2.Describe your attitude to studying English.描述你学英语的态度。

　attitude n. [C]态度，看法；姿势

　What is your attitude to/towards this design?

　你对这个设计方案有什么意见？

　She shows a very positive attitude to/towards her work.

　她工作态度非常积极。

　Her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer.

　她双手合拢成祈祷姿势。

　attitude作"态度，看法"讲时，其后用介词to或toward(s)。

　have/show a positive/negative attitude to/towards...对......持有/表现出积极/消极的态度

　strike an attitude装模作样

　take an attitude of...采取......态度

(湖北高考)Despite such a big difference in towards what one eats，there is no doubt that people in the west regard the Chinese food as something special.

　A．point B．idea C．attitude D．sight

　答案　C

解析　句意为：尽管对食物的态度(看法)存在如此大的差别，无疑，西方人认为中国食品是很特别的。破解此题的关键点是towards这个词，在这四个选项中，只有attitude与towards 或to连用，故选C。

3.I live in Shijiazhuang,a city not far from Beijing.我住在石家庄，一个离北京不远的城市。

a city not far from Beijing是Shijiazhuang的同位语，其中not far from Beijing是形容词短语作定语，相当于定语从句which is not far from Beijing。

　The market isn't far from here.It's only half an hour's bicycle ride.

　市场离这里不远，骑自行车半个小时就到了。

　far from离......远；一点也不；远非(far不与具体的数字连用)

　away from在(某距离)处

by far.........得多，远未