Unit_4_Pygmalion-Reading1课件 新人教版选修八.pptVIP

▲ convince vt. to cause to believe or feel certain; to persuade 说服; 使相信; 说(某人) ① We convinced him to go by train rather than plane. 我们说服了他坐火车去,不要搭飞机。 ② I tried to convince my wife that we can’t afford a new car. 我试图说服我妻子我们买不起新车。 convinced adj. 坚信的;意志坚定的 convincing adj. 令人心服的 2. Colonel Pickering (P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task. 皮克林上校(简称P):陆军军官, 后来成为希金斯的朋友。希金斯给他安排了一项任务。 ▲ officer与official officer 主要用于指军官,也可指公司或政府机构中的高级职员; official 指政府内的文职官员,用作形容词时指“ 官方的,正式的”。 ① The offic