Language points in unit4 Module8
1. work out 计算出，设法弄懂，精心制定出，逐渐解决，按某种方式发展。
1) You can work out the answer by adding all the numbers.
2) I’m not telling you the answer-----work it out for yourself.
3) I haven’t worked out who is going to look after the kids tonight.
4) I hope it all works out between you and me.
5) We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well.
2.…an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society.
一位语音学专家，认定一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位。
(1) Convince vt. to cause to believer or feel certain; to persuade 说服；使相信，说动 （某人）
我们说服了他坐火车去，不要搭飞机去。
We convinced him to go by train rather than plane.
2)(be) convinced + of 短语/ that 从句意思是“坚信…”;“确信…”。例如：
我确信他有罪。
I am convinced of his guilt.
=I am convinced that he was guilty.
3) convince (vt.) sb + of 短语/that 从句，“使…坚信…”; “使…确信…”。
我不认为她的强作欢颜能使她父亲相信她在那个小孤岛上过得开心。
I don’t think her forced smile will convince her father that she lives happily on that small lonely island.
Convinced adj.坚信的，意志坚定的Convincing adj.令人心服的
3. set
(1) vt. 安排；布置（岗哨）；定（时间、标准）；创造（记录）；专心于
1） Set guards around the gate.
2) The time and date of the meeting have not yet been set.
3) He set a new record.
4) Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
(2) vt. 使――做某事；使――处于某状态
5）I opened the cage and set the bird free.
6) A spark set the soods on fire.
(3) vi.（日、月等）下落；下沉
7) It will be cooler when the sun has set.
(4) n. 一套，一组；电器设备
8） I bought a set of LuXun’s short stories.
9) I need a radio set.
短语： set off 出发,动身 set out 出发，着手
Set about 开始，着手 set up 建立，成立
Set sb. a good example 为某人树立好榜样
4． Hold up
1) raise; keep up举起
Hold up your right hand.
2) show as an example 提出（作为榜样）
The teacher always holds up Tom as a model of hard work.
3) to delay 阻滞
The building of the new road has held up by bad weather.
短语：hold back 使固定；阻挡 hold down 压制
Hold to 遵循；坚持 hold together (使团结；连接在一起)
5．Hand over 移交；让与；交给某人照料
1)The captain was unwilling to hand over the command of his ship. 军舰的指挥权
2）The thief was handed over to the policeman.
短语： hand down 传给 hand over 传递
Hands up 举手 hand out 分发，分给
6. But they betray themselves every time they open their mouths.但每次一张嘴说话，他们就原形毕露。
betray oneself 无意中露出本性；背叛
相当多的人面对金钱的诱惑便原形毕露。
Quite a lot of people will betray themselves when tempted by money.
betray
1）vt. give away or make known泄露（秘密）她不会把他的秘密泄露给我。
他向所有的朋友透露了这个消息。
He betrayed the news to all his friends.
2）vt. to be disloyal or unfaithful to 出卖；背叛
他的最好的朋友背叛了他.
His best friend betrayed him.
他背叛祖国，向敌人投降了.
He betrayed his country to the enemy
(3) to be a sign of (sth. One would like to hide)显露；显示
他的脸显露出他很生气。
His face betrayed that he was angry.
betray + n. + to 出卖，背叛
betray +n.+ (to be)/-that 表示“无意中显示，暴露”
名词形式betrayal 如an act of betrayal 背叛的行为
Every time 每一次；下列名词词组可作为连词使用：the moment, the second, the minute, the instant, any time, the first time, the last time等。例如：
The moment I heard the news that she had been admitted into Oxford University, I sent an e-mail to congratulate her.
7. Condemn vt.谴责
(1)condemn sb. / sth. 谴责某人/某事
大部分人谴责任何形式的暴力行为。
Most people condemn any sort of violence.
(2)be condemned to death / be sentenced to death被判死刑
那个罪犯被判处死刑。
The criminal was condemned to death.
(3) condemn sb. to do sth.使——注定
他的病使他被迫一直呆在床上。
His illness condemned him to be in bed all the time.
8.acquaintance n. 相识; 了解
我懂得这门语言.
I have some acquaintance with the language.
我很久以前已经认识他了.
I made his acquaintance long ago.
make one’s acquaintance / make the acquaintance of
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