1、优秀精品课件文档资料第1页第1页LESSON14 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DRUG PROBLEM第2页第2页At cost 1For only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth,without any profit being added on When the salesman said they were selling their products at cost,I didnt believe him 第3页第3页At a cost/at what cost 1Used to say t
2、hat it may not have been worth doing sth because so much has been lost or damaged as a resultHe obtained a professorship in the end,but at a cost to his marriage.第4页第4页At the cost of sth 1I dont think you should work so hard at the cost of your health 第5页第5页At all costs/at any cost 1We were instruct
3、ed that the mans life be saved at all costs.第6页第6页It might be good to do sth 3Used for making a suggestion,giving advice 第7页第7页To interfere with 3To prevent sth from succeeding or from being done as planned 第8页第8页End up 4(mainly spoken)to be in a particular place or state after doing sth or because
4、of doing it It you dont mend your ways,youll end up a criminal 第9页第9页Too bad 5(spoken)used for saying that you are sorry or sympathetic about sth Too bad the shoes dont fit you You lost your job?Thats too bad.第10页第10页To be hooked on sth 8To find sth so attractive or interesting that you cant stop yo
5、urself from doing it.第11页第11页To have a vested interest in(doing)sth 8To have a special reason for wanting sth to happen in a particular way,because you will benefit from this.第12页第12页To play cops and robbers 8It is one of childrens favorite games in which some play the good guys,others the bad.第13页第
6、13页To wither away 9To become weaker and then disappear 第14页第14页To good to be true 11So good that you cannot believe that such a situation is possible 第15页第15页To lift 13 To officially end a rule or law that stops sb from doing sth 第16页第16页To be alone in(doing)sth 15(usually in negatives or questions)
7、to be the only person that does sth 第17页第17页Declare/wage war on sth 15(向。宣战)to make a determined effort to control or stop sth 第18页第18页The beauty of sth 16The advantage or good quality that sth has.第19页第19页Forty-fold 18Forty times larger than before 第20页第20页-fold 18(suffix)used with numbers to make
8、adjectives and adverbs describing how much sth increases第21页第21页To direct sth to sb 18(fml)to turn(a comment,complaint,etc)to a particular place or person第22页第22页Analogy 18A comparison between two situations,processes,etc,that is intended to show that the two are similar.第23页第23页Miss the boat 19To f
9、ail to understand sth 第24页第24页A symptom of sth 19An outward sign of a usually bad or undesirable condition or event 第25页第25页(re)define sth as 21To show the nature of sth/sb(again or in a new and better way)第26页第26页Minimize 23To make sth seem much less important than it really is 第27页第27页Outweigh 23T
10、o be more important,useful,or valuable than sth else 第28页第28页(sth)to be here to stay/have come to stay 24Used for saying that sth is generally accepted and is part of all our lives第29页第29页Dwarf 25To make sth seem small or unimportant 第30页第30页To undercut 26 To sell sth at a lower price than at a price specified 第31页第31页To crack down on sth/sb To try hard to prevent an illegal activity,or to stop people from getting involved in it and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it 第32页第32页To be enough.to go around To be enough so that everyone has one or some 第33页第33页