3. The Roman Empire __________ in 476 AD.

2. The professor has suddenly fallen ill. Who can ___________ to give the lecture?

1. This word is wrongly spelt. You have ___________ a letter.

2. There is no need to debate any more about … 没有必要再为……而辩论

There’s no doubt sth./ that…毫无疑问……

There’s no possibility that …不可能……

There’s no point in doing sth.做……没用/没意义

There is no point in complaining; they never take any notice.埋怨没用,人家根本不理睬。

拓展：

It’s no good/ no harm/ no use doing sth.做某事没有好处

There’s no use/ no good/ no point (in)doing sth.做某事没有用处/好处

考点例题：

_________________________________________(没有必要) worry about him.

_____________________________________________(没有用处) arguing with him.

[模拟试题]

(一)用框内所给词组的适当形式完成下列句子

1. (1)So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually improving his theory until he felt it was complete.于是在1510-1514年期间他继续从事这项研究，逐步修改他的理论，直到他感到完善时为止。

(2)The Christian Church rejected his theory, saying it was against God’s idea.基督教会拒绝接受他的理论，说它违背上帝的思想。

句(1)中gradually improving his theory until he felt it was complete和句(2)saying it was against God’s idea。

= and gradually improved his theory until he felt it was complete.

=and said it was against God’s idea.

考点例题：

_______________________________________________(不知道怎么办), he turned to his father for help.

_______________________________________________(担心今天的考试), I didn’t sleep well last night.

8. for convenience 为了方便起见 = for convenience’s sake

at one’s (own) convenience在某人方便的时候

Please deliver the goods at your earliest convenience.请尽早送货。

7. make sense有意义; 意思清楚; 有道理

What he has just said makes much/no sense.

make sense of 理解; 懂; 明白

I can’t make sense of this poem.

in a sense在某一方面; 就某种意义来说

What you say is true in a sense.

6. lead to通向; 导致

All roads lead to Rome.条条道路通罗马。

Diligence led to his success. =

His success lay in diligence.勤奋使他获得了成功。

5. break down

(1)破坏; 拆散; 分解

Chemicals in the body break our food down into useful substances.

The robbers broke the door down.

(2)(机器)损坏

Our truck broke down outside town.

(3)失败; 破裂

The peace talks are said to have broken down.

(4)精神崩溃; 失去控制

He broke down and wept.

考点例题：

The Roman Empire _______________ in 476 AD.

A. broke away from 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. broke down

C. broke up 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. broke into

其它短语：

4. take the place of代替,取代(= replace)

take place(=happen)

take one’s place (= take one’s seat)就座

take one’s place代替某人

翻译：我将代替我们经理出席会议。

________________________________________________________________________

1)I’ll take the place of our manager to attend the meeting.

2)I’ll take my manager’s place to attend the meeting.

3)I’ll replace our manager to attend the meeting.

4)I’ll attend the meeting instead of our manager.

5)I’ll attend the meeting in place of our manager.