Chapter 4 What should I do?
the conclusion of the film was quite romantic.
conclude v.
the chairman concluded the meeting.
the meeting was concluded.
7. persuade v. [p?’sweid] 勸說，說服，勸告
e.g. it’s not easy to persuade him.
we tried to persuade him to give up that foolish plan.
8. unhelpful [,?n’helpful] adj. 無用的，不愿幫助的
e.g. everyone on your team was so awesome and helpful.
the salesgirl in the shop is one of the most unhelpful people i have ever come across.
i found these instruction books unhelpful.
i hope they can introduce us some helpful ones.
9. bully [‘buli] v. 恐嚇，欺負(fù)
e.g. raymond always bullied and teased his classmates at school.
10. error [ ‘er?] n.錯(cuò)誤
e.g. the forest fire in australia was caused by human error.
辨析：mistake、error 、fault 和wrong
四個(gè)詞都可表示“錯(cuò)誤”，但側(cè)重點(diǎn)不同。
1、mistake強(qiáng)調(diào)日常生活中判斷和看法的錯(cuò)誤。
如:it was a mistake buying that house.
2、error強(qiáng)調(diào)違反某一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)做的錯(cuò)事，包括道德上的錯(cuò)誤。比mistake 更正式，常用于書面語。
如：he can‘t forget the errors of his youth. 他忘不了他年輕時(shí)犯的錯(cuò)誤。
3、wrong 壞事、冤屈、犯罪 (n.)
4、fault強(qiáng)調(diào)責(zé)任或性格上的弱點(diǎn)
如：it ‘s my fault that we are late.我們遲到是我的錯(cuò)。
11. narrowly adv. [‘nær??l?] 勉強(qiáng)地，以毫厘之差
e.g. she narrowly missed the train.
george narrowly passed his physics exam.
12. rent v. 租，租金
e.g. she doesn’t have enough money to rent a big house.
kate had to move away because she owed rent for a month.
13. by accident 意外地，偶然地
e.g. a young man got an expensive antique by accident.
she knew that secret by accident.
14. by mistake 錯(cuò)誤地
e.g. arthur took my textbook home by mistake.
15. if necessary 如有必要的話
e.g. we can also take a tent to the park if necessary.
give a brief explanation for your plan if necessary.
part two
1. receive vt.(客觀)收到
accept vt. (主觀)接受
e.g. i received a box of moon cake thismorning but i did accept it.
why not accept my advice?
who received the tickets to the happyvalley.
2. knock v. (strike)敲打; (cause sb. to )將…擊成
knock at// on
it is polite to knock at / on the door before entering the teachers’ office.
knock sth. down/ over 打翻; 撞倒
knock into 撞入
the car knocked into a lamp pole and turned over.
3. hurt (自尊心// 情感的)傷害; 外傷(injure)
mike fell off his bike and hurt his left leg.
4. police(集合名詞, 用做主語, 句中動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù))
the police are busying searching for the robber in the city.