第16講

一、Language points

1. have mercy on：對…表示憐憫

  at the mercy of：任由…擺布或控制

  beg…for mercy：乞求…的憐憫

  show (little/much) mercy to sb：對…(毫不/非常)仁慈

  without mercy：無憐憫之心

2. keep sb company

  accompany sb to a place

  in the company of sb

  accompany sb (at/on sth)：給某人伴奏

3.        (c)=wealth：(大量)財產

  fortune  (u)=luck：機會，運氣

          (c)=fate：個人的前途，命運

  fortunate=lucky

  fortunately=luckily

4. a spare room：一個備用房間

  in one’s spare time：在某人空閑時間里

  spare me five minutes：為我抽出5分鐘

  spare no efforts：不遺余力

  spare no expense：不惜成本

   spare time：花費時間

   kill time：消磨時間

   waste time：浪費時間

5. in terms of：就…而言，從…角度，根據

  in the long term：長遠看來

  in the short term=at the moment：在目前

  in sb’s terms：在…看來

  in relative terms：相對而言

  in general/practical/financial：從總體/實際/財政角度

6. go about (doing) sth：著手，從事某事

  as far as I know：據我所知

  go/get down on one’s knees：跪下

  tend to do：傾向于干什么

  tend to sth：傾向于什么

   therefore (adv.)=as a result of that

   so (conj.)

7. in the eyes of sb=in sb’s eyes=in one’s opinion：在某人看來

  keep an eye on sb：留神，看管

  look sb in the eye：目不轉睛地看某人

  keep one’s eyes open：留心看，密切注意

8.      sb sth：給某人端上…

        sb with sth=sth to sb：拿出…來款待某人

  serve  to do sth：起…作用

        as…：擔任，充當…

        sb/sth：為…服務，端(飯、菜)

   First come, first served.：先到先招待

   Make the past serve the present.：古為今用

   Let those who can serve as teachers.：能者為師

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