(18) 改变主意change one's mind

(19)旅行，旅程journey

(20)下决心去做某事make up one;s mind to do...

(21) 时间表；进度表schedule

ahead of schedule提前 The tunnel project has already fallen behind schedule.

The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.

(22) 从那以后ever since

He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him ever since. =

Ever since he left home two weeks ago, we haven't heard from him.

It is/ has been five years since her father died.

I left school in 1995, and since then I've lived in London.

Since you are unable to answer, perhaps we should ask someone else. Since意为既然，由于

Since it is so hot, let's go swimming.

(23)毕业graduate其名词为graduation

(24) 与其做...也不 prefer to do...rather than do.../ would rather do...than do...

I'd rather die than apologize to Helen. = I prefer to die rather than apologize to Helen.

2、课文经典例句背诵。

(1) Which kind of transport do you prefer to use: bus or train?

(2)Two years ago, she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one.

(3It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong river from where it begins to where it ends.

【练一练】He found Tom at 3 pm in the park finally.

对地点强调：It was in the park that he....

变成一般疑问句= Was it in the park that he....?

对强调句型中地点进行提问:Where was it that he...?

【思考】It was in the park that he found Tom at 3pm.

It was the park where he found Tom at 3pm.

(4) Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.

She will insist on washing her hair just when I want to have a bath.