1.go to work, 上班。

由动词 go引导的短语课文中还有：go to school(上学)， go to bed(上床睡觉)。请注意 work, school以及bed之前不带任何冠词。

2.stay at home, 呆在家里。

与 stay home在意思上相差无几。前者中的 home是名词，后者中的home是副词。

3.do the housework, 料理家务。

housework是不可数名词。请比较：do the homework(做作业)。

4.at night, 在夜里。

如果说某日夜里，则用介词 on:

on the night of June 2 在6月2日的夜里

语法 Grammar in use

一般现在时(2)

(请参见 Lessons 47～48语法部分。)

一般现在时用于表示一个习惯动作、有规律的行为以及永恒的现象。一般与时间频度副词和时间短语连用。这些时间短语有：

every day/week/month/year 每日/周/月/年

in the morning/afternoon/evening 在上午/下午/晚上

at noon/night 在正午/夜里

第3人称单数的谓语动词需加以变位，这可分为几种情况：

(1)直接加 -s，如：

come----comes

arrive----arrives

(2)以 -sh, -ch, -o 以及 -s结尾的动词加 -es，如：

wash----washes

go----goes

watch----watches

do----does

(3)以辅音加 -y结尾的动词，把 -y改成 -i，再加 -es;而元音加 -y结尾的动词，只加 -s即可：

hurry----hurries

carry----carries

play----plays

stay----stays

词汇学习 Word study

1.arrive v.

(1)到达;到来：

We arrived home early. 我们很早就到家了。

The train is expected to arrive in London at 8. 20 p. m.火车预计在晚上8点20分抵达伦敦。

(2)(时间等)来临;(婴儿)出生：

At last the day of graduation arrived. 毕业的那一天终于来临。

Elizabeth's baby arrived at midnight. 伊丽莎白的婴儿是在午夜时分降生的。

2.live v.

(1)居住;生活：

Frank lives in Paris. 弗兰克居住在巴黎。

Where do you live? 你住在哪儿?

(2)活;生存：

Fish can't live long out of water. 鱼离开水活不了多久。

My grandmother lived until she was 94. 我祖母活到了94岁。

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At 40 he was just beginning to live. 他到40岁才刚刚开始过上富有意义的生活。

You haven't lived till you've been to Paris. 你没到过巴黎就算不上享受过生活。

(4)靠……生活(by/on)：

He lives by playing the violin. 他靠拉小提琴为生。

He lives on the fortune left to him by his father. 他靠他父亲给他留下的财产生活。

3.stay v.

(1)呆在，停留：

Mrs. White stays at home every day. 怀特太太每天都呆在家中。

(2)逗留;暂住：

We were staying at the same hotel. 我们住在同一家饭店。

(3)持续;保留：

练习答案 Key to written exercises

Lesson 56

A

1 The children go to school in the morning.

2 Their father takes them to school.

3 Mrs. Sawyer stays at home.

4 She does the housework.

5 She always eats her lunch at noon.

B

1 What does she do in the morning?

She always makes the bed in the morning.

2 What does he do in the morning?

He always shaves in the morning.

3 What do they do in the evening?

They sometimes listen to the stereo in the evening.

4 What does he do every day?

He always cleans the blackboard every day.

5 What do they do at night?

They always go to bed early at night.

6 What does she do every day?

She usually washes the dishes every day.

7 What do they do in the afternoon?

They usually type some letters in the afternoon.

8 What does it do every day?

It usually drinks some milk every day.

9 What do they do in the evening?

They sometimes watch television in the evening.

10 What does she do at noon?

She always eats her lunch at noon.

11 What does he do in the evening?

He often reads his newspaper in the evening.