New Words:

vane [veɪn] (风车等的)翼,叶片,轮叶
weather vane = wind vane 风向标
cab [kæb] (公共汽车、火车、卡车的)驾驶室
a tall story 荒诞的故事
piano [pi'ænəʊ] 钢琴
taught [tɔːt] teach的过去分词和过去式


There is still some space in the cab.
Can you play the piano?
He is learning to play the piano.
I taught myself how to play the piano.

New Words:

site [saɪt] 地点,位置,建筑工地;场所;网站
website [ˈwebsaɪt] 网站
crane [kreɪn] 起重机;吊车;鹤


The statue was moved to a new site.
The site of the new building is next to the park.

The school has a new website address.
In high school, I built my first website.

This machine is called a crane.
We used a crane to lift the piano into the house.

New Words:

surprise [sərˈpraɪz]

n.意想不到(或突然)的事
v.使惊奇;使诧异;使感到意外

surprised [sərˈpraɪzd]

 v. 使惊奇;使感到意外(surprise的过去分词和过去式)
adj. 感到惊讶的,出人意料的

to sb’s surprise 让sb感到惊讶(一般放在句首)


What a nice surprise!
I have a surprise for you!
It's a surprise to me that he ate it all.

We'll jump out and surprise everyone.
My good marks surprised my father.
My words surprised him.

I'm not really surprised.
She looked surprised when I told her.

To my surprise, they lost!
To everyone's surprise, she is the last winner.

New Words:

shame [ʃeɪm] n.羞耻;羞愧;惭愧;令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事
blind [blaɪnd] adj.瞎的;失明的;盲人
blindfold [ˈblaɪndfoʊld] 眼罩


Shame on you! 你真丢脸!你真不知羞耻!你不要脸!
His face burned with shame.
Oh dear! What a shame!

He's a blind man.
One of her parents is blind.
You must wear this blindfold.

New Words:

spoon [spuːn]

v. 用勺舀
n. 勺子;汤匙;调羹

disappoint [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] v. 使失望
disappointed [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd] adj. 失望的;沮丧的


She feeds the baby with a spoon.
He spooned the ice cream into a cup and fed it to her.

I don't want to disappoint you. I'll do my best.
I hate to disappoint you, but I'm just not interested.
She felt very disappointed.