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Unit 3 Father Knows Better Language Study ( Words and Expressions know better: behave in a more sensible and acceptable way (pattern: know better than sb. Know better than to do sth. ( He is old enpugh to know better(than others). 他年纪大，足够明事理。 ( He knows better than to judge by apperance. 他很明事理，不至于以貌取人。 location: n. a place or position (Witnesses showed the police the exact location of the accident. 目击者向警察指出事故发生的确切地点。 (The school is going to move to a new location. 学校将会迁到新地点。 embarrass：vt. make sb. feel awkward or ashamed (I chose my words carefully in order to avoid embarrassing anyone. 我小心措辞，以免让人尴尬。 (It embarrased him that he had to give a talk in front of a lot of people. 他得在很多人面前演讲，这使他尴尬。 adj. embarrassed embarrassing (I don’t like making speeches in public. It’s so embarrassing. 我不喜欢在众人前演讲。这太（令人）尴尬了。 (I was really embarrassed when I couldn’t answer the teacher’s question. 当回答不出老师的问题时，我真的（感到）很尴尬。 dumb:adj.( informl ) foolish (Don’t be so dumb. You can’t get a loan from the bank if you are laid-off. 别太傻了。如果你下岗了是不能得到银行贷款的。 2）unable to speak (Children born deaf and dumb can nowadays be taught to speak and lip-read. 天生的聋哑孩子现今可以被教说话和读唇语。 (The terrible news struck us all dumb. 这个糟糕的消息惊得我们哑口无言。 consist of: be made up of (The committee consists of scientists and engineers. 委员会由一些科学家和工程师构成。 ( collocation： consist in 在于 (The beauty of the artist’s style consists in its simplicity. 艺术家的风格上的美在于它的简朴。 (CF: consist, compose, comprise, and constitute consist: 不及物动词，与介词of一起连用，不可用于被动语态。consist 的主语表示事物的整体；of后面的宾语表示事物的组成部分。 (Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. 水由氢和氧构成。 (North