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Words and Expressions 1. mow Collocations: mow the lawn lawn mower Note: Associating this word with other expressions which appear in text that are connected with a gardener’s work, e.g., to weed the garden, to sweep the walks, to clean up the yard, to take care of little tasks, to lift heavy objects, to fix things. T can write on blackboard the verbs and the noun phrases, then ask students to give the right collocations. 2. turn away: refuse to help or allow in 1）Hundreds have been turned away from the stadium because there are no more tickets. (因为没有票，上百人进不了体育馆) 2）He’s my friend after all. I can’t just turn him away when he is in trouble. (他毕竟是我的朋友，在他有难的时候我不能置之不理) ★Other verb phrases with turn: ●turn down: make less bright, less loud etc; refuse (把…关小, 把…调低; 拒绝) 1) Please turn down the radio___ it’s far too loud! 2) His application for the loan was turned down. 3) He was offered the job but he turned it down because it involved too much traveling. ●turn out: make, produce; come out or gather for a meeting, public event; prove (制造,生产; 出动,到场,出席; 结果是) 1) The factory can turn out a hundred cars a day. 2) The whole town turned out to welcome the winning team when they came back with the cup. (获胜的队伍捧杯归来时, 全镇的人都出来欢迎他们. He turned out to be right. (结果是他对) ●turn over: capsize (倾覆, 翻倒) A big wave turned the boat over. (一个大浪把小船打翻了) Note: T can also mention other phrases familiar to students, such as turn back(往回走), turn in (上交), turn on, turn off, turn up( 出现, 来到; 开响些, 开亮些, 与之对应的是turn down) . assume: suppose Note: In teaching vocabulary, T can give students different settings and ask them to use the words and phrases in question to make or complete sentences, e.g., T: When there’s no sufficient evidence to prove sb guilty, we must… S: We must assume him to be innocent. (假定他是清白的) T: I think that the present situation is going to continue, use assume to reorganize this sentence. S: I assume that the present situation is going to continue. Other collocations: as