P65 U1 Could you please clean your room?
1.Tony, could you please help out with a few things? 托尼，你能帮忙做几件事吗？
help out (with something)是一个动词短语，表示在某人繁忙或遇到困难时，“给予帮助”。再如本单元中这句话：
You watch TV all the time and never help out around the house! 你老是看电视，从不帮忙干家务！
另外，在help和out之间还可加入具体的“人”，例如：Can you help me out?你能帮我一把吗？
They helps (us) out with the clean-up.他们帮助我们做大扫除。
2....because Mom will be back from shopping any minute now...因为妈妈随时都会买完东西回来。
any minute now是一种常见的口语表达法，相当于“随时，马上，在任何时刻”的意思，表示事情有可能在极短的时间内发生，或眼下就要发生，在这一结构中，minute还可以用second,moment, time等词替代。
例如，The guests arriving any time now but we're still not ready.客人们即刻就到，但我们还没有准备好。
we are expecting them and moments now，我们期待他们随时到来。
3."What happened?" She asked in surprise. 她惊讶地问道:“发生什么事了？”此句中介词短语in surprise表示状态意思是吃惊的，惊讶的。再如:
She looked at me in great surprise and asked after a long while,"Didn't you just leave for Australia this morning?" 他极其惊讶地看着我，好长一会儿才问道，“你不是今天早上才离开去澳大利亚了吗？”
4.It is the parents' job to provide a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.在家中给他们的孩子提供一个干净舒适的环境，是家长们的事情。
此处代词it的仅为形式上的主语，真正的主语是to provide ...for their children，我们也可以将It is one's job (duty) to do something 视为一个固定的句型，表示做某事是某人的工作（职责）等，又如：
It's every teacher's job to explain things clearly to the students. 把东西给学生讲明白，是每一位教师应做的事情。
P66 5.And anyway, I think doing chores is not so difficult. 反正我觉得干点家务也不太难。
anyway是一个副词，若位于句首，其后往往会有逗号将其与句子的其他内容隔开。
anyway在此句中的作用是追加评论，相当于汉语的“反正，仍然，依然”。又如:
Sam didn't get the job, but he's not unhappy because it didn't pay well anyway.萨姆没有得到那份工作，但他并没有闷闷不乐，反正薪酬也不算高。
anyway还可用来表示“不管怎样，无论如何”之意，例如，It's just a cold. But anyway you should still see the doctor. 这只不过是感冒，但不管怎样，你还是应该看看医生。
6.The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future. 孩子们越早学会独立，对他们的未来就越好。
"the+比较级+..., the+比较级+..."是英语中一个常用的句型结构，表示"越......, 就越......"？又如:
The more he explained, the better we understood. 他解释得越多，我们就理解得越透彻。
Many people believe that the more a person reads, the wiser he will become. 很多人相信一个人书读得越多，就会变得越聪明。
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