B3U5LanguagePoints2postpone(vt.)延遲；延期；延緩=putoff;delayTheysaidtheletterinsidewouldexplainwhatitwasallabout,buthehadtopostponeopeningituntil2o’clock.他們說里面的信可以解釋這是怎么回事，但他必須推遲到兩點再打開。Mr.Marxhaspostponedthetestuntiltomorrow/totheseconddaytogiveusanextradaytostudy.馬克斯先生已將考試延期到明天/第二天，好讓我們多一天的學習時間。Soawisefarmerneverpostpones/delays/putsoffgatheringhishaywhenthesunisshining.所以，聰明的農民從來不會在陽光正好時延遲收集干草的時間。postponesthto/untilsth把某事推遲到...時間postpone/delay/putoffdoingsth延遲做某事odd(adj.)奇怪的；怪異的；反常的strangeorunusualHenryfeltthatwasodd.亨利覺得那很奇怪。oddpeople奇怪的人/oddbehaviour奇怪的行為/oddnumbers奇數/oddjobs零工/oddsocks不配對的襪子Ijustthinkit’soddthatthebearistalking.我只是很奇怪熊居然會說話。oddsandends零碎東西；瑣碎的事Theodds/chancesarethatyouaregoingtofail.你很可能會失敗。HappyHungerGames,andmaytheoddsbeeverinyourfavour.饑餓游戲快樂，愿好運永遠眷顧你們。Itisodd/strangethat...很奇怪... Theodds/chancesarethat...很有可能...HisbrotherRoderickdoubtsit.他的兄弟羅德里克對此表示懷疑。Idoubtif/whether...我懷疑是否... Idon’tdoubtthat...我不懷疑...Ihavesomedoubtif/whether...我懷疑... Thereisnodoubtthat...毫無疑問...stepinside=walkin走進seekhelp尋求幫助=asksbforhelp/turntosbforhelpworkforaminingpany在一家采礦公司工作don’twantone’scharity不要某人的施舍ajobthatearnsanhonestining一份有誠實收入的工作makeanhonestliving老老實實過日子showsbout送某人出去showsbin帶某人進來showsbaround帶領某人參觀inexactlyanhourandahalf正好在一個半小時后readbetweenthelines體會言外之意；領悟言外之意beoftenhiddenbeneaththeliteralmeaning往往隱藏在字面意義之下(beneath在...表面之下；在...背后)sitbeneaththetress坐在樹下aheatedargument激烈的爭論acoupleofdays幾天acoupleof=afew幾個人；幾件事物settleone’sargument解決某人的爭論takepartintheirbet參與他們的打賭getupsetwith對...惱怒；生...的氣Period3DiscoveringUsefulStructures&ViewingandTalkingintention(n.)打算；計劃；意圖；目的intend(vt.)計劃；打算intended(adj.)意欲達到的；為...打算的I’mwritingthisletterwiththeintentionofaskingforsomeadvice.我寫這封信是打算征求一些意見。Asamatteroffact,theyhavenointentionofgettingmarriedatpresent.事實上，他們目前沒有結婚的打算。Janewasalreadysomuchrecoveredastointendleavingherroomforacoupleofhoursthatevening.Jane的病已經大為好轉，當天晚上就想走出房間玩幾個小時。Ididn’tintendhertoseepaintinguntilitwasfinished.我打算把畫畫完后再給她看。Iintendtospendthenighthere.我打算在這里過夜。Thebookisintendedforchildren.這本書是為兒童寫的。withtheintention/purposeof有...的目的 havenointentionofdoing無意做某事intendtodosth/doingsth想要/打算做某事 intendsbtodosth打算讓某人做某事beintendedfor專門為...準備/設計的 beintendedtodosth打算做某事nowhere(adv.)無處；哪里都不HenryAdamsisstuckinaforeigncountrywithoutmoneyandfriends,andwithnowheretostay.亨利·亞當斯被困在國外，沒有錢，沒有朋友，也沒有地方住。Theboyburstintotearswhenhistoyrocketwasnowheretobefound.當找不到他的玩具火箭時，這個男孩哭了起來。I’mtryingtopersuadehertoe,butI’mgettingnowhere.我設法勸說她過來，但沒有成功。Sherosetofameouttonowhere.她莫名其妙地就出名了。benowheretobeseen/found哪里也見不到/找不到get/gonowhere毫無進展outofnowhere突然冒出來；莫名其妙地出現(just)incase以防；以防萬一incaseof如果；假使Incaseithappenstoyouonatripabroad,whatshouldyoudo?萬一你在國外旅行時遇到這種情況，你該怎么辦？I’llmakesomesandwichesincaseyoufeelhungryonthejourney.我會做些三明治，免得你在旅途中覺得餓。Thebusisusuallyontime,butstartearly,justincase.那班公交車通常是準點的，但你還是早點兒動身，以防萬一。Incaseofemergency,breaktheglassandpressthebutton.在緊急情況下，打破玻璃，按下按鈕。extent(n.)程度；限度；大??；范圍to...extent到...程度；在...程度上Theyoughttobeabletohelptosomeextent.在某種程度上他們應該能幫得上。theextentofforests森林面積thefullextentofthebeach海灘全貌Thegovernmentitselfhaslittleinformationontheextentofindustrialpollution.政府本身幾乎不了解工業污染的程度。Growingupwithhimsoonmademerealisetheextentofhisdetermination.和他一起長大讓我很快意識到他有多么堅定。Toacertainextentit’seasierformentogetwork.在一定程度上，男性更容易找到工作。Wemaynotbeabletodoittotheextentthatwewouldlike.我們也許無法把這件事做到我們希望的程度。Thecarwasdamagedtosuchanextentthatitcouldn’tberepaired.汽車嚴重損毀，已經沒法再修了。totheextentof/totheextentthat/tosuchanextentthat（表示強調）到...的地步；到...程度toalargeextent在很大程度上/tosomeextent在某種程度上/toacertainextent在一定程度上hug(vt.&vi.)擁抱；抱緊embraceIwassosurprisedatthenewsthatDavidwouldplaytheroleofthedinosaurintheplaythatIgavehimahugoutofjoy.當聽到大衛要在劇中扮演恐龍的消息時，我很驚訝，因此我高興地擁抱了他。Shehuggedherkidtightly.她緊緊地摟住她的孩子。=clingontosb./holdsb.inone’sarmsShesatinthechair,huggingherknees.她雙臂抱膝坐在椅子上。outofsth（表示原因）因為，出于outofkindness出于好心/outofcuriosity因為好奇hugsb=embracesb=givesbahug擁抱某人 givesbabearhug給某人一個緊緊的擁抱/熊抱pursue(vt.)追求；致力于todosthortrytoachievesthoveraperiodoftimepursuit(n.)追求；尋找Lilydecidedthatshewouldsettle/goingtosettleinNewYorkandpursueherdreamofbeinganactress.莉莉決定要在紐約定居，追求她當演員的夢想。pursueagoal/anaim/thepolicy/amedicalcareer追求目標/貫徹宗旨/貫徹政策/從事醫學工作pursuelegalaction進行訴訟pursueacar/athief追趕車輛/追捕小偷(=runafter)thepursuitofhappiness/knowledge/profit對幸福/知識/利潤的追求duty(n.)責任；義務；職責；值班onduty值班；執勤Hesaidhewouldbe/wasgoingtobeondutyatthelibrarythisafternoon.他說他今天下午在圖書館值班。Itisourdutytoletpeoplearoundtheworldknowaboutourdiversecultures.讓世界人民了解我們多樣的文化是我們的責任。Ifeelitourdutytoraisepeople’sawarenessaboutenvironmentalprotection.我覺得提高人們的環保意識是我們的責任。Yourdutieswillincludesettingupanewputersystem.你的職責將包括建立一個新的計算機系統。(duties職責；義務carryoutone’sduties履行某人的職責)Itisone’sdutytodosth做某事是某人的責任 feelitone’sdutytodosth感覺做某事是某人的責任haveadutytodosth有做某事的責任/義務 doone’sduty盡職；盡責beonduty值班；執勤/beoffduty下班；不執勤hesitate(vi.)猶豫；遲疑；顧慮hesitation(n.)猶豫；遲疑；顧慮hesitant(adj.)猶豫的；躊躇的；WhydoestheownerthinkHenryhesitatestopaythebill?店主為什么認為亨利遲疑著不付賬？Ididn’thesitateforamomentabouttakingthejob.我毫不猶豫地接受了那份工作。Pleasedon’thesitatetocontactmeifyouhaveanyquestions.如有疑問就請盡快與我聯系。Sheheldback,notknowinghowtobreaktheterriblenews.她躊躇著，不知如何說出這一可怕的消息。(hold(sb)back(fromdoing)(使)猶豫；躊躇)Ihavenohesitationinremendingherforthejob.我毫不猶豫地推薦她做這項工作。Thegreatmajorityofplayersignedthecontractwithouthesitation.絕大多數運動員毫不猶豫地簽了這份合同。Heishesitantaboutseizingthatopportunity/toseizethatopportunity.他猶豫著是否該抓住這個機會。hesitateabout/over對...猶豫不決 hesitatetodosth做某事有顧慮without(theslightest)hesitation毫不猶豫 havenohesitationindoingsth毫不猶豫做某事eventually(adv.)最后；終于eventual(adj.)最后的；最終的；結果的Intheend/Eventually...最后；終于Eventuallyyourchildwillleavehometoleadhis/herownlife.你的孩子最終會離開家過他/她自己的生活。Ourflighteventuallyleftfivehourslate.我們的班機最終晚了五個小時起飛。eventually和finallyeventually表示某事幾經延遲或波折后最終發生；還表示一系列事件之后發生的事，常為這些事件的結果。finally表示經過長時間的等待或期盼后某事終于發生；還表示一系列事件中最后發生的事。最后；終于：eventually;atlast;intheend;finallydowelltocheckwithsomelocalcharities最好咨詢當地的慈善機構dowelltodo做...明智/聰明offertohelptravellersinneed主動幫助有需要的旅行者avoidgettingintotrouble避免陷入麻煩watchthismusicalwithhisgirlfriendontheweekend在周末和他女朋友看這部音樂劇Period4ReadingforWritingmanner(n.)舉止；行為方式；方法；[pl.]禮貌；禮儀ina...manner以一種...的方式；帶著一副...的樣子inarudemanner態度粗魯 inafriendlymanner友好地haveanaggressive/afriendly/arelaxedmanner帶著一副咄咄逼人的/友好的/休閑的樣子havegood/badmanners有禮貌 Itisgood/badmannerstodosth做某事有禮貌/沒有禮貌Myfatherdisapprovesofmymannerofliving.我父親不贊同我的生活方式。Itisbadmannerstotalkwithyourmouthfull.嘴里塞滿了東西跟人說話是不禮貌的。aside(adv.)到旁邊；在旁邊；留；存pullingthe3rdclerkasideandwhispering把店員三拉到一邊，竊竊私語Let’sleavethatmatterasidefornowandtalkaboutthemoreurgentproblemsfacingus.眼下咱們暫且把那件事放一放，先來討論我們面臨的更為緊迫的問題吧。Wesetasidesomemoneyforrepairs.我們存了一些錢作為修理費用。Ihardlywatchanytelevision,asidefromnewsandcurrentaffairs.除了看看新聞和時事，我很少看電視。pull/takesbaside把某人拉到一邊 leave/put...aside把...暫且放置一邊setaside留出，省出；暫時不考慮 asidefrom/apartfrom除了...inthatcase既然那樣；假使那樣的話Inthatcase,there’snoproblem.如果是那樣的話，那就沒問題了。inanycase無論如何；不管怎樣 innocase決不 inthiscase既然這樣；假使這樣的話inthatcase既然那樣；假使那樣的話 asisoftenthecase情況經常是這樣的option(n.)可選擇的事物；選擇；選擇權optional(adj.)可選擇的；選修的...thereisawiderangeofoptionsforHenrytochoosefrom...那里掛滿了各種款式的衣服，供亨利挑選Wehadnooptionbuttoabandonthemeeting.我們別無選擇，只有放棄這次會面。Thecustomershavetheoptionofpayingincashorbycreditcard.顧客可以選擇用現金或信用卡付款。takeanoptionalcourse上選修課awiderangeofoptions多種選擇havenooption/choicebuttodosth除了做某事別無選擇havetheoptionofdoingsth有做某事的選擇broad(adj.)寬闊的；廣闊的；廣泛的broadly(adv.)大體上，基本上；咧開嘴（笑）地broaden(v.)變寬；擴大影響；增長withabroadsmile笑容可掬abroadstreet/river寬闊的街道/河流broadshoulders寬肩broadsupport廣泛的支持abroadrangeofproducts各種各樣的產品smilebroadly咧嘴笑 broadlyspeaking一般來說；從廣義上說broadenone’shorizon拓寬視野 broadenone’sknowledge擴充某人的知識willing(adj.)愿意；樂意willingly(adv.)樂意地willingness(n.)心甘情愿unwilling(adj.)不愿意的；勉強的unwillingness(n.)不情愿unwillingly(adv.)不情愿地Whywouldtheownerbewillingtowaitforalongtimetogetpaid?為什么店主愿意等很長時間才能拿到錢？bewillingtodosth愿意/樂意做某事beunwillingtodosth不愿意做某事maintain(vt.)維持；保持；維修；保養Hewantedtomaintainagoodrelationshipwiththeambassador...他想和大使保持良好的關系...maintainlawandorder/standards/abalance/closerelations維持治安；保持水平/平衡/密切關系maintainthehouse/theInternationalSpacestation維修房屋/維修保養國際空間站maintainagoodrelationshipwithsb與某人