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B1Unit 3 Language Points 2
Period 5 Discovering Useful Structures & Listening and Talking
1. compete (vi.) 竞争;对抗
... if he/she is competing for his/her country. ……如果他/她在为他/她的国家比赛。
In the competitive(adj.) English Speech Competition, they competed with/against their opponents/competitors(n.) for the honour of their countries.
在激烈的英语讲演比赛中,他们为了国家的荣誉与他们的对手比赛。
competitive games/sports 竞技性的比赛/体育运动
gain a competitive advantage over sb 占有超越某人的竞争优势
词义关联:contest (n.) 比赛;竞赛 an English speech contest
2. pretend (v.) 假装;装扮
A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his/her team.
一个足球运动员不应该假摔,即使这对他/她的团队有帮助。
When the boss came in, the workers pretended to be working hard on their machines.
老板进来时,工人们假装在机器上努力工作。(假装正在做某事)
The boy pretended to have fallen asleep when his father came back.
这个男孩在父亲回来时假装睡着了。(假装做过某事)
词义关联:seem to do sth 似乎要做某事
3. cheat (vi.) 作弊;舞弊 (vt.) 欺骗;蒙骗 (n.) 欺骗手段;骗子
You should never cheat. 你永远都不应该作弊。
He was caught cheating in the exam. 他考试作弊被抓了。(catch sb doing当场发现某人做某事)
He is a cheat (n.), cheating her into voting for him and she didn’t feel cheated until he won the election.
他是个骗子,骗她给他投票,直到他选举获胜她才感觉上当受骗了。(骗某人做某事)
His competitors cheated him out of the champion of the competition. 他的对手施展伎俩,不让他获得比赛的冠军。((尤指用不诚实或不正当手段)阻止某人得到某物)
词义关联:trick/fool (v.) sb into doing sth 骗某人做某事
4. make sense 有道理;合乎情理;表述清楚
That doesn’t make any sense!那没有任何意义!= That makes no sense.
It makes sense to buy the most up-to-date version. 买最新版是明智的。
I can’t make sense of the sentence, no matter how I read it.
这个句子不管我怎么读就是不理解。
The sentence doesn't make (any) sense no matter how I read it.
不管我怎么读,这个句子就是讲不通。
There’s no sense in worrying/It is not sensible(adj.理智的;合理的) to worry about the result now.
现在大可不必为结果担忧。(做某事没有意义)
词义关联:there is no point in doing sth 做某事没有意义
5. audience (n.) 观众;听众
An audience of millions watched the wedding on TV. 几百万观众在电视上观看了婚礼。
[C.] a number of people or a particular group of people who watch, read or listen to the same thing (同一事物的)观众;听众;读者
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