文档介绍：Unit Eleven
labor, lack, late, later, lazy, lead, lean, left, lie, like, likely, link, list, live, local, locate, long, look.
labor
labor劳动。
短语: labor at a difficult problem绞尽脑汁地做难题;labor at/ on/ over something/ to do something 煞费苦心地(做)某事;labor with somebody 极力劝说某人;labor under something 苦于、被……所欺骗;labor for/ after为……而努力;Labor Day 劳动节(不用the);
用法:labor 表示体力劳动,在日常用语中常用单数,在书面语常用复数。如:Much labor(s) went into the building the pyramids.
①The ___ people are the wisest.
A. labored B. laboring C. being labored D. being laboring
②I ___ to understand the group of students, but really it is ___.
A. tried; a labor B. labored; labor C. managed; labor
D. labored; a labor
B
B
lack
lack缺乏、缺少。
短语:lack in 缺少;It lacks 5 minutes of 8 八点差五分;for/ by/ from/ through lack of 因缺乏;have no lack of不缺乏;
用法:lack作名词,后接of;作及物动词,不接介词;作不及物动词,后接介词for;lacking可作介词,相当于without或not having。
比较:lack something 意为“没有某物”,但本人可能并不觉得,且感到很高兴。如:The plants died for lack of water.
be short of something意为“短缺某物”,而且非常需要这东西,本人也知道这一点。如:He was short in experience.
①Though ___ money, his parents managed to send him to university.
A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked in
②He failed ___ experience. Which is wrong?
A. for lack of B. for he lacked in C. because he lacked
D. because he was lacking in
③Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a ___ of exercise.
A. limit B. lack C. need D. demand
C
B
B
late
late晚的(地)、迟的(地)。
短语:her late husband 她的已故的丈夫;be late for 迟到;of late year 近(年)来;be late with把……做迟了;be late (in) doing something(做某事)晚了;the late afternoon傍晚;
用法:(1)、late 可表示前任的、已故的;later 可表示新近的、近来的;latest 表示最新的、最近的;later 既可用于将来时,又可用于过去时;later on 再过些时候(用于将来时)、后来(用于过去时);later/ later on 指时间上的后来、稍后;at (the) latest 最晚/迟;lately = recently 表示近来、最近,常用于疑问句和否定句中;recently常用于肯定句。latter 指两者中的后者,反义词是former;
(2)、be late with (the dinner) 后常接名词,往往强调主语事情的本身晚了。be late in 与前意同,但in 后接动名词。
be late for后接名词,往往强调主语(某人)晚了,时间性较强。
①He has always the ___ one e.
A. lately B. later C. latest D. late
②I’ll