【重点词汇与词组解析】
1. "你是我的主人吗？" 可以用 "Are you my master?" 表达，询问对方是否是自己的主人。
2. "如何照顾我" 翻译成英文是 "How to take care of me?"，"如何做某事" 为 "How to do something?"，"照顾" 是 "take care of"，"好好照顾" 可以表达为 "take good care of"。
3. "很高兴见到你" 可以说 "Nice to meet you" 或者 "Pleased to meet you"。
4. "欢迎来到我们学校" 用英语表示为 "Welcome to our school"，"欢迎到家" 为 "Welcome home"。
5. "阳光中学的一名新生" 可翻译为 "a new student at Sunshine Middle School"，"在学校" 是 "at school"，"在家" 为 "at home"，"在八年级" 为 "in Grade 8"，"在五班" 是 "in Class 5"。
6. "12岁" 等同于 "a 12-year-old boy/girl"，也可以说 "a boy/girl of 12"。
7. "留着短发" 是 "have short hair"，"戴着眼镜" 是 "wear glasses"。
8. "数学学得好" 可以表达为 "be good at math" 或 "do well in math"，"游泳游得好" 同理，可以是 "be good at swimming" 或 "do well in swimming"。
9. "谈论" 是 "talk about"，"和……谈论" 即 "talk with/to sb. about sth."。
10. "和他的新朋友交谈" 是 "chat with his new friends"，"正在互相交谈" 可以表示为 "are talking to each other"。
11. "彼此问候" 是 "greet each other"，"放风筝" 为 "fly a kite"。
12. "蔚蓝的大海和天空" 可以译为 "the blue sea and sky"。
13. "回家很晚" 是 "come home late"，"上班迟到" 为 "be late for work"。
14. "写写你自己的情况" 就是 "write about yourself"。
15. "来自南京" 可以表达为 "be from Nanjing" 或 "come from Nanjing"。
16. "喜欢各门功课" 翻译为 "like all subjects"。
17. "需要花多些时间" 是 "need to spend more time"，"需要做某事" 是 "need to do something"，"某人花……做某事" 可以用 "sb. spends...on sth." 或 "sb. spends...doing sth." 表达。
**练习答案**
一．同义句
1. 他游泳游得好。
- He is good at swimming.
- He does well in swimming.
- Swimming is his forte.
- He is a skilled swimmer.
2. His hair is short. He has short hair.
3. Are you Simon? Are you the one named Simon?
4. Tom isn’t good at swimming. Tom isn't proficient in swimming.
5. Are the girls from Hainan? Do the girls come from Hainan?
6. Mr. Wu teaches us English. Mr. Wu instructs us in English.
7. She doesn’t have long hair. Her hair is short.
8. 我14岁。
- I am 14 years old.
- I'm at the age of 14.
- I'm a 14-year-old.
- It's my 14th year.
句型转化
1. He is polite and nice. (提问)
- What is he like?
2. Our English teacher looks tall and slim. (提问)
- How does our English teacher look?
