[英语学习]lesson1_language study.ppt

Lesson 1 – Half a Day to waste time behaving in a silly way Examples: He spent the whole afternoon just fooling around. Stop fooling around otherwise you’ll never amount to anything. 7. to fool around/about闲耍，虚度光阴；鬼混（男女之间） Related expressions Phrases and Expressions To be continued on the next page. Lesson 1 – Half a Day Cf. He noticed a strange-looking person hanging about the bus stop. I hung around the station for an hour but he never showed up. The children lingered on at the zoo until the closing time. Phrases and Expressions Translation 1. 闲逛；闲荡 2. 等候 3. 逗留 Lesson 1 – Half a Day to make sth. happen Examples: Computers have brought about many changes in workplace. I offered to act as mediator and try to bring about a reconciliation between the two parties. That unpopular measure finally brought about the downfall of the government. 8. to bring about Phrases and Expressions “bring” phrases To be continued on the next page. Lesson 1 – Half a Day Phrases and Expressions Cf. bring down bring forth bring forward bring on bring out bring off bring in bring home to sb. Cf. 打倒； 击落；降低 使产生 提出；使涌现出；显示 引起，导致；使发展（或前进） 使（意义等）明白表示出来; 使成功；完成 收（庄稼）等；引来，引进（风尚等） 使某人深切地感到（或清楚地认识到） Lesson 1 – Half a Day to be the reason why sth. esp. sth. bad or unpleasant happens Examples: Two phenomena are giving rise to world-wide concern—mass unemployment and mass migration into cities. Most people argued that poverty had given rise to the crimes in the town. 9. to give rise to引起，导致 Phrases and Expressions Lesson 1 – Half a Day to make use of ; to turn to sth. (esp. sth. bad) as a solution Examples: There is no right to resort to violence when you don’t get your way. Terrorists resorted to bombing city centers as a means of achieving their political aims. Differences and disputes should be resolved through dialogue and negotiation rather than by resorting to force or terrorist actions. 10. to resor