悠泳英语silight-学习进度

silight · 发表于 2004-8-7 22:25:00

Unit 140: WONDER <

>I wonder if you’re free tomorrow.
I wonder if you’re doing something special for Saturday.
I wonder if you’d give me some advice.
I wonder if you’d mind doing me a favor.
I wonder if you’d tell me the way to…
I wonder why you’re always late.
I wonder if I can take a day off.
I wonder what time is convenient for you.<

> <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 8 wonder <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> You can say `I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> I was just wondering if you could help me.
 I just wonder what you make of all that.
 I'm wondering if that was the spirit in the courtroom, too.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> PHR: V inflects, usu PHR wh politeness <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none">

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 13:55:00

Unit 141: SURE <

>I run all the way to make sure.
Make sure all the windows are closed, children.
I’ll make sure.
I’ll make sure she is ready for you.
Make sure to be facts before accusing him.
Have you made sure the time of the flight?
Make sure that you haven’t lost anything here.
I want to make sure that someone will look after me at night. <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 10 sure <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If you make sure that something is done, you take action so that it is done.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Make sure that you follow the instructions carefully.
 He wants to make sure that schools are committed to providing alternative education.
 PHR: V inflects, usu PHR that <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = check <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 11 sure <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If you make sure that something is the way that you want or expect it to be, you check that it is that way.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> He looked in the bathroom to make sure that he was alone.
 Before you cut the cloth, make sure that the pattern matches up on both edges.
 PHR: V inflects, usu PHR that <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = make certain, check <

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silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 13:58:00

Unit 142: POINT <

>You miss the point of my story.
Let me give you a case of point.
My point is that we’ll face the choice sooner or later.
Get back to the point.
That’s the point.
I’ll stretch the point and let you leave work early.
You’ve got a point in your words.
The point is to get enough money.<

> 7 point <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> We're all going to die at some point.
 At one point, around 70,000 members had failed to pay.
 At this point Diana arrived.
 It got to the point where he had to leave.
 N-SING: with supp, oft at N <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = time

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 14:04:00

Unit 143: READY <

>I’m not ready to come to a decision.
All right, it’ll be ready for use immediately.
Get my shirts ready, darling.
You’re always ready with excuses.
I felt ready to cry after his words.
Kate is ready to find fault.
I’m afraid I won’t be ready by then.
He’s always ready to help others.<

> <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 2 ready <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If you are ready for something or ready to do something, you have enough experience to do it or you are old enough and sensible enough to do it.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> She says she's not ready for marriage.
 You'll have no trouble getting him into a normal school when you feel he's ready to go.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n, ADJ to-inf <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 3 ready readier readiest <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If you are ready to do something, you are willing to do it.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> They were ready to die for their beliefs.
 She was always ready to give interviews.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to-inf <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = willing

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 14:10:00

Unit 144: LET ALONE <

>His temper is bad enough, let alone his extravagance.
They had no hospital, let alone an isolation ward.
He can’t speak his native language, say nothing of English.
He will not help his brothers, not to mention a stranger.
He can’t do the simplest one, say nothing of the fractions.
I can’t afford to rent a house, not to mention buy it.
The baby can’t even walk, let alone learn to dance.
I haven’t enough money for food, let alone amusement. <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none">16 let <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Let alone is used after a statement, usually a negative one, to indicate that the statement is even more true of the person, thing, or situation that you are going to mention next.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> It is incredible that the 12-year-old managed to even reach the pedals, let alone drive the car.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> PHR-CONJ-COORD The form let is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle emphasis <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = never mind

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 14:14:00

Unit 145: RESPECTABLE <

>My parents are respectable people.
I wish you will be more respectable to the elderly.
Respectable citizens should obey the law.
I know it is not respectable to be drunk in the street.
Can you act in a respectable manner?
You should put on some respectable clothes on this occasion.
I earn a respectable salary.
Respectful people won’t associate with a man like that.<

> respectable <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 1 respectable <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Someone or something that is respectable is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family.
 It was a highly respectable and what was called an `old-fashioned' hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ADJ-GRADED
 = reputable
 respectably <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> She's respectably dressed in jeans and sweatshirt.
 ADV-GRADED <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> respectability
 If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs Tony Tatterton.
 N-UNCOUNT <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 2 respectable
 You can say that something is respectable when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ...investments that offer respectable and highly attractive rates of return...
 At last I have something respectable to wear!
 ADJ-GRADED <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = decent

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 14:33:00

Unit 146: PROSPECT <

>I think you’ve got a prospect.
It is great for a young man to find the prospects.
But my prospects at present are poor.
Do I have a bright prospect if I accept the position?
Behave yourself. Don’t ruin your prospects.
My mind is fully occupied by the prospects.
The propect for her recovery is great.
Is there any prospect of your staying longer?<

> <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none">1 prospect prospects <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If there is some prospect of something happening, there is a possibility that it will happen.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered.
 The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter.
 There is a real prospect that the bill will be defeated in parliament.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> N-VAR: with supp, oft N of n/-ing
= possibility <

> <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none">3 prospect prospects <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Someone's prospects are their chances of being successful, especially in their career.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects.
 ...a detailed review of the company's prospects.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> N-PLURAL: usu supp N

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 17:00:00

Unit 147: SLIP<

> How time slips away!
Another two months slipped by.
Hold my hands and watch so you don’t slip.
My foot slipped and fell down the stairs.
I’m sorry I mus be slipping.
You slipped now and then in your grammar.
The condition of the horse is slipping.
His name has slipped my mind.<

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align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 7 slip slips slipping slipped <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If something slips to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Shares slipped to 117p.
 The club had slipped to the bottom of Division Four.
 In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May.
 Overall business activity is slipping.

silight · 发表于 2004-8-8 17:23:00

Unit 148: PROVE<

>How can you prove it?
Nothing can be proved by others’ suspicion.
He proved a very helpful friend.
The documents will prove useful, take good care.
The advice did prove sound.
On a long journey he proved himself an honest man.
The documents proved that he has the right.
The facts will prove these worries groundless.<

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silight · 发表于 2004-8-10 17:59:00

Unit 149: PROPOSE <

>What do you propose?
I propose a brand-new system of accountiong.
I propose Joans for secretary.
I propose that we should stop the meeting.
I propose a short rest before we continue to work.
I propose that you’re going to the hospital first.
I propose that the matter be considered at the next meeting.
I think you’ll propose something constructive.<

> 1 propose proposes proposing proposed <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> If you propose something such as a plan or an idea, you suggest it for people to think about and decide upon.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Britain is about to propose changes to European Community institutions.
 It was George who first proposed that we dry clothes in that locker.
 VB <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> = suggest

silight · 发表于 2004-8-10 18:02:00

Unit 150: PROGRESS<

> Have you progressed in your studies?
How are you progressing with your driving lesson?
My knowledge of mechanics has progressed greatly.
I hope you’ll progress rapdily.
Later it progressed no further.
Further progress was delayed by playing for fun.
It’s the law human progress in our time.
I’ll the see to it that construction is progressing according to the schedule.<

> <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 1 progress <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none">

rogress is the process of gradually improving or getting nearer to achieving or completing something.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
 The two sides made little if any progress towards agreement.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> N-UNCOUNT <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 3 progress progresses progressing progressed <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> To progress means to move over a period of time to a stronger, more advanced, or more desirable state.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> He will visit once a fortnight to see how his new staff are progressing.
 Were you surprised that his disease progressed so quickly?.
 He started only five years ago, sketching first and then progressing to painting.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> VB <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> <

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silight · 发表于 2004-8-10 18:07:00

<H1>Unit 151: PROFOUND </H1><

>I’m profoundly grateful.
I’m profoundly sorry for what I’ve done.
That is a very profound statement.
I can’t tell you how profoundly your words impressed me.
I’ve a profound respect for the Greek Culture.
Those editorials are profoundly educational.
I’ve a profound faith in the power of money.
My father gave me the most profound influence. <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 1 profound profounder profoundest <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> You use profound to emphasize that something is very great or intense.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ...discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine.
 ...profound disagreement...
 The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger.
 Anna's patriotism was profound.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ADJ-GRADED
= great <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> profoundly <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> This has profoundly affected my life.
 In politics, as in other areas, he is profoundly conservative.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ADV-GRADED: ADV with v, ADV adj/-ed <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 2 profound profounder profoundest
 A profound idea, work, or person shows great intellectual depth and understanding.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> This is a book full of profound, original and challenging insights.
 ...one of the country's most profound minds.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> ADJ-GRADED
= deep * shallow

silight · 发表于 2004-8-10 18:25:00

Unit 152: PRESENCE<

>I’m nervous in your presence.
In Mark’s presense I’m always silent.
Why don’t you make your suggestion in the presence of the president?
Don’t talk about my illness in the presence of my father.
Tim is calm in the presence of sudden danger.
I’ll sign in the presence of all the representatives.
How dare you say so in the presence of my parents?
He’s too intimate with me in others’ presence. <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 1 presence
 Someone's presence in a place is the fact that they are there.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> They argued that his presence in the village could only stir up trouble.
 Her Majesty later honoured the Headmaster with her presence at lunch.

 N-SING: with poss
 * absence <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 2 presence
 If you say that someone has presence, you mean that they impress people by their appearance and manner.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> They do not seem to have the vast, authoritative presence of those great men.
 Hendrix's stage presence appealed to thousands of teenage rebels. N-UNCOUNT: oft supp N

silight · 发表于 2004-8-10 19:24:00

Unit 153: PRACTICE <

>It’s our general practice.
Our practice is to offer 5% of the total.
It’s an old practice.
It’s a dangerous practice.
It’s my usual practice.
To rise early is the proper practice.
You have to pay for it, that’s our practice.
You’ll learn something about the traditional Chinese practice. <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 1 practice practices
 You can refer to something that people do regularly as a practice.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Some firms have reached agreements to cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.
 Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> N-COUNT
= procedure

silight · 发表于 2004-8-10 20:07:00

Unit 154: POWER<

> Knowledge is power.
Developing creative power is the responsibility of a teacher.
This will broaden the power of imagination of the children.
To raise wages means increasing purchasing power.
A struggle for power took place in the company.
I have the power to make the final decision.
He’s also a man of great power.
The power of money is magical.<

> 1 power
 If someone has power, they have a lot of control over people and activities.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> She interviewed six women who have reached positions of great power and influence.
 In a democracy, power must be divided.
 ...a political power struggle between the Liberals and National Party.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> N-UNCOUNT <

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> 2 power
 Your power to do something is your ability to do it.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them.
 Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people.
 He was so drunk that he had lost the power of speech.<

align=left class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> N-UNCOUNT: usu N to-inf, N of n

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