NCE02052 a pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯

carpet 地毯
own 拥有
temporarily 临时地,暂时地
inch 英寸
space 空间
floor space 地面空间
gaze 凝视
spare time 空闲
actually 实际上
given the fact that 考虑到……的事实
given the fact that his room is rather small , 考虑到他的房间很小的事实
a pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯
We have just moved into a new house 我们刚刚搬进一所新房子
and I have been working hard all morning 我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一个上午
I have been trying to get my new room in order 我一直在试图把新房间整理整齐
get ….in order . 把….整理好.
put ….in order . 把….整理好.
things have to be put in order here before they come. 他到来之前，所有东西都要整理好
it didn’t take him long to put the car in order 他没花多少时间就把车修好了
This has not been easy 但这并不容易
because I own over a thousand books 因为我有1，000多本书
To make matters worse 更糟糕的是
the room is rather small 房间非常小
rather small 非常小
so I have temporarily put my books on the floor 所以我立刻把我的书放在了地板上
At the moment 此刻；当时
he is on the phone at the moment 他此刻正在打电话
inch inches 英寸
foot feet 英尺
mile miles 英里
give him an inch and he will take an ell 得寸进尺
the town covers five square miles 这个小镇压占地5平方英里
they cover every inch of floor space 书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了
and I actually have to walk on them 我实际上是踩着这些书
to get in or out of the room 进出房间的
A short while ago 几分钟前
my sister helped me 我姐姐帮我
to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs 旧书架中的一个搬上了楼
help sb do something 帮某人做某事[加不带to的不定式] help sb to do something 帮某人做某事[现在的加to也行] make sb do something 让某人做某事[加不带to的不定式] let sb do something 让某人做某事[加不带to的不定式] i helped her find the book 我帮他找到了那本书
don’t make me do this 别让我做这件事
let me tell you something 让我告诉你些事
She went into my room 她走进我的房间
and got a big surprise 大吃一惊
when she saw all those books on the floor 当她看到地板上的那些书时
This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen 这是我见过的最魅力的地毯
She gazed at it for some time then added 她凝视着它一段时间然后补充道
gaze at 盯住；凝视
stare at 盯着看
gaze into 凝视
he gazed into his eyes 他凝视着他的眼睛
You don’t need bookcases at all 你根本不需要书柜[need 不是情态动词] you needn’t be so rude about it. 你说话没必要这样不客气[need 是情态动词] i need to talk to you . 我需要和你谈谈
in your spare time 在你的业余时间
You can sit here in your spare time 空闲时你可以坐在这儿
and read the carpet 读地毯
it hasn’t rained for six weeks 已经有六个星期没有下雨了
it has been raining since yesterday and it is still raining. 昨天以来一直下雨，而且现在还在下着
he has rung me up five times since 12 o’clock. 从12点以来他已经给我打了5次电话
he has been ringing me up all morning . 他整个上午都在给我打电话
he has never stayed at this hotel before 他从未在这家酒店住过
he has been staying at this hotel for the last three weeks . 过去的3个星期他一直住在这家酒店