Going west復習

       e.g. i want our best reporters sent to cover the trial.

          我要派我們最優秀的記者去采訪這次審判。

 5.夠（付…錢）

      e.g. will $10 cover the cost of a new skirt ?十美元夠買一條新裙子嗎？

cover 還可作為不及物動詞，“代理，代替別人 ”

e.g. john’s ill today , so will you cover for him , jean ?

    琴，約翰今天病了，請你代替他一下好嗎？

cover 用作名詞時，常指“覆蓋物，封面 ，蓋子等 ”

…wrapped the medicine in a quilt and tied it up. 用被子把藥包好，然后，捆起來。

[點撥] 該句中的tie up =do up “束緊，包扎 縛牢 ，系住，栓住等 ”

      e.g. we tied the boat up alongside the quay.我們把船停泊在碼頭處。

tie sb up  “捆綁某人”“纏住某人使之無暇顧及他事”

 e.g.1. the thieves left the night-watchman tied up and gagged.

     竊賊把夜班守衛員捆住，把他的嘴也堵住了。

e.g.2.i’m tied up in a meeting until 3 pm.我開會直到下午3點鐘方可脫身。

…but he knew that lives were at stake. 但是他知道有很多人危在旦夕。

[點撥] at stake 意為“得失攸關，處境危險”

　　　e.g. his life itself was at stake.他面臨身敗名裂的危險。

　… a memorial to all who risked their lives to save those of others.紀念那些冒著生命危險來挽救別人的人。

[點撥] risk 作為及物動詞“冒　…　之險”

      e.g.1. risk one’s health /fortune /life /failure “冒著健康（財富、生命、失敗）之險”

e.g.2.we must risk getting caught in a storm.

　　我們必須冒為暴風雨所阻之險。

risk 還可用作名詞，“冒險”常常構成下列短語：

1.run/take risks /a risk   “冒… 之險”

 e.g. you’re running a big risk in trusting him

     你信任他實在要冒很大的風險。

 2.run/take the risk of doing sth “ 冒…之險 ”

   e.g. we’ll take the risk of being late.我們將冒遲到之險。

 3. at the risk of /at risk to  “不顧 …之險”

   e.g. he was determined to get there even at the risk of his life.

      他決心到那里,雖冒生命危險在所不惜.

[點撥] those 在該句代替前面出現過的 “lives”

e.g.1.these machines are better than those we turned out last year.

   這些機器比我們去年生產的好。

e.g.2.the days in summer are longer than those in winter.

  夏天的白天比冬天的長。

grammar   

語法：the attribute

1.定語的表示法:

 定語可以用下面這些成分表示:

 1)形容詞:

e.g.it’s a fine (windy,rainy, warm) day.這是一晴朗的(刮風、下雨、暖和)的日子。

 2）代詞（和限定詞）