文档介绍：Language Points:
1. off and on from time to time, now and again, irregularly断断续续地,有时
雨断断续续地下了一整天。
It rained off and on all the day.
雨断断续续地下了一周,所以感觉衣服湿乎乎的。
It has been raining on and off for a week. That’s why the clothes feel damp.
2. take hold: e established
The idea of one child only has taken hold in many Chinese families.
Old habits die hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold.
bore: v. make (sb.) feel tired and lose interest; n. person or thing that bores;
boring: a. 乏味的, bored a. 厌倦的, boredom n. 无聊,厌烦
bore: be bored with; bore sb. with sth. / by doing sth.; bore sb. to death/tears令某人极度厌烦
--- He was bored with /of doing the same thing every day.
--- She finds opera boring.
--- He always bored his mother with the same excuse.
--- He is such a bore that nobody likes him.
--- It’s a bore having to go out again on a cold night like this.
3. associate: vt. Join or connect together; connect or bring in the mind
我们经常由玫瑰联想到爱情。
We often associate roses with love.
-- Cigarette smoking is associated with lung cancer.
--- We associate China with the Great Wall.
4. turn out: Mach the above definitions with the sentences below.
a. come out or gather as for meeting, public event, etc.
b. prove
c. shut off
d. produce; make
A large group of protesters have turned out.
The school has turned out some great scholars.
Turn out the light before you go to bed.
The plan turned out a failure.
We are to turn out 100,000,puters next year to meet the market requirements.
6. inspire: vt. fill sb. With confidence, eagerness, etc.
这一发展鼓舞我们更加努力地工作。
Such a development inspired us to work still harder.
He is inspired by beautiful scenery.
他从美丽的风景中获得灵感。
inspire: fill (sb.) with confidence, eagerness, etc.
--- His words inspired me to work harder.
--- The leader’s courage inspired confidence in others.
~inspire: 专指在精神方面给人以鼓舞,使其增强信心、勇气或希望。 ~motivate: 主要指激发人的兴趣或积极性。 ~stimulate: 多指人或物受到外界因素的刺激,从而改变其懒散、冷淡或迟钝等状态。