omg美语：0628 OMG! 美语 New Friend Chat

我们今天又来看看怎么用美语了解新朋友！  你与新朋友一见面的时候，讨论你们现在住的城市是普遍讨论的话题。How long¹ have you lived² in New York?你住在纽约多久啦？I've been here for 3 years⁴. I worked⁵ here for two years and then I started⁶ school this year³ at NYU!

1 long   

adj.长的

参考例句：

• Summer is the season of long days.夏天是日长的季节。
• Winter is the season of long nights.冬季是夜长的季节。

2 lived   

adj.有…之生命的v.活( live的过去式和过去分词 )；居住；以…为生；（按照规矩）管理生活

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs. 他们对住在楼上的人感到很好奇。

3 year   

n.年，年度，学年；adj./adv.每年，一年一次

参考例句：

• Four seasons make a year.四季构成了一年。
• Spring is the beginning of the year.春天是一年的开始。

4 years   

n.年( year的名词复数 )；年纪；一年的期间；某年级的学生

参考例句：

• She is still very active, in spite of her advancing years. 她尽管年事渐高，仍然十分活跃。
• Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa. 他在非洲生活了多年，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。

5 worked   

adj.处理过的，作装饰用的v.（使）工作( work的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）运作；运转；（使）产生效果

参考例句：

• It worked contrariwise—first you dialled the number, then you put the money in. 这部电话的操作方式相反，即先拨通号码，然后投入钱币。
• Initially, the system worked well. 开始时系统运转良好。

6 started   

v.出发，启程( start的过去式和过去分词 )；起动；提出（问题）；开办

参考例句：

• They started life anew in Canada. 他们在加拿大开始新生活。
• He started to applaud and the others joined in. 他开始鼓掌，其他人也跟着鼓起掌来。