Day by Day

English

2016-10-19

She said, 'Do you love me?' 'Sure, I love you O.K.' It was a hot, sunny morning during the last week of school. George was dressed and he lay on the floor doing his number work. His dirty little fingers squeezed the pencil tight and he kept breaking the lead point. When he was finished she held him by the shoulders and looked hard into his face. 'I mean a lot. A whole lot.'

1. His dirty little fingers squeezed the pencil tight and he kept breaking the lead point.
   简单：His fingers squeezed the pencil 他的手握住笔
   dirty little fingers 脏的，小小的手
   squeezed the pencil tight 紧紧地握住笔
2. He kept breaking the lead point（？？？）
3. When he was finished she held him by the shoulders and looked hard into his face. 当他做完作业时，她用肩膀抓住他，仔细看着他的脸。

new words

1. say [se] v. 说，讲
   过去式：said 过去分词：said 现在分词： saying 第三人称单数： says
2. sure [ʃʊr]
   adj(形容词).确信的，确实的； 有把握的； 无疑的； 一定的
   adv(副词).当然； 确实地； 无疑地；
   注意：文中是用的adv(副词)
3. hot [hɑt]
   adj.热的； 辣的； 激动的； 热门的
4. sunny [ˈsʌni]
   adj.和煦的：照到阳光的； 快活的，性情开朗亲切的；
5. during [ˈdʊrɪŋ]
   prep(介词).在…的时候； 在…期间，当…之时； 其间；
6. dressed [drest]
   adj.打扮好的，穿着衣服的； （畜、禽、鱼）剥皮（或去毛、鳞）、去内脏及分割加工好的； 动词dress的过去式和过去分词；
7. lie [lai] lay
   v.躺； 坐落在； 处于…状态； 说谎
   n.谎言； 谎话； 状态； 位置
   复数： lies 过去式： lay lied 过去分词： lain lied 现在分词： lying 第三人称单数： lies
8. floor [flɔr, flor]
   n.地面，地板； 楼层； 底部； 议员席
   vt.铺地板； 击败，打倒；
9. dirty
10. little
11. fingers
12. squeezed
13. pencil
14. tight
15. break
16. keep breaking
17. lead
18. hold [hoʊld] 过去式：held
    vt.拿住，握住； 保留，保存； 扣留，拘押； 容纳
19. shoulders
20. whole

PHRASAL VERB（短语词组）

1. keep breaking
   keep doing sth. 继续干某事
   ① We must keep going forward. 我们必须不断前进。
   ② They kept working until midnight.
   句型辨析 知识讲解 keep doing 与 keep on doing的区别（北京四中网校－〉名师答疑－〉高一－〉英语）
2. look (hard) into 考察；调查；研究
   eg：I moved right in front of the mirror and looked hard into the sheet of glass. 我移到镜子的正前方仔细看着那片玻璃。