unit 7 the English countryside(4)

3. Practicing asking and answering the questions in pairs .

4. Retell the text using the key words .

Text

1) used to express a wish with reference to present or future time;

2) used to express a wish that past events had been different

e.g.

1. If only I were rich. 但愿我很富有。

2. If only it would stop raining. 真希望雨能停。

3. If only I had gone by taxi. 假若我是乘计程车去的就好了。

Essential –adjective

1.absolutely necessary; indispensable:

Discipline is essential in an army.

2.pertaining to or constituting the essence of a thing.

Synonyms fundamental, basic, inherent, intrinsic, vital

Antonyms incidental, extraneous, extrinsic; accidental.

2 at home

a. in one's own house or place of residence

b. in a situation familiar to one; at ease:

to feel comfortable in a place or with a person

e.g. Make yourself at home! 不要拘束。

After a while we began to feel at home with each other.

过了一会儿，我们互相之间就无拘无束了。

She has a way of making everyone feel at home.

也许只是因为这个岛国的自然地势，绝大多数英国人感觉生活在低地比生活在高地要舒适的多

Sensuous : affecting , noticed by or giving pleasure to the senses