Unit3 Important words and phrases
1. Now think about what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years.
现在你考虑一下, 一千年之后你料想会发生什么变化。
expect (sb.) to do sth. 希望(某人)做某事
I expect to be back within a week.
I didn’t expect him to stay so long.
hope to do something 希望做某事
Joan’s hoping to study law at Harvard.
wish
wish to do something 希望做某事
I wish to make a complaint.
wish somebody something 希望某人…
We wish them every happiness in their new home.
2.byhorseorbysimplevehiclesuchasacarriage 骑马还是乘像四轮马车这样的普通交通工具
such as 如, 像……这样的
辨析: such as 与for example
such as用来列举事物,常用在列举的事物和前面的名词之间,但是所列举的事物的数量不能等同于前面所提事物的总数,否则应用that is或namely；
for example主要用来列举说明,一般只列举同类人或事物中的“一个”,其位置比较灵活,可置于句首、句中或句末,用标点符号隔开, 而such as只能放在所列举事物之前。
He knows several languages, such as English, French and German.
他懂几种语言, 像英语、法语和德语。
Some students, for example, John, lives in the neighborhood.
有些学生, 比如约翰, 住在这个地区。
3. made of wood and mud; no bathrooms
用木头和泥做的; 没有浴室
be made of 由……制造
This knife is made of metal and woods.
这把刀是由金属和木头合制而成的。
辨析: be made of (from) 与be made into
be made of “由……制成”表示能看出原材料来的;
be made from “由……制成”,表示看不出原材料的;
be made into “把……制成”, 其宾语是“成品”;而
be made of (from) 的宾语是材料
be made up of 由……制成
make out 辨认出, 看出,理解,了解
make up for 补偿, 弥补
4. I still cannot believe that I am taking up my prize that was won last year.
我还是无法相信我是在接受去年获得的这个奖励。
take up
1) to accept an offer or challenge that someone has made 接受(建议或挑战)
Are you going to take up the challenge of lasting a whole week without arguing?
坚持一周内不争吵,你打算接受这一 挑战吗？
2) to become interested in a particular activity or subject 对…..开始喜欢
Glenn has taken up pottery. 格伦已经开始喜欢陶艺。
3) to start a new job or have a new responsibility 开始从事……开始承担
She took up her first teaching post in 1950.
1950年她走上第一个教学岗位。
5. I have to constantly rub my eyes to remind myself that I have travelled to the year AD 3005. 我得不断擦拭自己的眼睛来提醒自己, 我已到了公元3005年。
remind sb. of/about sth. 使某人想起某事
reminded her of college days. 使她回想起了大学里的日子
remind sb. to do sth 提醒某人做某事
must remind him to call 必须让他记着打电话
区别: remind, remember, recall
remind 指“由于受到提醒或启发而想起往事”
remember指“过去的事情仍在记忆中, 不必费劲就能想起”, 记住recall 较 remember 正式, 指“对自己或他人的 过去进行有意义的回忆”。
6. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.
我很担心这次旅行, 所以头几天心里总是不踏实。
worried about the journey 为过去分词作状语,在此处作原因状语。
worried adj. 焦虑的烦恼的担忧的;
worrisome adj. 使人烦恼的,焦虑的
7. As a result, I suffered from “time lag”. 结果我得了时间滞后症。
as a result (of): because of something that has happened
作为……的结果,由于
It snowed, as a result, she was late. 天下雪, 因此她迟到了。
result from 起因于……
result in 导致某事,造成某事(=lead to)
suffer from: to experience (something unpleasant, such as an illness), especially over a long period of time or habitually 患有(疾病等);为……所苦,因……而吃苦头。
She suffers from headache. 她患头痛病。
suffer from the war / the flood/ a headache… 遭受战争,洪水之苦/患头病；
suffer (from) cold and hunger 遭受寒冷和饥饿
(派) suffering n. 痛苦,苦恼;劳苦,困难
8. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get when flying, but instead it means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period. 这种病有些像乘喷气式飞机高速飞行时所引起的时差反应那样，所不同的是,它意味着你的脑海里不停地从以前的时间段一直往回闪去。
keep doing sth. 继续做某事
It kept raining for a week. 接连下了一星期雨。 辨析:keep doing sth. 与keep on doing sth.
这两个短语都表示每隔一段时间就发生的动作,这时可互换;
keep doing sth. 强调动作的连续性和客观性,而keep on doing sth.强调动作的重复性或动作执行者 的决心,常含有一定的感情色彩;
keep doing sth. 还可以表示持续不间断的状态和动作;而keep on doing sth. 无其用法。
He kept on smoking after the doctor told him to stop.
医生已经劝他戒烟, 可他仍继续抽烟。
keep away from 不接近;避开
keep back 留在后面,不上前;隐瞒
keep off 不接近,挡住
keep out (of) 使在外
keep up 跟上;赶上;
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