Warming-up

1 compare

1)比較；對照

compare one thing with another

將一物與另一物比較

2)比喻；顯出相同之處；比作

Man's life is often compared to a candle.

人生常被喻為蠟燭。

The poet compares his lover to a rose in his poems.

詩人在他詩歌中把他的情人比作玫瑰花。

Poets have compared sleep to death.

3)（常與with連用） 與…比較；比得上

Walking can't compare with flying.

走路比不上飛行。

Living in a town can't compare with living in the country in many respects.

在許多方面城市生活比不上在鄉村生活。

This can’t compare with that one.

4)compared to=compared with

Compared with(to) many people, she was very lucky.

It was a small place then compared to(with) what it is now.

2 know, know of

know 認識，知道，了解

know of 聽說過，知道有

I know of the man, but I don’t know him.

To know everything is to know nothing.樣樣通，樣樣松

I know of a shop where you can get things like that.

3 ask for sth., ask for sb., ask sb. for sth.

ask for trouble, ask for leave, ask for two days’ leave, ask for advice, ask for help

4 celebrate, congratulate

celebrate sth./sb. celebrate the new year/Christmas/sb’s birthday, a victory, success

congratulate sb. on (doing) sth. cogratulations to sb. on (doing) sth

Listening

dress

c.n. 連衣裙 She makes all her own dresses.

u.n. 衣服（男女），（尤指）外衣

casual/ formal dress evening dress care much about dress講究衣著 a summer dress夏裝

an evening dress夜禮服 a full dress大禮服

He was in special dress for the ceremony.

v 穿衣 He is too young to dress himself.

Time is up, be quick to dress.

He was dressed as a woman.

The woman dressed in white is a nurse.

Nowadays children are dressed well/badly/fashionably.

The beggar is dressed badly/poorly/well.

穿晚禮服 Do I need to dress for the party?

dress up 穿上盛裝 They dressed up and went to the party.

化裝打扮 Children love to dress(themselves) up as animals.

dress, put on, wear, have on, on

Speaking

allow

allow sth. allow doing sth. allow sb. to do sth.

allow 有聽任、默許之意，有“并不禁止”的含義，詞意較弱

permit 比更正式些，比積極，含有“主動許可”和“正式批準”之意，詞意較強

Nothing is permitted, everything is allowed.

Reading

1 major

1)adj.較大的；較多的；主要的

a major city 主要城市 a major road 干路a major operation 大手術

We have met major problems.

2)n.(大專院校學生的)主修科目，專業

Her major is French.

3)v.主修

She majored in maths and physics in university.

2 follow v

1)（常與after連用）跟隨

The children followed their mother into the room.

孩子們跟著母親進了房間。

We shall follow closely the latest advance of the subject in the world.

我們將密切注意世界上這一課題的最新進展。

We went upstairs, following the old man.

We went upstairs, followed by the old man.

2)沿…而行，順…前進

We followed the road to the top of the hill.

我們沿著這條路走到了小山頂。

3）接著；隨后為

Spring follows winter.

冬去春來。

4）明白；懂

I didn't follow his line of reasoning.

我不明白他的推理方法。

5）聽從；服從

The soldiers must follow the officer's orders.

士兵們必須執行軍官的命令。

Please follow the instructions on the packet when you take the drug.

吃藥時請按照包裝上的說明去服用。

Will you follow my advice?

你會聽我的忠告嗎？

6）繼之而來，必然是；必然發生

Disease often follows war.

戰爭后必然發生疾病。

If a = b and b = c it follows that a=c.

She’s not in the office but it doesn’t necessarily follow that she’s ill.

7) as follows如下

The results are as follows...

結果如下…

8)follow sb’s exmple

3 in common

have…(something, nothing, a lot, a little, little)in common (with…) 和…有…共同之處

in common with…和…一樣

They had a lot in common(with each other) and got on well.

In common with many other boys, he is into computer games.

I have nothing in common with you.

4 honour n.

1) u.n.光榮，榮幸 It’s a great honour to be invited.

2) u.n.榮幸，名譽 We must fight for the honour of one’s country.

3) u.n.崇敬，公眾表示的敬意 They stood in silence as a mark of honour to her.

4) an honour to sth./sb.給…增光的人或物 She is an honour to her family.

5）do sb. honour 向某人表示敬意或致敬

6）do sb. an honour, do sb. the honour of doing sth.給某人以特權，使某人有特殊的榮幸

You do us a great honour by attending. 你肯光臨使我們感到無比榮幸

Will you do me the honour of dining with me?可否賞光與我一起吃飯？

7）in honour of, in one’s honour出于對…的敬意

We held a ceremony in honour of the those killed in battle.

v 向致敬，表揚，給…以榮譽

I feel highly honoured by your trust.

Will you honour me with a visit? 如蒙造訪則榮幸之至

5 for oneself(為自己；獨自地，親自地), by oneself（單獨地，獨自地）, of oneself自然而然地，自動地

Finally the shop assistant didn’t give me the right change, but kept back five pounds for himself.

Do you have anything to say for yourself?

One can’t do such a thing for oneself.這樣的事情，獨自一人是做不起來的

They cook meals all by themselves.

The door opened of itself.

The enemy will not die out of itself.自行消滅

We must build a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

6 support vt

1) 承受的重量，支撐，扶持

Walls support the roof.

Is this bridge strong enough to support heavy lorries?

He was weak with hunger, so I had to support him.

2) support sb/sth (in sth.) 幫助某人（某物），支持，支援

We support the Conservative Party.

Will you support me in my campaign for election?

3) 資助，供養，贍養I

I was supported by my parents when I was studying.

7 as well as “除以外還，和一樣也”，連接兩個對等的成分，主謂一致依“就前一致原則”

English, as well as Chinese and maths, is of great importance.

The girl is lively as well as healthy.

He wants a pen as well as a pencil.

He gave me advice and money as well.

E-mail, as well as telephones, ________ an important part in daily communication.

A is playing B have played C are playing D play

John plays football _______, if not better than, David.

A as well B as well as C so well D so well as

8 light

n 1) u.n. 光,光線,光亮

This lamp gives out poor light.

This light is too poor to read by.

2) c.n.光源,電燈

A light was still burning in his study.

Far below the plane we could see the lights of London.

adj. 1)明亮的 a light room

2)淺色的,淡色的 Light colours suit you best. light green eyes

3)輕的,不重的 a light box

v.(lit, lighted) 1)(使某物)開始燃燒

This wood is so damp it won’t light. Light a cigarette

Let’s light a fire in the open air.

2)開(電燈等) Light the torch, I can’t see the path.

3)light up照亮 The lightning lit up the whole sky.

點上 He lit up a pipe.點上煙斗

(臉)放光彩,容光煥發 Her eyes lit up with joy.因喜悅而目光炯炯

Language study

1 give away 贈送He gave away most of his money to charity.

分發 The headmaster will give away the prizes to the sportsmen.

失去，錯過（機會）They gave away their last chance of winning the match.

2 seem

seem + adj. What seems easy to some people seems difficult to others.

seem to be He seems to be an honest man.

seem like + n. It seemed like a disaster at the time.

seem + 不定式 She seems to be right.

They seem to have known the news.

She seems to be crying.

It seems that… It seems that they are quarrelling with each other.

There seems to be… There seems to be no need to worry about the examination.

It seems as if/as though… It seems as if they had finished the homework.

It seems as if he knew the star very well.

It seems as if it would rain.

Intergrating skills

1 rather adv.在一定程度上，頗

1)在adj.,adv.前 It’s rather cold this year.

You’ve done rather badly in the exam.

2)在比較級前 This hotel is rather more expensive than that one.

3)在too之前 This exercise is rather too difficult.

4) 和冠詞連用 It seems a rather good idea. This is rather a surprising result.

The rather clever boy is his son.

It’s rather a shame/pity that John didn’t attend the meeting.

比較：a fairly good book quite a tall sportsman a quite tall sportsman

5) 用于動詞之前 I rather think that we are going in the wrong way.

6) 與名詞連用 It’s rather a pity. She’s rather a dear.

7) or rather He worked very late last night, or rather, early this morning.

8) would rather…than…

9) I’d rather that you came tomorrow.

2 take in 欺騙You won’t take me in that easily.

She took me in completely with her story.

吸入，攝取 Don't take in too much fat.

承攬（活）In order to send her son to school, she took in washing.