句中do为助动词,用来强调谓语动词,读时要重读。
You mistook him. He did come yesterday.
你误会他了,他昨天的确来了。
She does like singing. 她的确喜欢唱歌。
6. ... are kept for special occasions, when important guests come to dinner.
1) There are few occasions when / on which the players are confused about their roles in the team.
队员们很少对于他们的角色感到迷惑。
2) He didn't know how to behave on that occasion. 这种时候他不知如何是好。
7. He included a bridge with three people crossing it.
Pay attention to the "with" structure here.
1) He left the classroom with a book in his hand.
2) I don't know what to say with the headmaster standing here.
3) They each got a part with the great pumpkin divided.
4) He stood there with the door open.
5) We all went separately with the meeting over.
8. He and some servants followed Kun Xi and Chang to the island and set fire to the hut where they were sleeping.
set fire to sth. = set sth. on fire
Nobody knew how the fire started and who set fire to the store.
"fire"短语:
on fire 燃烧着的 catch fire 着火 fight a fire 救火make a fire 生火 put out a fire灭火
Ⅱ. 背景知识
Table Manners in the West
1. As soon as the hostess picks up her napkin (餐巾), pick yours up and lay it on your lap. Sometimes a roll of bread is wrapped in it; if so, take it out and put it on your side plate.
2. The Soup Course