take away 带走，拿走

take down 记下，拆卸

take up 占用，担任 set out 出发

set down 放下

set up 设立

　　1．It's quite funny watching the new foreign teachers trying to adjust to doing that.

　　看新来的外教努力适应这个动作的样子很有趣。

　　[记句式结构]

　　it是形式主语，真正的主语是动名词短语。

　　[仿写促落实]

　　It was useless telling him about it at that time.

　　那时候告诉他这件事是没用的。

　　2．Another thing is，if you came to Brunei，you would have to take off your shoes before going into someone's house.

　　还有就是，如果你来到文莱，你进别人的房间之前必须得脱鞋。

　　[记句式结构]

　　if虚拟语气条件句，表示对将来动作的虚拟。

　　[仿写促落实]

　　If your car knocked into a tree，it would turn over．

　　你的车要是撞到树上的话，它就会翻了。

　　3．But what is really interesting is that there are sometimes great cultural differences even between native English speakers.

　　但真正有趣的是，即使在以英语为母语的人们之间有时候也存在着很大的文化差异。

　　[记句式结构]

　　what引导的从句作主语，在从句中，它又作从句的主语。

　　[仿写促落实]

　　What surprised me most was that he should speak Russian.

　　最让我感到吃惊的是，他居然会讲俄语。

4．Well，it's time for me to go.