Unit5 重点短语详解
1. dream of
【观察思考】
Have you ever dreamed of being in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music?
你曾经梦想过在音乐会上面对成千上万的观众演唱，观众欣赏你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗?
1) He dreamed of a better future.
他梦想一个更美好的未来。
2) When she was young, she dreamed of being a teacher.
她年轻的时候曾梦想当一名教师。
3) We all dream of a world at peace.
梦想有和平的世界
4) I dream of being the best footballer in the town.
我梦想成为全城最好的足球队员。
5) His dream of being a doctor has come true.
他当医生的愿望实现了。
6) I never dreamed of meeting you here.
我绝对未想到在这里遇到你。
7) I dreamt about my teacher last night.
昨天夜里我梦见我的老师了。
【归纳用法】
dream of/about 意为“梦想；幻想；渴望”，后接名词、代词或动词的-ing形式。
< be honest
【观察思考】
To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.
说实在的，许多人把名和利看得重要。
1) To be quite honest with you, I don't think you can pass the examination.
老实对你说，我不认为你能考试及格。
2) To be honest, I don't think we have a chance of winning.
说实话, 我认为我们没有获胜的可能。
3) Thank you for being so honest with me.
感谢你对我这么坦诚。
4) I shall be quite honest with you.
approvement
我将和你完全坦诚相待。
5) To be quite honest, I’m just not interested.
sarsaparilla
说实在地，我就是不感兴趣。
6) Honestly, that's all the money I've got!
我的的确确只有这点钱了!
【归纳拓展】
to be honest 常用作插入语，意思为“说实在地；实话说”，用以强调所言出自真心。honest前可以加quite, absolutely, perfectly等副词。to be honest =to tell the truth=honestly。
be honest about sth.在某事上诚实
be honest with 对...说老实话, 同...规规矩矩来往
副词honestly 意思为“诚实地；的确”。
名词honesty 意思为“诚实；坦率；正直”。
3. play jokes on
The musicians of whom the band was formed played jokes on each other as well as played music. 乐队的乐师们边演奏边互相开玩笑。
【观察思考】
负责人 英语怎么说1) Though old, they often play jokes on each other.
尽管上了年纪，但他们还经常相互开玩笑。
2) He always likes to play jokes on me becau we are clo friends.
他总是爱拿我开玩笑，因为我们是很好的朋友。
difference3) Our English teacher loves telling us jokes in class.
我们的英语老师喜欢在课堂上给我们讲笑话。
【归纳用法】
play jokes on 意为“跟……开玩笑”。相近的词组还有：play tricks on sb. = play a trick on sb.捉弄某人；laugh at sb. 嘲笑某人；make fun of sb. 取笑某人; tell jokes 或tell a joke意为“讲笑话”
4. or so
【观察思考】
However, after a year or so in which they became more rious about their work,….
在这一年左右的时间里，他们对自己的工作更认真。可是，在这以后……。1) It’ll cost $30 or so.
那件东西大概植30美元。
2) That man standing there is forty years old or so.
站在那儿的那个人大约四十岁。
3) an hour or so
一小时左右
4) a pound or so
一磅左右
【归纳用法】
or so 意为“大约”，常用在被修饰词前，而about表“大约”时，常用在被修饰词之后。
5. break up
【观察思考】
the band broke up in about 1970 乐队大约在1970年解体了
1) Their marriage has broken up.
sign in他们的婚姻结束了。
2) The police tried in vain to break up the protest meeting.
警察企图驱散抗议集会，但毫无办法。
3）Their job is to break up the old ship.
他们的工作是拆旧船。
4）The meeting didn’t break up until noon.
集会到中午才结束。
5）She suddenly broke down as she was singing.
她在唱歌时突然停止了。
6）It is said that their tricks have broken down.
据说他们的阴谋没有得逞。
7）His body broke down becau of overwork.
因操劳过度他的身体垮下来了。
8)The police tried to break up the crowd.
警察尽力驱散人群。
【归纳用法】
break up 意为：拆散，驱散，结束。注意break构成的词组还有：
break down（1）出故障，坏掉（2）(计划、谈判)失败，不成功（3）(精神、健康)垮下来（4）中止，停顿（5）使分解（为），使变化（成）。
break in插话，打断；
break into破门而入；
break out爆发；
break through突破；
break away(from) 逃走，断裂
6. by chance
【观察思考】
person going past by chance碰巧走过的人
1) I met her by chance at the railway station.
我在火车站偶然遇见她。
2) Class Six won the basketball game by chance.ybarra
六班碰巧赢得这次篮球比赛。
3) He is taking a chance by driving his car so fast.
他冒险把车开得这么快。
【归纳用法】
by chance = by accident 意为“偶然，碰巧”，反义词是on purpo故意。Chance构成的其它常用词组还有：
by any chance 万一；碰巧, 或许
take a chance冒险试一试；
by some chance不知为啥, 不知道为什么
have a chance to do = have a chance of doing 有机会做……
英语翻译7. stick toios是什么
【观察思考】
Then, take a special time for practising and stick to it.
接下来，拿出特别的时间练习，并坚持下去。
1) They all agreed to stick to our plan.
他们都同意坚持我们的计划。
2) He never sticks to anything for long.
他什么事都坚持不了多久。
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3）Looking ahead he decided to stick to his prent job.enthusiast
展望未来，他决定坚持做目前的工作。
4）Once you make a promi, you should stick to your words
一旦许诺，你就要遵守诺言
5）He sticks to his post all the time
他一直坚守岗位
【归纳用法】
stick to 坚持做某事，紧在…一旁，对……忠实，持续不断。注意to为介词。【易混辨析】
stick to 与insist on
stick to 指坚持真理，原则，观点，决定，计划，理论等。
insist on 指坚持认为，坚持主张或坚决要求某物，后面可跟v-ing形式。
