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亲情友情
01 Thank your parents who brought you into the world.
感谢你的父母，是他们把你带到了这个世界。
语法TIPS
world的意思是“世界”，是独一无二的东西，之前要用定冠词the修饰。
学学这样说
1. Home is a place full of love! 家是一个充满爱的地方！
2. My family is always rich in love and understanding. 我的家总是充满了爱和理解。
3. I have been living a sheltered life. 我一直是被呵护着长大的。
4. There won't be a warmer place than home. 没有什么地方比家更温暖。
5. He loves his younger sister very much. 他很疼他的妹妹。
补充短语
be rich in... 富于……
02 She will worry if I go home late.
如果我回家晚了，她会担心的。
解析 ▲ late既可以作形容词，也可以作副词。在这个句子中，late是副词，修饰动词词组go home。
学学这样说
1. My daughter's health weighs heavily in my mind. 我女儿的健康让我牵肠挂肚。
2. Your mother is concerned about your safety. 你妈妈担心你的安全。
3. When it comes to family, we're all still children at heart.
提到家人时，我们在内心深处仍是孩子。
应用对话
Steven: Hello, Julia, I know a party will begin at midnight. Would you love to go?
Julia: I'd love to, but my mother asks me to go home before 11:00 every night.
She will worry if I go home late.
史蒂文：你好，茱莉娅，我知道一个将在午夜开始的聚会，你愿意去吗？
茱莉娅：我很乐意，但是我妈妈要求我每晚11点之前回到家。如果我回家晚了，她会担心的。
03 She kissed the baby on the cheek.
她在婴儿的脸颊上亲了一下。
常用单词
cheek [tʃi:k] n. 脸颊，脸蛋
学学这样说
1. Mother kissed his cheek lovingly. 妈妈亲热地吻了他的脸颊。
2. The mother caressed her baby lovingly. 母亲疼爱地抚摸着婴儿。
3. Children kissed their parents good night. 孩子们吻了吻父母以道晚安。
4. She gave her mother an affectionate hug. 她深情地拥抱了她的母亲。
5. She embraced her son tenderly. 她温柔地拥抱儿子。
6. She held her son to her in an affectionate embrace. 她深情地将她儿子搂在怀里。
补充短语
give sb an affectionate hug 深情拥抱某人
04 Mother's love is the greatest in the world.
母爱是世界上最伟大的爱。
语法TIPS
该句中的greatest是形容词great的最高级形式，前面要有定冠词the修饰。
学学这样说
1. Her affections were centered on her children. 她的爱全都倾注到她的孩子身上了。
2. My childhood was happy with my mother's love.
在母亲的呵护下，我的童年是快乐的。
3. My mother's love for me was very great. 母亲给我的爱是非常伟大的。
4. Among a variety of loves in the world, the purest and most profound love is the maternal love. 在世上多种爱中，至纯至深的爱是母爱。
5. Don't take the love of your mother for granted. 不要将母爱视为理所当然。
6. A mother's love never changes. 母爱亘古不变。
7. Mother gave me her love without asking for return. How deep mother's love is! 妈妈无私地把爱给了我，却不求任何回报。多么深沉的母爱啊！
应用对话
Steven: Don't complain about it. She is concerned about your safety.
Julia: You're right. Mother's love is the greatest in the world.
史蒂文：不要抱怨这个。她是担心你的安全。
茱莉娅：你说得对。母爱是世界上最伟大的爱。
05 He spent his weekend in his family.
他和家人一起度过了周末。
语法TIPS
spend即可以作及物动词，也可以作不及物动词。作及物动词时，常用于构成spend...on sth（花费……在某物上）或者spend...in doing sth（花费……做……）的结构。该句中，用的是spend...in some place（在……花费……）的结构。
常用单词
weekend ['wi:k'end] n. 周末
family ['fæməlɪ] n. 家庭，家族
随机测验
She gives her aunt a quick peck ______ the cheek.
A. in B. off C. under D. on
翻译
她在姑姑的脸颊上匆匆吻了一下。
答案：D
提示：give sb a quick peck on...是个固定搭配，意思是“匆匆吻了一下……”，故选答案D。
06 He's one of my best friends.
他是我最要好的朋友之一。
学学这样说
1. Is he one of your friends? 他是你的朋友吗？
2. She's an old friend. 她是我的老朋友。
3. Your friendship is very important for me. 你的友情对我来说非常重要。
4. He is a close friend of mine. 他是我的挚友。
5. I treasure your friendship. 我珍视和你的友谊。
应用对话
Julia: Are you close?
Steven: Yes. He's one of my best friends. Our friendship formed at college.
茱莉娅：你们俩关系近吗？
史蒂文：是的，他是我最好的朋友之一。我们的友谊从大学时就开始了。
补充短语
be important for... 对……很重要
07 I've known her for years, but she was never a friend.
我认识她多年了，但成不了朋友。
语法TIPS
for years意思是“多年，数年”，在句中作时间状语，常与现在完成时和现在完成进行时连用。
常用单词
friend [frend] n. 朋友，友人
学学这样说
1. I didn't want to destroy our friendship. 我不想毁掉我们之间的友谊。
2. Misunderstanding injured their friendship. 误会损害了他们的友谊。
3. They had a quarrel, but they're friends again now.
他们吵过架，不过现在又和好了。
4. He finds it hard to make friends with others. 他发现难以和其他人交朋友。
08 Suspicion is the poison of friendship.
猜疑对友谊而言是毒药。
常用单词
poison ['pɔɪzn] n. 毒药，极有害的思想（或心情等）
friendship ['frendʃɪp] n. 友情，友谊
学学这样说
1. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
2. A friend is easier lost than found. 朋友失去容易得来难。
3. Better be alone than in bad company. 与坏人交朋友，不如没朋友。
4. A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you.
用礼物“买”来的朋友终会被“买”走。
5. The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
最孤独的事莫过于缺乏真诚的友谊。
补充短语
in bad company 交坏朋友
09 Make friends with people who will force you to lever yourself up.
交那些让你不得不长进的朋友。
解析 ▲ lever up是一个动词词组，意思是“提升”。如果宾语是代词，代词可放在中间。
语法TIPS
该句用的是一般将来时态，谓语动词要用will加上动词原形。
学学这样说
1. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends. 朋友的真诚在患难中得到检验。
2. Fire is the test of gold; adversity of friendship. 烈火见真金，逆境知友谊。
3. Developing friendship takes time and efforts. 建立友谊需要时间和心思。
4. Books and friends should be few but good. 书籍和朋友都要少而精。
5. A true friend is one who overlooks your failure and tolerates your success.
真正的朋友从不追究你的失败，也从不忌妒你的成功。
6. In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
在顺境中，朋友了解我们；在逆境中，我们了解朋友。
10 Friendship reduces sorrow in times of pain and adds to joy in happy times.
忧愁时，朋友为我们分担；高兴时，朋友使欢乐倍增。
解析 ▲ add to是一个动词词组，意思是“增加”。其中的to是介词，后面跟名词或者名词词组。
学学这样说
1. Without a friend, the world is wilderness. 没有朋友，这世界无异于荒野。
2. Friendship is one of the most important things in our life.
友谊是我们人生中极为重要的一部分。
3. A friend's frown is better than an enemy's smile. 朋友对你皱眉胜过敌人对你微笑。
4. Friendship multiplies joys and divides grieves. 友谊倍增欢乐，分担忧愁。
5. Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend.
诚实的人把真正的朋友看得比世界上任何东西都珍贵。
补充短语
be better than... 比……更好
11 Their friendship was as close as ever it had been.
他们的友谊跟以往一样亲密。
解析 ▲ be as...as意思是“和……一样”，as与as之间要用形容词或副词原级。
学学这样说
1. I hope you can make good friends with each other. 我希望你们能成为好朋友。
2. The boys have had a long friendship. 这些男孩们有很长时间的友谊了。
3. He seemed to have already struck up a friendship with her.
他似乎已经和她交朋友了。
4. The friendship between them started at college. 他们的友谊是在大学时建立的。
补充短语
have a long friendship 有很长时间的友谊了
strike up a friendship with... 和……交朋友 终极英语会话