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二、学 习 指 导 1. 单词和习惯用语的用法 1)power n. 能力;力量;权力 例: Carrying this baggage requires a lot of power. 搬运这个行李要很大的力气。 This parrot has the power to imitate human words. 这只鹦鹉有模仿人类语言的能力。 The dictator held absolute power over his people. 那独裁者握有对人民的绝对权力。 come to/into power 掌握政权;得势 He came to power in 1987. 他1987年掌权。 2)trick n. 诡计;窍门;恶作剧 例：Her tears were just a trick to deceive others. 她的眼泪只是欺骗别人的诡计。 I haven’t got the trick of driving this car yet. 我还不晓得开这部车的诀窍。 Our children used to play tricks on us. 我们的小孩以前常常捉弄我们。 play a trick on sb. 捉弄某人 Trick or treat! 不请吃糖，就恶作剧!(万圣节孩子用语) 3)treat vt. 对待;视为;治疗;款待 例：They treated us with all respect. 他们郑重其事地接待我们。 You should treat your textbooks with more care. 你使用教科书要更加细心。 They treated him with a new drug. 他们用新药医治他的病。 He treated her for a broken arm. 他为她医治那条骨折的手臂。 It’s my turn to treat you tonight. 今晚轮到我请客。 She treated me to lunch. 她请我吃午饭。 treat… as … 把……当作……看待 My mother treated my proposal as a joke. 母亲把我的提议当玩笑看待。 We treated this matter as one of importance. 我们把此事视为重要问题。 类似的短语还有：look upon … as …; regard … as …; consider … as …; think of … as … 等等。 4) in trouble 处于困境中;在监禁中 例：She is in great trouble, so she needs your advice. 她遇到了很大的困难，所以需要你的忠告。 He was in trouble with the Customs. 他在海关那里有了麻烦。 ask/look for trouble 自讨苦吃;自找麻烦 get sb. into trouble 使某人陷入困境 put sb. to trouble 给某人增添麻烦 take the trouble to do 费神做;不辞劳苦地做 5)come across/upon 偶然遇到;碰上 例：We've just come across an old friend we haven't seen for ages. 我们刚碰到了一位多年不见的老朋友。 含义基本相同的短语还有：ran into/across; meet(up)with 例：I ran across an old friend in the street. 我在街上碰到一位老朋友。 His car ran into the post.他的车撞到柱子上。 I met with an traffic accident.我遭遇到车祸。 I met up with an old classmate in the crowd. 我在人群中偶然遇到了一个老同学。 The President is to meet with the press this afternoon.总统预定今天下午会见记者。 6)believe in 和 believe believe in 表示因可靠、有能力、品德好等原因而“信任”某人，属总的评价，常跟简单宾语，偶尔跟含动词ing形式的复合宾语; 而believe 表示相信某人某时某地所说的话，并不涉及对其总的评价，含有信以为真的意味。 例：I believe him. 我相信(他说的话)。 They believe him to have done it. 他们相信他做了这件事。 I believe him an honest student. 我相信他是个诚实的学生。 I believe in him. 我信任他。 I don’t believe in the theory. 我不相信这套理论。 7)habit n. 习惯;习性 例：It is his habit to jog before breakfast. 他习惯在早餐前慢跑。 She has a habit of playing with her hair while reading. 她在阅读时有玩弄头发的癖好。 be in the habit of doing sth. = have a/the habit of doing sth. She is in the habit of listening to music while studying. 她有边读书边听音乐的习惯。 fall/get into the habit of doing sth. = form the habit of doing sth.养成做……的习惯 get out of the habit of doing sth. 改掉做……的习惯 He got out of the habit of smoking. 他改掉了吸烟的习惯。 8)compare v.比较;相比;比喻 compare…with… 把……和……相比较;compare…to…把……比喻成……; 例：compare one thing with another 将一物与另一物比较 Walking can't compare with flying. 走路比不上飞行。 Living in a town can't compare with living in the country in many respects. 在许多方面城市生活比不上在乡村生活。 Man's life is often compared to a candle. 人生常被喻为蜡烛。 The poet compares his lover to a rose in his poems. 诗人在他诗歌中把他的情人比作玫瑰花。 compare常指为了找出两种事物或现象的异同点而进行比较， 如：If you compare Marx's works with Hegel's, you'll find many differences. 如果你把马克思的著作同黑格尔的著作相比较， 就会发现许多不同之处。 contrast 指两者之间的“对照”、“对比”， 着重指“通过两种事物或现象的对比， 突出地指出它们的不同”， 如：contrast farm life with city life 对照一下城乡生活。 (责任编辑：admin) |