1. ...is talented in music. (P. 20)
talented作形容词，表示“有才能的、有天赋的”，be talented in表示“在……方面有天赋”。
Li Yundi is talented in swimming.
2. ...truly cares about me. (P. 20)
care about意为“关心、在意”。 Thy cared about their uncle a lot.
3. ...makes me laugh. (P. 20)
(1) make sb. do sth.“使某人做某事”；make sb./sth.+形容词 “使某人/某物怎么样” His parents made him stay at home.
(2) laugh表示“笑、发笑”，laugh at表示“嘲笑”。Don’t laugh at others.
4. serious (P. 20)
此处serious表示“严肃的、稳重的”，另外serious还可以表示“严重的、认真的”，be serious about意为“对……认真”。 Is she serious about giving up her job?
5. That’s why I like reading books and I study harder in class. (P. 21)
That’s why...意为“那是为什么……”，强调结果；that’s because表示“那是因为……”，强调原因。 That’s why I didn’t want to leave here.
6. I’m shy so it’s not easy for me to make friends. (P. 21)
(1)本句结构为“It’s+adj.+for sb.+to do sth.”结构，意为“做某事对某人来说……”，此结构中的形容词多为描述事物特征的词，如easy, important, dangerous, necessary等。
It is important for you to study hard.
It is not easy to learn a foreign language.
【拓展】It’s+adj.+of sb.+to do sth.意为“某人做某事是……的”，此结构中的形容词多是kind, nice, right, wrong, clever, foolish,polite等描述行为者性格、品质的词。
It is very kind of you to lend me so much money.
7. ...you don’t need a lot of them as long as they’re good. (P. 21)
as long as意为“只要”，引导条件状语从句，从句用一般现在时表示将来。
You will get good grades as long as you work hard.
8. My best friend Larry is quite different from me. (P. 21)
be different from意为“与……不同”，反义词是the same as“和……相同”。
The car is different from that one.
9. However, Larry often helps to bring out the best in me. (P. 21)
bring out意为“使显现、使表现出”。I want to bring out the meaning of the poem.
10. Larry is much less hard-working, though. (P. 21)
less用于形容词或者副词比较级之前，意为“不如、赶不上”，相当于not as/so...as...。
Lesson One is less interesting than Lesson Two.
=Lesson One is not as interesting as Lesson Two.
11. I don’t really care if my friends are the same as me or different. (P. 21)
(1) if此处引导宾语从句，表示“是否”，相当于whether。
I wonder if he can help us with the problem.
(2) the same as 表示“与……相同”，反义词为be different from“与……不同”。
My answer is the same as yours.
12. A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. (P. 21)
(1) reach for one’s hand意为“伸手帮某人一把”，reach这里是不及物动词，意为“伸出（手臂、胳膊）”。 Can you reach for my hand?
(2) touch one’s hand意为“打动某人的心、令某人感动的”。
The story touches my heart.
13. In fact, she is funnier than anyone I know. (P. 21)
in fact意为“事实上、实际上”，相当于as a matter of fact或者actually。
In fact, she is talented in music.
14. I’m different from Jeff because I’m louder than the other kids in my class. (P. 22)
other, the other, another, others和the others辨析
other: 意为“别的、其它的”，常用来修饰可数名词。
the other: 表示“两者中另一个”，是特指；the other之后也可以加复数名词，特指“其它的”。
another: 表示“三者中另一个”。
others: 用作代词，泛指“其他的人或物”是复数概念。
the others: 特指在一个整体中的“其余的人或物（全部）”。
We study Chinese, English, Math and other subjects.
There are three people in the room. One is a girl and the other two are boys.
You should think of others.
There are fifty-five students in our class. Thirty of us are girls and the others are boys.
15. My best friend is similar to Larry. (P. 22)
be similar to意为“与……类似”。
Your handwriting is similar to his.
