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本课讲解词汇/短语:freedom, murder, prison, join hands,arrest, separation, forbid, vote, set an example to, demand, regardless of, at first sight, make sense, more than, work at
1.freedom [U] & [C] 自由;独立自主。例如: The children enjoyed the freedom of the school holidays. 孩子们喜欢学校放假时的无拘无束。 During the school holidays the children enjoyed their freedom.假期里孩子们过得自由自在。 freedom of speech 言论自由 freedom of religion 信仰自由 freedom of choice自由选择 have the freedom to do 有……的自由 We have the freedom to do as we please all afternoon.整个下午我们都做自己喜欢做的事情 (与of连用)自由权;特权 We give a guest the freedom of our house. 我们让客人自由使用我们的住宅。 (与form连用)解脱;免除 freedom from taxation 免税 take [use] freedoms with (sb.)对某人放肆 with freedom自由地; 随便地, 无拘束地 2.murder杀害; 惨杀; 谋杀扼杀; 糟蹋; 折磨; 毁坏, 弄坏 浪费(时间) murderee被谋杀者 murderer n.凶手, 杀人犯 murderess n.女凶手, 女杀人犯 an attempted murder 杀人未遂 a case of murder 凶杀案 3.prison n.监狱 prisoner 犯人 It was reported that four prisoners escaped from prison yesterday. put/throw….in prison把…投进监狱 (be) in prison 在狱中 4. join hands 握手;联手;合伙 例如: We should join hands to fight against the SARS. 我们应该携手共战非典。 He joined hands with his brother to start their own company. 他和他的弟弟联手共建一家公司。 Let us join hands in friendship. 让我们携手和好吧。 join in (sth. /doing sth.) 参加(活动) join up with sb. /sth. 与……会合或相聚 join battle 交战 5. arrest vt./ n. 逮捕, 拘留, 扣留 arrest sb. 逮捕某人 be arrested for---因---而被捕 (be) under arrest被捕,被拘留 The police arrested the thief last night. 6.separation n. 分隔,隔离 He was unhappy because of his separation from his mother. separate vt. Separate…from…separately adv. We went home separately after class. separation of church and state 政教分离 after a long separation 在长久分离之后 the separation of a river 河流的分支处 the separation of infectious patients from other patients. 传染病人与其他病人隔离。 7. forbid (-bade 或 -bad, -bidden, -bidding)vt.禁止, 不许 forbid n./doing 禁止,妨碍(做某事) forbid sb. to do 禁止(某人)做…… forbid one’s doing 禁止(某人)做…… be forbidden by 被……禁止 My father forbade me to watch television. =My father forbade my watching television. 我父亲不准我看电视。 Smoking is forbidden in the office. 办公室内禁止抽烟。 我不准你去游泳。I forbid you to go swimming. Smoking is forbidden on trains. 8. vote vi./n.投票, 选举,选举权 Now we will vote on this problem.现在对这个问题进行投票表决。 We voted to accept the proposal(提案).我们投票决定要接受这个提案。 Most of us vote for/against the plan.我们大多数人投票赞成/反对这个计划。 vote on sth. 就---投票表决 vote for/against 投票赞成/反对 vote to do 投票去做 vote that… 投票决定 I gave my vote to Mr. Wang. 9.set an example to ==give a good example to 为…树立榜样 雷锋为青年人树立了好榜样.Leifeng set a good example to the youth. 10. demand vt./n. 要求 不可说demand sb.to do sth demand that+主+(should) do--- demand for 对---要求/需要 The worker’s demand for higher wages seems reasonable. The head teacher demanded that we (should) clean the blackboard before every class. demand to do… 要求去做…… demand sb. of/from sth.对(人)要求…… demand that 要求……表示建议、要求、命令的动词接宾语从句时用虚拟语气,should可以省略。该类动词是order, demand, suggest。另外,这类词的相应的名词性从句也用虚拟语气。 He demanded an apology from the waiter.他要求服务员道歉。 They demanded to be told everything. 他们要求被告知每一件事。 They demanded that the company (should) make compensation (赔偿)for the loss. 他们要求该公司赔偿损失。 11. regardless of 不理会, 不顾 = despite/in spite of We will persevere regardless of past failures. 尽管以前我们失败过,但仍要坚持下去. in the end, finally, at last 都有“最后”,“终于”的含义。finally用于动词之前,表示人们长期以来期待的某事最后实现了;at last也有此义,期待的感情更强烈一些;in the end表示经过许多变化和周折,最后发生了某事。 12. at first sight 乍一看;第一眼就。例如: He fell in love with her at first sight.他对她一见钟情。 At first sight their demands seemed reasonable. 乍看之下,他们的要求似乎满合理的。 13. make sense 讲得通;有意义;有道理。 This sentence doesn’t make any sense.这个句子完全讲不通。 What you say makes no sense. 你说的话没有道理。 Can you make sense of what this book says?你能理解这本书的内容吗? bring a person to his sense 使……醒过来 come to one’s sense 醒过来 talk sense 说的有道理 make sense (out) of 理解 14. more than 超过 not more than 不超过 no more than 仅仅;只不过 more than once 不止一次 15. work at 从事……;研习 work on 继续工作;从事…… work over 彻底查…… work up 刺激……;煽动 work away 继续用功
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