Book-4-Unit-3-重点短语.doc

Book 4 Unit 3 重点短语

1. be badly/well off 没钱/有钱；贫穷/富有
1)They're rather badly off.
2)He is well off and willing to work for nothing.
2. be content with 满足的；满意的
be content to do 满足于做某事...
1)Are yon content with your present salary?
2)You should be content with what you have.
3. in search of sth. 寻找
1)As soon as they put up their tents, the campers went in search of water.
2) Many young people left their home village in search of better jobs.
to search(….) for
4. pick out 选出；辨别出
1) Have you picked out the movie you want to see.
2) Can you pick your brother out from that group of people?
pick up 拾起；（用车）顺便搭载；通过耳闻而学会：收听节目
5. cut off 切除；切断（电力、煤气、自来水等）供给
cut off from the outside world 与世隔绝
cut up 切碎
cut down 削减
cut out 剪下, 切去; 删掉
He cut out the picture from the newspaper.
6. star in 主演 starring/starred
7. knock/ bump against/into sth/sb 碰撞；与……相撞；偶然遇见
1)In the accident, the car bumped into a big tree.
2) I bumped into your mother in the supermarket yesterday.
8. be set in 以……为背景
The book is set in the 17th century Spain.
9. throughout(all through, all over) the world
throughout/all through the year/all the year (a)round
10. up to now/up till now
I have heard nothing from him up to now.
11. not that用于句首或短语前表达否定含义, 意为：并不是说，倒不是
She didn’t hand in her homework. Not that she was lazy, but that she was ill.
12. convince sb. of sth.
convince sb. that
convince sb. to do=persuade sb. to do
13. at times 偶尔，有时
now and then
from time to time
occasionally/sometimes
区别：at a time 一次 at one time 曾经 in no time 立刻 at no time 决不

14. play on words 玩文字游戏
He is good at playing on words.
Much English humor consists of plays on words.
许多英语幽默都运用了双关语。
15. be/get caught in被绊住；受阻 同义：be/get stuck/trapped in 被陷在/困在
16. entertain sb with sth =amuse sb with sth be entertained/amused by/with
He entertained/amused us with a humour.
17. be particular about 对….挑剔
18. react to 对…作出反应〔评价, 应答〕
The eye reacts to light.
A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.
respond to 对…作出反应〔回答〕
The woman conductor kindly responded to my question.
19. brighten (up) 同义：light up
Electric lights brighten up the streets. (照亮)
The sky slowly brighten up. (发亮)
Her face brightened up at the news. （高兴起来）
20. inspire sb. with sth.
inspire sth. in sb.
inspire sb. to do
an inspiring leader/story