Unit6
❶train的用法
I’mtrainingtobeavolunteerfortheOlympicGames.我正受训成为一名奥运会的志愿者。(P78)
train作名词时,意为“火车”;作动词时,意为“训练,培训”。train to be/as...意为“训练成为……”,train for意为“为……训练”。例如:
They are training for the boat race.他们正在为划船比赛接受训练。
❷provide的用法
Theycanprovidespecialplacesforhomelesspeopletostay.他们能给无家可归的人提供特别的可以待的地方。(P79)
provide作动词,意为“提供”。例如:
We provided them with food and shelter.我们给他们提供食物和避难所。
I must provide food and clothes for my family.我必须给我的家庭提供食物和衣服。
当表达向某人提供某物时,有以下几种表达方式:
provide sb with sth=provide sth for sb
supply sb with sth=supply sth to sb
offer sb sth=offer sth to sb
❸giveup的用法
Over40,000peoplegaveuptheirsparetimeforthe2007SpecialOlympicsWorldGames.超过4万人为了2007年的世界特奥会放弃了他们的空闲时间。(P80)
give up意为“放弃”,是由“动词+副词”构成的短语。当名词作宾语时,名词可以放在动词和副词之间或副词的后面;当代词作宾语时,代词只能放在动词和副词之间。例如:
You ought to give up smoking.I gave it up last year.你应该戒烟。我去年就戒掉了。
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Why don’t you give him up?你为什么不放弃他呢?
give短语小结
givein屈服;让步;交上
giveout 分发
giveover停止;交出;移交;中止
giveback归还,送回;反射
giveaway赠送;泄露;放弃;分配;出卖
❹辨析success,succeed与successful
Thentheyprovidedsupportfortheathletesandhelpedmaketheeventagreatsuccess.然后,他们为运动员提供支持,使赛事取得很大的成功。(P80)
1.success作名词,意为“成功”,是不可数名词,但意为“成功的人或事”时,是可数名词。例如:
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
His new book was a great success.他的新书取得了巨大的成功。
2.succeed作动词,意为“成功”,是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态。表示“成功做某事”应用succeed in doing sth。例如:
At last he succeeded in solving the problem.他终于成功地把那个问题解决了。
3.successful作形容词,意为“成功的”,表示“成功地做某事”用be successful in doing sth。例如:
Were you successful in finding a new house?你成功地找到新房子了吗?
❺confident的用法
HefeelsmoreconfidentnowbecauseoftheSpecialOlympicsWorldGames.由于特奥会,他现在觉得更自信了。(P81)
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1.confident作形容词,意为“自信的,有把握的”。常用搭配:be confident of/about/be confident+that从句,意为“对……有把握,对……自信”。例如:
He is confident of getting the first place.他有信心能拿到第一名。
He is quite confident that he will pass the examination.他相当自信自己能通过考试。
2.confidence作名词,意为“信心,信赖”。have confidence in意为“对……有信心”。例如:
He lacks confidence in himself.他缺少自信。
❻achieve的用法
Yougettohelpthemachievetheirdreams.你帮助他们实现他们的梦想。(P81)
1.achieve意为“取得(胜利、成功等),实现(目标、目的等)”时,习惯与victory,success,ambition,fame,aim,goal等名词搭配。例如:
Nothing would stop me from achieving my ambition.没有什么可以阻止我实现我的抱负。
2.achieve还可以和a lot,much,a great deal,little,nothing,anything,something连用。例如:
He worked hard and achieved a lot.他努力工作,并且获得了很多。
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