重点词组解析
1.stand on的意思是“用……站立”。例如:
stand on one’s head 倒立
stand on one leg like a cock金鸡独立
2. clear up
(1)晴朗起来,开朗起来
e. g. The weather has cleared up; we can go out.天气转好了,我们可以出去了。
e. g. Her face cleared up as she read the letter.当她读信时脸慢慢变晴。
(2)整理;收拾
eg. Clear up the rubbish at once.立刻把垃圾收拾好。
与 up 搭配的词组有:
break up(分解,腐蚀) go up(上升、上涨)
bring up(抚养,提出,呕吐) hold up(阻挡)
do up(扣好) fix up(修理,安顿)
give up(放弃) keep up(保持,继续)
look up(查找) shut up(闭嘴)
make up(构成,和解) pick up(捡起,接人)
put up(建立,投宿) stay up(熬夜,挺住)
set up(建立) take up(占据,拿起)
turn up(调大,露面)
3.used to do意为“过去习惯做……,现在不做了”;只用于过去时态。
be used to sth. /doing sth. = be accustomed to sth. /doing sth. 意为“习惯于做某事”;可用于现在、过去、将来等多种时态。be可用get, become等来代替。be used to do sth. 意为“被用来做……”。
e. g. He used to get up at 6: 00 a. m. 他过去早上六点起床。
He is used / accustomed to getting up at 6:00 a. m. 他现在习惯早晨六点起床。
Wood is used to make tables. 木头用来做桌子。
4.become of解释“发生……情况;……怎么啦!”相当于happen to …
What will become of the children now that the parents are dead?
父母死了,孩子们会怎么样啦?
I don’t know what has become of him. 我不知道他的遭遇如何。
5.find oneself ……的意思是“发现自己(处于某种状态);不知不觉地…”例如:
When day broke, we found ourselves in a village at the foot of the mountain.
天亮时,我们发现自己来到了那座山脚下的一个村子里。
Suddenly I found myself at the water’s edge. 我忽然发现自己站在水边了。
Then I found myself surrounded by half a dozen boys. 然后我突然发现六个男孩围着自己。
6.go down意为“下降,降落”,可以指太阳,月亮的落下,也可指船只的沉没,价格的下跌。例如: The sun is going down in the west behind the mountains. 太阳正在西方下山。
Prices don’t seem to be going down.物价似乎不会下跌。
The ship has gone down in the storm. 船在风暴中沉没了。