Lesson 33Life on Wheels车轮上的生活. 1How many ways can you think of to use wheels?你能想出多少种使用轮子的方法？1.1think of的意思是“想起/出，想想，觉得”，其通常用来描述想起某事、对某事的看法。
think about的意思是“认为；考虑”，其通常用来描述思考某事、考虑某事。
What do you think of the show so far?到目前为止你觉得这场演出怎么样？I'll think about it nearer the time.到时候我会考虑的。
2How can you get to the moon?你怎样才能到达月球？2.1get表示“到达”时是不及物动词，涉及地点时后面加 to，后面跟地点副here/there/home等时，无需介词。
3What's your favourite type of transportation?你最喜欢的交通方式是么？3.1transportation名词，交通，运输。
4Hello, I'm Jeremy.你好。
我是杰里米。
I'm from the U.S.我来自美国。
This is my report on transportation.以下是我关于交通工具的报告。
4.1on与about的区别辨析介词about和on都可以表示“关于”，两者的的区别为：简单地说，about表示一般性和通俗性，侧重叙事;on表示严肃性和学术性，侧重论述。
4.2表示“关于”的介词：of,about,on①of仅指“关于"人或事物的存在，如：He thought of this matter yesterday.他昨天想到了这件事。
②about指“关于”某人或某事物的较详细的情况。
It's a book for children about Africa and its people.它是一本供儿童阅读的关于非洲和非洲人的书。
③on是指“关于”学术性的或严肃的，供专门研究用的。
It's a text book on the history of China.它是一本有关中国历史的教科书。
5This world is always moving.这个世界永远是移动着的。
Everything seems to have wheels, engines or wings.万事万物似乎都有轮子，发动机或着翅膀。
5.1be always doing sth.总是做某事。
常用来表达说话人的某种情绪，如:赞扬、不满、责备等。
5.2seem用法:①主语+seem+(to be)+表语，用于说明主语的特征或状态，表语多为名词或形容词，有时是其他的词或短语。
Tom seems(to be)a very clever boy.②主语+seem+不定式，此句型中的seem与不定式一起构成复合谓语。
The young man seemed to have changed much.③It seems+that从句。
it是形式主语，that引导主语从句。
It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park.④There seem to be+名词，to be可以省略，seem的单复数形式要根据后面作主和的名词的单复数形式而定。
There doesn't seem to be much hope ofour beating that team.6Everything seems to be getting faster, too.一切也似乎都更快了。
Long ago,horses pulled carts, but now we have engines on everything, even on bicycles and skateboards!很久以前，马拉着手推车，但是现在我们什么都用发动机，甚至自行车和滑板也有。

6.1Everything seems to be getting faster.句子中Everything作主语，seem to do是固定句式，seems to be是谓语，getting faster作表语。
6.2句中on是介词，意为“在(运输工具)上”;6.3pull[pʊl]动词，拉，拽，扯，拖。
6.4cart[kɑːt]名词，(两轮或四轮)运货马车;手推车;手拉车。
6.5skateboard[ˈskeɪtbɔːd]滑板7Where did it begin?这是从什么时候开始的呢？8Well, in the 1700s people invented the steam engine.嗯，在十八世纪，人们发明了蒸汽机。
That was the beginning of trains.那就是火车的开端。
Then steam was able to power boats and cars.然后蒸汽机可以为船和小汽车提供动力。
Boats have been around forthousands of years.轮船已有差不多几千年的历史了。
Now with engines, they can go very fast.现在有了发动机，人们可以快速地出行。
The first car appeared about two hundred years ago, and now the roads are full of cars.第一辆小汽车出现在大约两百年前，现在，马路上全都是车。
All of these cars make the U.S. a nation on wheels.所有的这些小汽车，使美国成为了一个车轮上的国家。
8.1the beginning of在......的开始;在...开始的时候;是……的起源。
8.2power[ˈpaʊə(r)]①动词，驱动，推动;②名词，能量，力量。
8.3Boats have been around for thousands of years.①该句为现在完成时态。
其构成为：have/has+动词过去分词；主语boats是复数名词，与助动词have连用；②around介词，“大约”；③for后面加一段时间；④thousands of years好几千年;⑤thousands of几千，成千上万。
8.4with engines有发油机。
with介词，有，用，使用等。
8.5 about two hundred years ago大约在二百年前。
8.6appear的用法8.6.1appear v.显得，看起来，好像此时appear是系动词，常后接形容词等。
①appear + adj.看起来...She appears happy.她看起来高兴。
Lisa appeared calm and relaxed on the stage.丽莎在舞台上看起来平静和放松。
②appear to do sth.看起来在做某事She appears to be happy.她看起来高兴。
The necklace appeared to be expensive.那条项链看起来昂贵。
He appeared to understand the question.他看起来理解那个问题。
She appeared to know the whole story.她看起来知道整件事。
③appear +名词She appears a strange girl.她看起来是一个奇怪的女孩。
④it appears (that)+句子用于表达自己认为的想法。
It appears that she hasn't lied.看起来她没有撒谎。
It appears that they have just left.看起来他们刚刚离开。
⑤there appears to be...用于表达自己认为的想法There appears to be something wrong with thewashing machine.好像洗衣机出问题了。
8.6.2.appear v.出现appear + at/in/from等介词A bird suddenly appeared at the window.一只鸟突然出现在窗户。
A little dog appeared from behind the gate.大门后面出现一条小狗。
The sun appeared above the horizon.太阳出现在水平线上方。
8.6.3动词，抵达，来到。
He didn't appear at the party.他没在聚会上霞面。
8.7be full of是主动结构，be filled with被动结构。
be full of更强调状态，尤其强调“满满的”状态；be filled with更强调动态的过程。
当表示某种事物的程度为“非常”的时候，只能用be full of。
The room is full of people.房间里挤满了人。
The bottle is full of water.瓶子里装满了水。
The students here are full of energy.这里的学生们精力充沛。
I want my life to be filled with happiness.我想要我的生活充满快乐。
未完待续。