Most children want their parents to feel proud of them.
大多数儿童都希望父母为自己而骄傲。
13HAPPENused when referring to the day, moment etc when something happened 〔用于指某事发生的日期、时刻等〕
the day of the accident
事故发生的那一天
the week of the festival
节日期间的那一周
I was at home at the time of the murder.
谋杀发生时我在家里。
14PLACEused to say where something is in relation to a place or thing 〔用于指某物与某地或某物之间的位置关系〕
north/south etc of something
a historic seaside town 99 km south of London
伦敦以南99公里处的一座滨海历史名城
to the left/right of something
To the left of the sofa is a table.
沙发的左边是一张桌子。
I live within a mile of here.
我住在离这儿不到一英里远的地方。
15DESCRIBEused to describe a person or thing by saying what their main qualities or features are 〔用于描写某人或某物所具有的主要品质或特征〕
Albright was seen as a woman of great determination.
奥尔布赖特在大家的眼里是一位意志非常坚定的女性。
It’s an area of considerable historical interest.
那是个非常有历史意义的地区。
16used to say what someone’s age is 〔用于说明某人的年龄〕
He has two children, a boy of 12 and a girl of 15.
他有两个孩子,一个12岁的男孩和一个15岁的女孩。
17it is kind/stupid/careless etc of somebody (to do something)CHARACTER/PERSONALITYused to say that someone’s action shows a particular quality 某人(做某事)是仁慈的/愚蠢的/粗心的等
It was kind of you to remember my birthday.
你真好,记得我的生日。
Examples from the Corpus
it is kind/stupid/careless etc of somebody (to do something)• But, it, it is kind of funny.• So it is kind of coming home and a change of focus.• The idea of it is kind of cute: This little Frankguy is trying to findcandy.
18COME FROM/ORIGINATEused to say where someone comes from 〔用于说明某人来自哪里〕
the people of China
中国人民
Jesus of Nazareth
拿撒勒的耶稣
19used to show the country, organization, or group in which someone has a particular position 〔用于表示某一职位的人所属的国家、组织或团体〕
King Philip II of Spain
西班牙国王腓力二世
the secretary of the tennis club
网球俱乐部的干事
20used in dates before the name of the month 〔在日期中用于月份之前〕
the 27th of July
7月27日
21used to say when something happened 〔用于说明某事在何时发生〕
the presidential election of 1825
1825年的总统大选
one of the biggest upsets of recent years
近年来最大的冷门之一
22American EnglishAmE spoken used in giving the time, to mean ‘before’ 〔用于表示时间,意思是“之前,不到”〕SYN British English to
It’s a quarter of seven (=6.45).
现在是7点差一刻。
23CAUSEused to show the cause of someone’s death 〔用于表示某人死亡的原因〕
He died of cancer.
他死于癌症。
24literaryTYPE used to say what material has been used to make something 〔用于表示某物是由何种材料制成的〕
a dress of pure silk
真丝连衣裙
25of an evening/of a weekend etcBritish EnglishBrE in the evenings, at weekends etc 在晚上/周末等
We often used to walk by the river of an evening.
我们以前晚上常在河边散步。
5GRAMMAR 语法
To refer to someone or something that belongs to or is connected with someone, it is usual to use -’s or -s’, not of, with short noun phrases. 指某人或某物属于某人或与某人有关时,通常用-’s或-s’接短的名词短语,而不用of
Dad’s car (NOT 不说 the car of Dad)
爸爸的汽车
a child’s bike (NOT 不说 the bike of a child)
孩子的自行车
my sisters’ boyfriend (NOT 不说 the boyfriend of my sister)
我姐姐的男朋友
the miners’ strike (NOT 不说 the strike of the miners)
矿工的罢工
When referring to one of several people or things belonging to or connected with someone, or when using ‘this’ or ‘that’, use of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs. 提到多个人或物中的一个属于某人或与某人有关时,或用到this或that时,要用of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs
a friend of mine (NOT 不说 a friend of me)
我的一位朋友
that car of yours (NOT 不说 that car of you)
你的那辆汽车
To talk about the person who sang, wrote, or painted a particular work, use by, not of. 谈论某个作品由某人所唱、所写或所画时,用by,而不用of
a song by Mariah Carey (NOT 不说 of Mariah Carey)
玛丽亚•凯莉唱的一首歌
nGRAMMAR: Possessives
The usual way to say that something belongs to someone, or that someone is connected with someone, is by using -’s. You say:
Tom’s car
a child’s bike
孩子的自行车
my sister’s boyfriend
✗Don’t say: the car of Tom | the bike of a child | the boyfriend of my sister
You use –s’ after a plural noun ending in ‘s’:
a teachers’ meeting
You use of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs when talking about one of several people or things belonging to or connected with someone: 提到多个人或物中的一个属于某人或与某人有关时,或用到this或that时,要用of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs
a friend of ours
a habit of mine
You use by when saying who sang, wrote, or painted something:
to the left/right of something• Her hair was tied up in a hair net and the hat was removed and placed to the right of her chest.• In two subsequent cases, however, federalappealscourts have given greater weightto the rights ofteachers.• This takes a disjointed groove system to the right of the centre of the crag.• Immediately to the right of the doorway was a chair.• We take the device to be initially somewhere off to the left of the Is.• The play within a play opens with Act I, on the smaller puppetstageto the right of the large stage.• The toilets and urinals were to the left of this section - the urinals being roofless and thus open to the elements.• A thincrescentmoon will appearto the left ofVenus the evening of July 6.