【正文】 sth) 開始，著手（做某事）set aside 留出；不顧set back （把鐘等）往回?fù)埽煌七tset free 釋放；解放set off 動(dòng)身，出發(fā)；使爆炸set out 動(dòng)身，出發(fā)；著手；安排，組織set up 開辦；建立；設(shè)立set an example 樹立榜樣set fire to… = on fire 縱火燒eg: Passengers may be set down and picked up only at the official stops. The bad weather set back the building programme by several weeks. We need to set about finding a solution.注：set about和set out都可作“開始著手做某事”講，但set about后加doing sth，而set out后加to do sth。另外concerning用作介詞時(shí)意為“關(guān)于；對(duì)于”。2. ignore vt. 不理睬；不顧；忽視ignore sb / sth 不理睬某人 / 某事ignorance n. 無知；愚昧；不知道be in ignorance of / about sth 不知道某事ignorant adj. 無知的；愚昧的；不知道的be ignorant that… 不知道某事be ignorant of / about sth 不知道某事eg: He ignored all the “No Smoking” signs and lit up a cigarette. We can’t afford to ignore their advice. He’s pletely ignorant about modern technology.3. concern n.[U]關(guān)心，擔(dān)憂 [C]關(guān)心的人或事 vt. 涉及；參與；使擔(dān)心，使操心It is no concern of mine / yours.concerned adj. 關(guān)心的，關(guān)切的，擔(dān)憂的；焦慮的（位于名詞之前）；相關(guān)的（位于名詞之后）as / so far as…be concerned 就…而言；依…之見be concerned about / for sth 擔(dān)心…；關(guān)心…be concerned in / with 與…有關(guān)be concerned over / at sth 為某事憂慮concern oneself about / for 擔(dān)憂；關(guān)心concerning prep. 關(guān)于；有關(guān)eg: There is growing concern about violence on television. The President is deeply concerned about this issue. He asked several questions concerning the future of the pany. This chapter concerns itself with the historical background.注：concerned用作形容詞時(shí)意為“擔(dān)憂的；關(guān)心的”；用作后置定語時(shí)意為“相關(guān)的；有關(guān)的”。sufferer n. 患病者，受苦者，受難者suffering n. （肉體或精神上遭受的）痛苦，疼痛eg: Many panies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff. He suffered a massive heart attack. The Republican Party has just suffered a huge defeat in the polls recently.6. recover vi.amp。亦可說：join sb in (doing) sth。eg: She listens but she never joins in. Our teacher often joins us in singing and dancing. How many countries took part in the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing? Our children attend the same school.Unit 2 English around the worldnative, base, mand, request, recognize, block, because of, e up, such as, play a role / part in,1. native adj. 本國的；本地的；天賦的 n. 本地人；本國人be native to 原產(chǎn)于某地的，土生土長的be a native of 土生土長的本地人go native 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，同化native art / dance / peoples土著藝術(shù)、舞蹈 / 民族native wit / intelligence 與生俱來的機(jī)智 / 才智eg: The tiger is native to India. He is a native of Beijing. You can always tell the difference between the tourists and the natives.2. base vt. 以…為根據(jù) n. 基部；基地；基礎(chǔ)base sth on / upon sth 以…為基礎(chǔ)（或根據(jù)）base sb / sth / oneself in 以…為據(jù)點(diǎn)（或總部等），把（總部等）設(shè)在the base of a column / glass / pyramid 柱基 / 玻璃杯底 / 金字塔底座a military / naval base 軍事 / 海軍基地based adj. （以某事）為基礎(chǔ) / 根據(jù)的baseless adj. 無根據(jù)的；無緣無故的basement n. 地下室eg: What are you basing this theory on? They decided to base the new pany in New York. The town is an ideal base for touring the area.3. mand n. [C] 命令，指令 [U]掌握 vt. 命令，指揮，支配；博得；贏得at sb’s mand 聽某人指揮under one’s mand 由…指揮under the mand of sb 在…指揮之下have (a) mand of 掌握；精通（尤指語言）take mand of 控制(be) in mand of 掌握，控制mand sb to do sth 命令某人做某事mand that… (should) do… 命令…eg: The police arrived and took mand of the situation.Applicants will be expected to have (a) mand of English. The mission intervened and manded that work on the building cease.注：mand后面的賓語從句、表語從句或同位語從句要用虛擬語氣，謂語形式是should + 動(dòng)詞原形或省略should。 (from)… / prevent…。辨析because of / owing to / due to / on account of / thanks to：這五個(gè)短語都有“由于、因?yàn)椤钡囊馑迹际墙樵~短語，因此后面不可接從句。作狀語時(shí)與owing to同義，但due to一般不置于句首。eg: Liu Xiang gave up the petition because of his injury. The game was cancelled owing to heavy rain. The team’s success was largely due to her efforts. It was a great success — thanks to a lot of hard work.8. e up 走近；上來；發(fā)芽；發(fā)生；被提出；（太陽、月亮等）升起e up with 想出；提出e about 發(fā)生e across 穿過(路、橋)；偶遇；偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)(=e upon)e along 一道來；一起去；進(jìn)步；趕快e back 回來；記起e on (風(fēng)、雨等)到來；(演員)出場；趕快；得了吧e out 出版；出來，出現(xiàn)；結(jié)果是e to 蘇醒；總計(jì)；達(dá)到；談到eg: The daffodils are just beginning to e up. The subject came up in conversation. She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.注：e up含有“被提出”之意，以物作主語，此時(shí)不用被動(dòng)語態(tài)；而e up with意為“提出，想出”，其主語是人。 that is是后面列舉的事物的總量等于它前面所提到的總和，相當(dāng)于namely，意思是“即，也就是說”。 more than + 形容詞 / 副詞，表示“非常，十分”，與very同義。 no more than = only意為“只有，僅僅”；not more than常用于數(shù)詞之前，意為“至多，不超過”，其意義相當(dāng)于at（the）most。vi. 決定；確定；（使）下定決心determine + n. / pron. 決（確）定determine to do sth 決定做某事（表示動(dòng)作，非延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞短語）determine on / upon… 決定…determine that / what… 決定…determine sb to do sth 使某人決定做某事determine sb against sth 使某人決定不做某事be determined to do sth 決心做某事（表示狀態(tài)可與表示時(shí)間段的狀語連用）determined adj. 堅(jiān)決的，有決心的determination n. 決心eg: We determined to leave at once.