Lesson 13

★New words and expressions

☆group n.小组，团体
group指合唱团
band:n.乐队

☆pop singer:流行歌手
pop:popular adj.受欢迎的
pop song(music)：流行音乐
pop star

☆club n.俱乐部
night club:夜总会

☆performance n.演出
-mance:名词标志
perform v.演出

☆occasion n.场合
中文：在某种条件下，某种环境中
英文：occasion=time,时候
this occasion:on the/this occasion
occasionally=sometimes adv.有时候，偶尔

★Text

The Greenwood boys
The Greenwood Boys are a group of pop singers.At present,they are visiting all parts of the country.They will be arriving here tomorrow.They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station.Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Worker's Club.The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days.During this time,they will give five performances.As usual,the police will have a difficult time.They will be trying to keep order.It is always the same on these occasions.

☆visit v.拜访，参观；（歌手）巡演
visit+地点，表示去某地
若带有职业相关目的，就是去做相关的事
The headmasters of the New Oriental school visited lanzhou.

本课学到3个“演出”：
1.visit;2.sing;3.give five performances

☆most of...大多数的
most of the...=most...
most of the young people/most young people

☆tomorrow evening:明天晚上
yesterday evening:昨天晚上； this evening:今天晚上
morning,afternoon的用法同evening
night:
last night:昨天夜间；tonight:今天夜间；
tomorrow night:明天夜间；next night:第二天夜间

☆The police will have a difficult time..
have a good time:玩得开心
have a hard time:生活得艰辛
have a difficult time:日子不像平时那样惬意

★Key structures
将来进行时
用一般将来时和将来进行时所表述的含义是一致的。
一般将来时：shall/will+动词原形
1.表示将要发生的动作或存在的状态
2.将来时的其他结构

1.shall/will+动词原形
2.be going to do sth:打算做某事 be gonna(美语）
3.be+to do sth:表示计划安排做某事或用来征求意见
4.be about to do sth:即将做某事
5.will be doing:表示将要做某事
6.be doing:（瞬间动词）表示将来时态
7.一般现在时表示将要发生
一般的情况可以互换，遇上没有办法打算和计划安排的，只能用will be

★Special difficulties
ten pounds' worth of minced meat
There was a hundred pounds' worth of damage.