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Language Points ;v. 教育 It is not easy to educate teenagers. 教育青少年不是件容易的事。 ;训练;2. expense n.??费用;用法： expense作不可数名词，统指金钱的“开销”，时间和力的“消耗”，常与“the”或“of”连用。 They can’t afford the expense of education. 他们担负不起教育费用。 expense作可数名词，指一笔一笔地用钱，“经费”或“津贴”，习惯上用单数。 We must keep down non-productive expense. 我们得缩减非生产性开支。;cost与expense的区别：;expense是指消耗、消费在时间、金钱或 精力等的花费。Expense是名词，复数 时是expenses。 △注意：expense 和 cost 是同义字有时可互用。 The expenses of the trip = The cost of the trip;练一练：;3. convince　?vt.?使某人确信，说服?;How?can?I?convince?you?of?her?honesty?? 我怎样才能使你相信她是诚实的呢？?;convince与persuade的区别：;Finally, I was _____ that all the rumors about him were true. A. convinced B. believed C. doubted D. suspected;vt.??撤回 ;撤离;承担 I am not afraid to assume the responsibility. 我不怕承担责任。;assume, guess, imagine辨析;B. guess猜测，猜想，常用词，指无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。 Can you guess at the price? 你能猜猜价钱是多少吗？ C. imagine想像，指无根据、随意想象可在脑海中构成的清晰明确的图像。 I can imagine the scene quite clearly. 我能很清楚的想象出那个情景。 ;用assume, guess, imagine填空。 I can’t _______ what he looks like. Let us _______ it to be true. ______ what I have in my bag?;2) 从事 ;be engaged in (doing) sth.忙于做某事;Are you engaged? 你结婚了吗/你忙吗 ;be engaged in doing sth. 作“从事”讲，其 中engaged是表语形容词；be engaged to do sth. 则是“被任用”的意思，是被动 式。 He is engaged in writing a book on English usage. 他正在编写一本讲英语用法的书。 He is engaged to write a book on English usage. 他被约编写一本讲英语用法的书。; be engaged to 订婚 John is engaged to Mary. 约翰同玛丽定了婚。 engage in 参加 They engaged in conversation. 他们参加了谈话。 注意：engage含有“占有”的意思； take up也作“占有”解。;1. Studying _______ most of a serious student’s time. A. engages B. takes C. spends D. pays for