Unit4

　　1. talk about 談?wù)? 議論 talk with sb; talk of 提到

　　2. host the 2008 Olympic Games 舉辦2008年奧運(yùn)會(huì)

　　3. take place = come about; happen 發(fā)生

　　4. be caught in (a rain; a traffic jam; the earthquake) 偶然遇上(雨，交通堵塞,地震等)

　　5. create a dialogue = make up a dialogue 編對話

　　6. play tennis 打網(wǎng)球

　　7. for fun = as a joke 開玩笑的;不是認(rèn)真的;為了取樂的

　　8. I hope so. I hope not.

　　9. shout /call for help 呼救

　　10. go on (a) holiday 去度假 go to...for a holiday on holiday 在度假

　　11. on fire 著火 catch fire 著火;set fire to=set...on fire 縱火 make fire 生火

　　12. I'm afraid of +n. 害怕

　　I'm afraid that... 擔(dān)心 I'm afraid to do sth 不敢做某事

　　I'm afraid of doing sth 害怕做某事 I’m afraid so. 恐怕是這樣

　　I'm afraid not. 恐怕不會(huì)。

　　13. a natural disaster 自然災(zāi)害

　　14. hear/see sb. doing sth 聽見/看見某人正在做某事hear/ see sb do sth 聽見/看見某人做過某事 (五看二聽一感覺)

　　15. look around 環(huán)顧; 四處看

　　16. advance towards 朝…前進(jìn)

　　17. before +從句 還沒來得及...

　　18. be upon 逼近; 臨近

　　19. sweep sb down 把...沖到了

　　20. drag 拖拉(重物);(比較艱難緩慢，有阻力)drag oneself along 拖著沉重的步子走

　　pull 拉;扯 (應(yīng)用范圍比較廣) pull a tooth 拔牙 pull the door open 拉開門

　　pull at 拉扯 pull up 拉起來;拉上來

　　draw 拉(比較從容、平穩(wěn)不費(fèi)力) draw one’s attention 吸引注意;draw a conclusion 得出結(jié)論

　　draw back 后退 draw money from bank 從銀行取錢 draw near 就要來臨;逼近

　　21. get on one’s feet (艱難的)站起來 get up; stand up

　　22. hold on to 抓住

　　23. pull up 拉起來; 拉上來

　　24. against the wall 倚著墻

　　25. fight for 為…而戰(zhàn) struggle for 為…而斗爭

　　26. look into 往…里面看; 瀏覽; 調(diào)查

　　look into one’s eyes 注視著某人 stare at; fix one’s eyes on;

　　look sb in the mirror 照鏡子 look sb up and down 上下打量某人

　　look sb in the eye(s)/face直視某人

　　27. with a look of fright 害怕的; 恐懼的

　　28. around the corner 即將來臨，on its way; draw near; in store

　　29. cut down 砍倒;削減 cut up 切碎 cut off 切斷

　　cut in 插嘴;加塞 cut out 刪除;剪下來 cut away 剪掉

　　30. three meters deep 三米深 three metres in depth

　　a three-meter-deep hole = a hole of three meters deep

　　31. sweep away (風(fēng)) 吹走; (浪) 卷走;sweep down 吹倒; 席卷; 沖倒

　　32. work out 計(jì)算出;想出(辦法);制定(計(jì)劃); work at 從事;致力于 work on 繼續(xù)工作;從事于

　　33. refer to 指的是; 談到;提到;查閱

　　34. strike，普通用詞，“打一下;打幾下”，不一定有意;“敲鐘”。 hit，“擊中，打，對準(zhǔn)”，著重敲打或打擊對方的某一點(diǎn) beat，連續(xù)的打擊; 如毆打或體罰等;游戲競賽戰(zhàn)爭中擊敗 knock 敲;打 ;撞擊

　　35. advance the deadline 提前最后期限;

　　36. pull at/on 拉一下

　　37. seize an opportunity/chance 抓住機(jī)會(huì) = grasp/take/grab...

　　chance 可能性 U.n. & C.n

　　There is a chance/no chance of sb doing sth

　　The chances/Chances are that... 可能...

　　by chance 偶然

　　38. (區(qū)分：pay; cost; spend; take)

　　sb pay money for sth

　　sth cost sb money

　　sb spend money on sth; sb spend time/money in doing sth

　　It takes sb time to do sth

　　39. in town 在城里 in the country(side) 在鄉(xiāng)下 go to town 進(jìn)城 go to the country(side) 下鄉(xiāng)

　　40. take a photo of sb / sb doing sth 給…照相

　　41. in a second = in a very shore time

　　42. a two-day trip 一次兩天的旅行

　　43. the next morning 第二天早上

　　44. on the morning of April 18th, 1906

　　45. as a result of 由于…的結(jié)果 as a consequence of

　　46. A +動(dòng)詞/be + ten times larger than+B 比…大十倍

　　A +動(dòng)詞/be +ten times as large as+B 是…的十倍

　　A +動(dòng)詞/be +ten times the size of+B 是…的十倍

　　(number/amount/height/length/depth/width/age)