北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit10 expansion-1

[00:00.00]Unit 10 Jobs and Chores¹
[00:06.52]Expansion 10
[00:08.58]2 Dear Uncle Fred,
[00:13.39]How are you?
[00:15.26]We are all fine.
[00:17.83]We are working very hard on our "new" house.
[00:22.28]It's a beautiful house
[00:24.62]but it needs a lot of work.
[00:27.87]We've been very busy for the last few² weekends.
[00:32.52]As you remember,the yard³ was⁴ very dirty.
[00:37.16]Well,we've already⁵ cleaned it up,
[00:40.95]and we've cut the grass
[00:43.27]but we haven't thrown out all the trash⁶ yet⁷.
[00:47.67]When we bought the house,
[00:49.00]it was an ugly pink color.
[00:52.55]Well,we've already painted all the outside walls
[00:57.64]and we've also painted most of the rooms.
[01:01.93]We haven't painted the bedrooms yet.
[01:05.68]I want to paint my bedroom blue.
[01:07.78]

1 chores   

n.chore的复数；零星工作（尤指家常杂务）( chore的名词复数 )；零活儿

参考例句：

• As a child one of my chores was to feed the animals. 小时候我的杂活之一就是喂动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is doing household chores. 他正在做家务。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

3 yard   

n.庭院，院子

参考例句：

• There is an apple in the yard.院子里有一个苹果。
• The children are playing in the yard.孩子们正在院子里玩耍。

4 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

5 already   

adv.已经

参考例句：

• We have eaten already.我们已经吃过了。
• I've been there already,so I don't want to go again.我早已去过那里了，所以我不想再去了。

6 trash   

n.(美)垃圾，废物；碎屑

参考例句：

• Put out the trash.把垃圾拿出去。
• Don't forget to throw away your trash.不要忘记把垃圾丢掉。

7 yet   

adv.还，仍然，即刻；conj.尽管，然而

参考例句：

• I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
• Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮，但还没找到男朋友呢。