英语单词课件.ppt

Unit3 Inventors and inventions words and phrases call sb up: 1.to make a telephone call to sb; 给某人打电话 2. to make sb do their training in the army or fight in the war; 应征入伍 Call sth up: 1. to recall; 使回忆起，使想起 2. to use sth that is scored or kept available 调用储存 call up (1)给---打电话 call up sb/ call sb up=ring sb up/ring up sb 当我给我妈妈打电话时候，我非常的伤感。 When I called up my mother on the telephone，I was very upset. （2）使想起；使回忆起 这张照片使我想起了我的童年。 The picture called me up my childhood. 相关短语: 挂断电话：ring off/ hang up 回复电话：call back/ ring back hold/ hang on（1）别挂断；稍等（2）紧紧握住 hang around/ about闲逛；陪伴 接电话：answer the phone 有某人的电话：sb be wanted on the phone call相关短语： call up/ call in/ for/off (cancel)/ on sb to do sth/ on sb=drop in on sb/ at sp= drop in at sp 2.now and then偶尔；有时 = sometimes/ at times/ from time to time/ once in a while 我有时会见到他们，但是并不经常。 I see them now and then, but not often. time 相关短语： at a time/ at one time; at no time/ in no time; on time/ in time; sometimes/ sometime; some time/ some times; all the time 3.distinguish区分，辨别，分清 把…...与…...加以分开 distinguish…from … =distinguish between … and … 她能辨别是非吗 ？ Could she distinguish right from wrong? 很难辨认出他和他的孪生兄弟。 It is hard to distinguish him from his twin brother. distinguish oneself 使著名，使出众，使受人青睐 她在音乐方面成就出众。 She distinguished herself in music. 4.merciful宽大的；仁慈的；慈悲的 be merciful to 他想起老师曾经对他很仁慈。 He recalled that the teacher had been merciful to him then. (mercy; mercifully) have mercy on sb= show mercy to sb怜悯--- at the mercy of任由---摆布或控制；对---无能为力 ask/ beg for mercy请求/乞求宽恕 without mercy残忍的 mercy killing安乐死 Now and then : from time to time, occasionally; 偶尔，有时，时常； 他们对人质丝毫不讲道德。 They showed no mercy to the hostages. 上帝怜悯我们吧。 God has mercy on us. 我们受制于天气。 We are at the mercy of the weather. 我不想任由银行摆布。 I’m not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank. 5.set about doing sth开始；着手 =set out to do/ get down to doing/ take up/ undertake 地震以后，人们开始着手重建家园。 After the earthquake, the people se