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Unit 4 Section B 2a-2e
1.compete with sb.与某人竞争
2.free time activities 业余活动
3.get better grades 取得更好的成绩
4.give one's opinion 提出某人的观点
5.learn exam skills 学习应试技巧
6.practice sports 体育训练
7.cause stress 造成压力
8.cut out 删除
9.in one's opinion 依...看
1、 cut out 删除;删去
cut out 是“动词+副词”型短语,名词作宾语时,可以放在cut与out之间或out之后;代词作宾语时,只能放在cut与out之间。
I cut out one paragraph in this article.The comma is unnecessary. Please cut it out.
拓展延伸:cut out 还有剪下;戒除;突然熄火的含义。
2、push v. 鞭策;督促;推动
push sb. to do sth. 意为“督促某人做某事。
She thanks her parents for pushing her to study.
拓展延伸:push的其他常见义项:(1) 意为“推动”,其反义词是pull“拉”。
You push and I pull.(
2) 意为“按下(按纽、开关等)”,其同义词是press。
I got in and pushed the button for the fourth floor.
3、cause v. 造成;引起
cause作及物动词,常用结构:cause sb. sth.=cause sth. for sb. 给某人带来某事(多指麻烦)cause sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事
She is always causing her parents trouble.
= She is always causing trouble for her parents.
What caused him to change his mind?
拓展延伸:cause还可作名词,意为“原因,起因;理由。”
1. In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older. 在一些家庭,竞争从孩子们很小的时候就开始了,一直持续到他们长大。
continue v继续;持续 相当于go on.
拓展: continue doing sth.继续做某事(前后做同一件事) continue to do sth.继续做某事(前后不是同一件事)
He continued writing until midnight.他继续写作直到午夜。
He continued to do homework after taking a break.
在体息后他继续做作业了。
我还没有完成我的家庭作业,我必须继续做更多练习了。
I haven’t finished my homework, I have to continue doing more exercises.
2. And they are always comparing them with other children.
compare v.比较
compare …with …意为“将…和…比较”,强调同类相比,从而发现不同之处。
compare …to …意为“把…比作…”,强调异类相比,用来说明两个事物之间的相同之比处.
(1)他把他自己的照相机跟我的作了比较。He compared his camera with mine.
(2)人们常把老师比作蜡烛。People often compare the teachers to candles.
他把他的成绩和我的作了比较。 He compared his grades with/to mine.
我们通常把书比作朋友。 We usually compare books to friends.
3. People shouldn't push their kids so hard. 人们不应该把他们的孩子逼得太紧。
push v.①鞭策:督促 push sh. to do sth.督促某人做某事
②推动;移动
push (v) 在此处作动词,鞭策、督促
push sb to do sth 督促某人做某事=push sb. into doing sth.
The teacher pushes her students to study