考点短语解析

1. always/ often/ frequently/ often/

usually/ sometimes/ never

Ⅰ. 这几个词都是表频度的副词，它们之间的区别可用百分比来区分：

(0%)→(20%)→ 70%)→(75%)→(100%)

从不 —→ 有时 —→ 时常 —→ 通常 —→ 总是

即：never(0%)→sometimes(20%)→often/frequently(70%)→usually(75%)→always(100%)

Ⅱ always 永远、总是。与进行时连用时，表再三地、老是等意思。有时还表生气或不耐烦等盛情色彩。如：

① The sun always rises in the east.

太阳总是从东方升起。

② I always get up at seven o’clock.

我总是在七点钟起身。

③ The boy is always asking whys.

这男孩老是问这问那没个完。

Ⅲ often 时常、常常强调经常性。如：

① He often comes here to see me. 他时常到这儿来看我。

② We have often been there.

Ⅲ frequently 时常、屡次常与often 通用。但它强调次数频繁。如：

① Business frequently brings him to Shanghai.

他时常因事到上海去。

② He frequently comes here to see her.

他时常到这儿来看她。

Ⅳ usually 经常其动作频率仅次于always.常常与一般过时，一般现在时连用。

① I usually get up at six in the morning.

Ⅴ never 从不是否定副词。常常与完成时连用。

① I have never been to the Great Wall.

② She said she had never gone there.

2. edge / side

Ⅰ.edge侧重于指很窄的 边缘, 如刀刃或沿边的一部分.如:

Put some salt on the edge of your plate.

在你的盘子边上放些盐.

Ⅱ.side 边, 旁边 有时与edge同义,有时指 (东西的)侧面, (一个)方面, (身体的)侧边,如:

3. among/ between/ in the middle of

Ⅰ. among 在……之中/中间 指三者或三者以上。通常表某个范围。如：

① Someone is wrong among us.

我们中间有人错了。

② There is a small village among the mountains.

大山之间有座小村庄。

Ⅱ. between 在…之间指在二者之间，有时与and 连用。如：

① There is a river between us.

在我们两人之间有一条河。

② I’m standing between a house and a big tree.

我站在一座房子和一棵大树中间。

Ⅲ. in the middle of 在……中间指在某事物中间，强调事物的两端的中间。如：

There is a bus stop in the middle of the road.

在这条公路中间有个车站。

4. animal/ beast

Ⅰ. animal 动物 是区别于植物而言，是动物的总称，通常指兽、鸟、虫、鱼等。如：

① It’s an animal of monkey kind.