大学英语一unit 1Growing Up.ppt

Lesson One Growing Up Part One : Background Information Part One : Background Information Part One : Background Information Part Four Language Points 1. off and on ( = on and off ): from time to time It has been raining ~ during the Spring Festival, which totally changed our original plan. Mother had to get up ~ every night to take care of her baby. 2. possibility : state of being possible; likelihood (of) Is there any ~ of defeating our opponents? (that) Experts are considering the ~ that the experiment will be made within two hours. 3. take hold : become established The idea of going abroad has taken hold among many young people. Only when good study habit ~ can you improve your grades. 4. bore : make sb. feel tired or lose interest The secretary becomes ~d by her routine job. 5. associate with : join or connect together Children often associate New Year with beautiful clothes and delicious food. We can hardly associate this decent man with that poor and dirty boy 25 years ago. 6. turn out : produce; prove With the help of the young efficiency expert, the factory can ~ cars 2 times more than last year. All the people regarded Tom as a hero, but he ~ to be a thief. 7. assign : to give as a share or duty I’ve been ~ed to do a difficult task. The management ~ed him to a new post. This house has been ~ed to the new comers. 8. anticipate : expect ( +n. / +that / +v+ing ) Modern society is in constant development. We should ~ changes and make timely adjustment. We ~ed that the enemy would cross the river and so we destroyed the bridge. I ~ hearing from you again. Cf expect ( +n. / +that / +to do ) I’m ~ing a letter. We had not ~ed that Tom turned up at the party. Little John ~ed to travel during the Spring Festival. 9. tedious : boring and lasting for a long time Children like short and interesting stories rather than ~ ones. Mike is so ~ that he hasn’t many friends. 10. reputation : opinion about sth. or sb. held by others T