1. drive 表示"驱使，迫使"，后面接宾补（to do ;adj.; adv; prep.phra. 不用现在分词）

phrase:

drive sb. mad. 使某人发疯；drive off/out 赶走；drive sb. away 把某人赶走；drive sb.into a corner逼得某人走投无路

ride/drive

ride-乘。可以乘车辆，也可以乘其他工具（如马、自行车等）；指车辆时，是乘车而不是开车。

drive-驾驶，驱赶。宾语为车辆时，意为"驾驶"，是别的东西时，意为"驱赶"。当两者用作名词，表示一段车程时无区别，如：an hour's ride=an hour's dirve

2. distance

a. c.n.&u.n. 距离；间距

b. c.n.&u.n 远方；远处

c. u.n. (空间或时间的相距)

d. u.n.（人际关系的）冷淡，疏远

e.g. A good cyclist can cover distances of over a hundred miles a day.

At a distance of six miles you can't see much.

Distance is no problem with modern telecommuciations.

phrases:

in the distance 在远处；在远方

from the distance 由远处

at a distance 在稍远处，在一定距离处

keep one's distance from sb. /sth. 与某人/某物保持一定的距离

keep sb. at a distance 与某人保持一定距离

distance learning 远程教育

distant adj.遥远的

Period 2: Reading

1．Get off 下车

a. get (sb.) off （使某人）出发

b. get off sth. 下班；不再讨论某事

c. get sth. off 邮寄某物；从某物上移去某物

e.g. We got off immediately after breakfast.

　　Her finger was so swollen that she couldn't get the ring off.

　　I usually get off at 6:00 p.m..

　　Phrases: get on 上车 get around 传播 get away 逃离，离开办

　　 get over 爬过，克服；熬过 get in 进入；收获；收（税等）； get ride of 除掉，摆脱 get through 通过；做完；看完 get up 起床，起身 get along/on with 进行；进展；与......相处 get across 使......通过，（使）被理解

2．more than: over 超过；仅仅

e.g. Judging from his appearance, he is more than 40.

not more than 与 no more than

not more than 不超过，顶多，相当于≤；no more than仅仅，只有，相当于＝。

Other phrases:

more ...than... 与其说......倒不如说...... e.g. He's more mad than stupid.说他笨，