyardsales?Whatkindsofthingsdopeoplesellinayardsale?Whydopeopleliketohaveayardsale?yardsalesWhoisgoingtosellthingsattheyardsale?Whatisthefamilygoingtosellattheyardsale?1.Whydidtheydecidetohaveayardsale?2.Whatdotheywanttodowiththemoneyfromthesale?3.Whydoesthesonwanttokeephistrainandrailwayset?4.Howcantheoldtoysbeusefulagain?Whatwouldyoudowiththemoneyyouraise?5.Haveyoueverthoughtabouthavingayardsaletosellyourthings?childrentobehonestalotofawhilealthoughfastgrowingup/getbiggerLinda,thewriter'sdaughterfeelsreallysadtopartwithherfavoritethings,soshewrotealettertoherfriend.DearMary,How'severythinggoingonwithyou?WearegoingtodosomethinggreatnextSaturday.Wearegoingtohaveayardsale.LastFriday,Dadtoldusthatourhousehasrunoutofspace,sowe__________________(decide,sell,things)wenolongeruse.Atfirst,Tommywassadbecausehe_______________________________________(own,trainandrailwayset,fourthbirthday).Andhealsolikedthetoymonkeyhe________________(have,birth).IwouldliketoselladollI______________(own,tenyears).Itisstillingoodconditionandbeautiful.IalsowanttogiveawaythesmallbikeI____________________(notride,twoyears).Daddywillgiveuphisfootballshirtsbecausehe_____________(notplay,awhile).We__________________(clearout)25things.Wewillgivethemoneyweraisetothechildren'shome.WhatareyoudoingnextSaturday?You'rewelcometocometoouryardsale.Yours,Lindadecidedtosellthingshasownedthetrainandrailwaysetsincehisfourthbirthdayhashadsincehisbirthhaveownedfortenyearshaventriddenfortwoyearshasn'tplayedforawhilehaveclearedoutLanguagepoints1.Mydaughteris16andmyboyisalreadyinjuniorhighschool.英語(yǔ)highschool為“中學(xué)”之意，在美國(guó)和加拿大尤指“高中”（seniorhighschool）。在英國(guó)，“中學(xué)”除highschool這一說(shuō)法外，人們還常用secondaryschool這一說(shuō)法。此外，為避免highschool可能形成的誤解，人們還用junior和senior兩詞來(lái)區(qū)分初、高中，將“初中”稱(chēng)作juniorhigh或juniorhighschool；“高中”稱(chēng)作seniorhigh或seniorhighschool。

Wehavealreadyclearedoutalotofthingsfromourbedrooms.

clearv.

清理；清除clearout清理；丟掉e.g.I’llclearoutthatclosetforyou.

我要替你把那個(gè)小衣櫥清理出來(lái)。2.Wehavedecidedtoeachsellfivethingsthatwenolongeruse.

nolonger意為“不再；不復(fù)”，有時(shí)可

用not…anylonger或not…anymore

替換。如：Henolongerliveshere.(=Hedoesn’tlivehereanymore/anylonger.)

他不再住這兒了。1)certainadj.

意為“某種；某事；某人”。e.g.Hedecidedtosellhiscertainbooks.

他決定賣(mài)掉他的某些書(shū)籍。[拓展]

certain形容詞，意為“確實(shí)的，無(wú)

疑的”。3.Mydaughterwasmoreunderstanding,althoughshealsofeltsadtopartwith

certaintoys.常用結(jié)構(gòu)：becertaintodosth.

肯定要做某事becertainof/aboutsth.

對(duì)某事確定、有把握becertainofdoingsth.

有把握做某事becertain+從句

一定……e.g.Hefeltquitecertain

ofsuccess.

他對(duì)成功很有把握。2)partwith放棄、交出，

partv.

離開(kāi)，

分開(kāi)e.g.Don’tpartwithyourdream.

不要放棄你的夢(mèng)想。

Asforme,Ididnotwanttogiveupmyfootballshirts,but,tobehonest,Ihavenotplayedforawhilenow.1)asfor至于，關(guān)于e.g.Andasforus,wearefortunate.

可對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)，我們是幸運(yùn)的。2)tobehonest意為“說(shuō)實(shí)在的，說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)”，經(jīng)常單獨(dú)使用，作插入語(yǔ)，用逗號(hào)與句子隔開(kāi)。類(lèi)似的表達(dá)還有totellthetruth“老實(shí)說(shuō)，說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)”。e.g.Tobehonest,sheisnotanhonestgirl.

說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)，她不是一個(gè)誠(chéng)實(shí)的女孩。

honest為形容詞，

意為“誠(chéng)實(shí)的；老

實(shí)的”。反義詞為dishonest“不誠(chéng)實(shí)

的”。e.g.Anhonestmandoesnottelllies.

誠(chéng)實(shí)的人不會(huì)說(shuō)謊。3)whilen.

一段時(shí)間，一會(huì)兒while還可用作連詞，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，意為“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”，while引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句中的動(dòng)詞必須是延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞。e.g.Theychatteredawayhappilyfora

while.他們高興地閑扯了一會(huì)兒。Hekeptintouchwithuswhilehewasonvacation.

他在度假期間仍與我們保持聯(lián)系。長(zhǎng)得很快growupfast初中juniorhighschool高中seniorhighschool隨著他們一天天長(zhǎng)大astheygetbigger似乎顯得越來(lái)越小seemtogetsmaller清理出許多的東西clearoutalotofthings決定我們每人出售五件我們不再使用的東西decidetoeachsellfivethingsthatwenolongeruse自從他四歲的時(shí)候，就擁有了一套火車(chē)和鐵軌的玩具。Hehasownedatrainandrailwaysetsincehisfourthbirthday.和某些玩具分開(kāi)很傷心feelsadtopartwithcertaintoys至于我asforme說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)tobehonest已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間不踢球了havenotplayedforawhile三、翻譯下列句子。1.她已經(jīng)從廚房里清理出了許多東西。Shehasalready_______________________________________.2.他的希望破滅了。He_________feltanyhope.3.為了籌款，簡(jiǎn)不得不把她的車(chē)賣(mài)掉。Inordertoraisemoney,Jane_______________________.4.我好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間沒(méi)見(jiàn)到他了。Ihaven'tseenhim__________.clearedoutalotofthingsfromthekitchennolongerhadtopartwithhercarforawhile5.至于你，你應(yīng)該感到慚愧。_________,yououghttobeashamedofyourself.6.她不會(huì)輕易放棄的,她十分頑強(qiáng)。_____________________:she'sarealfighter.7.說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà)，我認(rèn)為我們沒(méi)有獲勝的可能。____________,Idon'tthinkwehaveachanceofwinning.AsforyouShewon'tgiveupeasilyTobehonest

表示從過(guò)去已經(jīng)開(kāi)始持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)，可以和表示“從過(guò)去某一時(shí)刻延續(xù)到現(xiàn)在的一段時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)”連用，如“for+時(shí)間段”、“since+過(guò)去時(shí)間點(diǎn)”、“since+過(guò)去時(shí)的從句”、“since+一段時(shí)間+ago”。for與since引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)可以相互轉(zhuǎn)換。e.g.Myunclehasworkedatthisfactoryfortenyears.=Myunclehasworkedatthisfactorysincetenyearago.

再如：Ihaveworkedheresince2007.自從2007年以來(lái)我就在這兒工作。TheyhavelearnedEnglishforthreeyears.他們學(xué)英語(yǔ)3年了。注意：1）since+點(diǎn)時(shí)間，for+段時(shí)間，

如：sincelastweek,fortwodays。

你哥哥參軍多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了？Howlonghasyourbrotherjoinedthearmy?(

)Howlonghasyourbrotherbeeninthearmy/beenasoldier?()×√句中動(dòng)詞的特點(diǎn)1.轉(zhuǎn)換為相應(yīng)的延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，用于現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)。borrow—keepbuy—haveputon—wearcatchacold—haveacoldgettoknow—knowgettosleep—sleep非延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞和延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞之間的轉(zhuǎn)換2.短暫性動(dòng)詞變?yōu)檠永m(xù)性動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在完成

時(shí)構(gòu)成舉例：buyhave/hashadborrowhave/haskeptarrivehave/hasbeen

in/atleavehave/hasbeen

awayopenhave/hasbeenopenjoinhave/hasbeenin

have/hasbeenamemberofdiehave/hasbeendeadmarryhave/hasbeenmarriedcome/gohave/hasbeenin/atbegin/starthave/hasbeenonfinish/stophave/hasbeenoverfallasleephave/hasbeenasleepTheoldman