Unit 12   Period  4  Language points in reading

 to begin with   

1)首先，第一

i’m not going. ______________,i haven’t a ticket, and secondly i don’t like the play.

我不去。一來我沒票，二來我不喜歡這出戲。

2)起初

___________________he had no money, but later he became quite rich.

他起初沒錢，可是后來相當富有了。

9. attach importance to ….認為。。。很重要

~ importance/significance/value/weight, etc. (to sth)

e.g我認為這個研究十分重要。i attach great importance to this research.

to attach

①to attach sth. to sth.    將某物系在、縛在或附在另一物上

to attach a label to each piece of luggage   _______________________

②to attach sb. to sb. /sth.  將某人派給（一人或一組織）去執行某任務，使隸屬于（尤用于被動語態）

you’ll be attached to this department until the end of this year.

你在年底前將暫屬于這一部門。

③to attach oneself to sb./sth.  （有時指不受歡迎或未受邀請而）依附某人、參加某事

a young man attached himself to me at the party and i couldn’t get rid of him.

聚會中有個小年青總纏著我，我也甩不開他。

④to attach sth. to sth.        _______________________________

do you attach any importance to what he said?    你認為他說的話重要嗎？

⑤to attach to sb.       與某人相關聯，歸于某人

no blame attaches to you in this blame.   這件事不怪你。

10.have a tendency to be absent______________________

11.drop out   中途退學，輟學

drop behind     落后

drop by    順便訪問：停下做短暫訪問

drop off    睡著；減少

drop in     順便走訪, 不預先通知的拜訪

attendance at football matches have______since the coming of television.

a.dropped in  b.dropped off  c.dropped out  d.dropped down

10.be skeptical of anything that_____________________

  take children away from their work on the farm不讓孩子們田里勞動

12. be willing /unwilling to do （不）愿意。（不）樂意

they keep a list of people (who are) willing to work nights.

他們有一份愿意夜間工作的人的名單。

i’m perfectly willing to discuss the problem.我十分樂意討論這個問題。

they are unwilling to invest any more money in the project. 他們不愿再為這個項目投資。

she was unable, or unwilling, to give me any further details.

她不能，或不愿意，向我提供進一步的細節。

13. mean 想要，意思是；

① [常用被動] ~ sb for sth| ~ sb to be sth （想要某人成為，想要某人去做）

 i was never meant for the army (= did not have the qualities needed to become a soldier).

我根本就不是塊當兵的料。