1. regardless of 不管；不顾

[典例]

1). I’ ll take the job regardless of the pay. 不管报酬多少我都要这份工作。

2). He says what he thinks, regardless of other people’ s feelings. 他怎么想就怎么说，不考虑别人的情绪。

[练习] 翻译下面的句子。

1). 他不顾危险，跳进河里救那个溺水的小孩。

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2). 不管天气怎样，我都会去。

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Keys: 1). He jumped into the river to save the little drowning boy the danger.　

2). I will go regardless of the weather.　　　

4. arrest vt. 逮捕，拘留，吸引(注意)　 n.[c]逮捕

[典例]

1). The criminal was arrested yesterday. 罪犯昨天被捕了。

2). What she did arrested my attention. 她所做的吸引了我的注意力。

[重点用法]

be arrested for sth. 因某事而被捕　　　　　　　 arrest one’ s attention吸引某人的注意　　　　 under arrest被捕；被拘留

[练习] 根据句子的意思填入适当的介词或用arrest 的正确形式填空。

1). I got arrested ________ careless driving.

2). Her Uncle was ________ arrest, but nobody knew the reason.

3). Five youths ________ in connection with the attack.

4). The public applauded the ________ of the criminal suspect.

Keys: 1). for　　 2). under　　 3). were arrested　　 4). arrest

3. accelerate vt.&vi. 加速，促进　 acceleration n. 加速度

[典例]

1). We must take measures to accelerate the rate of economic growth. 我们必须采取措施，加速经济增长。

2). The car accelerated as it overtook me. 那辆汽车一加速就超越了我。

[练习] 用accelerate或其同根词的适当形式填空。

1). The driver stepped on the gas and ________ the car.

2). The ________ of train service will bring us great convenience.　　

3). The bad weather _________ our departure.　　

Keys: 1). accelerated　 2). acceleration　　 3). accelerated

2. applaud vt. 鼓掌，称赞，赞成　 applause n. 鼓掌欢迎，欢呼

[典例]

1). Everyone applauded when the play ended. 演出结束时，大家都热烈鼓掌。

2). I applaud your decision. 我赞成你的决定。

[重点用法]

applaud sb. for sth 因某事而赞扬某人　　　　　 　　　　　 applaud the decision赞成某个决定

[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1). She should be applauded ________ her honesty.　　

2). A crowd of 300 supporters warmly ________ her speech.

3). The candidate’ s promise to improve public schools was greeted with a loud round of ________.

4). I ________ the decision to install more security cameras.

Keys: 1). for　　 2). applauded　　 3). applause　　 4). applaud

1. interrupt vt.&vi. 阻断，中断；打岔；插嘴　 interruption n. 中断，打断

[典例]

1). Traffic in the city was interrupted by a snowstorm. 市内交通被暴风雪所阻断。

2). It is rude to interrupt. 打断别人的话，是不礼貌的。

[重点用法]

interrupt (sb/sth) (with sth) 打断(某人)讲话；打岔；打扰

[练习] 用interrupt的正确形式填空。

1). Electricity _________ (interrupt) in the course of work.　

2). Let’ s go somewhere where we can talk without _________ (interrupt).

Keys: 1). was interrupted　　 2). interruption　　

根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：

Higgins, Pickering and Eliza were ____1______ from the rain. Eliza was a poor flower girl who was _____2_____ to improve herself. But she could speak poor English. The expert in phonetic, Higgins, noticed this and became ____3_____ in teaching her English. At first he wrote down the words that the girl used. She was surprised at this. Later she knew that phonetics _____4_____ from people’s own ____5_____. And that was Higgins ____6____ and hobby. Higgins said her ___7_______ English will condemn her to the gutter to the end of her days. Once _____8____ to speak properly, the girl could ____9_____ herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. Higgins and Pickering had exchanged their own opinion and decided to teach her English from the _____10_____.

(答案: 1.sheltering;　　 2.ambitious;　　 3.interested;　　 4.classified;　　 5.speech;

6.profession;　　 7.terrible;　 8.educated;　 9.pass;　　 10. alphabet)