Module 6 Unit 2 What is happiness to you

when he got married, he lived apart from his parents.

男孩把玩具拆開了并且把隨便扔得一地。

the boy took the toys apart and spread the bits all over the floor.

7. devote…to…

  devote oneself to sb/sth 獻身于，致力于

  devote sth to sth 把……用于……

  devote one’s energy/life/time/attention to…

把精力/生命/時間/注意力用在……

  be devoted to… 獻身于

adj. devoted 忠誠的；摯愛的；全心全意的

they are devoted to their children. 他們深愛著自己的孩子。

a devoted son/friend/fan 孝子；忠誠的朋友；狂熱的崇拜者

8. rush vt.&vi. 迅速移動，急促；速送，（使）倉促行事，匆忙行事 n.急忙；倉促

完成句子：

(1)     don’t rush me（別催我）! i need time to think about it.

(2)     i have been rushing around all day（一整天都四下忙活） and trying to get everything done.

(3)     after the accident, the injured were rushed to（被急送）the hospital.

(4)     i don't like the rush of modern life(快節奏的現代生活) as everyone seems to be doing things in a rush(匆忙地，倉促地).

(5)     the traffic on the streets during the rush hours(高峰期間) came to a standstill.

9. cheer vt.&vi. 歡呼，喝彩，加油；鼓勵，鼓舞(usu. passive)

the crowd cheered (the president) as his car drove slowly by.

當總統的車子緩緩經過時，群眾向他歡呼致意。

she was cheered by the news from home.

來自家里的消息使她受到鼓舞。

a great cheer went up from the crowd.

人群中爆發出一陣熱烈的歡呼聲。

  cheer sb on （賽跑、比賽中）為（某人）加油，鼓勁

  cheer (sb/sth) up （使）變得更高興，（使）振奮起來

n. cheer 歡呼聲，喝彩聲 (cheers 干杯)

adj. cheerful 快樂的，高興的，興高采烈的；令人愉快的

adv. cheerfully

10. in good spirits=in high spirits 情緒高昂

   in low/poor spirits 情緒低落

   raise one’s spirits 鼓舞某人的情緒

   keep one’s spirits up 保持精神頭

   one’s spirits sink 情緒一下子低落了

注意：表示“精神狀態，情緒”或“烈酒”時用spirits；spirit還有以下用法：

[u,c]精神，心靈

the human spirit to overcome difficulties 人類克服困難的精神

[sing]真實意義，實質

obey the spirit, not the letter. 要依照精神實質，而不是字面意思。

[c]靈魂

他死了，但他的靈魂永存。he is dead, but his spirit lives on.

11. overcome vt.克服，戰勝;[usu. passive]受到 ……的極大影響；壓倒

overcome difficulties克服困難

overcome shortcomings克服缺點

她克服了開始時的羞澀之后，就變得非常友善。

after she'd overcome her initial shyness, she became very friendly.

決賽中法國隊輕松戰勝了瑞典隊。