新概念英语网无偿公布新概念册自学导读 Lessons131-132,更多新概念册自学导读 Lessons131-132相关信息请访问新概念英语网。 课文详注 Further notes on the text 1.make up our minds,打定主意。 make up one"s mind是表示下定决心的一个固定使用方法。 2.Will you travel by sea or by air?你们乘船去,还是乘飞机去? 这是一个选择疑问句。 by sea表示“乘船”。 by air表示“乘飞机”。 3. take a long time,花很长时间。 语法 Grammar in use 情态助动词may表示可能性 may或might全部表示“可能”、“可能”。通常既能够用may,也能够用might,不过might所表示的可能性要比may小,且当情况是虚拟的时只能用might而不能用may。 1may 表示现在或未来的可能性:may+动词原形: The bread may be fresh. 面包可能是新鲜的。 He may be reading. 她可能正在看书。 I may go abroad. 我可能出国。 They may offer me a job. 她们可能会给我提供一份工作。 2may 也可表示过去的可能性,过去式为:may have(done): He was late. He may have been busy. 她迟到了。她可能一直很忙。 I went out last night, and she may have been reading. 我昨天晚上出去了,她可能一直在看书。 It may have been right. 也可能是正确。 Thry may have been in the garden. 她们可能那时一直在花园里。 词汇学****Word study 1.worry v. 1担忧;发愁: Mum always worries too much and it makes her tired. 母亲总是过分忧虑,而这使她疲惫。 She"s worried that she might lose her job soon. 她担心可能很快她就会丢掉她现在的工作。 2困扰;使不安宁: Doesn"t it worry you that his health is becoming worse? 她的身体越来越差,你不担心吗? She is alway worrying him for presents. 她总是缠着她要礼品。 2.look after 1照料,照料,照管: Who"s going to look after the garden when we are away? 我们离开时谁来照料花园呢? Sally will help us to lo