3.drop 相关短语
drop in on sb. (= call on sb .) 拜访某人
drop in at a place (= call at a place ) 访问/参观某地
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In some countries parents are
particularly unwilling to send their daughters to school because the custom
is to educate boys rater than girls . 在一些国家,父母尤其不愿把女孩子送到学校读书,由于习惯上重男轻女的缘故吧。 |
[点拨]:unwilling 形容词“不愿意的”“不情愿的” 反义词是willing
3. begin with “从---开始”相当于 “start with ---”
相反的短语是 “end with ---”“以-结束”
e.g. The English alphabet begins with “A” and ends with “Z”.
“Alphabet”这个英语单词是以“A”开始以“Z”结束。
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In areas where agriculture plays an
important role ,people do not attach importance to education ,and parents are
sceptical of anything that takes children away from their work on the farm. 在一些地方,农业扮演着重要角色。人们认为教育对他们不是那么举足轻重,父母对任何让孩子脱离农田劳动的事情常表示怀疑。 |
[点拨]:play a role (in---) 相当于play a part (in---) “在---中起作用”或者译为“在---中扮演角色”
[点拨]:attach to 意思是:“把---固定”“把---附在---上”
e.g. I attach a copy of my notes to the newspaper for your information .
我在报纸上附了一份笔记让你参考。
attach importance (value, weight etc.) to sth. 固定短语 意思是“认为---有重要性(价值,分量等)”
e.g. I attach great importance to this research .
我认为这项研究十分重要。
[点拨]:sceptical “怀疑的”注意短语 be sceptical of /about 意思是“怀疑---”“对---表示怀疑”
e.g. I am sceptical about his chances of winning .
我怀疑他取胜的可能性。
The public remain sceptical of this claims .
公众对这一说法仍持怀疑态度。
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China and other countries
found that even in the countryside when children do start school ,they have a
tendency often to be absent and drop out later . 中国和其它国家发现,尤其在农村,孩子确实去上学了,而他们又经常逃学,继而辍学这一倾向。 |
[点拨]: do start school 短句中,do 是助动词,表示强调,无任何意义,要重读。
e.g. She did know the truth of the theft .
她的确知道盗窃案的真相。
She dose go to the park to feed the ducks every day .
她确实每天下午到公园去喂鸭子。
[点拨]:tendency 名词“倾向”“趋势”
tend 动词“倾向”“趋势”
tend 动词“照料、看护”
e.g. Prices continue to show an upward tendency .
物价继续显示出向上的趋势。
I tend to go to bed earlier during the winter .
在冬季我常常早睡觉。
There are nurses tending the injured .
有护士照料这些伤员。
[点拨]:absent 形容词“不在现场的”“不存在的”“无”
absence 名词
e.g. He is absent from school very often .
他经常旷课。
Love was totally absent from his childhood .
他的童年时代完全缺少爱。
In the absence of the manager ,I’ll be in charge .
经理不在,我来负责。
[点拨]:1.drop out of 这一短语的意思是“退出”“辍学”
e.g. Since his last defeat ,he has dropped out of politics .
自从他上次失败了,他就退出了政治生活。
She got a scholarship to Combridge but dropped out a year later .
她获得了剑桥大学的学籍,但是一年后她辍学了。