2. You want to buy a CD for your friend's birthday but

　 you are not sure what to buy.

　 你想为朋友的生日买一张CD，但你拿不准该买什

　 么。

　 be sure 后可接不定式及从句。如：

　 John is sure to pass the exam.

　 约翰一定能通过考试。

　 He is sure that the party will be a success.

　 他确信这次聚会能获得成功。

　 [注意] be sure 后接名词、代词、动名词时需用介词of

　 或about。如：

　 You may be sure of his honesty.

　 你可以确信他是诚实的。

　 I think he lives at No. 23 West st., but I'm not sure

　 about the number.

　 我认为他住在西大街23号，但对这个号码我不能肯

　 定。

　 [比较]be sure to do 与 be sure of doing

　　 John is sure to pass the exam.

　　 说话人确信约翰能通过考试。

　　 John is sure 0f passing the exam.

　　 约翰本人确信自己能通过考试。

　 [提示] be not sure后常用whether / if, what, when,

　 where 等引起从句，有时也用that。如：

　 I'm not sure whether / if he will come to see me.

　 我拿不准他是否会来看我。

　 I was not sure what I ought to do.

　 我拿不准该干什么。

　 [辨析] sure 与 certain

　 certain 一般可与sure换用，但在It is certain that...

　 中不用sure。如：

　 It is certain that our team will win the game.

　 我们队肯定能赢得这场比赛。(不用sure)

3. because of，owing to，due to，on account of，as a (the)

　 result of，thanks to

　 (1) because of，owing to，on account of 意为“因为，由

　 于”，在句中一般作状语，可置于句首或句未。

　 Because of / Owing to / On account of my absence,

　 they had to put off the classmeeting till next week.

　 由于我不在，他们只好将班会推迟到下个星期。

　 The train arrived late because of / owing to / on account

　 of a heavy snow.

　 由于一场大雪火车来迟了。

　 (2) due to 意为“由于”，它引导的短语在句中一般用

　 作表语和定语。但在很多场合，可与 owing to 通用，

　 作状语，这一用法在现今英美语中也很流行，但不如

　 owing to那么严谨罢了。

　 He was injured due to (=owing to) a car accident,

　 他由于一起汽车事故受了伤。

　 His failure is due to the fact that he lacks experience.

　 由于缺乏经验导致了他的失败。

　 (3) as a (the) result of意为“由于……的结果”，一般

　 用作状语。

　 As a result of the war the lives of many people were

　 lost.

　 由于战争的缘故许多人丧了命。

　 (4)thanks to 这一短语介词，含有“幸亏、多亏、亏得、

-- Do you know bow much the room costs?

你知道这房间花费多少吗?

-- Yes, I do. / No, I don't.

知道。／不知道。

-- How much do you think the room costs?

你认为这房间会花多少钱?

-- I think the room costs 300 dollars.

我认为会花300美元。

2. pick，pick up，pick out

　 (1) pick vt. & vi. 采，摘；挑选

　 They showed us how to pick tea leaves.

　 他们教我们怎样采茶叶。

　 The students have to pick three courses from a list of

　　 ten.

　　 学生必须从十门课程中选修三门。

　　 (2) pick up的含义很多，最基本的含义是“拾起”、“拿

　　 起”，除此之外常见的还有“(在无线电里)收听到”，

　　 “(车辆等)中途搭人。中途带货”，“(偶然地，无意

　　 地)获得(收益，知识等)，学会(语言)”等。

　　 Please pick up aIl the pieces of paper.

　　 请把所有的纸片都捡起来。

　　 My radio can pick up VOA very clearly.

　　 我的收音机收听“美国之音”很清楚。

　　 The train stopped to pick up passengers.

　　 火车停下来搭乘客。

　　 He picked up some knowledge of physics.

　　 他偶然获得了一些物理知识。

　　 (3) pick out 意思是“挑出；选出”、“分辨”

　　 We decided to pick out the best players to join in the

　　 game.

　　 我们决定挑出最好的选手来参加比赛。

　　 [注意] 这两个短语中 up 和 out 都是副词，如果宾语

　　 是人称代词，应该放在副词之前。

　　 You dmpped the book on the floor; now you should

　　 pick it up.

　　 你把书扔到地上了，现在你该把它拾起来。

1. contain，include

　 (1) contain: have or hold (sth.) with in itself 包含，容

　 纳；含有，强调内容或含量，可用于表示包括所含之

　 物的全部和部分。

　 This book contains forty interesting pictures.

　 这本书里有四十幅有趣的图画。

　 (2)include: have (sb. / sth.) as part of a whole 包括，

　 包含。用于表示所包含之物中的一部分。

　 The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.

　 旅游项目中包括参观科技博物馆。

5. During the break she began to sing an English song，

　 and we all ____.

　　 A. take part in　　 B. joined

　　 C. joined in　　 D. together

　　 ☆词语比较☆

4. Her parents had had a very anxious moment but

　everythmg ____ all right in the end.

　　 A. turned up　　 B. carried out

　　 C. turned out　　 D. carried away

3. A coldwind beganto blow and he ____ his collar

　 to keep out the cold.

　　 A. turned down　　 B. turned off

　　 C. turned over　　 D. turned up

2. I simply couldn't understand how it ____ that

　 you did so much work within SUCh a short time.

　　 A. came back　　 B. came up

　　 C. came about　　 D. came along

1. -- How did you find him out?

　 -- I ____ his name by chance on the list.

　　 A. came down　　 B. came about

　　 C. came uD　　 D. came across

16. turn around (同turn round) 转过身，转回身

　 When the teacher turned around, they began to

　 whisper.

　 老师一转过身去，他们就开始窃窃私语。

　 [链接]tum back 折回；翻回

　 turn in 上交，交回

　 turn away 不理；撵走

　 turn out 结果是；生产；出来

　 turn down 不接受；调小／低

　 turn up 调大；出现；到达

　 turn on 开(灯等)

　 turn off 关(灯等)

　 turn to 转向……／向……求助

　 turn...into... 把……变成

　 turn against背叛

　[考点3]含“动词 + in”的短语

① believe in 相信．信任，信仰

② bring in 引进，引来

③ come in 进来

④ give in 让步。投降

⑤ hand in 交上来

⑥ get in 收获，进入

⑦ take in 欺骗．摄取

⑧ join in 加入，参与

⑨ take part in 参加

⑩ turn in 交上来

[例句] You can believe in him; he'll never Iet you

down. 你可以相信他，他是不会让你失望的。

The sale brought us in over $200. 这次销售使我们赚

了200美元。

I kept inviting Mrs. Smith to stay for lunch, and finally

she gave in. 我不断邀请史密斯夫人留下来吃午饭，最

终她让步了。

We were completely taken in by his story. 我们完全被

他的故事欺骗了。

She handed in her resignation because of dissatisfac-

tion. 因为不满她递交了辞呈。

They all joined in singing the Christmas carols. 他们一

起唱圣诞颂歌。

[考例4](2004湖北)We have to ____ the wheat as

　soon as possible because a storm is on the way.

　　 A. get away　　 B. get across

　　 C. get through　　 D. get in

[考查目标] 此题主要考查 get 短语。

[答案与解析] D　 get away 逃脱，离开；get across 通

过，把……讲清楚；get through 到达，办完，花光；get in

收获，进入，抵达。再根据意思“因为暴风雨就要来了，

因此我们必须尽快收割小麦”。

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