Unit 12 You’re suppod to shake hands.
词句精讲精练
撰稿:郭素清 审稿:白雪雁
【词汇精讲】
1. bow
1)bow作名词,意为“弓,弓形物”。
He raid his bow slowly and let the arrow fly.
他慢慢地举起弓,让箭飞出去。
The boy made a deep bow to the teacher and ran away.
那个孩子向老师深深地鞠了一个躬然后跑掉了。
2)bow作动词,意为“鞠躬,低下头”。
He bowed his head in shame. 他惭愧地低下头来。
She bowed her thanks. 她鞠躬致谢。
Age had bowed his once straight back. 他年事已高,过去挺直的腰板弯了。
2. a bit
a bit表示“稍微,一点儿”,可以与a little互用,可以修饰形容词、副词的比较级。
If you run a little/a bit more quickly,you can catch the bus.
如果你再跑得快一点儿的话,你就赶上公交车了。
【拓展】
a bit of与a little 可互换,修饰不可数名词。但要注意not a bit与not a little的区别,前者表示“一点也不”,而后者表示“许多,不只一点点”。
He had a bit of /a little bread for his breakfast.
他早上吃了点儿面包。
—Are you tired?你累吗?
—No,not a bit. 一点也不累。
He gives me not a little trouble.
他给我带来许多麻烦。
3. stick每天祝福语
1)stick作名词,意为“棍,棒,拐杖等”。
The old man has to walk with a walking stick. 那个老人得靠拐杖走路。
2)stick 作动词,意为“刺;粘贴;卡住”。
The needle stuck her in the hand. 针扎了她的手。
Remember to stick a stamp on envelope. 记住在信封上贴张邮票。
The car was stuck in the mud. 那辆车陷在泥里了。
【拓展】
1)stick to 坚持,信守
Young people should not stick to old ideas and must have the courage to innovate.
年轻人不应该拘泥于旧说, 要勇于创新。
2)stick out伸出,突出
She stuck out her foot and tripped him over.
飞特族她伸出脚把他绊倒。
4. manner
1)做事的方法, 事情发生的方式
Why are you talking in such a strange manner?
你为什么用这种奇怪的方式谈话?
2) 态度, 举止
His manner was slightly rude, but you mustn’t mind. 整体性治理理论
他的态度有点粗鲁,但是你千万别介意。
3)礼貌, 礼节
It’s bad manners to talk with a full mouth.
嘴里吃着东西说话是不礼貌的。诉心声
You should have good manners all the time. 任何时候都应该有礼貌。
4)风俗, 习俗
It is interesting to learn the manners and customs of other countries.
了解其他国家的风俗习惯是很有趣的。
5. behave
郑爽哪里人1)作动词,意为“表现,行为举止”。
The young lady behaved courageously in the face of danger.
那位年轻女士面对危险表现得十分勇敢。
She behaves (towards me) more like a friend than a mother.
她像朋友一样(待我), 而不像是我的母亲.
It’s hard to train children to behave well at the table.
培养儿童用餐时举止得体是很困难的。
2)作动词,意为“(机器等)开动,运转”。
How is the new machine behaving?
新机器的性能怎样?
【拓展】
behavior作名词,意为“行为,举止;态度”。
He was on his best behavior. 他表现极好。
behavior作名词,意为“(机器等的)运转状态,性能”。
The aircraft’s behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight.
那架飞机在第一次试飞时运转情况令人满意。
6. drop
1)作不及物动词,意为“丢下,掉下,落下”。
The apple dropped from the tree to the ground.
苹果从树上掉到地上。
The ball dropped out of his hand.
球从他手里掉了下来。
2)作不及物动词,意为“下降,减弱”。
Prices dropped. 物价下跌了。
The wind has dropped. 风势已减弱了。
3)作及物动词,意为“使掉下,使落下”。
Mary dropped the va on the floor. 玛丽失手把花瓶掉在地板上。
4) 作及物动词“放弃”。
You must drop smoking (the bad habit). 你必须戒烟(戒除这个坏习惯)。
Better drop the idea. 最好打消这个想法。
【拓展】
drop in /around探望,串门:
Plea drop in to e us if you are in Bradford.
如果你到布拉福特,请顺便来看看我们。
My sister dropped around last night.
昨晚我姐姐顺便来看了我。
drop in(顺便拜访)是不及物动词短语,其后不能接宾语。若语义上需要接宾语,根据情况可用on(针对人)或at(针对地方)。
She dropped in at his office.
她去了他的办公室找他。
I thought I’d drop in on you while I was passing.
我曾想路过时就来看看你。
新郎英语7. familiar
1) familiar表示“熟悉的”,若是指某人熟悉某事物,通常只用作表语,其后用介词with;若是指某事物为某人所熟悉,此时可用作表语或定语,其后常用介词to。
Are you familiar with the details? 你熟悉这些细节吗?
It’s a familiar face. 那是一张熟悉的面孔。
His voice on the phone sounded familiar to me.
他在电话上的声音我听起来很熟悉。
比较:
We are familiar with his name. 我们熟悉他的名字。
His name is familiar to us. 他的名字我们熟悉。
2)有时由某人熟悉某事物引申表示某人精通某事物,此时只用作表语,通常与介词 with 连用。
He is familiar with English. 他精通英语。
8. crowd
1) crowd是集合名词, 作主语时,谓语用单数(视为整体)或复数(考虑其个体成员)。强调人数多时,可用复数形式。
There was a crowd of people in front of the town hall.
市政大厅前有一群人。
The crowd were running in all directions.
人群往四面八方跑去。
There were crowds of people waiting to get in.
有许许多多的人在等着进去。
2)用作动词,表示“聚集,挤满”,可用作及物或不及物动词。
Shoppers crowded the streets. 买东西的人挤满了大街。
He managed to crowd into the train. 他设法挤上了火车。
【拓展】
常用结构:be crowded with 挤满种子成熟
The hall was crowded with people. 大厅挤满了人。
The exhibition was crowded with visitors. 展览会挤满了参观的人。
9. ek
1) ek作动词,意为“寻找,搜寻”。
Don’t be afraid to ek help.不要害怕去寻求帮助。
2) ek to do sth. 意为“试图做某事;设法做某事”。表示尽力去做想做的某件事,但不一定能成功,相当于attempt to do sth./try to do sth。
We are always eking to improve productivity.
我们一直在设法提高生产率。
3) ek sth. (from sb.)意为“(向某人)寻求, 索要某事物”。
This lovely girl will ek gifts from her mother when her birthday approaches.
每当生日快到的时候,这个可爱的小女孩就向妈妈索要礼物。
4) ek out找出/找到某人或某物。
Our mission is to ek out the enemy and destroy them.