【正文】 U2 重點詞匯講解 1. injure 比較 wound, injure 和 hurt wound和 injure均可指對身體的傷害。 但 wound側(cè)重利器或子彈對肉體的傷害，是故意的行為，常與戰(zhàn)爭有關(guān)； 而 injure強調(diào)人在意外事故中受傷，如機器造成的或運動中受傷。 hurt既可以是重傷，也可以是輕傷。同時也可以是傷害感情。 1) She was _____ because she was not invited to the party. (hurt) 2) He couldn’t e to work because he was knocked down by a bike and _____ his feet. (injured) 3) In that battle two of our soldiers were killed and five were ________. (wounded) 2. apart adj/ adv. (1) 相距 The two buildings are 100 meters apart. (2) 成碎片 The cup fell apart in my hand. (3) 分開，分離 You never see them apart these days. apart from 遠離；除……外； 1) Apart from a house in Nanjing, they also have one in Beijing. (=besides) 2) Apart from a few words, I don’t know any French at all. (=Except for) 3. junior (年少的，初級的） junior middle school 初中 1) He is junior to me. 他的職位比我低。 2) He is three years my junior. 他比我小 3歲 4. in difficult times times 時代；時勢 in ancient times _______________________ in the times of Henry III _____________________________ the actors of the times _______________________________ Times ______ (have) changed. 5. dedicate (1) dedicate sth. to (doing) sth. 1) Andy wants to dedicate more time to his hobbies. 安迪想 把更多的時間花在自己的愛好上。 2) This woman has dedicated her whole life to helping others. 這個女士一生致力于幫助別人。 (2) dedicate oneself to sth. 把自己獻身于…… 3) He dedicated himself to academic work. 他獻身于學(xué)術(shù)工作。 (3) dedicate sth. to sb. 題詞把……獻給某人 4) Lynne has dedicated the novel to her friend Norma. 琳恩把小說獻給了她的朋友諾瑪 6. cost 1) 花費某人…… (錢 /時間 /精力 /勞動 ) The book cost me 5 yuan. 這本書花了我 5塊錢。 2) 使某人付出……代價 His carelessness cost him his life. 他的粗心讓他失去了生命。 常用搭配： 1） cost sth. to do sth. How much does it cost to hire a bike? 租一輛車多少錢？ 2） cost sb. dearly: cause a serious loss We made two mistakes that cost us dearly. 我們犯了兩個錯誤，付出了巨大的代價。 3） at the cost of … 以……為代價 He saved the boy from the fire at the cost of his life. 他以生命為代價，從大火中救出了那個男孩。 7. be rushed to somewhere. rush sb. to/ into/ off … : to take or send someone or something somewhere in a hurry. 急忙送……到…… eg. Frank was rushed to hospital with violent stomach pains. 弗蘭克因為劇烈的胃痛被送到了醫(yī)院。 rush sb. into (doing) sth.: 催促 (某人 )； 使……趕緊 eg. You can’t rush someone into marrying you. 你不能催別人和你結(jié)婚。 rush into sth.: 倉促做；急忙做 eg. Try not to rush into a decision you may later regret. 最好別倉促作出決定，否則你以后會后悔的。 8. in good spirits lift/ raise sb.’s spirits 振作精神 1) The bad weather did nothing to lift her spirits. 惡劣的天氣不能使她打起精神。 in high/good spirits 心情好 2) Dad’s in high spirits today, isn’t he? 爸爸今天的心情很好，不是嗎？ in low spirits 不高興 的 keep up one’s spirits 提起精神 the spirit of the law 法律的真諦 that’s the spirit 那樣才對，那才算好樣的 9. overe v. overcame overe 1) 克服 Jimmy overcame his difficulties to graduate with a firstclass degree. 吉米克服了困難，以優(yōu)異的成績畢業(yè)了。 2) 使垮掉，使昏迷 Two men died when they were overe by smokes from the fire. 兩個男人在火災(zāi)中因為濃煙去世了。 3) vi./vt. 戰(zhàn)勝，制服 (to defeat someone or something) Government troops have finally overe rebel forces in the north. 政府軍終于戰(zhàn)勝了北方叛軍 10. acplish v. . He didn’t acplish much a t work this week. 他這星期沒有完成很多工作。 acplishment n. : achievement . Arranging the peace talks was a remarkable acplishment. 安排和談是一個了不起的成就。 acplished adj. 熟練的， 有才藝的 . one of Scotland’s most acplished pianists 11. adapt to … 1) vi. 適應(yīng) ，適合 Most students have little difficulty adapting to college life. 大多數(shù)學(xué)生在適應(yīng)大學(xué)生活時覺得困難。 2) vt. 使適應(yīng)，使適合 Course can be adapted to suit the needs of the individual. 課程可以根據(jù)個人需求改變。 3) vt. 改編，改寫 adapt sth. from sth. The film is adapted from a Michael Cric