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I'll make it tomorrow after lunch
我明天午饭后就做出来
How could you, when you can't even make your own lunch?
你连自己的午饭都不会做，还想拍电影？
If you help I'll give you something
如果你帮我的话，我就给你点东西
What is it?
什么东西？
Popcorn!
爆米花！
Do you know what generalizations are?
你知道什么是一般陈述句吗？
The general statements describe people or situations
一般陈述句用来描述人或情景
To describe a general situation, we use "it is + an adjective + to"
通常一般陈述句会使用 it is+形容词+to
It's usual to see many birds in the park
通常看能见到很多鸟在公园里
When we talk about people
当我们谈论的是人的时候
We use the same form but with “for”
我们用的是同样句式，但要加个 for
It's easy for people to relax at the beach
人们容易来到海滩上休息
Some adjectives often used in this construction
有些形容词常常被用在这样的结构里
include “normal”
比如 normal
It's normal for people to feel nervous at exam time
人们在考试时感到紧张是很正常的事
Common
Common(寻常)
it's common for people to travel at Christmas
人们在圣诞期间旅游是很寻常的事
Ok, it's okay for people to ask questions
Ok(可以) 人们可以提问
Rude ,it's rude for people to ignore others
Rude(无礼的) 人们忽视他人是无礼的
And sensible
还有sensible(明智的)
it's sensible for people to look both ways before crossing the street
人们在过马路时向两旁看是明智的
Often we use the “tend”
同样我们也用tend(倾向于)
and make generalizations
来作一般陈述句
Nice people tend to make the best teachers
善良之人易于成为好的教师
In the negative
至于否定形式
we can say don't tend to or tend not to
我们则用don't tend to或tend not to
Yong people don't tend to read books
年轻人不怎么乐于看书
Most people tend not to cycle to work
纵然有交通有多么堵塞
when there is a lot of traffic
人们还是不乐于骑自行车上班
To demonstrate how to use generalizations
为了示范如何使用一般陈述句
watch the following dialog
请看接下来的情景对话
It's easy for nurses to look after us
对于护士来说照顾我们很容易
Because we are so much fun to be around
因为待在我们身边很有趣
You're right
你说得对
It's usual to see us being the life of the party
咱们通常是聚会中活跃气氛的人物
I doubt that! You're so old that
我不那么想！你都是一大把年纪的人了
you're not the life of the anything
还谈何活跃气氛的人物
You're not spring chicken yourself!
你自己也一大把年纪了！
It's normal for people like yourself to be mean
像你这种人会变得如此刻薄也很正常
but you're just evil
但你很邪恶
Well, I suppose it's common for people to feel sorry for you
好吧，由于你生活悲哀
because your life is so sad
人们同情你很正常
I'm not going to feel sorry for you
我可不会同情你
It's okay for people not to like you
得不到像你人这样的同情，没关系
It's rude for people to be that honest though
人们如果那样诚实，就无礼了
It's sensible for people to pretend that you don't exist
人们就只当你不存在，是明智的
Old people like you tend to be too old and too honest
像你这样的老家伙倾向于变得太老太诚实了
I hope you learn some generalization words
我希望你从这场短剧中
from that scene
学到些一般陈述句的用词
Normal, common, okay, rude, sensible and tend to
Normal, common, okay, rude, sensible 和tend to
Hear the scene again without subtitles
再听一遍无字幕的情景对话
It's easy for nurses to look after us
对于护士来说照顾我们很容易
Because we are so much fun to be around
因为待在我们身边很有趣
You're right
你说得对
It's usual to see us being the life of the party
咱们可是聚会中活跃气氛的人物
I doubt that! You're so old that
我不那么想！你都是一大把年纪的人了
you're not the life of the anything
还谈活跃气氛的人物
You're not spring chicken yourself!
你自己不是年轻人！
It's normal for people like yourself to be mean
像你这种人会变得如此刻薄也很正常
but you're just evil
但你很邪恶
Well, I suppose it's common for people to feel sorry for you
好吧，由于你生活悲哀
because your life is so sad
人们同情你很正常
I'm not going to feel sorry for you
我可不会同情你
It's okay for people not to like you
得不到像你这样人的同情，没关系
It's rude for people to be that honest though
人们如果那样诚实，就无礼了
It's sensible for people to pretend that you don't exist
人们就只当你不存在，是明智的
Old people like you tend to be too old and too honest
像你这样的老家伙倾向于变得太老太诚实了
Well, that is all we have time for today
好了，今天就讲这么多了
If you like more information
如果你想了解更多的
about the Certificate in Intensive English Language
关于强化英语认证系列课程
call the team at the Southern Institute of Technology
请致电南方理工学院
on 0800 SIT2LRN
0800 SIT2LRN
See you next week
下周再见
This program has been brought to you by the Southern Institute of Technology
本课程由国立南方理工学院为您呈献
