文档介绍：词汇篇 1 书本拾遗 1. The American Dictionary of the English Language gave a separate identity to American English spelling. (M1U2) the English language 英语语言(该说法更正式) identity 一般表示“身份”,但此处意为“特色”(词典上第二条释义)。整句话意思是:该词典赋予了美国英语拼写一种完全不同的特色。 2. without a second thought 毫不犹豫(地) / 不假思索(地) (M1U2) 3. There is no such thing as standard English. (M1U2) 天下没有像…这样的事情,固定句式: there ’s no such thing as… 4. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. (M1U3) get 此处表示“使…达到/ 处于某种状态”,后跟宾语+ 宾补(一般为形容词/-ed 过去分词)。如: Don ’t get your dress dirty! He got his fingers caught in the door. Get the children ready for school! Don ’t get yourself involved in the fight. 对比: Many children were left without parents. (M1U4) leave 表示使…处于某种状态。具体用法有: leave sb/sth adj/ -ing/ -ed/ to do/ n/ 介宾短语等等,详见 995 页。每个用法造句。 5. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. (M1U3) feel 此处是系动词,后接表语(形容词,名词,表语从句等等),表示“感觉起来(像) ”具体例子看词典 632 相关词条。 6. Nothing is left of it but memories and some houses far from the center of the city. (M1U4) be left 留下,剩下 of 此处可理解为从…,在…中,以…为基础。词典 995 例句: They are fighting to save what is left of their business. of 此用法常见的还有: When the baby was born, her father held her tight in his arms, wondering, “ what is to e of my baby? ” Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city ’s best buildings so that they would not bea danger to those in the streets. (M1U4) 此处 make A ofB 意为“从B 中得到 A”,或“使B 变成 A”