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Unit 5
Words and Expressions
devote v. 把……献(给);把……专用于;专心于
1. A great person is someone who devotes his/her life to helping others.
伟人是把自己的一生致力于帮助别人的人。
2. You will never gain success unless you are fully devoted to your work.
除非你全身心投入工作,否则你将永远不会成功。
3. Her devotion to the research left her with very little free time.
她全身心投入研究,几乎没有空闲时间。
① devote oneself to (doing) sth. 献身于(做)某事;致力于(做)某事;专心于(做)某事
devote one’s life/time/money/energy to (doing) sth. 把某人的一生/时间/金钱/精力奉献于(做)某事
② devoted adj.忠诚的;深爱的;投入的
be devoted to... 对……忠诚;深爱……
a devoted father 一位尽职的父亲
③ devotion n.奉献;忠诚;深爱
表示“专心于,全神贯注于”的短语还有:be absorbed in, be lost in, be buried in, be occupied in, focus on, concentrate on, fix one’s attention on。
① (devote) to caring for his father, he didn’t go for a picnic with us.
②They devoted their spare time to (help) rebuild homes.
③His (devote) to work always earns him respect and praise from both his colleagues and students.
④If you have a job, and finally you’ll succeed.
如果你有一份工作,务必全身心投入,最终你会成功的。。
单句语法填空/完成句子
Devoted
helping
devotion
do devote yourself to it
随堂演练
shortage n. 不足;缺少;短缺
1. The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage.
在树木缺水最严重的地区,大树的损失最大。
2. They were suffering because of a serious shortage of doctors and nurses.
由于医护人员严重短缺,他们备受病痛折磨。
3. The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.
那家人甚至没有最起码的生活所需。
① food/water/housing shortages 食物/用水/住房短缺
a shortage of 缺乏
② short adj.不足的;缺乏的
be short of 缺乏,不足
in short 总之;简言之
①A (short) of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief.
② short, I like online reading more than paper reading.
③The going was slow on the project skilled workers.
这项工程进展缓慢,因为缺少熟练的工人。
单句语法填空/完成句子
shortage
In
because of a