Unit5OutandAbout介绍.ppt

UNIT 5 OUT AND ABOUT 1 VOCABULARY LINK HANDY HELPERS out and about （病、伤等卧床后）能下床， 能到户外； [口]出去走走； 出去转转 户外活动；外出；能够外出走动 1. They often saw me out and about. 他们经常看见我四处奔波。 2. Mr. White had a bad cold about a week ago, and he is out and about this morning. 怀特先生一星期前患了重感冒, 今天早晨能出来走走 了. ERRAND 1. N-COUNT （短程的）差事;跑腿 An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them. She had a more urgent errand. 她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。 2. PHRASE 为…跑腿；为…办事 If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother... 她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。 Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain. 弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。 CHORE [T??:R] 1. N-COUNT 杂务;琐事 A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore.. 她基本上把锻炼看做是不得不做的琐事。 2. N-COUNT 家务活;家庭琐事 Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores. 我和丈夫都出去工作，所以我们家务活分摊。 helper 帮助者;帮手;助手 A helper is a person who helps another person or group with a job they are doing. to do list 待办事项；待办清单；待办事项列表；工作清单 SWEEP 1. VERB 扫;掸;打扫;清扫 The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in. 当我走进商店的时候，店主正在扫地。 2.(风、汹涌的海水等)席卷,横扫,掠过 If wind, a stormy sea, or another strong force sweeps someone or something along, it moves them quickly along. landslides that buried homes and swept cars into the sea... 埋没家园并把汽车卷入大海的山体滑坡 3. VERB (事件、思想、信仰)迅速传播,席卷 the wave of patriotism sweeping the country. 席卷全国的爱国主义热潮 4.VERB 蜿蜒,延伸;绵延 The land sweeps away from long areas of greenery. 这块地从草木茂盛的狭长地带一直伸展开来。 5.PHRASE 使一见倾心;把…一下子迷住 If someone sweeps you off your feet, you fall in love with them very quickly because you find them very attractive or exciting. I was