1、 NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS UNIT 131. curse 咀咒咀咒,咒罵咒罵 The rider cursed his unwilling horse. 1)curse sb. for (doing) sth.”因因咒罵某咒罵某人人 The old woman cursed the little boy for his bad manners. 2)be cursed with “因因而苦惱而苦惱/而受害而受害” He is cursed with his lazy son. 2. Considerate “體貼的，考慮周到的體貼的，考慮周到的” It is con

2、siderate of sb. to do sth be considerate towards sb.對對-體貼體貼eg.It was very considerate of you to let us know you were going to be late. She is always polite and considerate towards her employees. *consideration (n) take .into consideration (account) =take account of*considerable (adj.)值得考慮的值得考慮的;相當多的

3、相當多的 a considerable number of people *considering “就就而論而論”，考慮到，考慮到 eg. Considering the bad weather ,we decided to put the meeting off 3. Astonish (vt) =surprise/ amaze sth astonish sb sb be astonished by/at sth (adj.) astonished/ astonishing My parents looked _ at my news. She seemed _(that) I had n

4、ever been to Paris. It was an _ story. astonishedastonishedastonishingAstonishment (n.) to ones astonishment in astonishmentsurprise 使人一愣。這種使人一愣。這種吃驚吃驚可能包含著可能包含著高興高興 也可能包含害怕或憂慮也可能包含害怕或憂慮。astonish 表示某事使人表示某事使人震驚得難以置信震驚得難以置信。amaze 表示的吃驚中包含著表示的吃驚中包含著使人迷惑不解、使人迷惑不解、 困窘或驚疑不定困窘或驚疑不定4.stubborn (adj.) 1)頑固、固

5、執、倔強的頑固、固執、倔強的He is a stubborn boy who wont obey his mother.Tom is stubborn in accepting new things.He is too stubborn to apologize. 2)不靈活的，難以改變的不靈活的，難以改變的You have to push hard, the door is a bit stubborn.5. enquiry (n) AE = inquiry BEIf you want to know the train schedule, please _ at the booking o

6、ffice. A acquire B inquire C request D require B(vi) enquire = inquire 詢問，打聽詢問，打聽 inquiry about 打聽消息打聽消息 inquire into調查，探究調查，探究 inquire after sb 問候，問好問候，問好inquire sth. of sb of sb about sth.6. vital (adj)1).致命的致命的; 關系生命的關系生命的 a vital wound 致命傷致命傷 2) 極為重要的極為重要的 A vital question 極為重要的問題極為重要的問題 The new

7、s is vital to/for me.7. guilty adj 犯罪的，內疚的犯罪的，內疚的 be guilty of 犯犯 的罪的罪 be guilty for/about sth 對對內疚內疚I felt guilty about/for visiting her so rarely. guilt n 罪，罪行罪，罪行8. convince vt. 1）使使確信，說服確信，說服 convince sb of sth 使某人相信使某人相信 that-clause sb be convinced of對對.確信，有把握確信，有把握 =sb be sure/certain of 2）說服）

8、說服convince sb to do=persuade sb into (out of) doing sth (not) to do sth=talk/argue/reason sb into (out of) doing 說服某人做某事說服某人做某事 convinced (adj.)堅定不移，有堅定信念的堅定不移，有堅定信念的convincing (adj.)令人信服的令人信服的 a convincing argumentHe convinced me of his innocence. 他使我相信他是無辜的。他使我相信他是無辜的。 I was convinced that he knew

9、 the truth. 我確信他知道事實我確信他知道事實。 What convinced you to vote for them? 9. assume vt 1）假設假設,設想設想,假裝假裝,假定假定 assume sb (to be) adj/n we must assumed him to be innocent until he is proved guilty assume that-clause lets assume that you are right.2）開始從事，承擔，擔任）開始從事，承擔，擔任assume responsility承擔責任承擔責任(c.n) assumpt

10、ion 10. cancel=call off（vt.)1)取消，廢除取消，廢除 2)使使作廢作廢 3)刪除，注銷刪除，注銷The match had to be cancelled because of bad weather.Cancel an agreement/ones orderCancel the last sentence.leave out 省略，遺漏省略，遺漏cross out 劃去，刪去劃去，刪去delete 刪除刪除 commit 1) 1) 犯（錯誤、罪）犯（錯誤、罪）, ,做（壞事）做（壞事）, ,犯（法）犯（法） a) commit a murdera) commit a murder2) 2) 把把委托于委托于 ; ; 交付交付; ; 把把投入投入 He was committed to prison.He was committed to prison. commit commit oneself on sth oneself on sth. . commit co