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核心短语精讲 5. switch on 【原句】Then I get up, go downstairs and switch on the TV in the living room. (P8) 【词义】switch on意为“打开(电器等的)开关”。 【反义词组】switch off，意为“关闭(电器等)”。 【近义词组】switch on和switch off分别可以用_______ on和_______ off替换。 Keys: turn; turn 【拓展】switch over表示“换频道；转换”。 【例句】 Please switch on the TV set. I’d like to watch the talk show. 请打开电视，我想看那个谈话节目。 It’s too late now. Please switch off the TV set and go to bed. 太晚了，请关上电视去睡觉。 Please switch over to Channel 8. I’d like to watch the TV series. 请换到第八频道。我要看电视连续剧。 【即学即练Her friend has recently switched __________ to the night shift (夜班), so they seldom work together. 2) Having heard the strange sound in the dark, I got up and switched _______ my bedside light to have a look. 6. go off 【原句】I normally wake up about five minutes before my alarm clock goes off. (P9) 【词义】 go off是一个多义词组，在此处表示“(闹钟响即学即练例句The alarm went off suddenly and surprised me. ________ 2) Everything is going off well as planned. ________ 3) The milk has gone off. Don’t drink it. ________ 7. take up 【原句】Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day. (P9) 【词义】take up在此处表示“占用/占据时间或空间”。 【例句】 The old coach takes up too much room. 这张旧沙发占太多的地方了。 Playing computer games takes up most of his free time. 玩游戏占了他大部分的业余时间。 【拓展】take up还可表示“拿起；开始喜欢上从事(某项活动)”等。 [例句] The little boy took up his schoolbag and ran for home. 小男孩拿起书包朝家中跑去。 She took up acting when she was still young. 她年轻时就开始喜欢上演戏了。 【即学即练’m sorry but I won’t take up much of your time. _____________________________ 2) The man took up his wallet on the table and hurried out. _____________________________ 3) Mr Smith took up playing the piano at the age of eighteen. _____________________________