Unit 11 key to success

…she decided to put that to good use.她決定有效地利用那些錢。  [點撥]  put sth. to good use 意思是“有效地利用（使用）”相當于make good use of sth.e.g.: she’ll be able to put her languages to good use in her new job. 她在新工作中應該可以好好運用她會的各種語言。this time she decided on a practical course to learn how to do make-up.這次她決定學一門如何化妝的實際課程。[點撥] 1.make-up此處為名詞，有“化妝”之意   2.make yourself/ sb. up“化妝”“上裝”[點撥]  make up    1.“構成，形成”     e.g.: women make up 56% of the students numbers.女生占學生人數的56%。   2.“編造故事（或謊言等）”     e.g.: he made up some excuse about his daughter being sick.。他編造了一些借口，說他的女兒病倒了。   3.“補上失去的東西，做出補償；彌補”常用短語make up of     e.g.: nothing can make up for the loss of a child.失去一個孩子是任何東西都無法補償的。     e.g.: after all the delays, we were anxious to make up for lost time.耽擱了這么久，我們急著想彌補失去的時間   4. 相關短語     make up to sb. for sth. 對某人表示歉意，給予補償     make up to sb. 獻媚，奉承，討好某人     make up with sb. 同某人言歸于好many people tend to listen to their parents or to their teachers and they often have expectations are hard to live up to.許多人往往聽父母或老師的意志，他們常常擁有一種很難實現的期望。[點撥] 1.tend to do 此處譯為“往往會”“常常就”     e.g.: women tend to live longer than men.女人往往比男人長壽。     e.g.: when i’m tired, i tend to make mistakes.我累了就容易出錯。   2.tend to/ towards sth.      e.g.: his views tend towards the extreme.他的觀點趨于偏激。     e.g.: prices have tended downwards over recent years.近年來物價趨于下降。   3.tend (to) sb./sth. 相當于care for sb./sth.“照料”“照管”“護理”     e.g.: doctors and nurses tended the injured.醫生和護士護理受傷者。[點撥]  live up to “達到；符合；不辜負（他人的期望）”     e.g.: he failed to live up to his parents’ expectations.他辜負了父母的期望。…but is going to university really the idea career for most people?但是上大學真的是大多數人的理想前途嗎？[點撥] 這是一個疑問句。going to university 是動名詞做主語。it is well-known that at the age of 17 to 18, many people dream of going to university.