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M1 U2 Extended reading
Mama and Her Bank Account
1. account vi.,vt. & n.
(1)vt. 认为是,视为
The event was accounted a success.
account for 是……的原因;解释;(数量上、比例上)占
The bad weather may have accounted for the delay.
She couldn’t account for her spying on me.
Students account for the majority of our customers.
2)n. 账户,账目;说明,解释;叙述,描述
I’ve opened an account at that bank.
He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened on the spot.
take... into account/take account of... 考虑到/ 顾及……
on account of 因为,由于
on no account 决不,绝对不
accountant n. 会计,会计师
完成句子
(1)It is parents’ absence from family that___________________ (是…… 的原因)the children’s unhappiness.
(2)It is said that body language ___________________(占)55 per cent of a first impression while what you say just 7 per cent.
(3)I___________________(开账户)after I made $1,000 by doing a part-time job during the summer vacation.
(6)He was deep in conversation with his ___________(account).
答案: 1. account for; 2. account for; 3. open an a