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1. look up
a) raise
the eyes
仰视;抬头看
eg: Look up and there is a bird in the
tree.
抬头看,树上有鸟。
b) look sth up
查找
eg:
If you don’t
know the meaning of the word, please look up in
the
dictionary.
若不知单词的意思,请查字典。
look sth. up in…= consult/ refer to…
for sth.
2.
glance at
匆匆看一眼
glance n. take a glance at= glance
at at first glance=at first
sight
乍一看
eg: He fell in love with
her at first glance/sight.
他与
她初次见面就爱上了她。
(at
表示目的,方向
look
at/
stare
at/
aim
at/
shoot
at/
shout
at
sb.)
stare at
盯着……看(惊奇,傲慢,茫然,有不礼貌的感觉)
glance at
扫一眼(强调动作的短暂)
gaze at
凝视(因为吃惊,羡慕,入迷)
glare at
怒目而视(凶狠而且带有威胁性的瞪眼睛,生气)
3. greet sb. cheerfully
高兴地和某人打招呼问候
greeting n.
问候之词;致以问候
[
C
]
eg: Please give my greeting
to your mother when you come home.
你回家时请代我问候你母亲
cheerfully ad.=happily cheerful a.
eg: He was wearing a
cheerful smile when he heard the good news.
当他听到这个好消息时,他面呈悦色
cheer v. cheer sb. up
鼓舞,安慰
/
高兴起来
eg:
Cheer up! The news isn’t too bad.
振作吧!此消息没那么坏。
4.
take …over to …
把东西(人)从一地带至另一地
eg: Mr. White took me over to the
island in his car.
怀特先生用车把我带
到
了那个岛。
take sth. over (from) sb.
接管;接受
eg: When Mr. Green retired, his son
took over the business from him.
格林先生退休时,他儿子从他手上接管了生意。
5. prefer A to B
prefer
doing
A
to
doing
B
宁愿做
A
而不做
B
=prefer
to
do
A
rather
than
do
B
=would rather do A than do
B
eg: He prefer going out
to staying here.
=He prefer
to go out rather than stay here. = He would rather
go out
than stay here.
他宁可外出也不愿意呆在这里。
6. communicate v.
交流
1)
communicate with sb.
和…交流
eg:
We
must
learn
English
well
so
as
to
communicate
with
people
from
many
parts of the world.
我们必须学好英语,以便与来自世界各地的人们交流。
2) communicate sth. to
…=pass on to… 把…传给…
eg:
The officer communicated his orders to the men by
radio.
军官通过
无线通讯向他的士兵发布命令。
communication
n.
交流
收音机和电视是重要的交流工具。
7. A be more than B
A
不仅仅是
B
more than
超出…的;不仅仅
Writing is more than making sentences.
写作文不仅仅是写句子。
more than+adj.
非常……
She is more than(=very)
happy to receive her parents’ E
-mail.
收到父
母的电子邮件,她很高兴。
8. impression n.
印象
What’
s your first impression
of Shanghai
你对上海的初次印象如何
give sb. a(n)+adj.
+impression/ give a +adj. +impression to sb.
=make/leave a +adj.
+impression on sb.
给…留下…印象
have /get a + adj. +
impression of sth./sb.
对某人有…印象
impress vt.
印象
The lady impressed me
greatly with her kindness.
那妇女的善良给我们留下了深刻的印象。
9. seem vi.
似乎好像
What seems easy to some people is
difficult to others.
对某些人来说是
简单的,对别人来说是困难的。
1) seem (to be) +adj./n.
She seems (to be) a nice girl.
她似乎是个好女孩。
The tall man seems to be the
boss.(
在不带形容词的名词前
to
be
不能省
)
2) seem to do/seem to be doing
He seems to think so.
他似乎这样认为。
10. She left, still smiling.
smiling
是现在分词作伴随状
语,相当于并列句
and she still smiled.
11. remark vt./ vi.
1)
~
+that-cause
说
He
remarked that it was getting late.
他说天色渐晚了。
2) remark on/upon sb./sth.
谈论,评论
3) remark
和
state<
/p>
的区别
re
mark
所表示的:“说话”含有评论性的意思。
It’s rude to remark upon
the appearance of other people.
对别人评头论足是粗鲁的
。
state
把某件事情详细地陈述出来(阐明事情的性质,还
包含着有一定的目的)
He
stated his view on the question at the meeting.
p>
他在会上阐明了自己
对这个问题的看法。
12. remind vt.
提醒,使想起,使记起(常与
of,to+inf,that
连
用)
remind sb. of
sth.
使…想起…,提醒某人某事
remind sb. not to do sth.
提醒某人不做…
remind sb. that-
cause
He reminded me of the
danger while we are crossing the street.
我们过马路时,他提醒我要注意安全。
He remind me not to go out
alone.
他提醒我不要独自外出。
He reminded me that I
couldn
’
t park my car here. <
/p>
他提醒我
,
不能再这里
< br>停车。
13.
without hesitation
毫不犹豫(做状语)
Miss Lin agreed to his plan
without hesitation.
林女士毫不犹豫地同意了
他的计划。
hesitate v
犹豫
1) hesitate to do sth.
不愿做某事
She hesitated to spend so much money on
clothes.
她不愿意花太多的钱买
衣服。
2) hesitate about/over
sth.
关于…犹豫不决
She hesitate over the choice between
the two blouses for her daughter.
这两件衬衫买哪件给女儿她犹豫不决。
More reading
1.
far more +adj.
far
用在比较级前加强程度,
除此以外,
还有
< br>much,
still,
even,
rather,
a
bit,
a little, a little bit. Your health
is much better than before.
你比
以前健康多了。
2. the key to the
door/study/the question
the
answer to the question
问题的答案
the entrance to the hall
剧院的
入口
the bridge to the success
(通向)成功的桥
the solution to/of the problem
这个问题的解决方法
3. maintain vt.
1) keep up; continue
保持;维持;继续
I maintain friendly relations (with) my
former classmates.
我与老同学
保持友谊。
2) keep in good repair or
working order
保养
It is our duty to maintain the roads.
保养道路是我们的职责。
3) defend
维护
We
must maintain our rights.
我们必须保护我们的权利。
4. consider vt.
考虑,认为
1) consider A (as/ to be) B
把
A
看作
B
2) consider doing sth./
~
wh-to-do
考虑做某事
Have you considered changing your job
你考虑过换工作吗
5. close one
’
s
eyes in concentration
由于专心而闭上眼睛
concentration (on sth.)
[
U
]专心
concentrate on (doing )
sth.
专心做……
,
全神贯注于…
…
We should
concentrate on our studies.
我们应该集中于我们的学习。
6. lack n. / vt.
缺少
(
for/because
of
)
lack
of
…
由于缺少……
sb.
lack
sth.
某人缺少……
sb. be lacking
in
…
某人缺少……
He looks very tired for/ because of his
lack of sleep.
因为缺少睡眠,她看上去很疲惫。
The world lacks fresh water.
世界缺少淡水。
7. last vi.