大二第一学期基础英语第二单元笔记.docVIP

我的顶头上司是一个典型的工作狂，一年365天每天工作10个小时以上。 (workaholic) My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round. 校长十分注重课外活动。他认为，课外活动有助于培养学生对外部世界的浓厚兴趣。 (extracurricular) The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students’ tremendous interest in the external world. 星期一早上，他总是快速冲个澡，胡乱吃块三明治，接着赶着搭出租车去上班。 (grab) He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning. 咱们赶快吃点三明治就去看电视吧。 Let’s grab a quick sandwich and watch TV. 随便找个地方坐，别客气。 Grab a seat and make yourself at home. Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week. He often stays up late night in order to finish his Ph.D. dissertation on time. Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in one’s heart of hearts. 没有什么能够取代内心深处最深切的爱。 (replace) replace sb. / sth.: take the place of (sb. / sth.) He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years. 他被认为是总裁职位的当然人选，因为他已经做了近十年出色的副总裁。(natural n.) natural: person considered ideally suited for a role, a job, an activity, etc. 他是李尔王这一角色的理想人选。 He’s a natural for the role of Lear. 她不用学跑步技巧，她天生就擅长跑步。 She doesn’t have to learn how to run: she’s a natural. He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd. 表示死的原因，die 后既可接介词 of，也可接 from, 两者的区别是： 一、 若死因存在于人体之上或之内（主要指疾病、衰老等自身的原因)，一般用介词 of。 如：die of illness (heart trouble, cancer, a fever, etc) 死于疾病 (心脏病，癌症，发烧等) 二、 若死因不是存在人体之内或之上，而是由环境造成的(主要指事故等方面的外部原因)，一般用介词 from 。 如： die from an earthquake (a traffic accident, a lightning, a stroke, etc) 死于地震(交通事故，雷击等) 三、 若死因是环境影响到体内，即两方面共有的原因，则可用 of, from 均可。如：die of [from] a drink ( a wound, overwork, starvation, hunger and cold, etc) 死于饮酒(受伤，劳累过度，饥饿，饥寒等) 很容易从人群中辨认出他，因为他个子很高。 It’s easy to pick him out in a crowd because he is very tall. worried to death; frightened to death; bored to death; starve to death obese:肥胖的 extrem