Lesson4 expressions.ppt

1 enterprise ---project or undertaking, esp one that is difficult or needs courage ---courage and willingness to be involved in such projects His latest business enterprise has attracted a lot of attention. 他最新的企业规划引来了很多关注。 He got the job because he showed the spirit of enterprise. 他因为表现出进取精神而得到了这份工作。 她是个事业进取心很强的女人。 She is a woman of great enterprise. She may not have been the cleverest candidate but she was certainly the most enterprising. 她不是最聪明的候选人，但肯定是最有事业心的。 2 month of Sundays 我很久没有见到她了。 I’ve not seen her for/in a month of days. 3 limp He that lives with cripples learns to limp. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 4 trauma 许多士兵无法从战争的创伤中恢复。 Many soldiers never recover from the trauma of battle. 5 nothing upstairs (P2) 我毫无创造力，真是个笨蛋。 I’m really poor at creating, I’m nothing upstairs. 6 acme (P2) He reached the acme of success while quite young. 他在非常年轻的时候就达到了成功的顶点。 7 mumble (P4) What are you mumbling about? I can’t understand a word. 8 shed (P13) Most trees shed leaves in autumn. The lorry has shed its load. 蛇会定期蜕皮。 The snake sheds its skin regulary. She sheds happiness all around her. 她焕发着喜悦的神采。 台灯柔和的光线照射在桌面上。 The lamp shed soft light on the desk. cast/shed/throw light on sth (idm): make sth clearer Recent research has shed new light on the causes of the disease. 最近的研究结果对该病的病因已有了新 的了解。 小屋，车棚 a cattle-shed, a bicycle-shed, a tool-shed, a wood-shed 9 in the swim (P14) Mrs. Gibson is always in the swim if there is anything social on, her husband seems always out of the swim in politics. 只要有社会活动吉布森夫人总是踊跃参加，而她丈夫似乎对政治总是不闻不问。 10 gear (P17) The cas has four forward gears and on reverse gear. The car is in gear. (out of gear) Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence. 数以百计的警察穿着防暴服，奋力镇压暴乱。 离开前我们需要把野营的装备准备好。 We need to sort out our camping gear before we go away. Education should be geared to the children’s needs and abilities. 我们必须使我们的生活适应新的变化。 We had to gear our lives to