新视野大学英语1unit3words.ppt

Lean on 他们有困难的时候总寻求我们的帮助。 They always lean on us when they are in trouble. The minister leaned on his advisers for information and advice. 这位部长依靠他的顾问提供信息和建议。 3. keep/ lose one’s balance 保持/ 失去平衡 It’s difficult to keep one’s balance on an icy pavement. 人行道上结了冰，要想不摔倒可不容易。 4. catch./ throw sb off balance: 摇摇欲坠 I was caught off balance by the sudden wind and nearly fell. 突然一阵风把我吹得东摇西晃险些摔倒。 5. on balance 考虑周全，总得来看 Despite some failures, our firm has had a quite good year on balance. 我们公司虽然有些不足之处，但总的来看这一年还是相当不错的。 severe ~ on/with sb: 严格的；苛刻的，纪律严明的： Was the judge too severe on the thief？ Very bad，intense，difficult，etc 非常恶劣，紧张，困难等： a severe storm severe pain inward： Tony breathed inward sigh of relief. 托尼暗自松了一口气。 The door opened inward into the backyard. 这扇门往里面开，通向后院。 cripple v. The car crash crippled him for life. 那次车祸使他终身残废。 He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life. n. We put wheels on these chairs so that cripples could use them to move from one place to another. bother： n． We had a lot of bother finding a vacant apartment. 我们费了不少周折才找到一套空闲的公寓。 V． I can’t bother him with my litter affairs. 我不能因自己的那点小事去打扰他。 coordinate： Children have to learn to coordinate eye and hand movements. 儿童要学习协调眼与手的动作一致。 We must coordinate our efforts to help the flood victims. 我们必须同心协力以援助遭水灾的灾民。 halt： n．Work was bought to a halt when the machine broke down. 机器出了毛病，工作便停下来了。 The search halted overnight, then resumed next day. 搜寻停了一晚上，第二天有继续了。 bring sth to a halt （come to a halt； call a halt to sth） 中断，停止 impatient： He gets impatient with people who don’t agree with him. Be impatient at sth./ with sb. 对……不耐烦的，无耐性的 Be impatient to do sth./ for sth. 热切（要做某事或期待某事） E.g. impatient to begin. 迫不及待地开始 Be impatient of sth. 对某事不能忍受 pace : She slow down her pace so I could keep up with her. 她放慢脚步好让我份上她。 The work progressed at a slow pace. 这