New Concept English and BoBing Grammar

Lesson 94 Future champions

1.be accustomed to

2.Meanwhile,they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

present tense can be used in the status part of a sentence to express the future time.

Lesson 95 A fantasy

1.The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions,...

present participle is the status part of a sentence to express the result.

BoBing Grammar p29-p60

1.number of non-calculate noun

1).material noun:

oil:We export lubricating oils.

sand:the sands of the Sahara;

water:the waters of the Atlantic

2).abstract noun:

hope-hopes;a drink of water

2.the number of collective noun

3.He is in his eighties.

4.Man is mortal.

chapter 3 article

1.The stars were bright in a cloudless sky.

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chapter 3

3.9 fixed article can be used in single form and complex form special noun.

1)people name:the browns

2)place name:the United States

3)unit name:the National People's Congress

4)history period and event:the Iron Age

5)magazine,paper:the Times,the Lord

3.10 fixed article used in fixed phrase

It is certainly unreasonable that she should put the blame on you.