A Useful expressions
1 on the radio
You can hear the programme on the radio. His music will be broadcast on the radio.
2 hear sb ; hear of sb; hear from sb
I can’t hear you. Could you speak louder , please?
Have you ever heard of Michael Jordan, who is the best basketball player in the USA? = Do you know anything about Michael Jordan…?
I’m going to hear Micheal Jackson. = I’m going to hear Micheal Jackson singing.
I haven’t heard from my sister for a whole year. = I haven’t received any letters from my sister for a whole year.
3 think well / poorly of sb / sth
Some political leaders are not well thought of because they are not doing enough for the people. =
Some political leaders are not liked by people because…
The students think well of the teacher because of his good teaching. = The students like the teacher…
4 make fun of sb: laugh at sb unkindly
It’s not so kind of you to make fun of the disabled（殘疾人）
5 eat up sth / eat sth up (eat it / them up)
The man was so hungry that he ate up the rice left in the bowl.
6 remain + adj. / n. /prepositional phrase(介詞短語)
He remained silent / quiet. = He continued to be silent / quiet.
My sister remains unkind to her boyfriend as usual. = My sister continues to be unkind to …
Although they quarreled(吵架)，they remain the best of friends.
He remains in high spirit. = He continues (to be ) in high spirit.
7 play the violin / the piano / the guitar… play music play basketball / football…
8 think …to be… = consider…to be …
He was considered to be rich / a rich man = He was thought to be ….
9 no longer
Song writers are no longer writing about the modern values of the USA. = Song writers are not writing any more / longer about the modern values of the USA.
He no longer lives there. = He does not live there any more / longer.
no longer 當(dāng)一個副詞用而不分開，放在主動詞后面或動詞be的后面;而not any more / longer中的not要放在助動詞后面，any more/ longer放在主動詞后面。
10 so far: until now / up to the present
So far we haven’t seen Tom. ( so far 通常與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)連用)
B Sentence patterns
1 “but” and “however”
He would like to go, but he can’t. = He would like to go. However, he can’t.
He enjoyed the song very much, but he can’t sing it as beautifully as the singer. = He …much. However, he can’t …
But直接連接兩個分句；而however要另起一句，且無論放在句首或句中，需用逗號與其它部分隔開。