1 lesson 指課本中的課、課次,如:Lesson One/ the First Lesson (第1課),Lesson Five (第5課),two lessons (2課)。
2 class 表示“課,上課,全班學生,班級”。
go to class (正)去上課
go to lesson (誤)
同學們,現(xiàn)在請把我的話記下來 。
Now class , write my words down, please. (正)
Now lesson ,write my words down, please. (誤)
They played football after class .(正)他們課后踢足球 。
They played football after lesson . (誤)
Don't talk in class . (正)上課時不要講話 。
Don't talk in lesson . (誤)
3 指課程表上的“課”時,lesson 和class 可以換用。
He failed the examination because he missed too many lessons/classes . 他考試不及格,因為他缺課太多。
We have three classes/lessons in the morning every day. 我們每天上午有三節(jié)課。
4 lesson 表示“課程,授課”時,常用復數(shù)。
She is taking piano lessons from Mary. 她在跟瑪麗上鋼琴課。
We are taking lessons in music. 我們在上音樂課。
5 lesson 還可表示“教訓”。
The failure taught us a lesson . 那次失敗給我們一個教訓。
6 class 作為班級的一個整體時,謂語動詞用單數(shù);而class 作為班級的學生時,謂語動詞用復數(shù)。
Class 2 has won the match. 2班贏了這場比賽。
Our class are going out on a picnic next week. 我們班上的學生下周將去野餐。