Unit 1 Women of achievement

1. behave  vt.&vi.  举动；举止；行为表现

eg: I want you to behave yourself while I’m away.

She has been behaving rather oddly.

I’m sorry about what I did last night—I behaved like a child.

注：在口语中，behave as if常用behave like代替。Behave yourself！用在口语交际中表示“规矩点！”。另外，behave可与某些副词构成形容词，如well-behaved（表现好的），badly-behaved（表现差的）。

2. worthwhile  adj.  值得的，值得出力的

词条	搭配	意义和用法
worthwhile	It’s worthwhile doing… It’s worthwhile to do…	值得做某事
worth	be + worth + n.	值得…，值…
	be worth doing	“某事值得被做”要用动名词的主动形式表示被动意义。另外it’s worth it表示“是值得的”
worthy	be worthy of + n.	应得某事物
	be worthy of being done be worthy to be done	“某事值得被做…”，接动名词时of后要用动名词的被动式，接不定式时，worthy后要用不定式的被动式。
表示“很值得做…”要用副词well来修饰。
worth一般只作表语；而worthy和worthwhile既可作表语又可作定语。worthy表示“有价值的，值得尊敬的”。

eg: The “Water Cube” is worth a visit / visiting.

= The “Water Cube” is worthy of being visited.

= The “Water Cube” is worthy to be visited.

= It’s worthwhile to visit / visiting the “Water Cube”.

The lecture is well worth listening to, though it is rather long.

The new necklace is worth $ 1, 500.

Helping the disabled is a worthwhile activity.

3. observe  vt.  观察；观测；遵守；庆祝

eg: She has observed the stars all her life.

He observed a stranger hanging around the store.

We must observe the rules of the road.

4. argue  vi.&vt.  争论，争辩，说服，用辩论证明

eg: We decided to argue for the peasant free of charge the moment we finished hearing his story.

He argued with Mary over the best place for a holiday.

They were arguing about how to spend the money.

Mary argued Tom into buying a new car.

5. intend  vt.  计划；打算

eg: Do you intend making / to make a long stay here?

This gift is intended for you.

I intended to have gone to Beijing, but I didn’t get the ticket.

6. deliver  v. 投递，发表，宣布，接生，生(小孩)(仅限于被动语态)

eg: Would you deliver my message to your mother?

She is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering.

I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday.

She was delivered of a healthy baby.

7. look down on / upon  蔑视，轻视，瞧不起

eg: You mustn’t look down upon the disabled.

I’m looking forward to working with you.

Most people look on the government’s promises with complete belief.

As I looked through the newspapers, I found some useful information.

8. refer to  提到，说到，参考，参阅

eg: You may refer to your notes if you want.

My doctor referred me to a specialist.

Did you hear all the nasty references to me that Janet kept making?

I am writing with reference to your job application.

注：refer to和consult后直接带书籍、词典等名词，而look up（查阅）后面跟所要查找的词作宾语，如look up a word in a dictionary。

9. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.

eg: Only then did I realize the importance of communication.

Only in this way can we improve our English.

Only after you have reached eighteen can you join the army.

Only he can answer the question.

练习：

1. Paul, do     . Did you forget the college rules?

  A. conduct   B. perform   C. react   D. behave

2. Cheng Fei is most      gymnast and she proved to be

       to have a place in the women’s gymnastic team.

  A. worth; worth    B. worthy; worthy

  C. worthy; worth   D. worth; worthy

3. Do they      Christmas Day in that country?

  A. congratulate    B. support

  C. watch         D. observe

4. He argued      smoking, and insisted that it was     

  argument that smoking was harmful to health.

  A. for; beyond     B. against; over

  C. for; over        D. against; beyond

5. She went out with the door unlocked by     although

  she knew early that it would result in theft.

  A. accident  B. intention  C. chance  D. purpose

6. We can      goods to your door.

  A. pass   B. relay   C. deliver   D. release

7. Heads from Asia and Europe attended the conference and President Hu      speech on the first day.

  A. stated  B. issued  C. addressed  D. delivered

8.      this proposal for me, and tell me what you think of it.

  A. Look out       B. Look back

  C. Look through   D. Look up

9. ---Please don’t take the books out of the reading room.

  ---No, I won’t. I just want to      them for some figures.

  A. mention  B. refer to  C. look up  D. look into

10. The coach asked his staff to      the large group of journalists, waiting for him to announce his training plans.

    A. adapt to      B. attend to

    C. refer to       D. appeal to

11.      a mobile phone can you ring      you want to talk with anywhere.

   A. Using; whoever     B. Only on; whomever

   C. Only by; whatever   D. With; anyone

12. Only by following this method     .

   A. we can study English well

   B. can we be able to study English well

   C. can we study English well

   D. study English well can we

13. Only when he returned from the exchange program    

      how much he enjoyed it.

   A. he realized      B. he had realized

   C. did he realize    D. had he realized

 

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