高考英語單元知識點復習Unit 14
例:the hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service.
這家旅館提供高標準的舒適優質服務。
they had enough money to live in comfort in their old age.
他們有足夠的錢舒舒服服安度晚年。
if it’s any comfort to you,i’m in the same situation.
如果這樣對你有所安慰的話,我也得到了慰藉。
it’s a comfort to know that she is safe.
知道她安然無恙是令人安慰的事。
she comforted herself with the thought that it would soon be spring.
她想到春天很快就要來臨,以此來安慰自己。
these new shoes are not very comfortable.
這雙新鞋穿起來不太舒服。
please make yourself comfortable while i get some coffee.
我去沖咖啡,你別拘束。
the party won with a comfortable majority.
該政黨以明顯的多數獲勝。
鏈接•提示
注意比較calm的意思為“使某人安靜”,形容詞表示“(心情)平靜的”。
練:for some people,traveling abroad is the thing they enjoy most in life;for others,though,cultural differences make them feel ________.
a.calm b.comfortable
c.excited d.uncomfortable
提示:本句話的意思為“對一些人來說,到國外旅游是他們一生最大的享受,但對另一些人來說,文化的差異使他們感到很不舒服”。注意though所起的轉折作用。
答案:d
短語
1.turn out
講:(1)出席(某項活動);在場;(2)(與形容詞或副詞連用,或用于以how引導的疑問句)……地發展(發生);結果……;(3)原來是;結果是;證明是。
例:a vast crowd turned out to watch the procession.
有一大群人出來觀看游行隊伍。
despite our worries everything turned out well.
盡管我們都很擔心,結果一切順利。
you never know how your children will turn out!
你永遠不會知道自己的孩子會變成什么樣。
it turned out that godfrey had also seen franklin move the diamond that night and,...
原來godfrey那天晚上也看到franklin挪動那顆寶石了,而且……
in time,things may turn out all right if you just keep trying to be pleasant and polite.
如果你一直保持愉快和有禮貌,遲早情況會有好結果。
鏈接•提示
在表示“原來是;結果是;證明是”時,相當于動詞prove的用法。
練:her parents had had a very anxious moment but everything________ all right in the end.
a.turned up b.carried out