We have enough
difficulty (in) paying the rent(租金) as it is!
3. the North Pole (北极)
专有名词应大写其第一个字母。专有名词与冠词连用时, 冠词不必大写。
(1) the Huanghe
River
(2) the No. 4 Middle School
(3) the Middle East (中东)
4. find myself doing ... (发现自己在做...)
find oneself发现自己(处于某种情景之中), 不自觉地...
Dick found himself
walking in the direction of Joan's house.
5. the winds increased to the howling storm (风成为咆哮的暴风)
to 含"程度"或"结果"; 表示"界线; 范围", 作"至...; 到..."解:
(1) wet to the skin湿透
(2) be moved to tears感动得流泪
(3) be frozen to half death 冻僵
(4) clever to a wonder相当聪明
(5) do the work to the best
of one's ability尽最大努力工作
(6) fight to the last
man战至最后一人
(7) Snow fell to the depth
of a 3 feet.积雪厚达三尺。
(8) He tore the letter to
pieces.
(9) The mother sings the
child to sleep(n.).
(10) Its heart slows to half its normal speed
(11) grow to a length of 15 metres
dive(潜水) to a depth of 1000 metres
(12) The custom is limited to part of the country.
这一习俗只限于该国部分地区。
(13) He did the work to the best of his ability.
他尽最大努力做此工作。
(14) He is clever to a wonder. 他绝顶聪明。
(15) The little match girl was found frozen to death the next morning.
第二天清早, 人们发现那个卖火柴的小姑娘被冻死了。
6. The storm lay down. (暴风止歇。)
lay, lie的用法
□ lay→to put or place; to produce eggs
lay(放)→ laid → laid → laying
(1) You can lay your book on the table.
(2) Lay your work aside now.
(3) A new gas pipe was laid from Texas to Chicago last year.
(4)误Having
entered the room, the teacher lay the book on the table.
正Having entered the room, the
teacher laid the book on the table.
(5)误The books
still lay where I laid them a month before.
正The books still lay where I had
laid them a month before.
(6)误We broke the
door and found Mrs Brown laying on the floor.
正We broke the door and found Mrs Brown lying on the floor.
(7)误I just wanted
to lay down and have a rest.
正I just wanted to lie down and have
a rest.
(8) He laid the book aside, put it down and stopped reading.
□ lie(躺) → lay → lain → lying
lie(撒谎) → lied → lied →lying
7. at the top of... (在...顶部)
(1) She is at the top of the
class.
(2) Listen to that child; he
is singing at the top of his voice.
类例: at 表示地方或场所的一点。
at the bottom of the page(在这页的末端)
at the corner of the road(在路的拐角处)
at the base of the tree(在树根部)
at the end of the street(在街的尽头)
at the foot of the mountain (在山脚下)
at the top of the hill(在山顶上)
8. from under my skis(从我的滑雪板下)
介词(主要是from)还可用作名词短语, 充作另一介词的宾语。
① Please stay till after
supper.请留到晚饭后再走。
② The moon rises from behind the
hill. 月亮从山后升起。
③ The radio cannot be sold for under
twenty dollars.这部收音机低于20元不卖。
from below the
river(从河的下游)
from under the
desk(从桌子底下)
归纳from among
the crowd(从人群中)
till after examination
(到考试以后)
from behind the tree (从树后)
since before the war (自战前以来)
9. be thankful for ... (对...心存感激)
I am most (=very)
thankful to you for your help.
Bill couldn't stand on
his hands when school started, but later on he learned how.
10. stand on the leg(用腿支撑)
(1) stand on one's
hands/head
(2) lie on one's back
(仰卧)
(3) lie on one's
stomach/face
(4) lie on one's side
(侧卧)
(5) sleep on one's
side
(6) swim on one's side
(侧泳)
11. struggle to my knees (挣扎着跪起来)
struggle to
one's feet →挣扎着站起来
rise to one's
feet(站起)
get to one's
feet(站起)
take to one's
feet(走开)
spring to one's
feet (跳起)
bring someone to
one's feet (扶起)
12. make a decision (作决定)
(1) If you say to someone 'It's your choice', you mean that they are to
answer for their own actions, and that you do not want to make a decision for
them.
(2) I can't give you an answer yet. I'd like rather more time to make my
decision.
