9A Unit 1 Star Signs
1. It is nice of you to bring me the newspaper. (It’s nice of sb. to do sth. 某人做某事真是太好了，形容詞表示人的品質特征時，介詞用of)
2. It says I’ll have lots to eat and drink today. (報紙、雜志、牌子、廣告等上寫著用 says)
3. You shouldn’t worry about not having breakfast. (擔心沒有早飯吃) (worry about (not) doing sth. 擔心（不）做某事，動名詞的否定形式是在動名詞前面加not)
4. A year is divided into (被分成)12 different star signs.
5. The time of your birthday decides your star sign.
6. People born under the same star sign (出生在同一星座下的人)share similar characteristics.
(be similar to = be the same as 和……相同，與…….相似)
7. take an active part in 積極參加 be impatient with sb. 對某人沒有耐心
be patient with sb. 對某人有耐心 give up easily 輕易放棄
be curious about… 對……感到好奇 be kind / friendly / nice to sb. 對某人友好
be confident of sth. 對……有信心/把握 pay attention to details 注重細節
buy your friends nice gifts = buy nice gifts for your friends 給朋友買漂亮的禮物
have lots of energy = energetic 精力充沛 keep secrets 保守秘密
enjoy life 熱愛生活 have a good sense of humour 有幽默感
be successful in doing sth. 成功地做某事 dream about everything 夢想一切
8. You love peace(熱愛和平) and do not like to argue with others.（和別人爭吵）
（ argue with sb. about sth. 因某事和某人爭吵）
9. It is silly of you not to forgive others for their faults.
(原諒別人的過失) (forgive sb. for sth. 原諒某人某事)
（動詞不定式的否定放在不定式前面 not to do sth.）
10. You are patient enough（enough 修飾形容詞放在形容詞后面，patient 是形容詞，前面要用be動詞）to wait without getting angry. （介詞后面用動詞ing 形式）
11. You hate to be like anyone else（ else修飾特殊疑問詞、不定代詞，放在它們后面） and try everything just to be different.
12. A fair person treats everyone equally.(平等地對待每個人，一視同仁)
13. A confident person feels sure about his own abilities.
( be / feel sure /certain of / about sth. 對感到自信/ 有把握)
14. make friends with him 和他交朋友 tell jokes 講笑話
take care of = look after 照顧，照料 share food with others和別人分享食物
15. 反義詞： active---inactive, modest---proud, patient---impatient, fair---unfair,
correct---incorrect, polite---impolite, selfish---generous,
16. It is thoughtful of Andy to play his CDs for us. （Andy為我們播放CD，他考慮得真周到）
17. It is typical of Simon to make such a mess. （把事情搞得亂七八糟是Simon的典型特征。）(make a mess 把……搞得亂七八糟)
18. each of us 我們每個人 at all times 一直，始終
travel around the world 周游世界 travel to different places 去不同的地方旅行
pass the football to Peter = pass Peter the football 把足球傳給Peter
plan to go out 計劃外出 pack one’s bag整理行李
19. Sandy has been on the phone for hours. (Sandy已經打了好幾個小時的電話了。)
20. This month（這個月，不用介詞） you will have a lot to celebrate.
21. You will have success at school or work(學業有成，事業有成) around the middle of the month.（大約在本月中旬）
22. You will be given some money.
23. For more details, please call Master Zhang on 5556 0678.
（call+人+on + 號碼, 表示按….. 號碼給……打電話）
24. a mixture of good luck and bad luck （好運和厄運的混合體）
25. go to a party 去參加聚會 have problems with my health 健康有問題
be suitable for the post 適合這個職位 run for the post 競爭這個職位
26. I don’t think he would be able to(=can) organize things well.
27. He is imaginative enough to come up with new ideas. 他富有充分的想象力來產生一些新的觀點。(imaginative是形容詞，前面要用be 動詞，enough放在形容詞之后)
(come up with =think of 想出)
28. Who else would be suitable (for the post)? 還有誰合適（這個職位）呢？
29. recommend David for the post / job 推薦David 擔任這個職位/做這項工作(for +職位)
recommend David as the new chairperson of the Students’ Union
推薦David 當學生會的新任主席（as+人，既指職位也指人）
recommend a good dictionary to me (recommend sth. to sb. 向某人推薦某物)
recommend us to read this book (recommend sb. to do sth. 推薦某人做某事)
30. He is a Gemini. = His star sign is Gemini. 他是雙子座。
31. The only thing is that David has much more hair than my uncle.
32. We think he will be an excellent chairperson because he has many good personal qualities.
33. He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best.
34. He is never afraid of making a speech（發言） in assembly（在晨會上）.
(be afraid of doing sth. 害怕做某事) （他在晨會上發言從未害怕過/ 拘束過）
35. He will / would not mind doing extra work for the Students’ Union.
（不介意為學生會做額外的工作）（mind doing sth. 介意做某事）
36. He always gets good marks in tests. ( 在測試中成績一直名列前茅)
37. He even got full marks(得滿分) once in an English test.
38. He never forgets to do the things he needs to do. （從不忘記去做他需要做的事）
39. He has joined the Computer Club（參加電腦俱樂部） this year because he wants to learn to use the computer to help himself get more organized.（幫助自己工作起來更有效率）
40. We think that David has all the qualities to be a good chairperson.(具備了一個優秀學生會 主席應該具備的各項素質)
41. We hope that you agree with us.
42. ---It was kind of you to recommend me as the new chairperson.
= Thank you for recommending me as the new chairperson. (謝謝你們推薦我當新任主席)
---It’s our pleasure. = Not at all. = You are welcome. 不用謝。
43. You are the most suitable person.
44. Mr Wu spends a lot of time explaining things to us.
(spend ….doing sth.花時間做某事) （explain sth. to sb. 向某人解釋某事）
45. Daniel is very clever, but he never shows off.(買弄，炫耀)