4.prepare the corn这里prepare的意思是“调制，烹制”，相当于cook。表示“为……准备”时，用prepare for...;表示“为某人准备……”时，用prepare sth. for sb. ;表示“准备做……”时，用prepare to do...。例如:

　You can prepare the fish as you like.你可以按自己喜好的口味烹制鱼。Mother is busy preparing supper.妈妈在忙着做饭。They are preparing to go to America for holidays.

3.enough room这里room用作不可数名词，意思是“空间，空地，空位置”，相当于space。作“房间”解时，则用作可数名词。例如:

　Is there any room for my computer?还有放我的计算机的地方吗?In about 600 years，there will be standing room only on the earth.六百年以后，地球上将只剩下站立的空间了。There are two spare rooms for the guests in the house.

2.as much water as rice

　As much water as rice这里用作比较状语，as...as中间常接形容词或副词原级。

　[注意]在否定句中，还可以用not so...as

　As...as中间也可以是“形容词+名词”(例如:as much water as)。注意:如果名词是可数名词单数，冠词应放在形容词和名词中间。例如:

　I think English is as interesting as maths.

　Boys don t work as/so carefully as girls(do).

　English is as interesting a subject as maths.

　He didn t own as large a house as I had imagined.

　I haven t got as many books as I ve needed.

1.discover v.

　discover用作及物动词，意思为“发现(原先就存在而不为人知的地方和事实)”，后面可接名词、代词或从句。注意和invent区别开来。invent意思是“发明(原先不存在的机器或方法等)”。find意思是“找到丢失的或不知道的人或物”。例如:

　Columbus discovered America.

　They discovered oil in the North Sea.

　Who invented the computer?Where did you find the lost child?

4.offer v.

　offer这里用作及物动词，意思是“提供，提出”，后面常接介词to或for。例如:

　May I offer a suggestion to you?我可以向你提个建议吗?They ve offered us ￡60，000 for the house.Shall we take it?他们出价六万英镑买这所房子，我们卖不卖?The police are offering a big reward for the information

　About that traffic accident.警察要用一大笔赏金给提供有关交通事故情况的人。

　Lessons 30 & 31

3.take turns take turns to do sth.意思是“轮流做某事”。

　例如:

　All the students took turns to look after the sick boy.

　We usually take turns to be on duty.

2.at one s house(for...)

　At one s house/home/place意思是“在某人家里”，如果是名词，可以省略house/home/ place。例如:

　-Where s Li Hai， do you know?-He s at Mr Smith s for dinner.

　On New Year s Eve， we all got together at Grandpa s.

　除夕夜，我们都聚集在爷爷家。

1.Help yourself to...

　这是一句席间交际用语，意思是“请随便吃点……”。类似用语还有:

　Make yourself at home.

　Would you like some(beef，mutton etc.)?How/What about(a glass of beer，etc.)?

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)

　近日，你班在“知荣明耻”教育活动中，召开了一次关于学生荣辱观的主题班会。请你根据下表中的内容，用英语写一篇短文，给校报“八荣八耻大家谈”栏目投稿。

注意：1．词数：120左右。发言稿的开头已为你写好，不计入词数。

2．内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯。

Recently we have held a class meeting to discuss what is considered to be honorable behavior and what is shameful. ______________________________________________

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