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Language Study Unit 6 Book 4 1．quantities of: a large amount of The key to staying healthy and strong when backpacking (挑运) is to eat large quantities of energy-rich foods. 在寒冷的冬天，大部分动物必须通过吃大量的食物来获得维持正常生命活动的能量。 In cold weather most animals must eat large quantities of food to obtain the energy needed to carry on normal body activities. Collocation: a large quantity of 大量的 2. eat into: gradually reduce the amount of (sth. valuable); damage or destroy Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface. His extravagances ate into his inheritances. Collocation: eat out of 吃光… 3. in reality: in actual fact; really He became that country’s ruler both in name and reality. Some famous private schools are theoretically open to the public, but in reality are attended by those who can afford the fees. Collocation: accept reality 承认事实 deny reality 否认事实 face reality 面对事实 4. multiply: v. 1) increase in number or quantity Fear multiplies the difficulties of life. In a few minutes people in the square multiplied into thousands. 2) add a number to itself a particular number of times Multiplying large quantities in one’s head has become a lost art since the arrival of the calculator. 我们可以将高乘以宽以求出面积。 We could multiply the height by the width to determine the area. CF: multiply, increase add 这几个词都是动词，都有“增加”、“增大”之意。 multiply 常指自然生殖或同类事物的不断重复而造成的增加，也可以指大幅度或成倍的增加。例如： Rabbits multiply rapidly. 兔子繁殖很快。 increase 是最普通的用语，表示通过增加数量或自然增大而在数目、规模、分量、程度等方面的增长，常含有递进性或按比例增加之意。例如： The volume of trade between the two countries has been increasing each year. 两国间的贸易额每年都在递增。 5. comparative: adj. involving comparison or comparing Some sociologists havec arried out large-scale historical-comparative studies. Etiology is a science concerned with the comparative study of animal behavior. 6. amount to: be equal to; add up to In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports