The main bedroom measures 12 feet by 15 feet.
6. I take two pills a day and don't need to exercise.
1) exercise n. (u.)运动、锻炼;(c.)操、练习 (eye/morning ~s)
e.g. take exercise 进行锻炼;do exercises 做操、做练习
2) need 需要,必要
sb. need to do sth. 某人需要做某事
sth. need /require/want doing = sth. need/ require/ want to be done (某物)需要被----
There is no need for sb. to do sth. (某人)没有必要做某事
7. The pills really work!
work / help/ do
work vi. 起作用、有效果
e.g. His plan doesn't work in real practice.
The medicine will work in half an hour.
help vi. (事物)有帮助、有用 = be helpful 有作用
e.g. I told him to listen carefully in class but it wouldn't help.
Crying won't help now.
do vi. = be OK / all right
e.g. It doesn't do to work too late.
--Will you lend sth.to write with?-Will a pen do?
8. My mother, who you met last year, keeps telling me not to take them because-----------
keep doing / keep on doing
keep doing sth. 继续不停,(中间)不间断地做某事,常与延续性动词和状态动词连用。
keep on doing sth. (前后)反复做某事(同一件事)
e.g. keep thinking/hoping /wondering
keep on jumping/making the same mistake
他一动不动地在那里站了半个小时。He kept standing there for half an hour.
他在课堂上一再地站起来。He kept on standing up in class.
9.-------, and I agree, but then I look so slim at the moment.
agree vi. 同意、赞成
agree with1)同意某人(的话、意见、观点)sb. agree with sth.
e.g. Sorry, I can't agree with you (your words , what you said)
2) 与......一致; (气候、食物等)适合人sth. agree with sb./sth
e.g. What you do should agree with what you say.
Cold weather doesn't agree with old man.
agree on sth.(双方) 对......意见一致、达成一致看法
e.g. The two sides agree on / about the date of the meeting.
agree to sth. (一方)同意, 接受(另一方的意见、提议),赞成......(提议、计划)
e.g. Finally I had to agree to her plan.
agree to do sth. 同意做某事
e.g. He agreed to give me a hand when I was in trouble.
agreement n. 协议
常用搭配:come to / reach / arrive at / sign / break/tear up an agreement
10. I followed my doctor's advice and exercise for at least half an hour every day.
follow vt