2. in favor of 赞成；支持；对……有利
[典例]
1). I am in favor of your suggestion. 我赞成你的提议。
2). I talked to Susan about it, and she’ s all in favor of going. 我与苏珊谈了这件事，她完全赞同走。
[重点用法]
ask a favor请求帮忙 do sb. a favor = do a favor for sb. 帮某人的忙
[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词或翻译。
1). Senior ministers spoke ______ ______ ______ the proposal.
2). Would you ______ ______ ______ ______ (请你帮忙) and turn off the radio?
Keys: 1). in favour of 2). do me a favor
1. pay off 得到好结果，取得成功(常用主动态)；偿清债款；付清工资解雇
1). At last, his hard work paid off. 最后，他的努力得到了回报。
2). Did your plan pay off? 你的计划成功了吗?
[短语归纳] pay短语：
pay for付……的钱；为……而付出代价 pay back sth. (pay sb. back sth.) 偿还
pay sb. (...) for sth. 因某事而付某人…… pay sb. (...) to do sth. 付某人(……)去做某事
[练习] 用与pay相关的词组或所给词适当的形式填空。
1). After ten years of hard working she finally _______ _______ her debt.
2). Our efforts are sure to ________ ________.
3). Her parents ________ ________ America.
4). Have you ________ the milkman this week?
5). Have you ________ the money _______ the bank yet?
6). I will _______ you _______ next week.
7). I paid the boy ten yuan _______ (clean) the window.
Keys: 1). paid off 2). pay off 3). paid for 4). paid 5). paid; to 6). pay; back 7). to clean
8. obtain vt. (正式；尤指通过努力或计划) 获得；得到obtainable adj能得到的; 可获得的
1). I haven’ t been able to obtain that record anywhere. 我到处都没买到那张唱片。
2). He said that the police had obtained this information by illegal means. 他说警方是靠非法手段获得这一资料的。
obtain sth from sb/sth 从……获得某物
[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。
1). Are his records still ______ (obtain)?
2). Further information can be obtained _______ (介词) head office.
Keys: 1). obtainable 2). from
7. bother vt. 打扰 vi. 操心 n. 烦扰
1). I am busy; don’ t bother me now. 我很忙，现在别打扰我。
2). I am sorry to bother you, but can you tell me the time. 对不起，打扰了，请问现在几点?
bother with/about 一为……而烦恼；因……操心 bother to do / doing费神做……
1). The problem has been ________ (bother) me for weeks.
2). 一Shall I help you with the cases?
-Don’ t ________. I can manage.
3). Don’t bother _______ (介词) us; we will soon join you.
Keys: 1). bothering 2). bother 3). about
6. retire vi.退休(役)；退出，撤退；就寝
1). He will retire from the army next year. 他明年从部队退役。
2). Our forces retired to prepared positions. 我们的部队撤退到既设阵地上。
retire from... 从……退休(役)/退出 retire (from...) (to...) 退下，退出，离开(尤指到僻静处)
[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入所给词适当的形式或翻译。
1). He _______ (retire) next year after 30 years with the company.
2). She was forced to _______ _______ _______ (提前退出)teaching because of ill health.
3). He is a _______ (retire) airline pilot.
Keys: 1). is retiring 2). retire early from 3). retired
5. owe vt. 欠；应该把……归功于；感激，感恩
1). He owes his father £50. = He owes £50 to his father. 他欠他父亲50英镑。
2). We owe this discovery to Newton. 我们的这一发现归功於牛顿。
owe sb sth = owe sth to sb 欠(某人)债 owe sth to sb/sth将某事物归因或归功於某人/事
[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的介词。
1). How much do I owe you _______ the groceries?
2). He owes his success more _______ luck than _______ ability.
3). I owe a lot _______ my wife and children.
Keys: 1). for 2). to; to 3). to
4. accumulate vt.&vi. 积累；聚积 accumulation n [u,c] 积累
1). By investing wisely she accumulated a fortune. 她由於投资精明而积蓄了一笔财产。
2). Dust and dirt soon accumulate if a house is not cleaned regularly. 房屋不经常打扫, 尘土很快就越积越多。
[练习] 根据句子的意思在括号里填入所给词的适当形式。
1). A thick layer of dust _______ (accumulate) in the room, so he had to give it a thorough cleaning.
2). Despite this _______ (accumulate) of evidence, the Government persisted in doing nothing.
Keys: 1). had accumulated 2). accumulation
3. forbid vt. (forbade or forbad; forbidden) 禁止；不准；阻止妨碍
1). The law forbids the use of chemical fertilizers. 法律禁止使用化学肥料。
2). I forbid you to tell anyone. 我不准你告诉任何人。
forbid sth. / doing sth. 禁止，不许(做某事) forbid sb. to do sth. 禁止某人做某事
[练习] 翻译句子。
1). 飞机上禁止吸烟。
_________________________________________________________________________________
2). 他爸爸不准他和她交谈。
3). 要禁止小孩子不玩电脑游戏很难。
Keys: 1). Smoking is forbidden on the plane.
2). His father forbade him to talk to her.
3). It is hard to forbid children (to play) computer games.
2. undertake vt. (undertook; undertaken) 着手；从事；承担；同意，答应，保证(后接to do)
1). She undertook the responsibility for these changes. 她承担了做出这些改变的责任。
2). He undertook to pay the money back in one month. 他答应在一个月之内还钱。
1). 他答应在周五之前完成那份工作。________________________________________
2). 她负责整个项目的组织工作。___________________________________________
Keys: 1). He undertook to finish the work before Friday.
2). She undertook the organization work of the whole project.
1. differ vi. 不同；相异 difference n. 不同之处 different adj. 不同的
1). Their house differs from mine in having no garage. 他们的房子与我的不同，区别在于他们的没有起车库。
2). The two sides still differ with each other over the question of pay. 双方在报酬的问题上仍各持己见。
A differs from B in... A与B在……方面不同 A differs with B about/on/over... A与B就……意见相左
1). The two squares differ _______ (介词) color but not _______ (介词) size.
2). The husband differs _______ (介词) the wife _______ (介词) who is to take charge of the money.
3). It doesn’ t make a ________ (differ) to me whether you are going to stay.
4). This is a different car ________ (介词) the one I drove yesterday.
Keys: 1). in; in 2). with; on/about/over 3). difference 4). from