新編英语教程UnitThree(toss).docVIP

PAGE PAGE 6 Unit 3 Text I Writing Skills This text is an excerpt from a short story. It is a piece of narrative writing, in which a fact is woven into fiction, giving an impossibility a plausible explanation, thus making the story interesting and intriguing. II. Language Points put sb./sth. in/ under/ to the care of e.g. I’ll put/ leave the matter in/ under/ to the care of the teacher. imaginary imaginative imaginable e.g. This is an imaginary story. Actors are imaginative. What he will say is imaginable. subtract ① subtract (v.): take…away from e.g. What will you get if you ~ 4 from 6? Please ~ a quarter of the money for your own use. The boss will ~ half of your salary if you don’t come to work for 10 days. ② subtraction [u] the process of subtracting e.g. The ~ of 2 from 10 is 8. [c] e.g. 10-2=8 is a simple subtraction. consent ① v. give agreement or permission e.g. He tried to persuade her father but he refused to ~. I’m sure he wouldn’t ~. ~ to (doing) sth. e.g. My father would not ~ to my leaving school. She ~ed to the proposal. Her father did not ~ to her marrying a foreigner. Her parents refused to ~ to her marriage . ~ to do sth. e.g Do you ~ to stay on? He ~ed to make a few alterations. ② n. agreement, permission e.g. Silence means ~. He married without his parents’ ~. give sb. one’s ~ by common ~ 公认 5. carry/gain one’s point: persuade others to agree to one’s purpose or objective 说服别人同意自己的目标，达到目的 bid , bade, bid/ bidden v. A. bid, bade, bid/bidden say e.g. Do you ~ your parents good morning when you see them? My hostess came to the door to ~ me farewell. command; tell ~ sb. to do sth. e.g. He bade me to hold my tongue. I you to join our party. He bade me to come in. Do as you are bid (bidden). B. bid, bid, bid make an offer of money, as at an auction e.g. Will anyone ~ 5 pounds for this painting? She 200 dollars for the rug. state a price for doing sth. e.g. The firm decided to ~ on t