高级英语短语、修辞手法和课后答案Unit1、Unit2、Unit3、Unit6、Unit7、Unit12和Unit14.docx

10 10 PAGE PAGE # Unitl 【短语与表达】 Be concerned about sth. ①担心，忧虑 。例：Please don be concerned about me. ②感兴趣，关心。例: Now the students are concerned about the result of the exam. Be strewn with. 布满…例： Our way ahead is strewn with difficulties. 我们 前面的道路布满艰难险阻 Break up.①粉碎；破碎。例：That ship broke up on the rocks. 那艘船触礁 撞碎了。②散开；解散。例： The meet ing broke up at 12 o clock.③结束。 例: Our marriage has broken up. Check out sth.①调查；查证；核实。例：we 1l have to check her out before we employ her.②查看，观察（有趣或有吸引力的人或事物）例： Check out the prices at their new store. ③（从图书馆等）借出.例：That book has been checked out in your n ame. Come in handy.有用处。例： Dont throw this book away it might come in han dy. Curl up.蜷曲着坐或躺。例： He curled up and closed his eyes. Give away.断裂;倒塌;塌陷。例： Those pillars gave way and the roof collapsed.那些立柱坍塌了，屋顶坠落下来。 Mount to.成为；升级为；达到。例： Debts have mount to the lowest level sin ce1998. On the verge of （doing） sth. 濒于； 接近于； 行将。例: ①We are on the verge of sig ning a new con tract. ② The little girl is on the verge of tears. Pitch in with sb.sth.投入；参与；支援。例：Every one pitch in with that work. Prop sb.sth.up ①撑起； 支起。例: He had to prop up the roof with a wooden post.②帮助；扶持；救济。例: He cant always count on his colleagues to prop him up.他不能总指望自己的同事帮助他 Reason out sth.通过思考想出对策。例；The detective reason out how the crim inal had escaped. Ride sth out.安然度过（难关）；经受得住。例：Our company will ride out the prese nt finan cial crisis. Sit out sth.耐心等到结束；熬到结束。例： The sat out the storm at a caf . e Traill away 声音逐渐减弱到停止；逐渐消失。例 ：Her voice trailed away to no thi ng. 【修辞手法剖析】 Simile （明喻）is a figure of speech that often uses the words like or as,etc. to make a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in com mon. 明喻是常用like 或 as 等词把具有某种 共同特征的两种不同事物连接起来进行比较的一种修辞手法。明喻的运用使 描写的事物更加形象、生动、具体，给人以鲜明的印象。明喻的表达方法是： 本体像喻体。明喻有以下特点：1）比喻词常用as或like 2）本体和喻体都出 现3）本体和喻体分属不同性质的事物 4）本体和喻体至少在某一点上相似 The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade(L.1,Para.11) The wind sounded like the r