Unit 8 learning a foreign language

   eg.1. they were invited to the party to be held next week.             他們被邀請去參加下周將要舉行的聚會。   eg.2. he attended the meeting held yesterday.              他出席了昨晚舉行的會議。who do you think take part in the discussion? 你認為誰會參加這場討論？[點撥]take part in ,attend ,join 之間的區別：   take part in 常用于參加各種活動；   eg: the swiss did not take part in the two world wars.             瑞士人民沒有參加兩次世界大戰。 另外 take a ...part in 還有“起……作用”的意思。  attend 常用于出席會議、婚禮等或作上學、上課講。eg.1. he decided to attend the conference in person.           他決定親自出席會議。eg.2. marry did not attend the wedding.           瑪麗沒有參加婚禮。eg.3. i attended two lecture courses under him.             我聽了他的兩次講座。join 參加或加入某一團體或組織，或加入成為其中的一員eg.1. in four months, more than 240 000 workers joined the communist party.             在四個月內有24萬工人加入了共產黨。eg.2. will you join us for dinner ?             我們一起吃飯吧？ speakingi always get stuck when i come across a new word.遇到生詞時我總是被難住。[點撥]get stuck =be stuck為被動語態，stick 被用作動詞時本意為“固定”，在不同情況下譯法不同。eg.1. i was stuck by the question.         我被這問題難住了。eg.2. as it was growing dark, i came to a car stuck in a drift.         天快黑時，我來到了一輛陷入雪堆里的汽車跟前。stick 另一種用法為“伸出來”常于out, out of 或up連用。eg.1. he saw a branch sticking up in the water.他看見一根樹枝露出水面。      eg.2. from space the earth like a huge water-covered globe with a few patches of land sticking out above the water.           從太空看，地球就像一個巨大的被水覆蓋的球體，上面有幾塊突出水面的陸地。固定短語stick to 粘住；堅持；堅守eg.1. glue has stuck to my fingers. 膠水粘住了我的手指。eg.2. but einstein stuck to his theory and went on with his research.