language points(S)

1、Unit 8A Magician at Stretching a Dollar (S)Language Points1. celebrate verb to show that a day or an event is important by doing sth special on it 慶祝；慶賀eg. Jake's passed his exams. We're going out to celebrate. Jack通過了考試，我們打算出去慶祝一下。How do people celebrate the Spring Festival in your country?

2、 你們國家的人怎么歡度春節(jié)的呢？Tr: 我們在佛羅倫薩慶祝我們的結(jié)婚25周年紀(jì)念日。_ (formal) to praise sb/sth.頌揚(yáng) eg. songs that celebrate the joys of romantic love 歌頌浪漫愛情之歡樂的歌曲Tr: 一部歌頌馬丁路德金的生活和工作的電影_ n. celebration 慶祝；慶典celebrity 名人2. recall verb (formal) (not used in the progressive tenses) to remember sth 回想，回憶eg. She could not recall h

3、is name. 她回想不起來他的名字了。If I recall correctly, he lives in London. 如果我沒記錯(cuò)的話，他住在倫敦。V -ing I can't recall meeting her before. 我不記得以前遇見過她。V that He recalled that she always came home late on Wednesdays. 他記得她每到星期三都要晚回家。V wh- Can you recall exactly what happened? 你能回憶起究竟發(fā)生了什么嗎？Tr: Henry記得他是在一次去華盛頓出差的途中第

4、一次與Bob結(jié)識(shí)的。_· VN to order sb to return: 叫回eg. Both countries recalled their ambassadors. 兩個(gè)國家都叫回了他們的大使。He was recalled to military duty. 他被叫回去服兵役。Tr: 她的父親病危才把她叫回家來。_· VN to ask for sth to be returned, often because there is sth wrong with it: 召回eg. The company has recalled all the faulty ha

5、irdryers. 這個(gè)公司召回了是由于出故障的吹風(fēng)機(jī)。Tr: 凡是次品均應(yīng)立即收回。_nounU the ability to remember sth that you have learned or sth that has happened in the past: 記憶力eg. She has amazing powers of recall. 她有驚人的記憶力。sing. an official order or request for sb/sth to return, or for sth to be given back:召回eg. Hundreds of machines

6、are still in use in spite of a recall by the manufacturers. 很多機(jī)器不顧制造商的召回，仍然被使用。3. delight nounU a feeling of great pleasure: 高興，欣喜eg. a feeling of sheer / pure delight 極其高興的感覺。The children squealed with delight when they saw the puppy. 孩子們看到小狗時(shí)高興地尖叫起來。She won the game easily, to the delight of all h

7、er fans. 她很輕易地就贏了這場比賽，使她所有的粉絲開心不已。He takes (great) delight in (= enjoys) proving others wrong. 他極大的樂趣就是證明別人錯(cuò)了。Tr: 他以逗弄妹妹為樂。_Tr: 讓所有人都很高興的是，我們歌詠比賽拿了第一名。_C something that gives you great pleasure: 令人高興的事；樂事；樂趣eg. This guitar is a delight to play. 這吉他彈起來很愜意。the delights of living in the country 生活在鄉(xiāng)村的樂

8、趣verbVN to give sb a lot of pleasure and enjoyment: 使高興；使愉快；使快樂eg. This news will delight his fans all over the world. 這消息將讓全世界崇拜他的人都感到高興。Phrasal Verbs:delight in sth / doing sthno passive to enjoy doing sth very much, especially sth that makes other people feel embarrassed, uncomfortable, etc. 以.為樂

9、（尤指做使別人感到尷尬、不舒服的事）Tr: 有些人以虐貓為樂。_adj. a delightful book / town 令人愉快的書/宜人的小鎮(zhèn) a delighted smile 愉快的微笑ex. a _ restaurant I was _ with the present. 4. stretch  verbto make sth longer, wider or looser, for example, by pulling it; to become longer, etc. in this way: 拉長；拽寬；撐大；抻松 eg.VNIs there any way o

10、f stretching shoes? 有什么辦法能把鞋撐大嗎？Tr: 這雙手套太緊了，你能幫我用你的大手抻一抻嗎？_V This sweater has stretched. 這件毛衣給撐得變形了。V (of fabric) to become bigger or longer when you pull it and return to its original shape when you stop: 有彈性（或彈力）eg. The jeans stretch to provide a perfect fit. 這條牛仔褲有彈性，可以完全貼身。to pull sth so that it

11、 is smooth and tight: 拉緊；拉直；繃緊eg.VN Stretch the fabric tightly over the frame. 把布在架子上繃緊。VN-ADJ Make sure that the rope is stretched tight. 務(wù)必要把繩子拉緊。to put your arms or legs out straight and tighten your muscles: 伸展；舒展eg. V He stretched and yawned lazily. 他伸了伸懶腰，打了個(gè)哈欠。VN The exercises are designed to

12、 stretch and tone your leg muscles. 這些活動(dòng)目的在于伸展和增強(qiáng)你的腿部肌肉。+adv./prep. to put out an arm or a leg in order to reach sth: 伸出，伸長（胳膊，腿）eg. V She stretched across the table for the butter. 她伸手到桌子那頭去拿黃油。VN I stretched out a hand and picked up the book. 我伸出一只手，把書撿起來。Tr: 每天的早操，同學(xué)們都充分得伸展手臂和腿。_V +adv./prep. to

13、spread over an area of land: 延伸；綿延eg. Fields and hills stretched out as far as we could see. 放眼望去，田野山丘綿延不絕。Tr: 群山之上，大片沙漠綿延不斷。_V +adv./prep. to continue over a period of time: 延續(xù)eg. The town's history stretches back to before 1500. 該城的歷史可以上溯到公元1500年以前。The talks look set to stretch into a second w

14、eek. 看來談判十有八九要延續(xù)到下個(gè)星期了。5. approach  verbto come near to sb/sth in distance or time: 靠近；接近eg. V We heard the sound of an approaching car / a car approaching. 我們聽見一輛汽車駛近的聲音。Winter is approaching. 冬天就要來臨。VN As you approach the town, you'll see the college on the left. 快到市鎮(zhèn)時(shí)就可以看見左邊的學(xué)院。Tr: 快要到我們

15、該做決定的時(shí)候了。_VN sb (about / for sth) sb (about doing sth) to speak to sb about sth, especially to ask them for sth or to offer to do sth: 接洽；建議；要求eg. She approached the bank for a loan. 他向銀行申請貸款。Tr: 一些對我們產(chǎn)品感興趣的公司已經(jīng)和我們接洽。_eg. I'd like to ask his opinion but I find him difficult to approach (= not ea

16、sy to talk to in a friendly way). 我想征求他的意見，但發(fā)現(xiàn)很難和他談得攏。VN to come close to sth in amount, level or quality: （在數(shù)額、水平或質(zhì)量上）接近eg. profits approaching 30 million dollars 接近3000萬云的利潤Few writers approach his richness of language. 他語言之豐富很少有作家能望其項(xiàng)背。VN to start dealing with a problem, task, etc. in a particula

17、r way: 著手處理；對付Tr: 什么是處理這個(gè)問題的最佳方式？_nounC (to sth) a way of dealing with sb/sth; a way of doing or thinking about sth such as a problem or a task: (待人接物或思考問題的)方式，方法，態(tài)度eg. She took the wrong approach in her dealings with them. 她用錯(cuò)誤的手段和他們打交道。Tr: 學(xué)校決定采取另外一種方式解決紀(jì)律問題。_sing. movement nearer to sb/sth in dis

18、tance or time: (距離和時(shí)間上)靠近，接近eg. She hadn't heard his approach and jumped as the door opened. 她沒有聽見他走進(jìn)的聲音，所以門開時(shí)嚇了一跳。Tr: 隨著主席來訪的日期越來越接近，所有相關(guān)部門都高度警戒。_C the act of speaking to sb about sth, especially when making an offer or a request: 接洽；建議；要求eg. The club has made an approach to a local company for

19、 sponsorship. 俱樂部已向當(dāng)?shù)匾患夜緦で筚澲?She resented his persistent approaches. 她對于他沒玩沒了的糾纏極為反感。C a path, road, etc. that leads to a place: 通路；路徑；道路eg. a new approach road to the portof aircraft 去港口的一條新路Tr: 通往宮殿的所有道路都有軍隊(duì)守衛(wèi)。_6. let  verb (letting, let, let)no passive to allow sb to do sth or sth to happe

20、n without trying to stop it: 允許；讓eg.VN inf Let them splash around in the pool for a while. 讓他們在水池里撲騰一會(huì)兒吧。Don't let her upset you. 別讓她攪得你心煩。to give sb permission to do sth: 準(zhǔn)許；許可；同意eg. VN inf They won't let him leave the country. 他們不許他離開這個(gè)國家。VN +adv./prep. to allow sb/sth to go somewhere: 允許（

21、去某處）eg. to let sb into the house 允許某人進(jìn)屋。Tr: 我把鑰匙給你，你可以自己開門進(jìn)去。_eg. Please let me past. 請讓我過去。Tr: 那只貓想要出去。_(let's) no passive used for making suggestions: (提出建議時(shí)說)eg. VN inf Let's go to the beach. 咱們?nèi)ズ┌伞et's not tell her what we did. 咱們干的事可別告訴他。'Shall we check it again?' 'Yes

22、, let's.' “我們再檢查一下好嗎？”“好的?！盩r: Lets play outside, _? 我們一起出去玩吧，好嗎？Mum, let us play outside, _? 媽媽，能讓我們出去玩嗎？VN infno passive (technical) used to say that you are supposing sth to be true when you calculate sth: （計(jì)算時(shí)說）假設(shè)，設(shè)：eg. Let line AB be equal to line CD. 設(shè)AB線與CD線等長。VN sth (out) (to sb) (es

23、pecially BrE) to allow sb to use a house, room, etc. in return for regular payments: 出租（房屋、房間等):eg. I let the spare room. 我把那間空房出租了。Tr: 他們決定以低租金把那間較小的辦公室租出去。_Idioms:let alone 更不用說eg. They dont have enough money for food, let alone amusements. 他們連溫飽都不能解決，更不用說娛樂了。Tr: 她連自行車都不會(huì)騎，更不用說開小汽車了。_let sb/sth go

24、 = let go (of sb/sth)to stop holding sb/sth: eg. Don't let the rope go. = Don't let go of the rope. 別松開繩子。Let go! You're hurting me! 放手！你把我弄疼了！to give up an idea or an attitude, or control of sth: 放棄，摒棄(想法、態(tài)度或控制)eg. It's time to let the past go. = It's time to let go of the past.

25、 該忘掉過去了。Phrasal Verbs:let sb. downto fail to help or support sb as they had hoped or expected: 不能幫助，不能支持（某人）；使失望eg. I'm afraid she let us down badly. 很遺憾，她讓我們大失所望。Tr: 他一瘸一拐走回家，感到孤獨(dú)而沮喪。_let sth offto fire a gun or make a bomb, etc. explode: 放（槍等）；使爆炸eg. The boys were letting off fireworks. 那些男孩在放

26、鞭炮。let sth outto give a cry, etc: 發(fā)出（叫聲等）：eg. to let out a scream of terror / a gasp of delight 發(fā)出恐怖的尖叫/高興地喘一口氣7. open  adjectiveallowing things or people to go through: 開放的；敞開的eg. She had left the door wide open. 她把房門敞開著。(of sb's eyes, mouth, etc.) with EYELIDS or lips apart: （人的眼睛、嘴等）eg.

27、He was breathing through his open mouth. 他張著嘴呼吸。spread out; with the edges apart: 展開；開放eg. The flowers are all open now. 花現(xiàn)在都開了。 The book lay open on the table. 書攤開在桌上。not blocked by anything: 暢通的eg. The pass is kept open all the year. 通道一年到頭暢通無阻。not fastened or covered, so that things can easily co

28、me out or be put in: 敞口的；未封的eg. The bag burst open and everything fell out. 袋子爆開了，里邊的東西都散落出來。(of clothes) not fastened: 沒扣上；敞開的eg. a tie knotted below the open collar of a shirt 在敞口的襯衫領(lǐng)口下系著一根領(lǐng)帶not surrounded by anything; not enclosed: 開闊的；未圍上的eg. a city with a lot of parks and open spaces 有很多公園和空地的城

29、市with no cover or roof on: 露天的；裸露的eg. people working in the open air (= not in a building) 在戶外作業(yè)的人an open wound (= with no skin covering it) 開放性傷口not usually before noun if a shop/store, bank, business, etc. is open, it is ready for business and will admit customers or visitors: 開放；營業(yè)eg. The house h

30、ad been thrown open to the public. 這所宅院已向公眾開放。I declare this festival open. 我宣布慶?；顒?dòng)開始。honest; not keeping thoughts and feelings hidden: 誠懇；坦誠；直率eg. She was always open with her parents. 她總是與父母無話不談。He was quite open about his reasons for leaving. 他對離開的原因完全未加隱瞞。 (to sth) not yet finally decided or set

31、tled: 未決定的；待決定的eg. Which route is better remains an open question (= it is not decided). 哪條路線較好尚待決定。In an interview try to ask open questions (= to which the answer is not just 'yes' or 'no').主持面試時(shí)要盡量問一些討論性的問題。VerbVN sth (with sth) to start an activity or event: 著手；開始；eg. You need ju

32、st one pound to open a bank account with us. 你只需一英鎊就可以在我行開立一個(gè)賬戶。Troops opened fire on (= started shooting) the crowds. 軍隊(duì)向人群開火了。nounoutdoors; in the countryside: 戶外；野外；曠野eg. Children need to play out in the open. 孩子需要在戶外玩耍。not hidden or secret: 公開；非秘密eg. Government officials do not want these commen

33、ts in the open. 政府官員不想公開這些評論。They intend to bring their complaints out into the open. 他們想把心中的種種不滿公開講出來。8. Standing against the wall was a big black bicycle with balloon tires. 表語置于句首，完全倒裝。9. instantly  adverbimmediately: 立刻；馬上eg. Her voice is instantly recognizable. 她的聲音一下子就能聽出來。Tr: 那是我一眼就能認(rèn)得出的

34、面孔。_Conj. as soon as 一.就.eg. The policed arrived on the scene instantly the received the alarm. 警察一聽到報(bào)警立刻趕到現(xiàn)場。Tr: 他剛一下飛機(jī)就被拘捕了。_10. admire  verbVN sb/sth (for sth) sb (for doing sth) to respect sb for what they are or for what they have done: 欽佩；贊賞；仰慕eg. The school is widely admired for its exce

35、llent teaching. 這所學(xué)校教學(xué)優(yōu)秀，遠(yuǎn)近聞名。Tr: 我不同意她的意見，但我贊賞她恪守原則。_ to look at sth and think that it is attractive and/or impressive: 欣賞eg. He stood back to admire his handiwork. 他退后幾步欣賞他的手工制品。adj.admiringShe was used to receiving admiring glances from men. 她習(xí)慣了男人投來的贊賞目光。admirable Her dedication to her work was

36、admirable. 她對工作的奉獻(xiàn)精神可欽可佩。noun.admirationI have great admiration for her as a writer. 我十分欽佩她這位作家。admirer She never married but had many admirers. 她從未結(jié)婚，不過追求者不少。11. scrape  verbto remove sth from a surface by moving sth sharp and hard like a knife across it: 刮掉；削去eg.VN, usually +adv./prep. She sc

37、raped the mud off her boots. 她刮掉了鞋子上的泥。VN-ADJ The kids had scraped their plates clean. 孩子們把自己的盤子擦得干干凈凈。VNusually +adv./prep. to rub sth accidentally so that it gets damaged or hurt: 擦壞；擦傷；刮壞；蹭破eg. The wire had scraped the skin from her fingers. 她的手指頭讓金屬絲刮掉了皮。Tr: 我的車的一側(cè)被墻刮了。_usually +adv./prep. to ma

38、ke an unpleasant noise by rubbing against a hard surface; to make sth do this: （使）發(fā)出刺耳的刮擦聲eg. V I could hear his pen scraping across the paper. 我聽得見他的鋼筆在紙上沙沙地響。Tr: 別把椅子在地板上蹭得嘎吱嘎吱響。_12. burst  verb (burst, burst)to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside; to make sth brea

39、k in this way: (使)爆裂，脹開eg. V (figurative) He felt he would burst with anger and shame. 他惱羞成怒，都要?dú)庹恕?a burst pipe 爆裂的管子 The river burst its banks and flooded nearby towns. 那條河決堤并淹沒了附近的城鎮(zhèn)。Tr: 你再給氣球充氣，它就要爆了。_V +adv./prep. to go or move somewhere suddenly with great force; to come from somewhere suddenl

40、y: 猛沖；突然出現(xiàn)eg. He burst into the room without knocking. 他沒敲門就闖進(jìn)了屋子。Tr: 太陽破云而出。_The words burst from her in an angry rush. 她破口說出了那一大堆氣話。V be bursting (with sth) to be very full of sth; to be very full and almost breaking open: 爆滿；漲滿eg. The roads are bursting with cars. 車輛把那些道路擠滿了。(informal) I'm bu

41、rsting (for a pee)! (= I need to use the toilet right now). 我得馬上去洗手間。Idioms:be bursting to do sthto want to do sth so much that you can hardly stop yourself: 急于（或迫切想）做某事eg. She was bursting to tell him the good news. 她急不可待要把好消息告訴他。burst open / burst (sth) open to open suddenly or violently; to make

42、sth open in this way: (使)猛然打開eg. The door burst open. 門突然開了。Firefighters burst the door open and rescued them. 消防員撞開門，把他們救了出來。Phrasal Verbs:burst in / burst into a room, building, etc. to enter a room or building suddenly and noisily: 闖進(jìn)，突然破門而入Tr: 突然門開了，Jo闖了進(jìn)來。_burst into sth to start producing sth

43、suddenly and with great force: 突然爆發(fā)eg. The aircraft crashed and burst into flames (= suddenly began to burn). 飛機(jī)墜毀后猛烈燃燒起來。She burst into tears (= burst out crying). 她突然大哭起來。Nouna short period of a particular activity or strong emotion that often starts suddenly: 突發(fā)；猝發(fā)；迸發(fā)；爆破Tr: 能量 /怒火/熱情的迸發(fā) _ eg. Her

44、 breath was coming in short bursts. 她的呼吸急迫短促。I tend to work in bursts. 我的工作勁頭往往是一陣一陣的。bursts of laughter 哄笑an occasion when sth bursts; the hole left where sth has burst: 爆裂；裂口eg. a burst in a water pipe 水管上的裂縫13. rob  verb(-bb-) VN sb/sth (of sth)to steal money or property from a person or pla

45、ce: 搶劫；掠奪；盜取eg. The gang had robbed and killed the drugstore owner. 那伙人搶劫并殺了那個(gè)小店店主。Tr: 這座墳?zāi)估锏呢?cái)寶早已被盜。_他已失去了尊嚴(yán)。_* steal sth. from sb. 偷某人的東西Idioms:rob Peter to pay Paul(saying) to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for sth else

46、拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻noun robber 強(qiáng)盜 robbery 搶劫Tr: 這個(gè)搶劫嫌疑犯被指控犯了搶劫罪。 _14. come upon = run into 偶遇；遇上15. strike  verb (struck, struck )VN (formal) to hit sb/sth hard or with force: 撞；碰；撞擊；碰撞eg. The ship struck a rock. 船觸礁了。Tr: 樹遭到雷擊。 _(formal) to hit sb/sth with your hand or a weapon: 打；擊eg. VN She struck him in

47、 the face. 她摑了他一耳光。VN (formal) to hit or kick a ball, etc: 擊打，踢（球等）eg. He walked up to the penalty spot and struck the ball firmly into the back of the net. 他走到罰球點(diǎn)，穩(wěn)穩(wěn)地把球踢入網(wǎng)內(nèi)。V to attack sb/sth, especially suddenly: 突擊；攻擊eg. The lion crouched ready to strike. 獅子蹲身準(zhǔn)備襲擊。(written) to happen suddenly and

48、 have a harmful or damaging effect on sb/sth: 侵襲；爆發(fā)eg. V Two days later tragedy struck (that family). 兩天后悲劇發(fā)生（在他家里）了。Tr: 一年前，那個(gè)小村莊發(fā)過洪水。_(not used in the progressive tenses) (of a thought or an idea) to come into sb's mind suddenly: 突然想到；一下子想起；猛地意識(shí)到eg. VN An awful thought has just struck me. 剛才我腦子里突然閃過一個(gè)可怕的念頭。Tr: 我一下子明白我們?nèi)绾胃纳凭置媪?。_ sb (as sth)to give sb a particular impression: 給某人以.的印象；讓某人覺得eg. VN His reaction struck m