【正文】 He’s been out of work for six months.It is out of question that he will be admitted into key universities.7. turn to 求助于，致力于turn away 拒絕，不準(zhǔn)某人入內(nèi)turn around 轉(zhuǎn)身turn down 拒絕；調(diào)小turn in 上交turn off 關(guān)掉turn on 打開turn out 趕出；證明是，結(jié)果是turn over 翻身，翻轉(zhuǎn)turn up 露面，出現(xiàn)；開大eg: Nobody seems to understand. I don’t know who to turn to.Paul turned to drinking alcohol to try to forget his problems at work.The job turned out (to be) harder than we thought.Why did she turn down your invitation?8. set up 設(shè)立，建立set about 開始做set apart 使與眾不同；留出；撥出（專用）set aside 把…放在一邊；省出，留出set down 寫下，記下set forth 陳述，闡明set off 出發(fā)，動(dòng)身；使爆炸；引起，激發(fā)set out 出發(fā)，動(dòng)身；擺放，陳列；開始，著手eg: A fund will be set up for the dead men’s families.The school has set up a special class to help poor readers.Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.注：set about doing sth = set out to do sth“開始做某事”；set out和set off表示“動(dòng)身，出發(fā)”到某目的地，其后用for而不用to。eg: I want it sent right away.He cleaned the room right away.He’s not in the office right now.7. at an end 結(jié)束，終結(jié)at the end of 在…盡頭，在…末端（指時(shí)間或空間的一個(gè)終點(diǎn)）by the end of 到…結(jié)束時(shí)，到…時(shí)候?yàn)橹梗ǔＥc完成時(shí)態(tài)連用）bring sth to an end （使）結(jié)束，終止e to an end 結(jié)束make (both) ends meet 使收支相抵；靠微薄收入為生in the end 最后，終于，最終on end 豎著，直立著；連續(xù)地，不斷地end up 結(jié)束，告終end in 以…結(jié)束 / 結(jié)尾eg: The year is at an end.The meeting came to an end.You can try your best to impress the interviewers but in the end it’s often just a question of luck.Their struggle ended in failure.8. a number of 許多，大量關(guān)于“許多”“若干”的短語：a large / great / good number of a great / good many + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)a good few quite a fewmany a +單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞 + 單數(shù)謂語動(dòng)詞 more than onea great / good deal of a great / large amount of + 不可數(shù)名詞quite a littlea lot / lots of a great / large quantity of + 可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)large quantities of 或不可數(shù)名詞plenty ofeg: A number of problems have arisen.We have had an enormous amount of help from people.They spent a great deal of money on this project.9. It seemed as if the world was at an end!It seems (to sb) that / as if… （對(duì)某人來說）似乎…，as if后面可用虛擬語氣seem to be / like + n. … 似乎…，好像…seem to be doing sth / to have done sth 好像正在做 / 已經(jīng)做了某事seem (to be) + n. / adj. 似乎是…There seems to be… 好像有…eg: It seems that they know what they’re doing.It always seemed as if they would get married.I seem to have left my book at home.10. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents. …were left without parents是一個(gè)被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)，without parents是介詞短語，作主語補(bǔ)足語，表示主語的狀態(tài)。 spoil“破壞，糟?！?，其重點(diǎn)在于破壞事物原先的結(jié)構(gòu)、和諧性，使原事物不再具有原先的特點(diǎn)，賓語常是景致、食欲、計(jì)劃等。這時(shí)，however起雙重作用，一是引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，二是修飾某一個(gè)形容詞或副詞，而這個(gè)形容詞或副詞要緊接在它之后。4. view n. 風(fēng)景；視野；觀點(diǎn)；見解 vt. 觀看；注視；考慮in one’s view 在某人看來e into view 進(jìn)入視野，看得見in full view (of sb / sth) 完全看得見in view of sth 鑒于，考慮到，由于with a view to sth / to doing sth 為了，指望eg: We take the view that it would be wrong to interfere.How do you view your position in the pany?In view of the weather, we will cancel the outing.5. change one’s mind 改變主意make up one’s mind 下決心，決定bear / keep…in mind 記住have…in mind 考慮；打算call / bring sth to mind 回憶起某事fix one’s mind upon 把注意力集中在…be of one / the same mind 對(duì)…意見一致be out of one’s mind 發(fā)狂，發(fā)瘋eg: Have you made up your minds where to go for your honeymoon?She couldn’t call to mind where she had seen him before.He will bear the beautiful girl in mind forever.6. give in 屈服；投降；讓步；上交give in to sb 對(duì)某人讓步give away 贈(zèng)送；泄露；出賣give back 歸還give off 放出；散發(fā)出（液體、氣體、氣味、能量、熱量、光、聲音）give out 分發(fā)；用完，筋疲力盡give up 放棄；停止；認(rèn)輸；把…送交give over 移交give way to 給…讓路；對(duì)…讓步eg: The authorities have shown no signs of giving in to the kidnappers’ demands.He gave away most of his money to charity.After a month their food supplies gave out.7. When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. 在“主語 + 系動(dòng)詞 + 形容詞 + 不定式”結(jié)構(gòu)中，常用主動(dòng)形式表示被動(dòng)含義。 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。 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”。作狀語時(shí)與owing to同義，但due to一般不置于句首。 (from)… / prevent…。亦可說：join sb in (doing) sth。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.con