自考“英語(yǔ)(一)”筆記(51)

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6.…in our hearts we hope that we might be spared.
    spare做形容詞用時(shí),意思是“多余的;空閑的;儉樸的”。如:
    1)In his spare time he wrote some short stories. (他用余暇寫(xiě)了一些短篇故事。)
    2)Sorry,I don't have any spare cash. Can I write a check?(對(duì)不起,我沒(méi)有多余的現(xiàn)錢(qián),我可以開(kāi)支票嗎?)
    3)He is keen on this spare lifestyle. (他喜歡這種儉樸的生活。)
    在本句中,spare用作動(dòng)詞,意思是“饒??;使免遭”。如:
    1)He begged them to spare his life. (他求他們饒他一命。)
    2)You may spare yourself the trouble. (你不必找此麻煩。)
    3)Call him and spare yourself a visit. (給他打個(gè)電話(huà),省得你自己跑一趟。)
    spare 也可以表示“抽出時(shí)間;出讓”。如:
    1)Can you spare me 5 minutes? (你能抽出5分鐘時(shí)間給我嗎?)
    Spare me 50 yuan and I will return the money on payday. (借給我50元錢(qián),發(fā)工資那天我就還你。)
    7. …We would rather talk about football or the weather or what we had for lunch.
    在world rather 后面應(yīng)用動(dòng)詞的原形形式。如:
    1)I would rather stay at home. (我寧愿呆在家里。)
    2)He would rather go and play football than go to the cinema. (他寧愿去踢足球,而不愿去看電影。)
    3)I would rather you didn't tell me the truth. (我寧愿你沒(méi)告訴我真話(huà)。)
    在第三句中,would rather 后面跟的是從句,從句中的動(dòng)詞用虛擬語(yǔ)氣形式。
    what we had for lunch意思是“午飯吃了什么”。如:
    1)What did you have for breakfast? (你早飯吃了什么?)
    2)I had nothing but a cup of coffee for breakfast. (早飯我只喝了一杯咖啡。)
    8.Neither should we depend entirely on the agent when we buy insurance.
    當(dāng)否定詞放在句首時(shí),句子通常用倒裝。如:
    1)Never in my life have I seen such a beautiful place. (我一生中從沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)這么美麗的地方。)
    2)Tom doesn't like pop music. Neither does his wife. (湯姆不喜歡流行音樂(lè),他妻子也不喜歡。)
    3)In no case will he give up the experiment. (無(wú)論如何他都不會(huì)放棄那個(gè)試驗(yàn)。)
    4)Not only was he a teacher, but also a poet. (他不僅是一位教師,還是一位詩(shī)人。)
    9.It is better that we plan for these situations by finding means to deal with them than to just hope that they will somehow go away.
    plan 一般可用作及物動(dòng)詞,而本句中的動(dòng)詞plan 作不及物動(dòng)詞用。
    1)We will plan our weekend at noon. (中午時(shí)我們將安排周末的活動(dòng)。)
    2)I planned to go and meet him at the station. (我打算去車(chē)站接他。)
    3)We should plan for our future. (我們應(yīng)該籌劃未來(lái)。)
    deal with意思是“處理,對(duì)付;論述”
    1)This is a book dealing with the skills of reading, writing and speaking. (這是一本論述讀、寫(xiě)、說(shuō)技能的書(shū)。)
    2)The man is difficult to deal with. (那人很難打交道。)
    3)There will be a lot of difficulties to be dealt with when you start your own business.(你開(kāi)始自己做生意時(shí)會(huì)有許多困難要克服。)
    10.Quite the opposite
    本句的意思是“恰巧相反”,有時(shí)我們也可以用just the opposite.如:
    They are very excited. I am quite the opposite. (他們很興奮,我則恰好相反。)
    本課主要詞組
    1. be interested in     2. be eager to
    3. be of help        4. visit with
    5. be on guard        6. at best
    7. be unwilling to      8. first of all
    9. a sum of         10. pay for
    11. in effect        12. remind…of
    13. would rather       14. depend on
    15. look…in the face     16. plan for
    17. deal with        18. go away
    19. neither…nor
    Text B What is money and what are its functions?
    短語(yǔ)表達(dá)
    1. be familiar with
    I am not familiar with the book he mentioned in his lecture.
    2. throughout
    He never stopped learning throughout his life.
    We want to make this place known throughout the world.
    3. a number of
    A number of ways have been suggested to control air pollution.
    A number of students have applied for this part-time job.
    4. rule out
    The regulations rule out anyone under the age of 16.
    The possibility of suicide has been ruled out.
    Heavy rain ruled the match out for that day.
    5. search for
    The police are still searching for survivors of the plane crash.
    They are searching the wood for the lost child.
    6. worth
    This bike is worth 250 yuan.
    I don't think a two-day vacation is worth much.
    7. respond to
    How did he respond to what you said?
    8. rather than
    He is a writer rather than a teacher.
    Rather than cause trouble, he left.
    9. in terms of
    She was asked to express her idea in terms of science.
    We usually measure the value of material goods in terms of money.
    10. be conscious of
    I was not conscious of what was happening.
    He was not conscious of his mistake.
    11. convert to
    Water can be converted to electricity.
    He wanted to convert the US dollars to RMB.