Unit 2 Hey, Thanks!

happen表示「(偶然) 發生」， 主詞為it ，在此表示整件事情或情況。 Paragraph1:  It all happened when I was . . . happen表示「(偶然) 發生」， 主詞為it ，在此表示整件事情或情況。 人 happen to V 碰巧，恰巧  Jason happened to meet an old classmate on his way home. 事物 happen to sb/sth 遭到，遇到 Hailey didn’t go to school yesterday. Something must have happened to her. What has happened to Donna’s T-shirt? There’s a hole on it.

. . . he must be a nerd, because no one with a good social life would take so many books . . .  助動詞must 後接原形動詞(be)，在此表 示 對「現在事實的肯定猜測」，作「必 定」解。例：  There must be something wrong with my eyes. I can’t see things clearly

must + have + V-en表示對「過去事實的猜測」，意為「必定是(做了)…」。例如：  I must have gained weight. The skirt doesn’t fit me anymore.  with + N(P) 修飾名詞，表示「有…的，附帶…的」。例如a man with long hair 「長髮的男子」，a person with knowledge and courage 「兼具智慧與勇氣的人」。

 Terry kept on asking the same question all night. Paragraph 2:  I keep on walking. keep on後面只可接動名詞，意為「繼續做…」。  Terry kept on asking the same question all night.

knock + N(A) + out of + N(B)  His glasses flew off, landing three meters away.  His glasses flew off, and it landed three meters away. 此句為分詞構句的一種︰對等連接詞連接兩個對等子句，在主詞相同的情況下，可省略連接詞和其中一個對等子句的主詞，再將動詞改為現在分詞，即形成分詞構句。

 The boy ran off as Kyle struggled to find . . .  as = when，表示「當…的時候」之意。  struggle + to do sth為「奮力做…」之意。  The athlete struggled for years to win a gold medal.

 He had such a sad expression on his face that my heart . . . such + N(P) + that-clause句型  I . . . asked if he was all right. S + V + if-clause句型

 . . . those boys are just mean. mean指殘忍的、不仁慈的， 反義字為 kind。  Don’t be mean to your little sister.

Paragraph 5:  I asked him whether he wanted to play football over the weekend.  S + V + O + whether- clause句型  over於此表示「在…期間」。

Paragraph 6:  . . . I still teased him about being a nerd . . . 因某事揶揄某人  . . . he was so popular that . . . so + adj. + that-clause句型

Paragraph 8:  the very same 正是同一個  Dora and Laura graduated on the very same day.  Kelvin wore the very same jacket as the one I bought him last winter.  . . . the one he had given me on the first day we talked. 此句中，the one特指前面的the smile且其後省略了關係代名詞that或which。

Paragraph 10:  Graduation is a good time to thank those who have helped . . .  time通常作不可數名詞，但在此表示「﹙特殊的﹚時候」，為可數名詞。  those who那些…的人= the people who

 . . . being a friend is the best gift you can give. 例如：Seeing is believing.  . . . the best gift (that) you can give.

Paragraph 11:  He said he had cleaned out his locker and taken everything home so that his mom wouldn’t . . . 先發生的動作用過去完成式 had cleaned out、had taken表示。  so that 「為了…，以便…」為從屬連接 詞，引導表示「目的」的子句，亦可省略 that，如：  Speak louder so (that) all of us can hear you.

 My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.  save sb from V-ing 讓某人免於(做)…  the + adj.作名詞， the unspeakable表示「不堪言的事」。 the unknown「未知的事物」、 the rich「有錢人」、 the wounded「傷者」

 I heard a gasp going through . . . 感官動詞hear或see接現在分詞， 用於強調正在進行的動作。如：  I heard my sister singing happily in her room.

 for the first time 第一次  At the age of ten, I traveled abroad for the first time in my life.