9. be sure to do sth 肯定要做某事的；一定要做某事的

e.g. It is sure to rain. 肯定要下雨。

　 You’re sure to fail if you do it that way. 如果你那么做肯定要失败的。

　 Be sure to write and tell me all your news. 务必来信告诉我你的消息。

8. It does have a few good features, though. 然而它的确有些优点。

does 在句子中表示强调,意思是“真的，的确”。如果省略，原句可写成 It has a few good features, though.

e.g. As you know, I do like that car very much.

如你所知，我真的喜欢那辆小汽车。

though

(1)adv. 副词，用于口语中，in spite of this; however; 意思是 ‘尽管如此，然而’，放在句尾。

(2)e.g. I expect you’re right---- I’ll ask him ,though.

我认为你说得对--- 我去问问他也好。

　　 She promised to phone. I heard nothing, though.

她答应要打电话来，但我没听到回信儿。

(3)conj. 连词，although; despite the fact that 意思是“虽然，尽管”，放在句首或句中, 不与but连用。

e.g. She won the first prize, though none of us had expected it.

她得了头奖，虽然这件事我们都没想到。

7. He’s made some great movies over the years. 这些年来，他已经拍摄了多部精彩的影片。

’s made = has made 为现在完成时态。

over the years　 意思是“多年来”

6. Sth is/are important to sb　 某事对某人很重要

e.g. That’s not really important to me. 那对我而言并不重要。

It is important for sb to do sth. 做某事对某人来讲很重要

e.g. It is important for me to have a good sleep every night.

5. I listened to one (CD) called Heart Strings.　 我听了一盘名叫心弦的专辑。

called Heart Strings 是过去分词短语做定语，修饰one CD.

e.g.　 a book called Gone With the Wind　 一本叫做《飘》的书

　　 a movie called Matrix 一部名叫《黑客帝国》的电影

　　 a used car 一部二手车

4. remind sb of sb / sth 提醒，使…记起…

　 e.g. This music reminds me of my childhood.　 这首曲子使我想起了我的童年。

3. dance to the music 伴随着音乐跳舞

　 sing along with the music 和着音乐一起唱

2. prefer v. 更喜爱，更喜欢　 choose sth rather than sth else; like sth better.

(1)prefer + n.　 e.g.

I prefer groups that play quiet and gentle songs.

我更喜欢演唱轻柔音乐的组合。

　　 Jennifer prefers musicians who write their own lyrics.

(2) prefer sth to sth　 比…更喜欢…

e.g. Which would you prefer, coffee or milk?

　咖啡和牛奶，你喜欢哪一个？

I prefer milk　 to　 coffee. 与咖啡相比，我更喜欢牛奶。

I prefer walking to cycling. 我喜欢步行，不喜欢骑自行车。

(3)prefer to do sth 宁愿做某事

e.g. She prefers to be alone at home. 她宁愿独自在家。

1.　 How to write a review of a book , a CD, or a movie 如何写书评或影评

A review should contain four parts:

　 (1) The name of the book, the CD or the movie　 给出评论的对象。

(2) What you like and the reason 赞同之处及原因

(3) What you dislike and the reason不喜欢的地方和原因

(4) What it reminds you of 它使你产生了哪些回忆。

e.g. Recently I listened to a CD named Dance, Dance, Dance. 　{ part 1 }

The music is great because you can dance to it . You can take this to a party. Also, these musicians write their own lyrics. { part 2 }

Some songs are too long. Some of the singers don’t sing the words clearly. { part 3 }

The music reminds me of Brazilian dance music.{ part 4 }

学习写评论是这一单元中重点写作项目，在评价的同时要注意结构的完整。

7. 定语从句的关系词与其他从句的引导词的区别　

试比较： I like music that I can dance to.

The music is great because you can dance to it

that 与because 的区别：that是定语从句的关联词，代替music在从句中做dance to 的宾语。而because是原因状语从句的引导词，只起到连词的作用，在句中不做成分。在dance to 后面加it 指代music.