Growing pains

10. mad  adj. 狂怒的，瘋狂的    go mad 變瘋   drive sb. mad 把某人逼瘋
  be mad at/with sb. 對某人生氣   be mad on/about sth./sb. 特別喜歡某人或某物
  she is mad at me for being late.     she has been mad about kids.
11. be hard on 對……苛刻，要求嚴(yán)格      be strict with sb. in sth.
  don’t be hard on them; after all, they are only children.
12. now that 既然，由于。可以引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，相當(dāng)于since，that 有時(shí)可以省略。
   now (that) you have finished the work，you may go.
    _____ we have finished the course, we shall take a new one.
     a. now that   b. since that   c. since now  d. by now
13. upset  vt  1) 打翻  弄翻   打亂  2） 使…… 苦惱或心煩
~ one’s cup /the milk etc    //   a large wave ~the boat .
our arrangements for the weekend were upset by her visit.
sth upset sb   sb be upset   be/get upset about/at sth. 
be upset to do sth   be upset that從句
the problem ~s him so much.    //    i was very upset to see that. 對……感到難過的
he was ~ at not being invited.   //     dad was very upset that you didn’t phone
14. score   n  &  vt   1)得分    2) =twenty
the final ~ was 4-3.   //  she ~ed 120 in the maths test.  //  a ~ of people = twenty people
scores of    幾十(個(gè))  
there are three score students /scores of students in the classroom.
the student wanted to buy two ____ books, but the salesgirl only sold him two ____ these books.
    a. scores of; dozens of  b. scores; dozen of  c. score of; dozen of  d. score of; dozen
16. insist   vt & vi  1)堅(jiān)持（應(yīng)該做） 2）堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為
i insist that you should take an immediate action to put this right.
he ~s that i (should ) be present. （堅(jiān)持要求）
she ~ed that she had done right.  (堅(jiān)持說)
insist on (doing) sth   一定要……   堅(jiān)持要求……
he ~ed on going with me . 
the university ~s on an interview before accept a new student.
17. argument  n. 爭論  辯論    we agreed without much further ~.
have /get into an ~ with sb about sth
argue  vt    ~ with sb abut sth     ~ for /against sth 為支持/反對…..而辯論