2. dead, deadly, dying

　 三個(gè)詞都可以作形容詞，但含義各不相同。dead意

　 為“死了”，反義詞是alive，表示死亡狀態(tài)；deadly意

　 為“致命的”表示抽象意義；dying意為“臨死的”。

　 The dog has been dead for hours.

　 這條狗死了幾個(gè)小時(shí)了。

　That is a deadly snake. 這是一條致命的蛇。

　 The dying man tried to my mmething.

　 這個(gè)快死的人試圖想說(shuō)什么。

　 [注意] dead，dying可在前面加 the 作名詞用；deadly

　 還有“死氣沉沉”之意。如：

　 The dead (dying) were being taken away from the

　 spot.

　 當(dāng)時(shí)死者 (快死的人) 正從現(xiàn)場(chǎng)被抬走。

　 The lecture is deadly. Many began to leave.

　 演講太沉悶了。許多人開(kāi)始離開(kāi)。

1. persuade, advise

　 兩個(gè)詞都有“勸”之意，persuade表示結(jié)果，advise只

　 強(qiáng)調(diào)動(dòng)作。

　 We advised (or: tried to persuade) him to stop talking,

　 but hc refused.

　 我們勸(試圖勸服)他別談了但他不聽(tīng)。

　 I persuade him to stop smoking. tie now looks better.

　 我勸服他戒了煙�，F(xiàn)在他看f：去更健康了。

　 [注意] persuade 表示“說(shuō)服某人做／不做某事”除了

　 persuade sb. to / not to do...結(jié)構(gòu)，還有persuade sb.

　 into doing sth. / out of doing sth. 如：

　 He persuaded me into leaving soon.

　 他勸服我馬上離開(kāi)。

5. He promised to attend to the cause ____ he

　　 reached the office.

　 　　A. in a moment　　　 B. the moment

　　　 C. in case　　　　　　 D. as far as

　　 ☆詞語(yǔ)比較☆

4. I don't mind picking up your things from the store.

　 ____, the walk will do me good.

　　　 A. Still　　　　　　　 B. Worse still

　　　 C. Besides　　　　　　 D. However

3. I have tried to keep his advice in ____ when

　 writing this book.

　　 A. head　　　　　　　 B. heart

　　　 C. mind　　　　　　　　 D. brain

2. We will ____ a chance on the weather and have

　 the party outdoors.

　　 A. take　　　　　　　 B. try

　　 C. get　　　　　　　　 D. make

1. Nothing definite has been arranged ____ its per-

　 formance.

　　 A. as if　　　　　　　 B. as for

　　 C. as with　　　　　　 D. as to

9. suffer from 受……苦，遭……難，患……病

　 Most part of the country suffered fromthe heavy flood.

　 這個(gè)國(guó)家的大部分地區(qū)遭受?chē)?yán)重水災(zāi)。

　 His mother suffers from heart trouble.

　 他母親患心臟病。

[牛刀小試2]

14. make sure: to establish something without doubt;

　　 make certain 弄清楚；確保

　　 Make sure he writes it down.

　　 讓他一定記下來(lái)。

　　 sure adj. (常與of，that連用) 確信的；肯定的

　　 Please make sure that the house is locked before you

　　 leave.

　　 請(qǐng)你確信是鎖上房間后才離開(kāi)的。

　 I'm not sure about the practicality of their plan.

　 我還無(wú)法確定他們的那個(gè)計(jì)劃的可行性如何。

　 (與to連用) 一定的；必定的

　 We are sure to benefit from the new timetable.

　 我們肯定會(huì)得益于新的作息時(shí)間表。

　 There's sure to be a fuss when the owner of the house

　 finds the window's broken.

　 房子的主人發(fā)現(xiàn)窗子被人打破時(shí)準(zhǔn)會(huì)大吵大鬧的。

　 sure adv. 一定地；必定地；無(wú)疑地

　 It sure was cold.

　 的確是冷。

　 The teacher makes sure, too, that the child gets

　 enough rest and play, along with his education.

　 教師還要保證每個(gè)孩子在接受教育的同時(shí)有充分

　 的時(shí)間休息和游戲。

　 He said he would come with his wife, and sure enough

　 he did.

　 他說(shuō)他會(huì)帶著妻子一起來(lái)的，果然他們來(lái)了。

[考點(diǎn)4]make things / matters worse 使事情更糟

① to make matters worse = what's worse = worse still

　 更糟的是

② what's more = besides 此外；而且

[例句] I realized that anything I could say would only

make matters worse. 我意識(shí)到只要我說(shuō)話就會(huì)添亂子。

It got dark, and to make things worse it began to rain.

天黑了，更糟的是又開(kāi)始下起雨來(lái)。

▲ 辨析：make things worse是動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，而to make

matters worse是副詞短語(yǔ)。

[考例4]He seemed to have no desire to go there;

____, his clothes were not good enough.

　　 A. what's worse　　 B. what's more

　　 C. thus　　 D. therefore

[考查目標(biāo)] 此題主要考查副詞在句意中的理解問(wèn)題。

[答案與解析]B　 題意是：他似乎不想去那里，此外，他

的衣服也不夠好。

[考點(diǎn)3]與 mind 有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)

① keep / bear / carry…in mind記住

② have...in mind心中在想

③ have a mind to do sth 打算做某事

④ keep one's mind on / upon 聚精會(huì)神

⑤ make up one's mind(s) 下決心

⑥ Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見(jiàn)，心不煩(諺語(yǔ))。

[例句] At this point I can't undertake to accept your

suggestion，but l will keep it in mind. 在這一點(diǎn)上，我

不能保證接受你的建議，但我會(huì)把它記在心里。

Judging his achievement, we must bear in mind that hc

has had no previous experience of this kind of work. 判

斷他的成績(jī)時(shí)，我們要記住他以前并沒(méi)有做過(guò)這種工

作的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

What do you have in mind? 你在想什么?

[考例3]I could see he was not telling me all be

____ in mind.

　　 A. kept　 　B. had

　　 C. carried　　 D. made

[考查目標(biāo)]此題主要考查短語(yǔ)的辨義和短語(yǔ)的搭配問(wèn)

題。

[答案與解析]B　 C、D兩項(xiàng)顯然錯(cuò)誤。題意是：我能看

出他沒(méi)有把他所想的告訴我。

[考點(diǎn)5]與moment有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)

① for the moment 暫時(shí) = for the present

② for a moment 片刻

③ in a moment 不久，立刻．馬上

④ at the moment 此時(shí)．現(xiàn)在

⑤ the moment 一……就……= the minute / instant

[例句] We aren't going to make any change for the mo-

ment. 我們暫時(shí)不做任何改變。

The new couple are traveling abroad at the moment. 那

對(duì)新婚夫婦跟下正在國(guó)外旅行。

[考例5](2001京、蒙、皖春招)

-- Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed

　 her?

-- Yes, I gave it to her ____ I saw her.

　　 A. while　　 B. the moment

　　 C. suddenly　　 D. once

[考查目標(biāo)] 此題主要考查連詞問(wèn)題。

[答案與解析]B　 先排除C項(xiàng)，因?yàn)閟uddenly是副詞，

不能引導(dǎo)從句。從上下句看。所欠的錢(qián)已還過(guò)，而且

是．一看見(jiàn)她就還了，所以又排除D項(xiàng)，因?yàn)閛nce舍有

條件意味。while強(qiáng)調(diào)一段時(shí)間。

12. in honor of (in sb's honor) 為了……紀(jì)念／慶祝，對(duì)

　 ……表示敬意／歡迎

　 A banquet was given in honor of the visiting president.

　 舉行宴會(huì)歡迎來(lái)訪的總統(tǒng)。

　 A birthday party is being planned in our teacher's

　 honor.

　 正在為我們的老師籌劃一個(gè)生日聚會(huì)。

　 試比較：for the honor of... (為了……榮譽(yù))

　 He will try his best for the honor of his school.

　 他會(huì)為學(xué)校的榮譽(yù)而努力。

　 類似用法 in memory of (為了……紀(jì)念)，如：

　 The statue was built in memory of Mr. LuXun.

　 這個(gè)雕塑是為紀(jì)念魯迅先生而建的。