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Language points in unit4 Module8 1. work out 计算出，设法弄懂，精心制定出，逐渐解决，按某种方式发展。 1 You can work out the answer by adding all the numbers. 2 I’m not telling you the answer-----work it out for yourself. 3 I haven’t worked out who is going to look after the kids tonight. 4 I hope it all works out between you and me. 5 We didn’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well. 2.…an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. 一位语音学专家，认定一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位。 1 Convince vt. to cause to believer or feel certain; to persuade 说服；使相信，说动 （某人） 我们说服了他坐火车去，不要搭飞机去。 We convinced him to go by train rather than plane. 2 be convinced + of 短语/ that 从句意思是“坚信…”;“确信…”。例如： 我确信他有罪。 I am convinced of his guilt. I am convinced that he was guilty. 3 convince vt. sb + of 短语/that 从句，“使…坚信…”; “使…确信…”。 我不认为她的强作欢颜能使她父亲相信她在那个小孤岛上过得开心。 I don’t think her forced smile will convince her father that she lives happily on that small lonely island. Convinced adj.坚信的，意志坚定的Convincing adj.令人心服的 3. set 1 vt. 安排；布置（岗哨）；定（时间、标准）；创造（记录）；专心于 1） Set guards around the gate. 2 The time and date of the meeting have not yet been set. 3 He set a new record. 4 Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. 2 vt. 使――做某事；使――处于某状态 5）I opened the cage and set the bird free. 6 A spark set the soods on fire. 3 vi.（日、月等）下落；下沉 7 It will be cooler when the sun has set. 4 n. 一套，一组；电器设备 8） I bought a set of LuXun’s short stories. 9 I need a radio set. 短语： set off 出发,动身 set out 出发，着手 Set about 开始，着手 set up 建立，成立 Set sb. a good example 为某人树立好榜样 4． Hold up 1 raise; keep up举起 Hold up your right hand. 2 show as an example 提出（作为榜样） The teacher always holds up Tom as a model of hard work. 3 to delay 阻滞 The building of the new road has held up by bad weather. 短语：hold back 使固定；阻挡 hold down 压制 Hold to 遵循；坚持 hold together 使团结；连接在一起 5．Hand over 移交；让与；交给某人照料 1 The captain was unwilling to hand over the command of