大学英语精读第二册 Unit2.pptVIP

Be short of= not having enough of 缺少，缺乏；距离，还差 e.g. We didn’t buy anything because we were short of money. (因为手头紧，我们什么也没买。) 2. They said that the company was short of men. (他们说这个公司缺少人手。 ) 3. The car broke down when we were still five miles short of our destination. (当我们离目的地还有5英里时，车坏了。 ) Smell of= have/give out the smell of有…的气味，散发…的气味；闻起来象…… e.g. 1. You must have drunk somewhere. Your breath smells of wine. (你肯定在哪里喝过酒，你呼出的有酒味。) 2. My hands smell of fish. (我手上有鱼腥味。) 另外，have a smell of… 有…的意味 Judging by= forming an opinion based on… 从…来判断(用于说出某事或考虑某事的原因) e.g. 1. Judging by the look on his face, I would say he passed! (从他脸上的表情看，我敢说他及格了。) attach importance to= consider important, pay a lot attention to… 重视 e.g. Chinese government attaches much importance to economic development of rural areas. (中国政府相当重视农村地区的经济发展。) in common= shared with someone else 共有的，共同的 have…in common，意为“与…有共同之处”，共享。e.g. 1. The twins have a lot in common. (这对双胞胎有许多共同之处。) 2. I haven’t a thing in common with my father. (我与我父亲没有任何共同点。) have与 in common搭配，之间可以加表示程度的词，以指明共同点的多少：have little in common 没有什么共同之处；have sth. In common有共同之处；have nothing in common 毫无共同之处 consist of...= be made up of…由…构成，由…组成；包含 e.g. 1. A university consists of teachers, administrators and students. (大学由教师、行政人员和学生组成。) 2. This porridge consists of tomatoes, meat and peas. (这粥是用番茄、肉和豌豆做的。) 注意: 该词组与make up不同，它不能用于被动语态 in turn= one after another 轮流，依次 e.g. 1. They answered the teacher’s questions in turn. (他们轮流回答老师的问题。) 2. I shall hear you all in turn. (我一个个地听你们说。) That was the last straw…= This was really too much to bear any longer 这真叫人无法忍受下去了。 注：the last straw= the difficulty, trouble, etc. that makes the total unbearable when it is added to one’s present difficulties or troubles (from the story in which the last straw broke the laden camel’s back) (在现有苦难之外增加的)叫人再也无法忍受的困难或苦难等(源于“最后一根稻草压断了骆驼背”的故事) Before 的用法和意义 1. before和情态动词can/could连用,表示“…才…”, “还没有来得及…就…”; before从句虽为肯定形式, 根据汉语表达习惯可译为否定形式.把before从句理解为“还没来得及做某事’’, 主