大学英语精读1Lesson9知识要点.pptVIP

see sth. of sb. (para 6) v. phr. [T] to see or be with sb. to the stated degree 见到某人，和某人来往 e.g. Where’s Dave? I’ve seen nothing of him (have not seen him) all week. e.g. They’re good friends and see a lot of each other. 他们是好朋友，经常来往。 turn up (para7) v. phr. [T] (A) to increase the force, speed, loudness, etc. (B) to find by thoroughly searching 发现，挖掘出 e.g. turn up a lot of new information (C) to shorten by folding up 卷起，折起 e.g. turn up the shirt sleeves v. phr. (A) to appear, arrive e.g. He promised to come, but hasn’t turned up yet to bring to the surface (B) to happen, occur unexpectedly and fortunately e.g. He’s still waiting for something to turn up. get into one’s stride (para 8) to begin to work or do sth. effectively and well as a result of experience, interest, etc. 有效专心努力地工作 stride vi. [adv./prep.] to walk or cross with long steps 迈大步走 n. (A) a long step in walking (B) an advance or development e.g. make great /considerable strides take sth. in one’s stride to accept and deal with an unpleasant situation without difficulty 轻松胜任，轻松应付 e.g. take everything in his stride adapt (para 8) v. [I; T (to, for)] to make or become suitable for new needs, conditions, etc. （使）适应，（使）适合 e.g. Some animals have a remarkable ability to adapt to changing environments. e.g. When we moved to France, the children adapted to the change very well. word family: adaptable, adaptability, adaptation, adapter downplay (para 8) vt. to attach little importance to, play down 减低重要性，贬低 e.g. Most of the newspaper reports downplayed the significance of this accident. 大部分新闻报道对这次意外事件的重要性都轻描淡写 地一笔带过。 disability (para 8) n. the state of being disabled; handicap word family able: adj. unable: adj. enable: v.使能够 disable: v.使无能为力， 尤指使残疾 disabled: adj. crippled 残废的 term (para 9) n. (A) a fixed period of time 期间 e.g. a term of imprisonment (B) [BrE] (of school) any of the thre