23. help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事 help sb. with sth. 在某方面帮助某人 昨天下午4点我在帮妈妈洗衣服。
I was helping my mother (to) wash clothes at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. 学生们每年都帮助农民摘苹果。(apple harvest)
Students help farmers with the apple harvest every year.
24. I don’t think that… 我认为 / 想 / 觉得 …不…。 我认为他不应该放弃学习英语。
I don’t think he should give up learning English.
他发烧了。我想他明天不会去野餐了。
He has got a fever. I don’t think he will go for a picnic tomorrow.
25. would like sth. would like to do sth. would like sb. to do sth.
你想要一些喝的东西吗？(两种) Would you like something to drink? Would you like to drink something? 你愿意和我去听新年音乐会吗？
Would you like to go to the New Year concert with me? 我想要他帮我去买词典。
I would like him to buy a dictionary for me.
26. It is + adj. + for sb. to do sth. 对某人来说，做某事…… 对他们来说记住这么多单词是很难的。
It is very difficult for them to remember so many words. 对学生们来说，做眼保健操是十分必要的。
It’s quite necessary for students to do the eye exercises.
27. It’s good / better / best / bad / worse / worst (for sb.) to do 做某事 好 / 更好 / 最好 / 糟糕 （很不好） / 更糟糕 / 最糟糕 晚饭后散步是很好的。
It’s good to take a walk / go for a walk after dinner / supper. 对他们来说坐飞机去三亚更好。
It’s better for them to take an airplane to Sanya / to fly to Sanya.
28. It’s good / bad for… 对……有好处 / 不好。 练习游泳对你的肺部有好处。
It’s good for your lungs to practice swimming. (Practicing swimming is good for your lungs.)
29. It is a good idea to do sth. 做某事是个好主意。 明天去野餐是个好主意。
It is a good idea to have a picnic tomorrow. 为他开个生日聚会是个好主意。
It is a good idea to hold / have a birthday party for him.
30. sth. looks /sounds/smells/tastes/feels like …
某物 看上去 / 听起来 / 闻起来 / 尝起来 / 摸起来（感觉） 像 …… 这种糖果看上去像玻璃。
This kind of sweets look like glass. 这块蛋糕尝起来像草莓。
This piece of cake tastes like strawberries. 他的建议听起来像个好主意。
His suggestion sounds like a good idea.
31. sth. looks /sounds/smells/tastes/feels + adj.
某物 看上去 / 听起来 / 闻起来 / 尝起来 /摸起来（感觉） 怎么样 …… 他的主意听上去有点儿奇怪。 His idea sounds a little strange. 这汤闻起来好恶心。
The soup smells nasty / revolting. 这个玩具熊摸起来真软和。
This toy bear feels so soft.
32. It seems to sb. that… 对某人来说，某事似乎、好像…… 对他来说这道题好像有点难。
It seems to him that this question / problem is a little difficult. 对很多人来说房子好像是最重要的。
It seems to many people that houses are the most important.
33. It takes sb. some time to do sth.. 某人花费…时间做某事。 每天晚上，我花半个小时看新闻。
It takes me half an hour to watch the news every evening. 他用了一整天的时间做完了一架飞机模型。
It took him a whole day to finish making a model plane. 你的爷爷每天花多长时间锻炼身体？
How long does it take your grandfather to do exercise / do some sports every day?
34. spend … on sth. (+ n. / pron.) 某人在某方面花费（时间/金钱）spend … (in) doing sth. (+ v.-ing) 某人花费（时间/金钱）做某事 这个女孩上个学期在功课上花了很长时间。 The girl spent a lot of time on her lessons last term. 她用其毕生的时间写完了这部传记。
She spent all her life / lifetime in finishing writing this biography. 他每天在英语（学习）上花多长时间？
How long does he spend on English study every day?
35. It’s time( for sb.) to do sth. / It’s time for sth. 该到（做）……的时候了。
该回家了。(两种)
It’s time to go home. It’s time for home. 该开会了。(两种)
It’s time to have a meeting. It’s time for a meeting. 该是Tom吃药的时间了。 It’s time for Tom to take medicine. 该到咱们去图书馆借书的时间了。
It’s time for us to borrow books from the library.
36. It’s … meters (years) long (high, old, wide). 长安街大约10公里长， 60米宽。
Chang an Street is about 10 kilometers long and 60 meters wide. 这座大楼有四十米高。
The building is forty meters high.
37. keep sb. doing sth. 让 / 使某人一直做某事 快点！不要让他们等得太久。
Hurry up! Don’t keep them waiting too long.
他的父母总是让他坚持练习弹钢琴。
His parents always keep him practicing playing the piano.
38. keep / make + n. / pron. + adj. 保持 / 使……怎么样 请你把门敞开着好吗？(Will you please do …?) Will you please keep the door open? 请保持阅览室干净、整齐。
Please keep the reading room clean and tidy. 保持城市清洁是我们每一个人的责任。(duty) It’s our duty to keep the city clean. 他的话使父母很生气。
What he said made his parents very angry.
39. like doing / like to do 我妹妹十分喜欢唱歌跳舞。
My younger sister likes singing and dancing very much. 他母亲不喜欢乘坐飞机旅行。
His parents don’t like to travel by plane / air.
40. not … at all. 根本不……，一点儿不……。 这孩子一点儿也不可爱。
This child is not lovely at all.
像班里其他人一样，我根本不了解这位新老师。
I don’t know this new teacher at all like all the others in my class.
41. not … until… 直到……才……
警察找不到那个丢失的孩子是不会回来的。
The policemen won’t come back until they find the lost child. 直到下了第一节课，他才把作业交给老师。
He didn’t hand in his homework until the first period was over.
42. One … the other… 一个……，另一个…… Some… others… 一些……，另一些…… 我有两个爱好。一个是游泳，另一个是滑冰。
I have two hobbies. One is swimming, the other is skating. 周三下午有两节课。一节是化学，另一节是政治。
There are two classes on Wednesday afternoon. One is chemistry, the other is politics.
学生们都在做扫除。一些在扫地，还有一些在擦玻璃。
All the students are doing some cleaning. Some are sweeping the floor, others are cleaning the windows.
43. prefer…to… 比起…，更喜欢…。 比起梨，我更喜欢桃子。
I prefer peaches to pears.
夏天，比起游泳，Tom更喜欢冲浪。
Tom prefers surfing to swimming in summer.
prefer to do…rather than do… 宁愿做……也不愿做….. 下雪天，他宁愿走路去上学，也不愿骑车去上学。
He prefers to go to school on foot rather than go to school by bike on a snowy day.
He prefers to walk to school rather than ride to school on a snowy day.
44. see/ hear sb. do / doing sth 看见 / 听到 某人做了某事 / 在做某事 做饭时，我听到有人在敲门。
I heard someone knocking at / on the door when I was cooking. 突然我看到他从自行车上摔了下来。
Suddenly, I saw him fall off the bicycle.
42. too + adj. / adv. + to do sth. 太……以至于不…… 这间教室太小了，容不下40名学生。
This classroom is too small to hold forty students. Sandy太小了，还不能独自去上学。
Sandy is too young to go to school by himself. 今天风太大了，划不了船。 It’s too windy to go boating today.
45. so + adj. / adv. + that 从句 太……以至于…… 这个电影太有趣了，我还想再看一遍。
This film is so interesting that I want to watch / see it again. 这道题太难了，我和Sue都算不出来。
This problem was so difficult that neither Sue nor I could work it out. 姚明篮球打得非常好，世界上很多人都知道他。
Yao Ming plays basketball so well that many people in / around the world
初中英语常用词组与固定搭配（修改）
