2. Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering are sitting deep in conversation. 亨利.希金斯正与皮克林上校促膝长谈。

[解释] 形容词短语deep in sth.“专心；全神贯注；深陷”，可用在句中作表语、状语。例：

1). He was deep in thought. 他陷入了沉思。

2). He was so deep in his work that he was not aware of the fire. 他是如此专心工作以致于不知道发生了火灾。

3). Deep in work, he didn’ t notice a man come in.　

同样用法的词还有：lost, determined, absorbed, dressed等，例：

1). Lost in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.

2). Absorbed in novel, he forgot his appointment.

[练习] 翻译句子。

1). _________ (determine) not to come back, she went out of the house.

2). _________ (dress) as a princess, she went onto the stage.

Keys: 1). Determined　 　2). Dressed

课文要点(模块)

1. Generally speaking, people are more polite to those whom they think are of higher social class. 总的来说，人们对那些他们认为属于较高社会阶层的人更礼貌一些。

[解释]

1). 本句中的of 表示“从属”关系。例如：

Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。

2). be of+形容词+抽象名词＝be+副词+与该抽象名词同根的形容词。例如：

What I said is of great importance. = What I said is very important. 我所说的非常重要。

可用于以上结构的抽象名词及相对应的形容词有：ability-able, help-helpful, use-useful,

importance-important, interest-interesting, significance-significant, value-valuable

[练习] 翻译句子。

1). 他是个兴趣广泛的人。

　 ____________________________________________________________________________________

2). 我觉得这本英汉字典非常有用。

　 ____________________________________________________________________________________

Keys: 1). He is a person of wide interests.

2). I find the English-Chinese dictionary very useful / of great use.

5. show... in 带或领……进来　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

[典例]

1). Tom showed a little boy in. 汤姆带了一个小男孩进来。

2). Will you show him in? 你把他领进来好吗？

[短语归纳] show短语：

show sb. out 领某人出去　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 show sb. around 领某人参观某地

show off 炫耀，卖弄，使显眼　　　　　　　　　　　　 show up 出现，来到某处，揭露，显得好看

[练习] 用适当的介词或副词填空。　　

1). 1 will show you ________ when you are in the city.

2). She likes to show ________ her nice figure by wearing tight dresses.

3). Uncle George didn’ t show ________ for our wedding because he forgot it.

4). He showed me ________ a sittingroom.　　

Keys: 1). around　　 2). off　　 3). up　　 4). into

4. in terms of... 以……的观点；就……而说

[典例]

1). In terms of money, he’ s quite rich, but not in terms of happiness. 就钱来说他很富有，但就幸福来说就不然了。

2). It is difficult to express it in terms of science. 要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的。

[短语归纳] 英语中类似结构的短语有：

in need of 需要　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 in charge of 负责　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 in search of 搜寻　　　　　

in hope of 希望　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 in honor of 纪念、尊重　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 in favor of 有利于

in spite of 尽管　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 in case of 以防、万一　　　　　　　　　　　 in place of 代替

[练习] 根据句子的意思完成句子。　　

1). Think of it ________ ________ ________ (从……角度) an investment.　　

2). It was a bad year for films, ________ _________ ________ ________ _________ ________ _________ (无论从数量上还是质量上).

3). This project is ________ _________ ________ ________ (迫切地需要) funding.

4). He is homeless and________ _________ ________ ________ _________ (需要帮助).

Keys: 1). in terms of 　　　　　　　　　 2). in terms of both quantity and quality

　　 3). in great/urgent need of 4). in great need of help

3. in amazement 惊讶地　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

[典例]

I stared at him in amazement. 我吃惊地盯着他。

[短语归纳] in在结构中表示“处于……状态”的短语：

in action在行动　　　　　　 　　 in advance 事先　　 　　 　in anger 气忿地　 　 　 in common共有，共同

in danger处于危险中　　 　　 in debt欠债　　　　　　　　　 in detail详细地　　 　　 in doubt怀疑

in excitement兴奋地　　 　　 in tears流着眼泪　 　　 　in general 大体上　 　　 in operation 生效,运转着

in place 在适当的位置　 　　 in reality实际上　　 　 　　 　in return 作为报答 　　 in secret秘密地

in shape 处于良好状态　 　　 in short 简言之　 　　　 　in sight被看见　　 　 in silence沉默地

in vain　 白白地　　　　　 　　 in thought 思考　 　　　 　in trouble有麻烦　 　 in turn依次为

[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1). ________ my amazement, he changed so much.

2). I find it ________ (amaze) that you can’ t swim.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

3). I heard that a burglar broke into my room last night ________ amazement. I couldn’ t believe my ears.

Keys: 1). To　　 2). amazing　　 3). in

2. a handful of 一把；一小撮，少数，少量

[典例]

He pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket. 他从口袋里取出一把钱。

[短语归纳]

a mouthful of一口；少量　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 an armful of 一揽；一抱

[练习] 根据句子的意思翻译。

1). We have received only _______ _______ _______ (少数几封) letters on this subject.

2). He only ate a few _______ _______ (几口) meat.　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　

Keys: 1). a handful of　　 2). mouthfuls of　　

1. pass sb. off as...　 把某人改变或冒充成……

[典例]

1). He escaped by passing himself off as a guard. 他冒充警卫逃走了。

2). She passed him off as her husband. 她把他假充作自己的丈夫。

[重点用法]

pass sth. to sb. 将某物递给某人　　　　　　　　 pass away 去世　　　　　　　　　 pass down/on... 把……传给后世

pass...on to 把……传递给……　　　　　　　　 pass by 走过；经过　　 　　 pass through 通过；穿过

[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的介词或副词。

1). Pass the book _______ _______ me when you’ ve finished it.　

2). I was sorry to learn that his mother had passed _______.　　　　　

3). She passed _______ a difficult period after her marriage failed.

4). They bought up pieces of old furniture and passed them _______ _______ valuable antiques.

Keys: 1). on; to　　 2). away　　 3). through　　 4). off; as　　　

6. fortune n.[u]命运；运气；机会　 [c]财产，财富　 fortunate adj.幸运的，幸福的

[典例]

1). She had the good fortune to be free from illness. 她运气好，没得病。

2). It is believed that it will bring good fortune in the coming year. 据说它还能为人们在新的一年里带来好运气。

[重点用法]

make a fortune发财　　　　　　　　　　 　　 　　　　　　　　　　 seek one’ s fortune外出找出路

try one’ s fortune碰运气　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 be fortunate to do sth.／in doing sth. 幸运做某事

[练习] 根据句子的要求翻译。

1). He _______ _______ _______ (发了财) by selling houses.

2). She _______ _______ _______ (寻求她的财富) in another country.

3). _________ (不幸的是), the fire spread quidkly after it had started.

Keys: 1). made a fortune　 2). sought her fortune　 3). Unfortunately

5. acquaintance n.[u]相识；熟悉；熟知　 n.[c]相识的人，熟人　 acquaint vt. 使熟知，告知

[典例]

1). I have some acquaintance with the Russian. 我懂一点儿俄语。

2). She was a casual acquaintance in Vienna. 她是我在越南的一个熟人。　　

[重点用法]

make one’ s acquaintance = make the acquaintance with sb. 结识某人 　　 acquaint sb. wth.... 使某人认识/了解……

[练习] 根据句子的意思在横线上填入适当的词。

1). The musician had little acquaintance ________ modern science.　

2). I am delighted to ________ your acquaintance.

3). She has many ________ in the business community.

4). I have some acquaintance ________ Spanish.　

5). I need to ________ myself with the new regulations.

Keys: 1). with　 2). make　 3). acquaintances　　 4). with　　 5). acquaint

4. condemn vt. 判刑，谴责，宣告……不适用　 condemnation n.[u,c]谴责，指责，定罪

[典例]

1). We condemn his foolish behavior. 我们谴责他的愚蠢行为。

2). The criminal was condemned to death. 那个罪犯被判处死刑。

[重点用法]

condemn sb. / sth. 谴责某人/某事　　　 　 　 　　　　　　　　　 　be condemned to判以……刑；使……注定

[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1). She knew that society would ________ her for leaving her children.

2). There was widespread international _________ (condemn) of the bombing.

3). He was found guilty and condemned ________ death.

Keys: 1). condemn　　 2). condemnation　　 3). to