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Unit3 Celebrations
1. 核心词精讲:
1. to put up decoration
put up: 1) fix it to a wall or board 张贴
eg A new notice has been put up on the board.
2) build;construct. 建造;搭建
eg They are putting up several new buildings in that block.
3) provide food and lodging for sb.为……提供食宿
eg I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few days.
4) increase the price of sth.提高(价格)
eg Universities have just put up their fees.
【注意】
put up中的up是副词,人称代词作宾语时要放在put与up中间。
eg put it up
拓展
put构成的其它常用短语还有:
put away 把……收起来
put back 放回原处
put down 放下;写下;记下
put forward 提出来
put off 延期;让……下车
put out 扑灭(大火)
put aside 不考虑;储存
put on 穿上;上演
put up with 忍受;容忍
2. Here are three readers’ accounts to our magazine...
account n.
1) report; description描述,报道
eg Why don’t you write your own account of what happened? You can write all that you saw.
2) an arrangement by which a body holds funds on behalf of a client or supplies goods or services to them on credit 账户
eg I began buying things on account.
拓展
give an account of 描述……
open/ close an account 开立/ 结清账户
on account of 因为,由于
on no account 决不,绝对不
take account of/ take …into account 考虑到,顾及
account v. : to give a satisfactory explanation of why something has happened or why you did something 解释,说明
account for 解释,说明……的原因
eg He could not account for his absence from school.
3. Next, the Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to our front door.
attach vt. : 1) to fasten, join or connect; to place or fix in position 贴;固定;附上
attach … to … 把……固定在/附在……上
eg He attached his horse to a tree.
2) to believe that something is important重视某事物,认为某事物很重要
attach importance / significance to sth 认为……重要性/意义
eg I don't attach any importance/significance to these rumours.
4. Every year, the moment I get on the train, I am surrounded by Shanxi accents.
surround vt. :
1) to be all around someone or something on every side 围绕,环绕
2) if police or soldiers surround a place, they arrange them