10-1 讲解版 - 约人出去竟然这么简单

1. 对话

Kevin: Hey, dude! We were thinking of stopping by that happy hour next door. You wanna come with?

Jimmy: That'd be cool. I've heard it's really fun. Who's going?

Kevin: Yeah, it should be great! Megan, Cassie, and Matt are all coming!

Jimmy: Awesome! What time are you getting there?

Kevin: Around 6-ish, but we're grabbing dinner beforehand if you wanna come.

2. 划重点

1) We were thinking of + doing

a. = 在考虑要不要做某件事情

b. 要用过去进行时：past progressive

c. 连读：thinking_of

例：

I was thinking of going to sleep early tonight.

I was thinking of taking the day off.

2) Stop by

a. = 去待一会儿

b. 吞音：stop_by

3) Come with

a. = 一起来

b. You wanna come with?可以理解为“要不要一起？”

4) That'd be

a. = 那就会+形容词

b. 弱读把t去掉: [ðæd] [bi]

例：

That'd be awesome!

5) Cool

a. = 酷 | 棒 | 牛

6) Have heard + 完整的句子

a. = 听说

例：

I've heard this place's chicken is really good.

I've heard it rains a lot here.

b. 拓展：有的人把have这个词直接去掉说I heard。

例：

I heard you got engaged!

I heard that this place is shutting down.

c. 这个从句里，that可以说、可以不说

7) fun

a. = 好玩

b. = fun跟interesting很不一样

c. fun是让你感觉很高兴或者刺激的事情

d. interesting指让你思考的事情

8) should be

a. = 应该+形容词

例：

It should be fast.

It should be easy.

9) -ish

a. = 口语中放在时间或者形容词

例：

I'm going home around 11-ish.

I'm tired-ish.

b. 单独使用就可以用来代替“有点”

例：

Are you hungry?

Ish.

10) Grab

a. = 抓 | 口语中指顺便、快速吃、喝、买

b. 很快很简单

例：

Let's go grab dinner!

I'm gonna grab dinner after I finish this.

11) 现在进行时用来表示将来的计划

a. 主语+be动词+ing

例：

I'm meeting Kelly after work.

We're flying to Beijing in a few hours.