Unit 6 Design Lesson 4 Dream House 词汇讲义-2021-2022学年高中英语北师大版必修二

Unit 6 Design Lesson 4 Dream House Rent 租⾦；房租 The house on Mango Street is ours, and we don’t have to pay rent to anybody, or share the yard with the people downstairs, or be careful not to make too much noise, and worried about the landlord being angry. 芒果街的房子是我们自己的，不用向任何人交房租，不用和楼下的住户共用院子，不用小心翼翼地不大声喧哗，也不用担心担心房东生气。 词组搭配： （1）for rent 出租；招租 at a rent of 以 的租⾦ （2）rent vt. 租⽤；出租 rent out 把 租出去 rent sth. (out) to sb. 把某物租给某⼈ rent sth. from sb. 从某⼈那⼉租借某物 Mercy n. 慈悲，怜悯，同情心 He had no mercy so we had to leave fast. 他没有同情心，所以我们不得不赶快离开。 词组搭配： （1）Show mercy to sb. = have mercy on/upon 怜悯某人，宽恕某人 Show sb. no mercy=show no mercy to sb. 对某人毫不怜悯 without mercy 毫不留情地 at the mercy of 受......支配，听任.....摆布 It’s a mercy that...幸运的是...... （2）Merciful adj. 宽厚的，仁慈的 be merciful to 对......仁慈 At least 至少 And we’d have a basement and at least three washrooms so when we wanted to bathe we wouldn’t have to tell everybody. 并且我们会有一个地下室以及至少三个卫生间，这样我们想洗澡时就不用通知任何人了。 相关词组： （1）at (the) most至多，不超过 not in the least=not at all 一点也不 last but not least 最后但同样重要的是 （2）at most 至多；顶多 Dream of 梦想；渴望 This was the house Papa talked about when he dreamed of being rich and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed. 这是爸爸所讲述的梦想富有时的房子，也是在睡觉前妈妈给我们讲的故事中她所想象的房子。 词组搭配： dream about=dream of 梦想；梦见 dream up 虚构；凭空想象；想出 dream a/an...dream 做一个......梦 dream away (在空想中)虚度（光阴） Narrow adj.狭窄的；狭隘的；目光短浅的；勉强的 It’s small and red with narrow steps in front and windows so small that you’d think they were holding their breath. 子很小，是红色的，前面是窄窄的楼梯，窗子小得让你觉得它们屏住呼吸。 词组搭配： （1）a narrow escape 九死一生 a narrow victory 险胜 （2）narrow vi&vt. 缩小，变窄；眯上（眼睛） （3）narrowly adv. 狭窄地；勉强地；严密地；仔细地 Hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸 （1）lose one’s breath 喘不过气来；呼吸困难 out of breath=short of breath 上气不接下气 take a deep breath 深呼吸一口，深呼吸 take breath 喘口气，歇口气 （2）breath n. 呼吸；呼吸的空气 （3）breath v. 呼吸 （4）breathless adj. 喘不过气来 Conclusion n. 结论；结束 （1）Reach/draw/come to/arrive at a conclusion 得出结论 In conclusion 最后 bring...to a conclusion 结束...... （