Unit 1 Festivals around the world
3). you’ ll find that she is a girl who always ______ ______ ______.
4). ______ ______ _______, i think he’ s a fool.
答案：1). in other words 2). have a word 3). keeps/breaks her word 4). in a word
8. hold one’ s breath 屏息；屏住氣
[典例]
1). how long can you hold your breath for? 你能屏住呼吸多久?
2). the audience held its/their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope. 雜技演員走鋼絲時, 觀眾都屏住了呼吸。
[短語歸納] breath短語：
(be) out of/short of breath 呼吸急促；喘不過氣來；上氣不接下氣 catch one’ s breath屏住氣；歇口氣
lose one’ s breath 氣喘噓噓；上氣不接下氣 get one’ s breath 恢復正常呼吸
waste one’ s breath (on sb/sth)（對某人/某事物）白費唇舌 save one’ s breath不必白費唇舌
[練習] 用breath短語填空。
1). he ______ ______ ______ while the results were read out.
2). they won’ t listen, so don’ t ______ ______ ______ telling them.
3). it’ s useless talking to him. you may as well ______ ______ ______.
4). it took us a few minutes to ______ ______ ______ ______after the race.
5). i’ m a bit ______ ______ ______ after my run.
答案：1). held his breath 2). waste your breath 3). save your breath 4). get our breath back 5). out of breath
8. set off 出發；動身；使爆炸
[典例]
1). what time are you planning to set off tomorrow? 你打算明天幾點鐘啟程?
2). the terrorist set off a bomb in the city centre and killed six people. 恐怖分子在市中心引爆了炸彈，殺害了六個人。
[短語歸納] set短語：
set off for a place 出發到某地 set about doing sth開始（某工作）；著手做某事
set out 從某地出發上路 set out to do sth. 開始做某事
set sth up 擺放或豎起某物；創立，建立 set sth aside 將某事物放在一邊；（為某目的）節省或保留錢或時間
[練習] 用set詞組填空。
1). the new government must ______ ______ finding solutions to the country’ s economic problems.
2). the children ______ ______ the fireworks in the yard.
3). she ______ ______ a bit of money every month.
4). they ______ ______a statue in honor of the national hero.
5). they’ ve ______ ______ on a journey round the world.
答案： 1). set about 2). set off 3). sets aside 4). set up 5). set off/out
ⅴ.重點句子（旨在提供句子結構等所需材料）
1. the country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow. 整個國度處處都是櫻花盛開,看上去就像罩上了一層粉紅的雪。