Unit 5 The Value of Money Language Points2知识点讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版必修第三册

B3U5 Language Points 2 14. postpone(vt.)延迟；延期；延缓 = put off; delay They said the letter inside would explain what it was all about, but he had to postpone opening it until 2 o’clock.他们说里面的信可以解释这是怎么回事，但他必须推迟到两点再打开。 Mr. Marx has postponed the test until tomorrow/to the second day to give us an extra day to study. 马克斯先生已将考试延期到明天/第二天，好让我们多一天的学习时间。 So a wise farmer never postpones/delays/puts off gathering his hay when the sun is shining. 所以，聪明的农民从来不会在阳光正好时延迟收集干草的时间。 postpone sth to/until sth把某事推迟到...时间 postpone/delay/put off doing sth延迟做某事 15. odd(adj.)奇怪的；怪异的；反常的strange or unusual Henry felt that was odd.亨利觉得那很奇怪。 odd people奇怪的人/odd behaviour奇怪的行为/odd numbers奇数/odd jobs零工/odd socks不配对的袜子 I just think it’s odd that the bear is talking.我只是很奇怪熊居然会说话。 odds and ends零碎东西；琐碎的事 The odds/chances are that you are going to fail.你很可能会失败。 Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour.饥饿游戏快乐，愿好运永远眷顾你们。 It is odd/strange that...很奇怪... The odds/chances are that...很有可能... 16. His brother Roderick doubts it.他的兄弟罗德里克对此表示怀疑。 I doubt if/whether...我怀疑是否... I don’t doubt that...我不怀疑... I have some doubt if/whether...我怀疑... There is no doubt that...毫无疑问... 17. step inside= walk in走进 18. seek help寻求帮助= ask sb for help/turn to sb for help 19. work for a mining company在一家采矿公司工作 20. don’t want one’s charity不要某人的施舍 21. a job that earns an honest incoming一份有诚实收入的工作 make an honest living老老实实过日子 22. show sb out送某人出去 show sb in带某人进来 show sb around带领某人参观 23. in exactly an hour and a half正好在一个半小时后 24. read between the lines体会言外之意；领悟言外之意 25. be often hidden beneath the literal meaning往往隐藏在字面意义之下(beneath在...表面之下；在...背后) sit beneath the tress坐在树下 26. a heated argument激烈的争论 27. a couple of days几天 a couple of= a few几个人；几件事物 28. settle one’s argument解决某人的争论 29. take part in their bet参与他们的打赌 30. get upset with对...恼怒；生...的气 Period 3 Discovering Useful Structures & Viewing and Talking 1. intention(n.)打算；计划；意图；目的--intend(