第16講

一、Language points

1. have mercy on：對(duì)…表示憐憫

  at the mercy of：任由…擺布或控制

  beg…for mercy：乞求…的憐憫

  show (little/much) mercy to sb：對(duì)…(毫不/非常)仁慈

  without mercy：無(wú)憐憫之心

2. keep sb company

  accompany sb to a place

  in the company of sb

  accompany sb (at/on sth)：給某人伴奏

3.        (c)=wealth：(大量)財(cái)產(chǎn)

  fortune  (u)=luck：機(jī)會(huì)，運(yùn)氣

          (c)=fate：個(gè)人的前途，命運(yùn)

  fortunate=lucky

  fortunately=luckily

4. a spare room：一個(gè)備用房間

  in one’s spare time：在某人空閑時(shí)間里

  spare me five minutes：為我抽出5分鐘

  spare no efforts：不遺余力

  spare no expense：不惜成本

   spare time：花費(fèi)時(shí)間

   kill time：消磨時(shí)間

   waste time：浪費(fèi)時(shí)間

5. in terms of：就…而言，從…角度，根據(jù)

  in the long term：長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)看來(lái)

  in the short term=at the moment：在目前

  in sb’s terms：在…看來(lái)

  in relative terms：相對(duì)而言

  in general/practical/financial：從總體/實(shí)際/財(cái)政角度

6. go about (doing) sth：著手，從事某事

  as far as I know：據(jù)我所知

  go/get down on one’s knees：跪下

  tend to do：傾向于干什么

  tend to sth：傾向于什么

   therefore (adv.)=as a result of that

   so (conj.)

7. in the eyes of sb=in sb’s eyes=in one’s opinion：在某人看來(lái)

  keep an eye on sb：留神，看管

  look sb in the eye：目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地看某人

  keep one’s eyes open：留心看，密切注意

8.      sb sth：給某人端上…

        sb with sth=sth to sb：拿出…來(lái)款待某人

  serve  to do sth：起…作用

        as…：擔(dān)任，充當(dāng)…

        sb/sth：為…服務(wù)，端(飯、菜)

   First come, first served.：先到先招待

   Make the past serve the present.：古為今用

   Let those who can serve as teachers.：能者為師

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