B4Unit4语言点.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * S R _ Reading _ word _add to add to: increase 大米的价格最近几月急速上涨，增添了穷人的痛苦。 The strike is adding to the chaos, but it is not causing it. Rice prices have risen sharply over recent months, adding to the pain of the poor. S R _ Reading _ word _upside upside: n. an advantageous aspect 恼人的是我们星期四才能旅行, 但好处是票价会更便宜。 The upside of the whole thing is that we got a free trip to Africa. It’s annoying that we can’t travel until Thursday, but the upside is that the fare’s cheaper then. NB: upside 的反义词是 “downside”, 意为 “不利方面，缺点”。例如：The downside of the book is that it is written in a rather boring style. 这本书的缺点是，它的写作风格太单调。 S R _ Reading _ word _blow up blow up: damage or destroy violently 海盗威胁要炸毁船只。 We need to blow up the old bridge and build a new one. The pirates threatened to blow up the ship. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * D R _ word _endorse endorse: vt. give support or approval to The Prime Minister is unlikely to endorse this view. I fully endorse the measures taken to improve safety standards. Collocation： 赞成提议/想法/候选人 endorse a proposal / an idea/a candidate 背书支票 endorse a cheque D R _ word _erase1 erase: vt. remove by or as if by rubbing, wipe out 没有什么东西可以使他忘记那件事。 Nothing can erase the incident from his memory. Their dream is to erase poverty and injustice from the world. erase 指 “把写的或画的痕迹擦去或刮掉”, 用于比喻意义时, 指“从记忆中抹去”, 例如: erase, delete 这两个动词都有“去掉，抹去”之意。 CF: He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案, 写上了正确答案。 erase 指 “把写的或画的痕迹擦去或刮掉”, 用于比喻意义时, 指“从记忆中抹去”, 又如： delete 指“去掉、擦掉(字迹等)”、“勾掉、删掉(字句等)”, 例如: D R _ word _erase2 没有什么东西可以使他忘记那件事。 erase, delete 这两个动词都有“去掉，抹去”之意。 CF: Nothing can erase the incident from his memory. 如果你删去几个字, 我们可把整个故事写在一页上。 If you delete several words, we can put the whole story on one page. D R _ word _accelerate accelerate: v. (cause to) move faster or happen earlier 选手们跑过弯道时平稳地加速。 The runners accelerated smoothly round the bend. The runners acce