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初中英语重点单词用法 Attention attention是名词,意为“注意,留心,专心”。常用于短语pay attention to,意为“对……注意、留心”。这里的to是介词,其后常接名词、代词或动名词。attention前可用more, close, great等来修饰,以加强语气,表示“更加注意”。 如:　　Please pay more attention to the problem we have to face. 请多注意我们所面临的问题。 2. 在pay attention to后若无宾语,则不用 to。如:　　Today is your last lesson in French. I beg you to pay attention. 　　今天是你们上的最后一节法语课了,恳请你们认真听。 terrify terrify是动词,意为“使害怕,使恐惧”。如:　　His terrifying stories terrified the girls.　　他讲的恐怖故事吓坏了这些女孩子。 2. be terrified of sth./ doing sth.意为“对某物/干某事感到恐惧、害怕”。如: 　　I was terrified of the tiger when I first saw it.　　我第一次看见老虎时吓坏了。　　He is terrified of speaking English in class.　　他害怕在课堂上讲英语。　　注:be terrified比be afraid 的语气更强,害怕的程度更大一些。 practice practice v. 练习;实习。后面多跟名词(词组)或v-ing形式作宾语。如: I want to practice my spoken English in the English Corner this weekend.这个周末我想去英语角练习口语。Listen! Someone is practicing playing the piano. 听!有人在练习弹钢琴。 practice n. 实践;练习;经验。多为不可数名词。如:Practice makes perfect. [谚]熟能生巧。Have you had any practice in nursing the sick?你有护理病人的经验吗? Interest 1. interest 作及物动词。①interest sb.意为“使某人感兴趣,引起某人注意”。如:Geography doesn’t interest him.地理引不起他的兴趣。②interest sb. in (doing) sth.意为“使某人在……方面感兴趣”。如:He tried to interest me in buying the house.他想说服我买这所房子。2. interest作名词。①意为“兴趣”时,常作不可数名词。常见短语show / have interest in (doing) sth.,意为“对……表现出 / 有兴趣”。如:She showed great interest in the meeting.她对这次会议表现出极大的兴趣。②意为“业余爱好”或“感兴趣的事”时,常作可数名词。如:He has two great interests. One is sports and the other is music. 他有两大爱好:一个是体育,另一个是音乐。3. interested是形容词,常用结构be interested in (doing) sth.意为“对(做)……感兴趣”,主语是人。如:John is interested in history. 约翰喜欢历史。He is interested in drawing pictures.他对画画感兴趣。4. interesting也是形容词,意为“令人感兴趣的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。如:The story is very interesting. 这个故事很有趣。This is an interesting movie. 这是一部有趣的电影。 prefer prefer是及物动词,意为“更喜欢,更喜爱”,相当于like ... better。1. prefer sth.意为“更喜欢……”。如:He prefers country life. 他更喜欢乡村生活。2. prefer doing / to do sth. 意为“更喜欢干……”。如:I prefer watching / to