Unit 12 Art and literature
it’s my turn to treat you tonight. 今晚輪到我請客。
she treated me to lunch. 她請我吃午飯。
treat… as … 把……當作……看待
my mother treated my proposal as a joke. 母親把我的提議當玩笑看待。
we treated this matter as one of importance. 我們把此事視為重要問題。
類似的短語還有：look upon … as …; regard … as …; consider … as …; think of … as … 等等。
4) in trouble 處于困境中；在監禁中
例：she is in great trouble, so she needs your advice. 她遇到了很大的困難，所以需要你的忠告。
he was in trouble with the customs. 他在海關那里有了麻煩。
ask/look for trouble 自討苦吃；自找麻煩
get sb. into trouble 使某人陷入困境
put sb. to trouble 給某人增添麻煩
take the trouble to do 費神做；不辭勞苦地做
5）come across/upon 偶然遇到；碰上
例：we've just come across an old friend we haven't seen for ages.
我們剛碰到了一位多年不見的老朋友。
含義基本相同的短語還有：ran into/across; meet（up）with
例：i ran across an old friend in the street. 我在街上碰到一位老朋友。
his car ran into the post.他的車撞到柱子上。
i met with an traffic accident.我遭遇到車禍。
i met up with an old classmate in the crowd. 我在人群中偶然遇到了一個老同學。
the president is to meet with the press this afternoon.總統預定今天下午會見記者。
6）believe in 和 believe
believe in 表示因可靠、有能力、品德好等原因而“信任”某人，屬總的評價，常跟簡單賓語，偶爾跟含動詞ing形式的復合賓語; 而believe 表示相信某人某時某地所說的話，并不涉及對其總的評價，含有信以為真的意味。
例：i believe him. 我相信（他說的話）。
they believe him to have done it. 他們相信他做了這件事。
i believe him an honest student. 我相信他是個誠實的學生。
i believe in him. 我信任他。
i don’t believe in the theory. 我不相信這套理論。
7）habit n. 習慣；習性
例：it is his habit to jog before breakfast. 他習慣在早餐前慢跑。
she has a habit of playing with her hair while reading. 她在閱讀時有玩弄頭發的癖好。