be going to

This afternoon I'm going to buy a English book. 今天下午我要去买本英语书。

be different from

I think this is different 

from Chinese names. 我认为这与汉语名字不同。

Welcome（back）to...

Welcome back to 

school！欢迎回到学校！

have fun doing

We're going to have fun learning and speaking 

English this term. 这学期我们将兴味盎然地学习和讲英语。

... because ... / ...，so ...

I don't know all your names because this is our 

first lesson. 因为这是我们的第一节课，所以我并不知道你们所有人的名字。

Why don't you ... / Why not ...

Why don't you come to school a little earlier?为什么不早点到校呢？

make it

Let's make it half past 

nine. 让我们定在九点半吧！

have nothing to do

They have nothing to do every day. 他们每天无所事事。

be sure sth.

be sure of sth.

be sure about sth. 

be sure to do sb.

I think so, but I'm not 

sure. 我想是这样，但不敢确定。

I was not sure of / about the way，so I asked 

someone. 我对于怎么走没有把握，所以我问别人了。

between ... and ...

There is a shop between the hospital and the 

school. 在那家医院和那所学校之间有一家商店。

keep sb. / sth. ＋adj./ V-ing/ 介词补语/ adv.

You must keep your classroom clean. 你们必须保持教室干净。

Sorry to have kept you waiting. 对不起，让你久等。

Can you keep him in the room ？你能让他在这个房里吗？

Keep them here. 让他们在这儿呆着。

find ＋宾语＋宾补

He finds it very hard to travel around the big city . 他发现要环游这个大城市是很难的。

... not ... anymore

... not ... longer

The old man doesn't 

travel any more. 这位老人不再旅行了。

He isn't a thief any 

longer. 他不再是个贼。

What's the weather 

like...？

What's the weather like 

in spring in your 

hometown ？在你们家乡春天天气怎么样？

There is no time to do/ have no time to do

There was no time to 

think. 没有时间思考。

I have no time to go 

home for lunch. 我没有时间回家吃午饭。

Help oneself to...

Help yourself to some 

fish. 吃鱼吧！

used to do

I used to read this kind of story books. 我过去常读这种故事书。

borrow ... from

I borrowed a English 

book from him. 我从他那借了一本英语书。

lend sb. sth. / lend sth. to sb.

He lent me a story book / He lent a story book to me. 他借了本故事书给我。

have been to

Have you ever been to 

Haw aii？你曾去过夏威夷吗？