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课文详注 Further notes on the text
1．go to work, 上班。
由动词 go引导的短语课文中还有：go to school（上学）， go to bed（上床睡觉）。请注意 work, school以及 bed之前不带任何冠词。
2．stay at home, 呆在家里。
与 stay home在意思上相差无几。前者中的 home是名词，后者中的home是副词。
3．do the housework, 料理家务。
housework是不可数名词。请比较：do the homework（做作业）。
4．at night, 在夜里。
如果说某日夜里，则用介词 on:
on the night of June 2 在6月2日的夜里
语法 Grammar in use
一般现在时（2）
（请参见 Lessons 47～48语法部分。）
一般现在时用于表示一个习惯动作、有规律的行为以及永恒的现象。一般与时间频度副词和时间短语连用。这些时间短语有：
every day/week/month/year 每日／周／月／年
in the morning/afternoon/evening 在上午／下午／晚上
at noon/night 在正午／夜里
第3人称单数的谓语动词需加以变位，这可分为几种情况：
（1）直接加 -s，如：
come----comes
arrive----arrives
（2）以 -sh, -ch, -o 以及 -s结尾的动词加 -es，如：
wash----washes
go----goes
watch----watches
do----does
（3）以辅音加 -y结尾的动词，把 -y改成 -i，再加 -es；而元音加 -y结尾的动词，只加 -s即可：
hurry----hurries
carry----carries
play----plays
stay----stays
词汇学习 Word study
1．arrive v.
（1）到达；到来：
（2）（时间等）来临；（婴儿）出生：
2．live v.
（1）居住；生活：
（2）活；生存：
（3）过生活；享受生活乐趣：
（4）靠……生活（by/on）：
3．stay v.
（1）呆在，停留：
（2）逗留；暂住：
（3）持续；保留：
练习答案 Key to written exercises
Lesson 56
A
1 The children go to school in the morning.
2 Their father takes them to school.
3 Mrs. Sawyer stays at home.
4 She does the housework.
5 She always eats her lunch at noon.
B
1 What does she do in the morning?
She always makes the bed in the morning.
2 What does he do in the morning?
He always shaves in the morning.
3 What do they do in the evening?
They sometimes listen to the stereo in the evening.
4 What does he do every day?
He always cleans the blackboard every day.
5 What do they do at night?
They always go to bed early at night.
6 What does she do every day?
She usually washes the dishes every day.
7 What do they do in the afternoon?
They usually type some letters in the afternoon.
8 What does it do every day?
It usually drinks some milk every day.
9 What do they do in the evening?
They sometimes watch television in the evening.
10 What does she do at noon?
She always eats her lunch at noon.
11 What does he do in the evening?
He often reads his newspaper in the evening.
