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Unit7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes
1.Sixteen-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced.
get their ears pierced 扎耳洞 (此处get是使役动词,相当于make/have,意为:使;让)
get/have+宾语+过去分词 使某事被做/让某人做某事(其中过去分词表示的动作往往是别人做的,与句子的主语无关)
Eg:His son had to get/have his room cleaned.
get的其他用法:
①get sb.to do sth.让某人去做某事
②get sb./sth.+adj 让某人/某事处于某种状态
Eg:The girl got her room clean. 女孩把她的房间收拾得很干净.
2. When I was a tiny baby crying all night,my mom sang to me and stayed by my side.
辨析: tiny,small与little
tiny:强调特别的小 eg:There is a tiny insect on the leaf.
Small:一般用语,多指面积、体积等小
little: 指 “娇小可爱的、小巧的”,有感情色彩,表示喜欢、怜爱,常与pretty,nice,poor,silly等搭配
Eg:a nice little dog
3. I regret talking back,not listening to Mom.
regret(vt)遗憾;惋惜;懊悔 (后接n/pron/that或what引导的从句)
Eg:I deeply regret what I said.
辨析: regret doing sth.与regret to do sth.
regret doing sth. 对做过的事感到遗憾、后悔 (已做)
Eg: I regret telling her what I thought.
regret to do sth. 对要做的事感到遗憾 (未做)
Eg: I regret to have to do it,but I have no choice.
与regret用法类似的动词:
try to do sth.努力/尽力做某事
try doing sth.试着做某事
remember /forget /stop/mean/go on
can’t help to do sth.不能帮忙做某事
can’t help doing sth.情不自禁做某事
regret (n)遗憾;懊悔
Eg: My only regret is that I missed the chance.
4. Do you think we must keep teenagers away from the Internet?
keep...(away) from... 避免接近;使远离
含away from的短语还有:
stay away from 避开;远离 run away from从...逃离;回避
break away from从...脱离出去 move away from从...搬走;逃脱
be away from离开 far away from离...远
5.This way,when they start working they can manage their own lives.
①manage (v)表示“完成(困难的事)” manage to do sth.设法做成某事
辨析: manage to do sth.与try to do sth.
manage to do sth. 设法做成某事 (指经过努力达到目的,其结果通常是成功地完成某事,强调结果)
try to do sth. 尽力做某事 (但不一定成功)
Eg:Maybe I can’t manage to make her happy,but I’ll try to do that.
②manage表示 “应付(困难局面)”时,常与with/without连用
Eg:How did she manage on her own with four kids?
How do you manage without a car?
manager(n)经理;管理者
6.He’s getting older now,so he needs to think about what