Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

　　1. arrive at 到达(小地方)

　　arrive in到达(大地方)

　　reach 到达

　　get to 到达

　　I arrived in Beijing last night. = I reached Beijing last night .

　　= I got to Beijing last night .

　　如果宾语是副词here, there, home, 要把at/in/to省略。

　　arrive here/there/home

　　get here/there/home

　　2. in front of… 在 … 的前面 (某一范围外的前面)

　　in the front of … 在 … 的前面(某一范围内的前面)

　　There are some big trees in front of the classroom building. 在教室的前面有一些大树。

　　I like sitting in the front of the taxi. 我喜欢坐在出租车的前排位置。

　　3. take off

　　(1)起飞

　　When did the plane take off yesterday? 飞机什么时候起飞?

　　(2)脱下(衣帽等)

　　He took off his coat as soon as he went into the room. 他一进房间就脱掉了外套。

　　(3)取消

　　They will take off the 5 am train . 他们取消了早上5点的火车。

　　4. get out (of ) … 从……离开/出去/下来

　　A car stopped and a girl got out of it.

　　但从汽车/火车/船/飞机/马匹上下来, 用get off…

　　5. follow

　　(1)跟随 I followed him up he hill. 我跟着他上了山.

　　(2)沿着……前进 Follow this road until you get to the post office. 顺着这条路一直到邮局.

　　(3)听懂，理解 Could you speak more slowly? I can’t follow you. 你能说慢点吗?我听不懂。

　　(4)follow sb. to do sth. 跟着某人做某事

　　Please follow me to read the story. 请跟我读这个故事。

　　6. shout at 大声喊叫，多指因生气而非善意的大声叫喊

　　Don’t shout at the little boy. He is too young. 不要对他大叫，他还太小。

　　shout to 大声喊叫，多指因距离远而不得不大声叫喊

　　We should shout to him , or he can’t hear us. 我们应该朝他叫喊，否则他听不到我们的声音。

　　7. happen 发生，具体事件偶然的没有预见的发生

　　(1)happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事

　　I happened to meet one of my old friends in the park yesterday .昨天我在公园碰巧遇见我的一个老朋友。

　　(2)sth happens to sb. 某人发生了某事

　　An car accident happened to him last month. 上个月他发生了交通事故.

　　take place 发生

　　(1)按计划进行或按计划发生

　　Great changes have taken place in China in recent years. 最近几年中国发生了巨大的变化.

　　(2)(运动/ 活动/会议等) 举行

　　The meeting will take place next Friday. 运动会将于下星期五举行。

　　take the place of 代替, 取代

　　Plastics can sometimes take the place of wood and metal . 塑料有时能代替木材和金属.

　　take one’s place 坐某人的位置, 代替某人的职务

　　Come to take my place. my seat is near the window . 来做我的位置，我的座位靠近窗户。

　　8. anywhere 任何地方，常用于否定句或疑问句中.

　　Did you go anywhere last night? 你昨天还去了别的地方了吗?

　　somewhere 某个地方，用于肯定句。

　　come and see me. Then we’ll go out somewhere. 来我家找我，然后我们出去逛逛。

　　everywhere 处处, 到处 = here and there

　　I can’t find my pen though I looked for it everywhere. 尽管我到处都找过了，还是找不到我的钢笔。

　　11. silence 名词, 寂静/无声

　　There’s nothing but silence in the room. 屋内寂静无声。

　　Keep in silence. 保持沉默.

　　silent 形容词, 沉默的, 寂静的

　　The old house was quite silent. 这所老房子寂静无声。

　　The cat moved on silent feet. 那只猫无声地走动着。