Language points

1. via prep.

①取道,經由,經過 We flew to Athens ______ Paris.

②通過,借助于 Now we can send and receive messages ______ satellite.

2. infect vt. 傳染,感染,影響 (with) sb be infected with……

e.g. These animals ______________________ the bacteria.(已經被感染了)

3. break down

①(機器等)損壞,出毛病

We are sorry to arrive late, ___________________.(但是我們汽車壞了)

②(精神,健康等方面)(使)垮掉,變得失落

His health _______________________________. (無止境的勞累把他的身體弄垮了)

③(計劃,談判等)失敗了 The talks ______________________.(談判已經破裂了)

與break有關的詞組

① The dog broke away from its owner.

② Our house was broken into by burglars last week.

③ The audience broke into applause.

④ The war broke out in Europe on 4 August.

4.leave + n + adj/doing/done/as…/where…使…處于某種狀態

① His illness has left him very________. (weak/weakly)

② They walked off and left me ________(sit) there all by myself.

③ Did you leave the door and windows firmly _______(fasten).

④ Leave the things _____________(讓一切保持原樣).

⑤ Leave him _____________(把他留在他在的地方).

5. manage vt/vi ① 管理 He is managing the business for his boss.

The department store ________________________(管理得好/不好).

②manage sth/manage to do sth (設法做到某事)= succeed in doing…

謝謝,但我能行._____________________________________

我最后還是設法把這個問題解決了._________________________________________

→try to do …

6. alive, living, live, lively

① living adj 活著的(修飾人或物),健在,尚在人間

② live adj 活著的(修飾物)/現場直播

③ alive adj 活著的(作表語/后置定語)(只用在說明生死之間的界限) keep…alive

④ lively adj 生動活潑的

ex. Is your father _______?

Let’s keep the fish ________?

He is dead, but his dog is still _________.

Who is the greatest man ________?

Have you ever seen a _______ whale?

He had a strange way of making his lessons ________ and interesting.

7. cure vt

① cure + 病/人 This illness can’t _________________.(不易被治愈)

② cure sb of sth 治好某人的病 醫生治好了她的癌癥.______________________

cure n

An effective _____ _____ cancer has not yet been found.(對付癌癥的有效療法目前尚未發現)

接受癌癥的治療___________________ adj______________(反義)_____________

8. lack ①n The plants died ________________(因缺水)

My daughter had to leave school, because ___________________________. (因為我沒有錢)

②vt lack sth = be lacking in sth = be short of sth

我們缺乏必要信息.a. ____________________________ b. ____________________________

Though _______(lack) money, his parents managed to send him to university.

9. available adj 可利用的; 可達到的; 有效的

新華書店在星期天開放嗎? Is the Xinhua Bookshop __________on Sundays?

有幾張音樂會的票There are some tickets ___________ for the concert.

我現在沒有空. ___________________________.

10. suffer from 受…之苦, 患(某種疾病)

suffer vt 遭受(磨難); 寬恕;允許,容忍(不能用被動語態)

遭受水災_________________ 患癌癥/愛滋____________________

饑寒交迫______________________________ 遭受巨大損失___________________

喪生____________ 受痛苦_______________ 挨餓_________________

11. persuade sb to do sth persusde sb into doing

persusde sb not to do persuade sb out of doing

最后我們成功說服他們接受我們的觀點.

At last we ______ _______ ________ them _______ ________ our views.

我們沒有一個人能說服他不執行這個計劃.

______ _______ us can ________ him _______ ________ carry _______ this plan.

Homework

用下列詞語的正確形式填空

as if alone lonely keep alive cure of suffer from leave in case manage

① The failure ________him ________ his laziness.

② The window __________ open.

③ His health ____________ overwork.

④ _______ as she is, she is kept busy with he work for women’s rights that she feels anything but _________.

⑤ We must ___________ the memory of the bitter past.

⑥ I’ll cook plenty of potatoes __________they decide to stay for dinner.

⑦ The little boy somehow ________ tie his shoelaces together.

⑧ We missed the bus. It looks _________ we will have to walk.

Keys:

1. via via/by

2. have been infected with

3. ①but our car broke down ②broke down as a result of endless hard work ③have broken down 掙脫,脫離 破門闖入 突然鼓起掌來 爆發

4. weak sitting fastened as they are where he is

5. is well/badly managed thanks, but I can manage (it). I finally managed to solve the problem.

6. living alive alive/living alive live lively

7. be cured easily the doctor cured her of cancer. cure for take/receive the cure for curable incurable

8. for lack of water of my lack of money we lack the necessary information. We are lacking in the necessary information. lacking

9. available available I’m not available now.

10. suffer from floods suffer from cancer/aids suffer (from) cold and hunger suffer a great loss suffer death suffer pain suffer hunger

11. succeed in persuading to accept None of persuade not to out

Homework

1. cured of

2. is left

3. suffers/suffered from

4. Alone lonely

5. keep alive

6. in case

7. managed to

8. as if