Unit3 The Million Pound Bank Note- Vocabulary and Useful Expressions教案
e.g. he found himself walking towards the park.
find oneself in/at etc (發現自己竟……）ø
a) to realize that you are in a particular situation, especially a bad one, that you did not expect
e.g. they suddenly found themselves without a goalkeeper.
b) to realize that you have arrived somewhere without intending to
e.g. after wandering around, we found ourselves back at the hotel.
find＋賓語＋賓語補足語，其中的賓補可以是名詞、形容詞、分詞、副詞、介詞短語或者to be型不定式ø
e.g. (1) you will find a difficult book. (名詞）
(2) i find maths to be difficult.（to be型）
(3) she found the door closed. (過去分詞）
(4) we found him interesting.（現在分詞）
(5) i find the article easy to understand.（形容詞）
(6) when i arrived, i find him in bed.（介詞短語）
(7) i found her out.（副詞）
6. …, which account for my appearance.
• account for sth 說明/解釋…的原因
a) to be the reason why something happens
e.g. his illness accounts for his absence.
b) to give a satisfactory explanation of why something has happened or why you did something
e.g. how do you account for the sudden disappearance of the murder weapon.
7. by accident= by chance
e.g. i only found it by accident.
8. stare at
stare at angrily= glare at
9. to be honest (with sb.)= to tell you the truth = honestly speaking
10. pretend to do pretend to be doing
11. take chances of doing sth./on sth.(冒險/碰運氣）
step 3: analyzing the useful sentence
(1) he is lost in london.他在倫敦迷了路
be lost 迷路；傾心于某事
e.g. he was lost in the forest for three days and nights.
he was so lost in reading this book that he forgot his train.
(2) as a matter of fact, i landed in britain by accident. 事實上，我在倫敦上岸是偶然的。
as a matter of fact= in fact事實上， 實際上
e.g. i didn’t go to the club yesterday. as a matter of fact, i haven’t been there for a long time.
by accident 偶然的/地
e.g. by accident, he found the place where his brother had hidden the treasure.
(3) i earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.我靠做義工來頂替船費，這就是我為什么衣冠不整的原因了。
earn one’s passage 掙取旅費
e.g. he couldn’t afford the fare, and so he had to earn his passage by doing jobs on the ship.