Unit One

1. Unit One In this unit you • Learn to give information about yourself or other persons • Learn to ask someone about themselves • Learn to talk about leisure activities • Learn to give information about travel arrangement

2. new words and expressions • nationality: 国籍 nation : one nation; two systems national: national treasure; a national paper

3. manager • manage : to be in charge of; run • eg. manage a shop; manage a business manage on sth./ without sth.succeed in doing sth. • eg. I just cannot manage on 50 dollars a week. • I cannot borrow the money so that I have to manage without.

4. Deputy n. 代理人 Eg. I’m acting as a deputy till the headmaster returns. 副手 eg. the director and his deputy (attributive) deputy headmistress Detail n. 细节 Please give me all the details. In detail: 详细地 please explain this in great detail.

5. 不定冠词 a/an • 用来修饰名词,表示 “一,一个” Eg. a teacher/ policeman/company an accountant/engineer/ apple • 用来表示一个种类 Eg. A horse can run faster than a dog. An awl can see in the dark.

6. Be • Is/ am/ are He/ she/ it is I am we/you/they are 单数+ is 复数+are The lamp is one the table. The lamps are one the table. Is/am-----was are ----were He was once a teacher, but now he is a full-time writer.

7. Pronoun • 主格 I/you/he/she/we/you/they/it • 宾格 Me/you/him/her/us/you/them/it • 形容词性物主代词 My/your/his/her/our/your/their/its • 名词性物主代词 Mine/yours/his/hers/ours/yours/theirs

8. I have a cartoon book. It is a gift from my uncle. He gave it to me last year. I know you have a cartoon book too. Your book was given by your mother. I like my book very much. Do you like yours?

9. 动词第三人称单数式 • 在一般现在时中，当谓语动词的主语是第三人称单数时,动词要用第三人称单数形式.也就是要在动词后边加S. • Eg. Tom’s parents live in London, while he lives in New York. He likes playing football.( He likes to play football these days.)