[英语学习]Unit 6——Text A实用英语综合教程 上海交大出版社 课件.pptVIP

Exercise VII.1 Focus1 Section 1 Exercise VII.2 Focus1 Section 1 1. Taking On (the title) 雇用 take on: to employ 雇用；承担，从事；呈现（面貌） e.g. (1) We’ll be taking on two new members of staff. 我们打算雇两名新职员。 (2) We need to take on twenty more workers. 我们需要再雇20名工人。 (3) I can’t take on any extra work. 我不能承担任何额外工作。 本文的标题只有take on，而具体雇用谁没有讲。看完全文，我们得知主人公雇用了当年解雇他的雇主。当然，take on sb. 还有“start quarrel with sb. 开始和某人争吵、作对、较量”等意义。 e.g. The trade union made the mistake of trying to take on the government. 工会犯了试图和政府抗争的错误。 所以此标题也可理解为作者被原来的老板解雇后，又自找出路，后来又和原来的老板狭路相逢 2. He didn’t take to the idea at all. 他一点也不喜欢这种感觉。 take to: to start liking sb./sth. 开始喜欢，对……产生好感 e.g. (1) I don’t take to my boss. 我不喜欢我的老板。 (2) The girl will never take to football. 那个女孩永远也不会喜欢足球。 (3) I take to your idea. 我赞赏你的主意。 3. ...assuring him as he did so that it wouldn’t take up much of his time. ……同时向他保证不会占用他太多时间。 assure: vt. 向……保证；说服，使……相信 该词的常用结构有assure sb. that…，assure sb. of sth.。 e.g. (1) I assure you that there is no danger. 我向你保证没有危险。 (2) She assured them that she would be all right. 她向他们保证她不会有事。 (3) She assured me of his readiness to help. 她使我相信他愿意帮忙。 注意：assure的宾语通常是人或人称代词，所以不能直接跟that引导的从句。本句不是so+that的句型，而是assure him…that…的结构，中间插入了as引导的状语从句“as he did so”，这里as相当于when，表示“当……时候”。 4. ...if he wished, he could take the matter up with the managing director. ……如果他愿意，他可以和总经理谈谈这件事。 take the matter up with sb.: （口头或书面）向某人提出某事 e.g. (1) I will take the matter up with the manager. 我将向经理提出此事。 (2) You will have to take the matter up with your boss. 你得向你的老板提出这一问题。 5. In other words, Charlie was being asked to take himself off as quickly as possible. 换句话说，查理被要求尽快走人。 take sb. off: to leave a place; to make sb. leave a place（使）离去，走掉，带走 e.g. (1) He took himself off immediately after lunch. 午饭后他马上离开了。 (2) She took me off to see her garden. 她带我去看她的花园。 6. It took several minutes before Charlie could really take in the news. 好几分钟后，查理才明白过来。 若主句是否定形式，意为“没过多久就……”。 e.g. (1)