选修八 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Vocabulary.pptVIP

1. call up 给…打电话； 使想起…；叫醒某人;征召某人入伍； He called up the museum. The toys called up the memories of his childhood. Please call me up at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning. 拓展：与打电话有关的短语： ring / call back 回复电话 ring off 挂断电话 give sb.a ring 给某人打电话 sb.be wanted on the phone 有某人的电话 answer the phone 接电话 hang/hold on 不挂断电话 与call 相关的短语 call on / upon sb 拜访某人； call on to do 号召, 请求 / 呼吁某人做某事 Obama called on the world to sanction Iran. 奥巴马呼吁世界对伊朗进行制裁。 call at some place 访问某地；停靠某地 call sth. off 取消；叫走；转移（注意力） He has called off the trip. Call your dog off. The music in the next classroom called off his attention from his teacher. 2. now and then： from time to time Laugh Now and Then 笑口常开 I have a strange feeling now and then. 扩展 now that 既然 Now that you are here, I’ ll have to go. 3. distinguish vi. vt. 区分；辨别； 使杰出 distinguish between ... and ... 区分A和 B distinguish...from... 辨别, 使有别于 be distinguished for ... 因……而出名 You should learn to distinguish between right and wrong. You should learn to distinguish right from wrong. The twins are so alike that no one can distinguish one from the other. distinguished adj. 卓越的，著名的，杰出的; 尊贵的 distinguished guests / professor distinguishable adj. 易分辨的，能区分的 4. merciful adj. mercy n. be merciful to/towards sb / sth. 对…宽容 show mercy to sb. 对…仁慈 Without mercy 无情地 5. product n. 产品 produce n. 农产品 production n. 生产；(文学、艺术、广播)产品 6. set about (doing) sth. 开始，着手 We set about cleaning the house. 与set相关的短语 set up 建立；设立 set aside 把…放一边；抽出（时间）；驳回 Try to set aside some time to visit him. set off 点燃，引爆；发射；引起；动身(for) set off a chain rea