……chance of (doing) sth / that……做某事的可能性
He has a good chance (no chance, not much chance) of winning. 他很有希望(没有希望,没多大希望)获胜。
There is still chance that you will pass the exam. 你考试及格还是有希望的。
【注】在现代英语中,chance 表示“可能性”时,其后有时也可接不定式,但不如用 of doing sth 普通。
○3chance to do = happen to do碰巧做…. ○4It (so) chanced / happened that…. ○5by chance 偶然 by any chance万一
take a chance/ take chances 冒险, 碰运气 leave things to chance 听天由命, 听其自然 chance it [口]冒险一试, 碰运气
13. (P34,L29)remain ○1 vi. 剩余,还有
e.g.: A few apples remained on the table. This visit will always remain in my memory. 这次拜访将永远留在我的记忆之中。
○2 vi. 继续呆在某处,继续存在,留下(特指在他人走后留下)
e.g.: They went,but I remained.他们走了,但我留了下来。 I shall remain here all the winter.整个冬天我将留在这里。 What will you do with the money left?
=What will you do with the remaining money? ○3 “尚待”、“留待”,后面接被动语态的动词不定式 It remains to be seen…还要看情况发展
e.g.: The fact remained to be proved. 事实尚待证明。 One problem remains to be solved.有一个问题尚待解决。 That remains to be proved.那尚待证实。 Much remains to be done. 还有很多事要做。
◆ link-v. + 名词,分词,形容词,介词短语 “继续保持,仍然处于某种状态” ○1+ adj. / n.
e.g.: Language was,is and will remain the chief means of exchange of ideas.语言,过去、现在和将来依然是交流思想的主要工具。 In spite of their quarrel,they remained the best friends.他们尽管吵过架,却仍不失为最好的朋友 She remained calm.她保持镇静。
○2 + doing现在分词和逻辑主语之间为主动关系 +done过去分词和逻辑主语之间为被动关系
e.g.: The question remained unsolved.这个问题仍然没有解决。
Her beauty remained unchanged.她美丽依旧。 She remained standing for a good hour. 她一直站了整整一个钟头。
She remained standing though we repeatedly asked her to sit down.虽然我们三番五次地请她坐下,她还是站着。 ○3 + 介词短语
e.g.: She remained under the care of Miss Janey. 她仍然由Janey小姐照料。
People here remain in deep poverty. 这儿的人们仍处于极度贫困之中。
14. (P35, Line34) address v. 写地址,对…做演讲,称呼
e.g.: He will address us on the subject of war and peace. He addressed her as “Miss Martine”.
Address your application to the Personnel Manager. address oneself to sth./doing sth.着手做某事
We must address ourselves to the problem of traffic pollution.
address sb. as 称呼某人为…
◆ The judge should be addressed as 'Your Honour'.
◆ In Britain, a surgeon is addressed as 'Mr' not 'Dr'. ~ sth to sb (formal) to say sth directly to sb:
◆ Any questions should be addressed to your teacher. ◆ The book is addressed to the general reader. an inaugural address (就职演说) a graduation address (毕业演说)
a public address on foreign policy (涉外政策的公众演说)
15. (P35, L35) occur (occurred, occurred)vi 发生;存在;想起;被想到出现在头脑中常与to连用
(especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen:
sth. occur to sb. = sth. come to sb. ……突然被想到
it occurs to somebody (that) = it occurs to somebody to do something 刚想到,突然想到
经常用于以it作形式主语的句中, 真正的主语可以是从句, 也可以是不定式。 It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child. It didn’t occur to me that you would object. It didn’t occur to me to mention it.
Didn’t it occur to you to close the windows?
16.(P35,L37)advantage n. 优势,有利条件
Richard has an advantage over you since he can speak German.
They took full advantage of the hotel's facilities. There is little advantage in buying a dictionary if you can't read.不识字买字典没什么用
拓展:to one’s advantage/disadvantage对……有利/ 不利 take advantage of利用=use/make use of be at an advantage处于优势地位
have/gain/ win an advantage over优于,对…有优势 have the advantage of 有…. (方面的)好处
充分利用:take full advantage of, make full use of, make the best/ most of
17. (P35, L42) if & whether
○1if只引导宾语从句,但作介词宾语时一般用whether, 而whether可引导主语 、宾语、表语和同位语从句
e.g.: I don’t know if / whether it will rain today. It all depends on whether they will come back.
Whether the meeting will be put off has not been decided yet.
The question is whether they have so much money. ○2作形容词的后续从句用whether ○3后接不定式用whether
e.g.: I haven’t decided whether to go or not. ○4后接or not用whether
e.g.: I don’t know whether or not he has arrived in Wuhan.
18. (P35, L44) lie
lie-lied-lied-lying 说谎,欺骗a white lie 善意的谎言 lie-lay-lain-lying 躺下,位于
lie in 在于,睡懒觉 lie on:依靠,全凭 lie down 稍事休息,小睡
lay-laid-laid-laying放置,下蛋,产卵
lay aside存,积蓄 lay down放下,交出;规定,主张,制定lay out设计,布置 lay up积蓄 lay stress/ emphasis on强调 lay a /the foundation of/ for为….奠定基础 a laid-off worker下岗工人
19. (P35, L48) such as & for example
such as列举同类人或物中的几个例子,总放例举之前。
使用such as举例,只能列举其中的一部分,不能全部举出。
for example列举同类人或物中的“一个”例子,作插入语,用逗号隔开,可置于句首,句中,句末。 namely全部列举
e.g.: Heros, such as LeiFeng, Liu Hulan and Huang Jiguang
are good examples for us to learn.
Things such as cotton, paper, clothes are easy to catch fire.
He knows four languages, namely Chinese, English, Japanese and French.