Unit15 Popular Youth Culture

lonely形容詞,孤獨的, 寂寞的, 荒涼的;有濃厚的感情色彩
e.g. the old man lived all alone, but he didn’t feel lonely. 這位老人單獨生活, 但不覺得孤獨.
e.g. living on a lonely island can be very lonely.生活在荒涼的島嶼上會很孤獨.
 leave(=let) sb alone 不去理會,不要去管 let alone 更不必說
e.g. let the dog alone; it will bite you if you pull its tail. 別碰狗, 要是你弄他, 他會咬你.
e.g. he can’t speak english, let alone write it. 他不會講英語,更不用說會寫了.
“mr zhao is weak and cannot do much for himself without getting breathless and dizzy, so i give him some assistance.”趙先生身體弱, 一干活就頭暈, 氣喘吁吁, 所以我來幫他.
【點撥】cannot do sth without....一做某事就....; 沒有...就不能..
e.g. the poor girl found she couldn’t walk without falling down.
可憐的女孩發現自己一走路就跌倒.
e.g. we can’t make any decision without the manager. 經理不在, 我們不能做任何決定.
previously history was his weakest subject, but it is a subject which interests mr zhao and they often discuss it.以前, 歷史是他最弱的一科,但是趙大爺卻對它很感興趣,他們常常談論.
【點撥】interest 使發生興趣,引起...的興趣
e.g. the new method will certainly interest you. 這種新方法一定會引起你的興趣.
interest sb/oneself in sth 使某人對某事感興趣.
e.g. having lost his job, he’d begun to interest himself in local voluntary work.
失業后, 他開始對地方志愿工作感興趣.
mr zhao’s enthusiasm has inspired lu hao to concentrate more on history lessons and his grades have improved a great deal.
趙大爺的熱情鼓舞了陸浩在歷史課上集中精力, 他的水平提高了很多.
【點撥】concentrate....on sth/doing sth 集中(精力)做某事
e.g. i can’t concentrate on my studies with all the noise going on. 我無法噪音干擾下繼續學習.
e.g. we must concentrate our efforts on improving education.我們必須集中精力提高教育水平.
when lin ying graduated from zhengzhou normal university she decided not to apply for a job straight away.　當林英從鄭州師范大學畢業時,她決定不去立即找工作.
【點撥】apply to sb for sth 向某人提出申請或請求
e.g. you should apply immediately to the manager in person for permission.
你該立刻親自向經理請求同意.
it’s hard work, but i get a lot of satisfaction because the kids are eager to learn and it’s amazing to see how quickly they improve.
雖然工作艱苦, 但是我很滿足. 因為孩子們渴求知識,進步很快.
【點撥】be eager for/after/about/to do 渴望得到/去做...
e.g. the young man was eager for success. 這個年輕人渴望成功.
【點撥】amaze使驚奇;amazing 令人驚異的;amazed感到驚奇;
e.g. he amazed everyone by passing the driving test.他通過了駕駛測試,這令每個人驚奇.