英语日常口语Unit76

1、英语日常口语 Unit76英语日常口语 Unit76 ：A new flatmate 新房客伙伴本单元是关于新房客伙伴的对话Helen ： Ok everyone, Ive got an announcement. We need to get someone for Michals room as soon as possible.Alice/Tim ： Really?Helen ： Yeah well, he e-mailed me the other day and he seems to be staying in Poland, at least for the time being

2、. And my dads starting to get twitchy about the rent. He doesnt want the room sitting empty much longer.Tim： Fair enough, I suppose. So, have you got anyone in mind?Helen：Well we could advertise for someone?Alice ：Ive got a colleague whos looking for a room!Helen：Have you?Alice ： Yeah, shes got to m

3、ove out of her flat by the end of the month.Tim： Oh no. Were having another guy, thank you very much.Helen： So lets get an advert in the paper, straight away!Vocabulary 字汇fair enough 说得通，有道理，表示同意ok, fine, no problemtwitchy 焦急的nervous, worried, uncomfortablecolleague 同事a person who works with you, or

4、 at the same place as youadvert 广告short for advertisement本单元的语言点是时间表达，请看下面的解释和例句Time expressionsBackground 背景There are a great variety of expressions that are used to refer to time ： a selection is presented here. Most of them function as adverbials or prepositional phrases.Referring to the past 描述过

5、去时间a short time ago ：this means something was recent.Example：Ive already heard the news. She told me a short time ago.the other day ：this means that something was recent, without saying exactly which day.Example：I went shopping the other day.ages and ages ago ：this means something was not recent; it

6、 happened a long time ago.Example：Ive known about it for a very long time. She told me ages and ages ago.many moons ago ：this means something was not recent; it happened a long time ago.Example：Many moons ago, he told me the story of his life.Referring to the present描述现在for the time being ： at the moment, until something changes.Example：For the time being, Im catching the bus to work, but I hope to get a bicycle soon.these days ： the current period of time. NOTE ： we dont usually say