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) The fire consumed the entire building. 大火燒了整棟建筑物。 拓展 : n. 消耗,消耗量 consumption 消費(fèi)者 consumer eg. 1) We have measured the car’s fuel consumption. 我們測(cè)量了這輛汽車(chē)的汽油消耗量。 2) Consumers are encouraged to plain about faulty goods. 要鼓勵(lì) 消費(fèi)者對(duì)劣質(zhì)商品投訴。 12. This is a fact that is easily dismissed, but driving too fast through city streets is very dangerous. dismiss: vt. 摒棄,放棄,對(duì) …… 不削一顧 。 解雇,開(kāi)除,讓某人離開(kāi),解散 eg. 1) He just laughed and dismissed my suggestion as unrealistic. 他只是笑笑,就以不實(shí)際為由拒絕了我的建議。 2) Will they dismiss Woods for stealing the money? 他們會(huì)因伍茲偷了錢(qián)而解雇他嗎? 3) The teacher might dismiss the class early today because of the snow. 由于下雪,今天老師或許會(huì)提早下課。 13. Carrying more than a light load on your bicycle makes it more difficult to control. load : n. 負(fù)載;負(fù)荷 These backpacks are designed to carry a heavy 。 v. 裝入;裝上 常用結(jié)構(gòu): load (up) A with B 用 B裝 A load A onto/into B 把 A裝到 B上 eg. 1) Sacks are being loaded onto the truck. 人們正在把麻袋裝上卡車(chē)。 2) Men are loading a truck with timber. 工人們正在將木料裝上卡車(chē)。 拓展: loads of 許多(修飾可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞) bear the load of 負(fù)擔(dān)……的重任 take a load off one’ s mind 如釋重負(fù) 14. Sixteen years later, in 1884, the Metropolitan Railway Company and the Metropolitan District Railway linked up and provided underground service in the middle of the city. link up: 將…… .結(jié)合,連接 。 會(huì)合,碰頭 eg. 1) Engineers can link up distant country sides by radio or telephone. 工程師們能用無(wú)線(xiàn)電或電話(huà)把遙遠(yuǎn)的鄉(xiāng)村連接起來(lái)。 2) The two space will link up in orbit. 兩艘宇宙飛船將于軌道上連接。 3) Where shall we link up?我們?cè)谀睦锛瘯?huì)。 拓展: link A to B 把 A和 B連接起來(lái) join up 連接起來(lái) join up the two towns add up 加起來(lái) add up the numbers 15. In addition to the frequent rapid ferries to ports in Weihai and Yantai, there are slower ferries to Shanghai, Qinhuangdao and Inchon in Korea. in addition to:除此以外還有…… In addition to giving a general introduction to puter, the course also provides practical experience. 課程除了一般介紹電腦知識(shí)外,還提供實(shí)際操作的機(jī)會(huì)。 拓展: in addition to 可以替換為: besides, as well as, apart from。 The negotiations struck a snag when the union leaders asked for paid holidays in addition to/ besides/ as well as/ apart from the usual wage increase. 當(dāng)工會(huì)領(lǐng)袖們要求在通常的工資增加之外還應(yīng)有帶薪假日時(shí),商談?dòng)龅搅俗璧K。 16. The number of road accidents and the deaths arising from those accidents has increased over the past year. arise from:由……引起 , 相當(dāng)于 result from All the errors arose from/resulted from your carelessness. 所有的錯(cuò)誤是由你的馬虎引起的。 拓展: arise: vi. 產(chǎn)生;發(fā)生;出現(xiàn) 。 站起來(lái),起身 eg. 1) They didn’t expect that so many problems would arise when they were carrying out the plan. 他們沒(méi)想到在實(shí)施這個(gè)計(jì)劃時(shí),出現(xiàn)了這么多問(wèn)題。 2) He arose and walked to the door. 他站起身來(lái)向門(mén)口走去。 練習(xí): 一、根據(jù)句子意思以及所給中文或首字母提示,寫(xiě)出單詞的正確形式。 1. After the terrible earthquake , the Japanese government ________ (運(yùn)送 )people to safer places. is _________ (難以置信的 ) that such a famous pany should play a trick on its customers. 3. Call me later. I must have a little peace and quiet to (集中精力 )on these fig