1、Unit 4 Law and order101、negotiate vt.&vi.谈判;协商;议定The government will not negotiate with the terrorists.政府决不与恐怖分子谈判。My company has assigned me to negotiate business with you.我公司派我来跟贵公司商谈有关事务。They finally negotiated a peace treaty.他们最终谈判达成了一个和平条约。The minister said,“We are ready for discussions with an
2、y legal parties,but well never _ with criminals.”(2011湖北)A.negotiate B.quarrel C.argue D.consultAnegotiate 谈判;quarrel 吵架,争吵;argue 辩论,争辩;consult 商议,咨询。句意:部长说:“我们愿意与任何合法党派进行讨论,但我们决不与犯罪分子谈判。”2、smooth adj.光滑的,平静的,平坦的 vt.使光滑,消除困难/障碍Our path in life will not always be smooth.我们的生活道路不会总是一帆风顺的。The cloth fee
3、ls smooth.这布摸起来很光滑。The sea is smooth.海面风平浪静。(1)smooth 的比较级是 smoother,最高是smoothest,过去式是smoothed。(2)该词的同义词是 calm,反义词是rough。3、compensate vt.补偿,赔偿;付报酬 vi.补偿,赔偿;抵消The factory will compensate their workers if they are hurt at work.工人们在工作中受伤,工厂得给予受伤补助。The company compensated him for the extra hours he work
4、ed.公司对他工作中的加班加点给予了报酬。她以美貌弥补智力欠佳。_She used her good looks to compensate for her lack of intelligence.一个人健康的丧失是无法补偿的。_Nothing can compensate for the loss of ones health.Fineline pens may _ bad handwriting.A.show up B.differ from C.break down D.compensate forD线条优美的钢笔可以弥补糟糕的书法。1、break into 强行进入某处;突然开始(大
5、笑、唱歌、欢呼等)His house was broken into(e.g.by burglars)last week.上星期有人(如窃贼)闯入他的房屋。As the presidents car arrived,the crowd broke into loud applause.总统的汽车到达时,人群中爆发出热烈的掌声。The wood was so rotten that when we pulled,it _ into fragments.A.broke away B.broke off C.broke up D.broke throughCbreak up意为“打碎,破裂,分裂”,
6、正合题意;本句句意为“木头烂成这样,以至于我们一拉它就变成了碎片”。2、keep up 跟上,不落后(with);(斗志)不低落,(价格)不下降,维持,继续The house is strong enough to keep up in a storm.这座房子很坚固,足以抵挡风暴。The good news kept our spirits up.好消息使我们情绪高昂。keep up with 赶上,不落后,保持联系catch up with赶上(某人或某事)keep on doing sth.继续做某事keep sb.doing sth.让某人一直做某事keep sb.from doing
7、 sth.阻止某人做某事Julie is one of those women who always _ the latest fashions.A.keep up with B.put up with C.catch up with D.hold on toA句意:朱莉是那些总赶时髦的女子之一。keep up with 跟上,与并驾齐驱;及时了解;catch up with跟上,赶上;put up with 忍受;hold on to 紧紧抓住;守住,保住。3、take sb.to court 起诉某人;控告某人They took their landlord to court for br
8、eaking the contract.因为房东毁约他们把他告上了法庭。go to court 上法庭go to court over sth.(因某事)起诉,打官司come to court 开始审理settle out of court 庭外和解pay court to sb.讨好某人;对某人献殷勤It took five years for the case to _ to court.A.take B.go C.come D.pay C 句意:这个案子花了5年时间才开始审理。although在句中引导让步状语从句,increasing在句中为现在分词作number的定语,a bigge
9、r problem是不定冠词形容词比较级修饰名词,表示泛指。Although there are an increasing number of such cases against people,crime against large companies is a bigger problem.尽管类似的针对人们的案例的数目不断增长,但针对大公司的犯罪是一个更大的问题。句型转换Although most of the earths surface is covered by water,fresh water is very rare and precious._ the fact that most of the earths surface is covered by water,fresh water is very rare and precious.Despite/In spite of
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