1. call up 打电话，使……回忆起

When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone, she was very upset.

I’ll call you up tonight.

The old photo calls up memories of my childhood.

call back召唤某人回来；再访；回电话

call for需要，要求，接(人或物)

call in邀请；请来

call on拜访(人)

call at拜访(某地)

考点例题： ----Can I do the job?

----I’m afraid not, because it ______skill and patience.

A. calls on　　 B. calls out　　 C. calls up　　 D. calls for

5. acquaintance　 n. 相识; 了解

I have some acquaintance with the language我懂得这门语言。

I made his acquaintance long ago. 我很久以前已经认识他了。

拓展：make one’s acquaintance / make the acquaintance of sb. 结识某人

be familiar with　 / be acquainted with对……熟悉

acquaint sb. with使某人了解

4. condemn vt. 谴责

(1)condemn sb. / sth. 谴责某人/某事

Most people condemn any sort of violence. 大部分人谴责任何形式的暴力行为。

(2)be condemned to death / be sentenced to death被判死刑

The criminal was condemned to death. 那个罪犯被判处死刑。

(3)condemn sb. to do sth. 迫使做……事

His illness condemned him to be in bed all the time. 他的病使他被迫一直呆在床上。

3. convince　 vt. to cause to believe or feel certain; to persuade 说服；使相信，说动 (某人)

(1)convince sb. to do sth. 或convince that …. 说服某人做某事

…an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. 一位语音学专家，认定一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位。

We convinced him to go by train rather plane. 我们说服了他坐火车去，不要搭飞机去。

(2)(be)convinced+of 短语/ that 从句意思是“坚信……”；“确信……”。例如：

我确信他有罪。

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(3)convince (vt. )sb.+of 短语/that 从句，“使……坚信……”；“使……确信……”。

I don’t think her forced smile will convince her father that she lives happily on that small lonely island. 我不认为她的强作欢颜能使她父亲相信她在那个小孤岛上过得开心。

2. convenient　 adj. 便利的，方便的

Is it convenient for you to come next Sunday?下个星期天你方便来吗？

be convenient to sb. 对某人方便＝It is convenient for sb.

It is convenient to do sth. 做某事方便

Will 3 o’clock be convenient for you?

考点例题：

(1)Come and see me whenever________________.

A. you are convenient　 B. you will be convenient

C. it is convenient to you　　 D. it will be convenient to you

(2)If it is quite ______ to you, I will visit you next Tuesday.

A. convenient　　 B. fair　 C. easy　 D. comfortable

1. distinguish

(1)辨别；辨认

I can distinguish them at a distance. 从远处我能认出他们。

(2)(常与from, between连用)区别；区分

Can you distinguish between those two objects? 你能区分那两个物体吗？

(3)distinguish oneself 显扬自己；使自己扬名

The man distinguishes himself by his wisdom这个人因智慧而扬名。

拓展：be distinguished from不同于……；与……加以区别

distinguish …from …辨别，把……和……区别开

be distinguished by 以……为特征

be distinguished for 因……而著称

distinguished adj. 著名的，出名的

distinguishing adj. 有区别的

distinguishable adj. 可区别的

考点例题：应当教育孩子分辨好坏。

Children should be taught to _________________________________

Module 8 Unit 3 & 4

(三)语法填空

Some years ago, SARS broke out in the mainland of China, 1　　 (cause) some people to be killed or nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe 2　　　 there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the cause of this 3　　 (dead) disease. They invited all the most well-known experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were　 4　　 forward at the conference. Some of the top experts picked out those suggestions and tested them to see 5　　 they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of 6　　 up and had the new medicine 7　　 (test) on him. 8　　 his great joy, this patient recovered! He 9　　 his way to his office and telephoned the top official, telling him this exciting news. For convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method 10　　　 make sense. Not soon after that, the other hospital also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.

10. The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics ___________ by 2006. (complete)

9. -What were you doing when Tony phoned you?

-I had just finished my work and ________ to take a shower. (start)