第三版《大学英语》1Unit2.pptVIP

Part Two He did not listen.: He did not pay any attention to / He was not influenced by what others said. set off: begin a journey; start The children set off for school. 孩子们上学去了。 他们动身去了黄山。 They set off on a trip to Huang Shan. Part Two in spite of: regardless of They kept going in spite of their fears. 他们不顾害怕继续前进 尽管下雨我还是出去了。 I went out in spite of the rain. 尽管有极大困难，我们还是成功地完成计划。 In spite of great difficulties we succeeded in carrying our plans through. Part Two attempt: n. effort to do sth. Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. 一年多的时间过去之后，才作了首次尝试。 她试着做这顿饭。 She made an attempt to cook the dinner. v. try to do sth. The boys attempted to leave for camping but were stopped by their parents. 男孩子们想去野营但被他们的父母们拦住了。 Part Two dissuade sb. from doing sth.: prevent sb. From doing sth. by giving reasons I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares. 我曾设法劝她不要投资于股票交易。 那位父亲劝阻他的儿子辍学。 The father dissuaded his son from leaving school. 他很容易就接受劝告不走了。 He was easily dissuaded from going. Part Two by far: by a large degree (usually used to modify a superlative or comparative degree adjective or adverb) She is by far better than Jim at spelling. 她在拼写方面比吉姆好得多。 By far the shortest way to learn a language is to begin by speaking it. 学习某种语言最简便的方式就是开始用这种语言进行口头表达。 Part Two so … that …: to (or in) such a degree that … It is so quiet in the room that you can hear the drop of a pin. 房间里静得连(地上)掉根针都能听见。 她跑的很快，我们都跟不上她。 She ran so fast that we couldn’t catch up with her. 他说话的声音很大，大厅里所有的人都能听清。 He spoke so loud that all people in the hall could hear him. Part Two turn over: bring the bottom to the top / vice versa A big wave turned the boat over. 一道汹涌的波浪把小船打翻。 fortunately: luckily Fortunately the train was on time. 幸好火车按时到达。 Fortunately this has not happened. 幸运的是,这一情况并未发生。 Part Two contact: vt. get in touch with She contacted me as soon as she arrived in Beijing. 她一到北京就和我联系了。 n. state of touching or communication She comes into contact with many old c