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1. 讲解定语从句和状语从句中主谓省略的情况
2. 讲解搭配：do ... up；表单位的搭配；表一连串的搭配；stanger still的类似搭配；表更不用说的搭配；make out;cease;cause;stop的相关搭配
3. 讲解词汇：Ministry;Department;表潮湿的词汇

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1.当状语从句的主语跟主句主语一样，谓语是be动词时，从句的主谓可省略（注：当主语是虚指的it时也可去掉）

Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled. 
= Metals expand when they are heated and contract when they are cooled.

2.do ... up → fasten → 系

• do up his shoe lace

3.表一连串的

• a series of
• a train/chain of
• a string/stream of
• a succession（连续）/progression of

4.stranger still：更奇怪的是

• 类似：比较级+still
• better still：更好的是
• worse still
• harder still：更艰难的是
• 同义：to make matters/things stranger

5.表“更不用说”的搭配

• much/still/even less ...
• let alone ...
• not to mention ...

The baby can't talk，let alone/still less run.
The dampness is unpleasant,not to mention the cold.

6.make out：see or hear sb. or sth. with difficulty → 依稀看见，依稀听见

I could just make out a figure in the darkness.

7.cease to do,cease doing：停止，不再做某事

There are instances when patriotism ceases to be an abstract concept.
在某些情况下，爱国主义不再是个抽象的概念。

8.the Ministry of Health/Education/Commerce/Finance：...部

• Minister：部长
• the Department of Education：教育部（美式表达）

9.表“潮湿的”

• wet：a wet sponge（水绵）
• woist：褒义（要的就是湿的）

Please bring me a moist towel（湿毛巾）

• damp：贬义（湿的是不要的）     a damp collar
• humid：强调空气潮湿     humid atomosphere