Unit-2-The-nited-Kingdom---Reading-优秀课件.pptVIP

1) credit既是可数名词 ，又是不可数名词, 其常见意思是 “赊购（制度）；称赞；学分。” 如： No credit is given to this restaurant. 本店概不赊账。 This shop gives three months’ interest-free credit. 这家商店允许三个月的无息赊欠购物。 There was little credit given to those who had worked the hardest. 那些工作最努力的人几乎没有受到什么表扬。 He earned enough credits for his degree. 他为获得学位取得了足够的学分。 credit 也可以作动词，表示“信；把…….归功于”。如： Do you credit what that politician said? 你相信那个政客说的话吗？ to one’s credit 值得赞扬； 为某人增光。如： It is greatly to his credit that Arthur gave back the money he found. 亚瑟拾金不昧是非常值得赞扬的。 注意 2) work together是一个习惯用语, 不能按字面意思直译。work 在此处的被译为“起反应, 起作用” 由动词work构成的词组： work well 做得好 work sth. in/into sth. 设法把...加进 work at something 从事 work out 算出 work one’s will on /upon somebody 将某人的意志强加给别人 6. England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones. 在这四个国家中, 英格兰最大, 为了方便起见, 它大致被分为了三个地区。 　1) convenience n. 方便, 便利 I keep my reference books near my desk for convenience. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 为了图方便, 我把参考书放在书桌前。 ＜习惯搭配＞ at one’s convenience 在方便的时候 for (the sake of) convenience 为了方便起见 make a convenience of sb. (乘机)利用某人 　　　　 ＜拓展＞ convenient adj. 适合需要的, 方便的 a convenient place/ time It is an inconvenient time to come. I can’t see him now; it’s not convenient. Will it be convenient for you to start work tomorrow? 2) divide into 分开 The students in the class were divided into four groups before they started the game. 班里的学生被分为四组，开始做游戏。 How can you divide this line into 20 equal parts? 你怎样把这线段分成20等份？ 7. It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.. 可惜这些在十九世纪建立起来的工业城市却对游客没有吸引力。 attract vt. 吸引；引起注意 What first attracted me to her was her sense of humour. 她首先吸引我的是她的幽默。 I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad. 我总是向往去国外工作。 attraction n. 　 1) 吸引，引力; 2) 吸引人的东西; 喜闻乐见的东西; 精彩节目 attractive adj. 有吸引力，诱人的 attraction of