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Unit 2 Success Section D Lesson 3 Getting to the Top
1ruin vt.毁掉,糟蹋,毁坏;使破产 n.毁灭;废墟;破产
(教材原句)As one of the Olympic athletes, I miss birthday parties, ruin family holidays and skip nights out...
作为一名奥林匹克运动员,我错过生日聚会、破坏家庭旅行、放弃夜晚外出……
(1)ruin one's health 毁掉某人的健康
get ruined 被糟蹋/毁掉
(2)go to ruin/fall into ruin 衰落,败落;倒塌
be/lie in ruins 成为废墟;破败不堪
leave sth. in ruins 使某物成为废墟
reduce...to ruins 把……变为废墟
the ruins of... ……的遗迹
❶The smell ruined my appetite, and I pushed the dish away.
这味道毁了我的胃口,我把菜推开了。
❷Who hasn't received an email so annoying that it ruined an entire day?
谁没有收到过一封惹人心烦以至于毁了一整天的电子邮件?
❸It is apparent that the house was ruined beyond repair.
很明显,房屋被破坏到了无法修复的程度。
❹The city was in ruins and we moved into tents once more.
这座城市变得残破不堪,我们又住进了帐篷里。
❺Many ancient sculptures fell into ruin after the earthquake.
地震过后,许多古老的雕像都毁了。
❻When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins.第二天,当他们回到洛克威时,他们发现他们的街区已经成了一片废墟。
[拓展] 单复数意义不同的常考词:
ruin毁灭→ruins废墟
damage损害→damages损害赔偿金
force力量→forces武装力量
instruction指导→instructions说明(书)
spirit精神→spirits情绪,心境
[即学即练] 单句语法填空
①The whole town ________ (ruin) by the heavy storm last night.
②Many houses were reduced to ________ (ruin) in the storm.
③He served four years in prison, emerging to find his brilliant career ________ ruins.
完成句子
④To our disappointment, the bad weather ________________ (毁了我们的旅行).
⑤That mistake ____________________ (毁掉了他的机会) of getting the job.
⑥Their shape has made them less likely to ________________ (倒塌).
⑦The strong earthquake ____________________ (把这个村庄夷为平地).
2skip v.不做(本来应做的事);蹦跳着走;略过;跳绳 vi.快速转移 (skip—skipped—skipped) n.蹦跳
skip breakfast 不吃早饭
skip a grade 跳级
skip along 连蹦带跳地走
skip through 快速阅读;大致浏览
skip over the details 略过细节
skip school/class 逃学/逃课
skip the first chapter 跳过第一章
skip over 略过
skip rope 跳绳
Skip it! (生气地说)别提这件事!不说这个了!
❶Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital.
威廉姆斯为了在医院里陪他妻子而放弃了这场比赛。
❷We can skip over the det