Unit One

　　1. inspiration

　　You can't paint a picture without an inspiration.

　　The artist's inspiration was from nature.

　　inspire inspired inspiring

　　inspire sb. to do sth.

　　He is inspired by the sweet words.

　　He gives us an inspiring speech.

　　2. undertake

　　We undertook the task of cleaning the house.

　　He undertook to finish the job by Friday.

　　I can't undertake that you'll enjoy the party.

　　3. obvious

　　Her displeasure was obvious.

　　obviously

　　He obviously enjoyed his work.

　　3. within

　　The farmhouse is within five miles from here.

　　The task was within the man's power.

　　He promised that the roof should be prepared within two days.

　　from within --- from under --- from behind ---

　　4. similar

　　They have similar political views.

　　My wife and I have similar tastes in music.

　　be similar to

　　His views are similar to mine.

　　be the same as --- be different form ---

　　similarity similarly

　　My brother was taught to read by my mother, and similarly, so was I.

　　There's not much similarity between the two brothers.

　　5. debate

　　We debated until the bar closed.

　　I debated whether to accept the job.

　　debate with sb. on/upon/about sth.

　　debate sth with sb.

　　have a debate over/against 辩论反对

　　talk about/discuss

　　6. genius

　　She has genius.

　　have a genius for ---

　　She has a genius for maths.

　　7. need

　　The house needs/wants/requires repairing.

　　There is no need (for sb.) to do sth.

　　There is no use doing sth.

　　I need to do the work.

　　*. mind He is the greatest mind of our time.

　　8. imagination

　　He is a person of great imagination.

　　imaginary imaginative

　　imagine sth./clause

　　imagine(sb.) doing

　　imagine sb. to be ---

　　You can't imagine how I missed the bird.

　　8. mind

　　His mind is not entirely on his work.

　　An idea has just come into my mind.

　　out of sight, out of mind

　　keep sth. in mind

　　have sth. in mind

　　change one's mind

　　make up one's mind (keep one's mind on ---

　　be engaged in --- be addicted to --- be buried in --- )

　　9. be known for/as be famous for/as

　　10. It won't make any difference to me.

　　11. on fire on leave/on business/on holiday/on a trip to

　　catch fire make a fire light a fire start/cause a fire play with fire open fire set fire to sth set sth. on fire

　　12. in common

　　have a lot/much/little/nothing in common

　　in common with --- common mistakes/diseases

　　13. be prepared for prepare for

　　14. knowledge

　　Knowledge is power.

　　I learned a lot of knowledge from his lesson.

　　I have a wide/good knowledge of history.

　　15. There's no doubt that --- I have no doubt that ---

　　16. promise promising

　　make/break/tear up/keep carry out a promise

　　He is a poet of promise. = He is a promising poet.

　　promise sb. sth. promise to do/promise sb. to do

　　I've promised her to attend her wedding.

　　It promises to be fine tomorrow.

　　a promising graduate

　　graduate from --- in --- 毕业于某大学某专业。

　　after graduation/after one's graduation

　　17. cure

　　cure sb. of sth. a cure for cancer.

　　18. hope for the future 对本来的希望

　　19. There is much/little/no point in doing ---

　　There seems no point in doing ---

　　There happened to be/used to be/must be/might be/can't be ---

　　20. work on a new project work out a plan

　　work at a problem

　　21. go by Times go by.

　　Don't let the chance go by

　　22. rather You've done rather well.

　　I had a rather hard time./ I had rather a hard time.

　　It rather surprised me. rather too ---

　　23. be engaged to sb. be engaged in ---.

　　I have an engagement at four.

　　24. in order to/so as to/in order that/so that

　　25. instead of/instead

　　26. go on with/to do/doing sth.

　　27. stop/prevent/keep sb. from doing sth.

　　28. dream a dream dream of going abroad

　　29. a thought came to him a thought struck him.

　　It occurred to him that he had left his key at home.

　　at the thought of --- at the sight of ---

　　deep in thought have no/some thought of

　　30. seek

　　seek one's fortune seek happiness seek one's advice

　　They are seeking work.

　　seek to do (试图、设法、企图做某事)

　　We sought to change her mind.

　　seek for (look for) I'm seeking for information.

　　31. on the one hand --- on the other hand ---

　　32. turn out (to be)

　　33. You can't match him in knowledge of wild plants.

　　I want a tie that will match this suit.

　　34. He gave me some sound and practical advice.

　　35. be used to do be used for

　　36. usual than usual as usual

　　37. use up/run up

　　Their money has been used up. His money has run up.

　　38. search for look for

　　39. take measures to do sth. take steps/ action to do sth.

　　40. realize/come true

　　41. be satisfied with ---

　　satisfying satisfactory satisfaction

　　42. be curious about/to do sth. curiously curiosity

　　43. What if we are late for class?

　　44. a solution to ---

　　45. It's outside/beyond my power to help you this time.

　　He lost his power to speech.

　　He took power last year and is still in power now.

　　a powerful swimmer

　　46. take a closer look at --- have a closer look at ---

　　be close to a close friend

　　47. describe --- as

　　give a description of sth. beyond description

　　48. at one time at a time at the same time

　　in no time at no time ahead of time on time

　　in time behind the times for the first time

　　for the time being kill time take one's time

　　48. I was in heaven when I heard the news.

　　Good heavens! What has happened to him?

　　49. position

　　The house has a good position.

　　get a position/hold a position in the company.

　　He is a man of high position. a high position in society

　　What's your position on this matter?

　　50. from season to season from house to house

　　from door to door from mouth to mouth from hand to hand

　　from generation to generation from village to village.

　　51. believe in/believe

　　52. on the other way around

　　53. punish punishment

　　He escape punishment.

　　54. mean doing sth./mean to do sth. meaning

　　55. come up (with)

　　He came up with a new suggestion.

　　The question came up at the meeting.

　　56. intelligent intelligence

　　He is a man of high intelligence.

　　57. prove I'll prove to you that I'm right.

　　Your advice proved to be useful.

　　58. success

　　have success in --- be successful in ---

　　successfully succeed in doing ---

　　The play proved to be a great success.

　　Unit Two

　　1. media medium

　　Money is a medium for buying and selling.

　　The news media are covering the election thoroughly.

　　2. one's opinion on/upon/of --- 某人对--- 的意见、看法。

　　What's your opinion of this matter?

　　in one's opinion

　　3. comparison

　　make a comparison compare A with/to B

　　in comparison with compared with/to

　　by comparison beyond comparison

　　4. reliable rely rely on sb. to do sth.

　　Is this information reliable?

　　5. interview interviewer interviewee

　　have an interview with sb.

　　give an interview to sb.

　　6. face: face the park face south

　　The difficulty facing us is transportation.

　　be faced with ---

　　We are faced with the same problem.

　　face to face in one's face in (the)face of

　　make a face/make faces

　　7. nosy

　　I don't like him, because he is very nosy.

　　have one's nose in a book.

　　nose about/around

　　9. generous

　　be generous to sb.

　　be generous with sth/in doing sth.

　　a generous meal a generous harvest.

　　10. positive ; 肯定的，确切的，明确的 negative

　　She was positive (sure) she had seen him before.

　　His answer is negative.

　　11. elect: election elect sb. to be/as

　　12. rob:

　　rob sb. of sth. rob sth./sb. robber robbery

　　13. burn down/burn sth. to the ground

　　14. beat: (heart) beat fast beat the wings

　　(waves) beat the shore (rain) beat the window beat sb.

　　15. go up rise go down fall

　　raise bring up bring down

　　His temperature is going up.

　　16. would rather

　　would rather (not) do would rather (not) have done

　　would rather --- than --- I'd rather you came tomorrow.

　　17. What do you think of --- How do you like/find --- ?

　　18. have some/much/a lot of/plenty of/ little/no difficulty in doing sth/with sth.

　　There's some/lots of /plenty of/ little/ no difficulty in doing sth/ with sth.

　　get over the difficulty get/run into difficulty in difficulty

　　out of a difficulty with difficulty without difficulty

　　19. more than:

　　There were more than 100 people at the party.

　　This museum is more than a museum. I have learned a lot in it.

　　She is more weak than lazy.

　　20. record:

　　set/hold/keep/break/beat/a record

　　He has a fine record at school.

　　play a record make a record

　　keep a record/records of sth.

　　Please keep a record of what was said.

　　21. experienced:

　　He is an experienced worker.

　　be experienced in ---

　　a person of great experience

　　22. informed inform information

　　make informed decisions 做出了解情况的决定

　　Keep me informed of the latest developments.

　　a well-informed person.

　　inform sb. of sth. inform sb. that ---

　　inform sb. wh- to do

　　23. relate related two related questions

　　relate to 和 --- 有关； 和 --- 相处得好、合得来。

　　be related to 1.与...有关 2.与...有亲戚关系

　　This paragraph relates to the October Revolution.

　　She's best at relating to people.

　　She doesn't relate very well to her step-mother.

　　They are related to me by marriage.

　　24. talented adj.有天才的，有天份的 talent

　　John is a very talented boy.

　　have a talent for = have a genius for

　　Writing poetry is one of his many talents.

　　25. switch roles:

　　switch of the machine, please.

　　switch on/off Switch off the machine, please.

　　He is always switching from one job to another.

　　26. rather than: 而不是; 与其 --- 宁愿 ---

　　The color seems green rather than blue.

　　He left rather than cause trouble.

　　This is rather for your father than for you.