Lesson 16 Are you…?

Russian adj. & n. 俄罗斯人

Dutch adj. & n. 荷兰人

these pron. 这些(复数)

red adj. 红色的

grey adj. 灰色的

yellow adj. 黄色的

black adj. 黑色的

orange adj. 橘黄色的

A Complete these sentences using a or an.

Example:

It is ____ Swedish car. It is a Swedish car.

She is ____ air hostess. She is an air hostess.

Mrs. White：怀特夫人

Mrs. Smith：史密斯夫人

What colour is Mrs. White’s dog?

Her dog is brown and white.

What colour are your dogs?

Our dogs are white.

What colour is your brother’s car?

His car is red.

What colour are their cars?

Their cars are blue.

red books

white shirts

grey coats

yellow tickets

blue suits

black and grey hats

green passports

black umbrellas

white handbags

orange ties

brown and white dogs

blue pens

red cars

green dresses

yellow blouses

Life is like a fable. It is not measured by its length, but by its content.

生活就象一则寓言。它并不是用它的长短来衡量，而是由它的内容来衡量。

Eat to live, but do not live to eat.

吃饭是为了生活，但生活并不仅仅为了吃饭。

名词有五种：

普通名词、物质名词、专有名词、集体名词、抽象名词

普通名词在单数变复数时的规则：

1、加 -s 或 -es

加 -s后的读音 /s/，/z/，/iz/

清辅音加 -s读 /s/

清辅音加 -s读 /z/

以 -ch　-sh　-x　-s　-z结尾的词加-es读 /iz/

可数名词单数变复数的规则：

1、普通的名词后边直接加 s

a book/two books

2、以辅音字母加y结尾的单词要把y变i加es

baby --> babies

3、以 -ch　-sh　-x　-s　-z结尾的词要加-es，读音为 /iz/

4、以f或fe结尾的单词要变为ves

knife --> knives

wife --> wives

5、辅音字母加o结尾的单词要加es，元音字母加o结尾的单词要加s

potato --> potatoes

zoo --> zoos

一个关于读音规则的问题

a e i o u

如果这几个元音字母在单词的倒数第三位的位置，则发其原来的字母音。即开音节。

live /liv/　/laiv/