LESSON 13
Use the verb + noun or adj. + noun collocation
准备晚餐 to prepare dinner切断电源 to cut off the power切断供水 to cut off the water supply发射导弹 to launch missiles发动进攻 to launch an attack交换意见 to exchange opinion交流经验 to exchange experience面如死灰 ashen face首要问题 primary problem核武器 nuclear weapons核电站 nuclear power station核能 unclear energy闩门 to latch the door.
use the “useful expressions”
1 请今晚注意收听重要新闻。
Please keep your radios tuned for important news tonight.
2 当琼斯太太抓住那个男孩时，他不敢正视她。
When Mrs. Jones caught that boy， he didn't dare to look her in the eye.
3 科布教授讲课的特征是讲的飞快。
It is typical of professor Kirpu to teach very fast.
4 你不能按审计的要求计帐，就不能算是一个好会计。
You can't call yourself a good accountant if you can't keep account according to the auditors' instructions.
5 在边远地区，还有大批学龄儿童不能上学。
In remote areas，a great number of school-age children are not squared away for school.
6 警察向司机明确指出，他必须确切地描述事故发生的过程。
The policeman made it plain to the driver that he must give an exact account of the process of the accident.
7 已经告诫本地农民，今年有可能发生水灾。
Local peasants have been warned of the possible fold this year.
8 法庭认为没有必要传讯更多的证人，打算在近期结案。
Seeing no need for summoning more witnesses for interrogation， the court intends to close the case soon.
9 她既耐心又坚定地作出努力，要拆除挡在她儿子和其他孩子们之间的那堵墙。
She has made patient and firm effort to break down the wall between her son and other children.
10 怀特一家人担心要是他们不付房租，房东就会把他们轰出来。
The Wrights worry that if they don't pay the rent， the landlord will turn them out.
Use leave，send and turn.
1 当我给他打电话时，他已经离开办公室了。
He had left the office when I phoned him.
2 空袭警报使人们纷纷往自己的家跑去了。
Air-raid alarm sent people dashing toward their home.
3 为了帮父母养家，他15岁的时候就辍学了。
In order to help his parents support the family， he left school when he was fifteen.
4 现在许多人不在邮寄圣诞卡，而是通过电子邮件向朋友们表示问候。
Nowadays many people no longer send Christmas card. Instead， they express their greetings to their friends by email.
5 在我的挎包里找不到钥匙，一定是忘在办公室里了。
I can't find the key in my bag. I must have left it in my office.
6 她转过身来，看见儿子眼里充满了泪水。
She turn around and found her son's eyes full of tears.
7 今年春节你打算给你的笔友寄点什么？
What do you intend to send your pen-friends this Spring Festival？
8 你最好把窗户开一会儿，让新鲜空气进来。
You'd better leave the windows open for a while to let the fresh air in.
9 他们决定把防空洞改造成储藏室。
They decided to turn their shelter into a storeroom.
10 奥塞罗的头发一夜之间全变白了。
Othello's hair turned white overnight.
Use affirmative form to translate the following sentences.
1 我根本不想见他。
He is the last person I want to see.
2 那个地方太热了，我根本不想到那里去。
That place is too hot for me to go to.
3 我最不愿意做的事情就是让你不高兴。
The last thing I want to do is to make you unhappy.
4 我才不放在心上呢。
Who cares？
5 我决不再邀请这些人到我家来了。
Catch me inviting these people to my home again！
Translate the following sentences，using negative structures or negative words.
1 谁都知道他是大名鼎鼎的作家。
There isn't anyone who doesn't known he is a famous writer.
2 他真是位善良的人。
He can't be more kindhearted.
3 考试时越细心越好。
You can't be too careful in exams.
4 真让人吃惊，他在这么短的时间里就学会了开车。
It's hardly believable that he can learn how to drive in such a short time.
5 对于他来说，吃完晚饭之后的最大享受就是抽一根雪茄。
To him， there's nothing better than a cigar after dinner.