Unit 20 Archaeology教案
he didn’t spare any effort on his studies.他在研究方面不遺余力。
spare the rod and spoil the child.
[諺]孩子不打不成器,嬌養忤逆兒。(省了棍子壞了孩子。)
②show mercy to; don’t hurt or harm sb.饒恕;不傷害某人 eg:
please spare me!請饒了我吧!
③be able to afford to give (time or money) (to sb.)勻出,撥出,分出,提供。
eg: can you spare me a few minutes of your time?我能耽擱您幾分鐘嗎?
i can’t spare the time for a holiday at the moment.
目前我抽不出時間去度假。
注:spare no effort不遺余力
spare adj. ①kept in reserve for use when needed多余的;備用的;剩余的
eg: we have no spare room for a table.我們沒有放桌子的空地方。
do you carry a spare wheel in your car?你的汽車上有備用備車輪嗎?
i have no spare money this month.這個月我沒有余錢。
②for leisure; free; unoccupied空閑的;未占用的 eg:
he paints in his spare time.他在空閑時繪畫。
she is a busy woman with little spare time.
她是一位忙得沒有空的女子。
③thin瘦的 eg:
a tall spare man又高又瘦的男子
注:詞組in one’s spare time在某人的空閑時間
10. in the eyes of sb. (in sb.’s eyes): in the opinion of sb.在某人的心目中,在某人看來 eg:
in your father’s eyes you’re still a child.在你父親的眼里你仍是個孩子。
注:相關詞組:keep an eye on sb.留神,看守,看管
look sb. in the eye目不轉睛地看某人
shut (close) one’s eyes to sth.閉目不看……,裝著沒看到……,視而不見
11. remote[ri′m t]adj. ①far away from other houses(與其他房子)遠離的,遙遠的,偏僻的 eg:
he used to live in a remote village.他曾住在一個偏僻的山村里。
a house remote from the town一座遠離城鎮的房子
②far away in time(在時間上)遙遠的,久遠的 eg:
in the remote past/ future在遙遠的過去(未來)
③cold and unfriendly冷淡的,漠不關心的 eg:
he is rather remote.他相當冷淡。
12. as well as
(1)同……一樣好 eg:
she cooks as well as her mother does.她和她母親的燒菜水平一樣好。
(2)(除……之外)又,不但……而且…… eg:
he grows flowers as well as vegetables.他既種菜也種花。
注:a as well as b短語為主語時,謂語動詞要隨a的人稱、數而變化。
eg: his children as well as his wife were invited to the party.
不但他的太太,連他的孩子們都被邀請參加了那次聚會。
二、同、近義詞辨析
1. sure與certain確信,有把握
相同點:(1)都可接about/ of,意思是“確信”,“對……有把握”,只能用人做主語。 eg:
are you sure/ certain of that?你確信那件事嗎?
(2)都可接不定式,意思是“一定會……”,人或物均可做主語。 eg:
he is sure/certain to succeed.他一定會成功。
the project is sure/certain to be a success.這個計劃一定會成功。
(3)后面跟“連接詞(疑問詞、連詞whether)+不定式”結構,意思是“確定……”,只能用人做主語。 eg:
i’m not sure/certain what to do.我不知道怎么辦。