故事

Linguigo · No. 52A1美食2 分钟

The New Café

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本篇内容
  • – 读一篇关于“美食”的短文
  • – 学习 5 个单词
  • – 练习 一般现在时 (Present simple)

coffee, cheap, quiet, try, always

点一下不认识的单词。

Tom works in an office in a big city. Every morning, he buys a coffee at the same café. The coffee is good, but it is not cheap.

One day, there is a new café on his street. It is small and very quiet. A young woman makes the coffee. Her name is Anna.

Tom tries her coffee. It is very good! Now he goes to the new café every day. He drinks his coffee and he reads the news. Anna knows his name, and she always smiles.

难句解析

  1. 1

    The coffee is good, but it is not cheap.

    but 连接两个相反的意思：咖啡好喝，但是不便宜。用 "not cheap" 而不说 "expensive"，语气更委婉，英语里常用“not + 形容词”来委婉地否定。

  2. 2

    Anna knows his name, and she always smiles.

    频率副词 always（总是）放在实义动词 smiles 前面。often、never 等也是这样；遇到 be 动词时放在后面，如 "She is always happy."

本篇语法

一般现在时 (Present simple)

一般现在时表示习惯、经常发生的事和事实：I drink tea every morning. 主语是 he / she / it 或单数名词时，动词要加 -s 或 -es：She works. He watches TV. 否定和疑问用 do / does：I don't like coffee. Does he live here?

I / you / we / they + verb · he / she / it + verb-s

故事中的例句

  • Tom works in an office in a big city.
  • Now he goes to the new café every day.
  • Anna knows his name, and she always smiles.

常见错误

第三人称单数忘记加 -s（中文动词没有变化）。

She work in a bank.

She works in a bank.

本篇单词

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