3.What's a 747's motto?

2.What is a boxer's motto?

1.If you were to throw a stone into the Red Sea, what would it become?

11.of one's own;on one's own

　　 of one's own“自己的”，常作定语。on one's own“独自地，独立地”，常作状语。如：

　　 We have a house of our own.我们自己有一座房屋。

　　 He directs the film on his own.他独自导演那部影片。

妙文赏析

A Bad Neighbor

　　 Mr.and Mrs.Wu were fed up with their neighbor. He was always borrowing things

　from them.

　　 “It's not right,”Mr,Wu said to his wife one evening.“At some time or another that man thing.”

　　 “You're quite right,”hiswife replied,“and most of the thing he's never returned.”

　　 “What i want to know,”her husband said,“is why can't he buy the things he needs,like everyone else?”

　　 “Because people like us are foolish enoughto lend him what he needs,”she replied.“As long as we arewilling to lend,he'll keep on borrowing.”

　　 “Then we'll never lend him anything again,”Mr.Wu said.“The next time he asks to borrow something,I'll say no.”

　　 “We must have a good reason for saying no,”his wife said,“and we must always try to be polite to him.We don't want to make an enemy of the man.”

　　 It was not long before their decision not to lend their neighbor anything ever again was put to the test.

　　 The next morning there was a knock on the door.

　　 Mr.Wu went to answer it.

　　 Their neighbor was standing there.Mr.Wu knew he was going to ask to borrow something,and was ready to refuse him politely.

　　 “Good morning,”their neighbor said,“I'm sorry to trouble you,but I wonder if I could borrow your garden scissors.”

　　 “I'm sorry,”Mr.Wu said,“but I'm afraid my wife and I will be using them today.We'll be spending all day working in the garden.”

　　 “Oh,I see,”the neighbor said ,“in that case,may I borrow your golf clubs?You won't be needing them if you're working in the garden all day,will you?”

思维体操

10.owe sb sth;owe sthe to sb

　　 owe sb sth欠某人债务；应向某人表达……。如：

　　 I owe her 20 yuan=I owe 20 yuan to her .我欠她20元。

　　 We owe you an apology(=we owe an apology to you)我们应向您道歉。

　　 owe sth to sb还可表达：应把……归功于……。如：

　　 We owe our happy life to our Party.(注意这时不能改换为：we owe our party our happy life.)我们的幸福生活归功于党。

9.put an end to; put a stop to

　　 (1)put an end to使结束，使终止，使消灭。如：

　　 That accident put an end to his life .那次事故断送了他的命。

　　 (2)Put a stop to =bring sth to a stop使……停下来(说明只是停止，而不是终结)。如：

　　 It's saining hard, we have to put a stop to the work.

　　 雨下得很大，我们只好停工。

8.put aside,put away,lay up

　　 以上三个词组在作“存钱”之意时，可互换。如：

　　 It's wise to have some money put away(或：laid up,put aside)for old age.为养老而储蓄些钱是明智之举。

　　 但put saide着重“把……这放到一边”暂不去动它，或不做某事，而put away着重“把……收藏起来”以便以后使用。如：

　　 Put your books aside.We are going to have a dictation.

　　 把书放在一边，我们来听写。

　　 Put all the instruments away on the shelf so that they won't yet broden.

　　 把这些仪器收起来放到书架上以免打破了。

7.sit up for sb;sit up with sb;sleep late;stay late;stay up

　　 (1)sit up for sb深夜不睡以等待某人；sit up with sb熬夜照看(或护理)某人。如：He sat up for his son, who sat up with hissick mother-in-law.

　　 他深夜不睡等待儿子回家，他的儿子通宵未睡照看生病的岳母。

　　 (2)sleep late睡懒觉；stay late(或stay up late)很晚才睡觉。如：

　　 I wonder why Tom never sleeps late and Mike always stays up late.

　　 我纳闷的是为何汤姆总是不睡懒觉，约翰又为何总是很晚睡觉。

6.He set out to discover whether the wagging dance showed direction.他开始着

手发现这种摇摆舞是否表明方向。

　　 set out to do开始干/set about doing开始干/set off for 出发到某地；使爆炸

5.Back at the hive they watched the wagging dance closely.他们回到蜂房旁，密切注视着摇摆舞。

　　 closely密切地。close 既可作形容词表“密切的”又可作副词表“紧紧地”亲近地。像这种有两种形式的副词在使用中应注意：一般与形容词同形副词不能用在动词之前，而带…ly 的副词可以；与形容词同形的副词不能置于It be…that强调句型中，而带-ly的副词则可以；表示距离远近、物体高度、深度及宽度时，与形容词同形的副词往往表具体含义；而加-ly的副词表抽象意义。又如：

　　 We flew high in the sky.我们在高空飞行。

　　 We think highly of their research.我们对他们的研究评价很高。