be soft with sb 对某人心肠软的/不够严厉的

That teacher is too soft ______ his class ; they are out of control.

　　A with B at C on D to

20 (1)It's time/It's high time/ It's about time that sb did sth

　　=It's (high/about ) time (for) sb to do sth 是该做...的时候了。

It's time (for me) to get up. = It's time that I got up .

　It's time to go home . = It's time that we went home.

(2) It/ This/ That is the first (second...last ) time that sb have done sth

某人第一次（第二次。。。最后一次） 做某事（that 可省略， 若前面为It was... 后面的时态须用过去完成时）

This is the first time that I have come to Beijing.

That was the last time that I had been to the Great Wall.

　It is the second time that I have seen the film.

(3) the first (second ) time 本身可用作连词用来引导时间状语从句。

The first time I saw her, I was struck by her beauty.

It's the second time that I __________ to Shanghai. What great changes! It's ten years since I ______ it last time.

A have been , left B had been , left

　　C am, had left D come , had left

21 income ( n) "收入，所得，收益" 当收入讲时，不用much 或little 修饰，而用large或low 。 与price 相似。

fixed income 固定收入 a large income 高收入

　　a low income 低收入 a monthly income 月收入

22 (1) dry ( vi & vt ) 易干，晒干，擦干

　Wet clothes dry easily in the sun. She dried her hair with towels.

　He dried his clothes in the sun .

(2) dry out （使）变干，干透

　　Hot sun and cold winds can soon dry out your skin.

　　(in a way that is not wanted)

(3) dry up （河流，湖泊等）干涸 During the drought the river dried up.

　(4) dry off (使) 变干，弄干

　　We went swimming then lay in the sun to dry off.

　　我们去游了泳，然后就躺在太阳下晒干。

　 We dried our boots off by the fire.

23" get to + 动词" 结构中的动词多为表示意识、心理、情绪等变化的词，表示一个渐进的过程。如get to know,

　get to realize, get to understand 等。此外，get 后也可加上形容词、现在分词、过去分词、介词短语等。

The foood's getting cold. 菜凉了。 They've just got married.

When you get to know him, you'll find he's quite different from how you imagined.

25 upside down 颠倒地， 乱七八糟地，杂乱地，翻过来地 inside out 里面朝外

　The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.

Everything in the room was turned upside down.

The picture was hung upside down.