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life/ time/ money/ energy to sth./ doing sth. 把本人的一生/時(shí)間/金錢/精力奉獻(xiàn)于…… devoted. adj. 忠實(shí)的;深愛(ài)的 be devoted to… 專心致志于;忠于;喜歡 a devoted friend 一位忠實(shí)的朋友 a devoted mother 一位賢妻良母principle n. 法則;原則;原理 stick to one’s principles 恪守自己的原則 against one’s principle 違背某人的原則out of work=be out of a job 失業(yè) out of control 失去控制 out of patience 失去耐心 out of reach 夠不著 out of date 過(guò)時(shí) out of sight 看不見(jiàn) out of money 錢花光 out of mind 心不在焉 out of order 壞了;混亂vote vt amp。指令;掌握have a good mand of English. 精通/熟練掌握英語(yǔ)request V. 請(qǐng)求,要求 request sth. from sb. 向某人索要某物 request sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事 request that sb. (should) do sth. It’s requested that 從句 據(jù)要求 as requested 依據(jù)請(qǐng)求 play an important/vital part/role in (doing) sth. 在……中起重要/至關(guān)重要的作用play the leading role/part 起主要作用,起帶頭作用,演主角recognize vt. 識(shí)別;認(rèn)出recognize sb./sb’s voice. 認(rèn)出某人/聽(tīng)出某人的聲音recognize sth./sb. to be 承認(rèn)某人是……recognize sth./sb. as sth. 正式認(rèn)可/接受某事/人為……recognition n. 承認(rèn),認(rèn)出 beyond/out of recognition 認(rèn)不出來(lái)a large number of fluent English speakers 許多英語(yǔ)講得流利的人the number of people learning English 學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的人的數(shù)目make sense 有道理;有意義;講得通In some important ways they are very different from one another.At fist the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. 過(guò)去分詞作后置定語(yǔ) It was base more on German than the English we speak at present. 定語(yǔ)從句English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. 定語(yǔ)從句 The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. 現(xiàn)在分詞作后置定語(yǔ)The fly agreed immediately without a second thought.Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English.Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard Those who report the news were expected to speak excellent You will hear differences in the way people speak. 掌握way作先行詞的關(guān)系詞When people use words and expressions different from the standard language.The USA is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken.U3prefer vt. 更喜歡 prefer coffee to tea. 更喜歡咖啡而不是茶prefer doing to doing 更喜歡干……而不愿干…… prefer to do rather than do 寧愿干……而不愿干……prefer that sb (should) do 更寧愿某人干…preference n. (兩者之中) 較喜歡的東西;偏好;偏愛(ài) have a preference for… 對(duì)……偏愛(ài) have no particular preference 沒(méi)有特別的偏好persuade vt. 說(shuō)服;勸服、 persuade sb. to do sth.=persuade sb. into doing sth. 說(shuō)服某人做…… persuade sb. not to do=persuade sb. out of doing 說(shuō)服某人停止做……;勸阻某人做…… persuade sb. of sth. 或persuade sb. + that 從句 使某人相信 persuasive adj. 有說(shuō)服力的 schedule: n. 時(shí)間表;進(jìn)度表 ahead of schedule 較預(yù)定的時(shí)間提前 on schedule 按照預(yù)定的時(shí)間,按時(shí) behind schedule 遲于預(yù)定的時(shí)間;拖后 vt. 為……安排時(shí)間 schedule the meeting for that night會(huì)議的時(shí)間定在那天晚上 be scheduled to do sth. 預(yù)定做某事determine vt.amp。不了解,無(wú)知out of ignorance 出于無(wú)知stay/keep/be calm保持鎮(zhèn)靜As far as I am concerned 就我而言Sb be concerned about sth 擔(dān)心Sb be concerned in/with sth 涉及Concerning sth =Regarding sth 關(guān)于,某事go through a hard time 經(jīng)歷了一段困難時(shí)期go through the baggage 檢查行李go through the