Ｕｎｉｔｓ８—１０詞匯積累

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Unit 8

1.personal

解讀 (1)形容詞，主要有以下意思：

①個(gè)人的，私人的

PC is short for personal computer. PC是私人電腦的縮寫。

Its not moral to read the personal letter without permission.

未經(jīng)允許拆閱個(gè)人信件不道德。

②身體的，容貌的

Kids love his personal appearance. 小孩喜歡他的風(fēng)度。

Personal hygiene is just as important as public.

個(gè)人衛(wèi)生與公共衛(wèi)生一樣重要。

(2)personally是其副詞，意思是“親自地，就個(gè)人而言”。例如：

Personally I agree with you. 就我個(gè)人來說，我贊同你。

She showed us personally around her university.

她親自帶我們參觀她的大學(xué)。

比較 注意下列詞形變化：

person(人)→personal(個(gè)人的)→personage(要人，名流)→personality(人格，人性)→personally(親自地)

應(yīng)用 用personal的適當(dāng)形式完成下列句子。

①Do you know that ____ at the gate?

②Uncle Joe met us ____ at the airport yesterday.

③That department sells goods for ____ use.

④——Whats his ____?

——Hes easygoing.

解答 ①person ②personally ③personal ④personality

2.company

解讀 名詞，主要有以下意思：

①朋友，同伴

I have company tonight. 今晚我有客人。

Can you judge one by the company he keeps?

你能從一個(gè)人所結(jié)交的朋友來判斷他的為人嗎？

②交往，陪伴

Im glad of your company. 很高興有你作陪。

Twos company, threes none. (諺)兩人成伴，三人不歡。

③公司，商號(常略作Co)

He works in Hongta Tobacco Co. Ltd. 他在紅塔煙草有限公司上班。

Mr Smith has three companies. 史密斯先生有三家公司。

注意 company作①和②意思時(shí)，是不可數(shù)名詞，作③意思時(shí)，是可數(shù)名詞。例如：

Ill receive a great deal of company today. 今天我要接待很多客人。

Many famous companies are located in development areas.

很多有名的公司都座落在開發(fā)區(qū)。

3.give away

解讀 (1)動(dòng)詞短語，意思是“分配，分送”。例如：

I got a box of chocolates yesterday and I gave them away to my friends. 昨天我得到了一盒巧克力，我把它分給了我的朋友。

Now lets invite our president to give away the prizes.

下面有請我們的校長頒獎(jiǎng)。

延伸 在西方婚禮上，新娘(bride)常由其父親交給(give away)新郎(bridegroom)。例如：

At the wedding, she was given away by his father.

婚禮上，父親將她交給了新郎。

(2)含give的常見短語還有：

①give up放棄，停止

My father gave up smoking. 我爸爸戒煙了。

English is so hard; I want to give it up. 英語太難了，我想放棄它。

②give out分發(fā)，發(fā)出(氣味、光、熱等)

The sun give out light and heat. 太陽發(fā)光發(fā)熱。

Ask someone to give out the leaflets. 叫一個(gè)人把傳單散發(fā)下去。

③give back歸還

Did you give back the knife to him? 你把小刀還給他了嗎？

④give in屈服，讓步

He will never give in. 他決不讓步。

Shes given in to my opinion. 她已(放棄自己的主張)接受我的意見。

應(yīng)用 選擇填空。

①Liu Hulan would rather die than give ____.

A. up B. away C. in D. out

②Its an animal that can give ____ a strange smell.

A. out B. away C. up D. back

③You must ____ back the book to the library on time.

A. return B. give C. get D. some

④She was badly tired on the third lap, so she gave ____.

A. in B. up C. away D. back

解答

①C would rather die than give in寧死不屈

②A give out a smell 發(fā)出臭味

③B give back=return歸還

④B give up放棄，(中途)停止

4.instead

解讀 (1)副詞，意思是“代替，頂替”。

Shes ill. Let me go instead. 她病了，讓我去吧。

He didnt answer his fathers question, instead he asked him why.

他沒回答父親的提問，相反他問他為什么。……