大学英语视听说课程讲义level19单元.docVIP

Unit 10 A Birthday Present Teaching Objective Asking about people Giving social greetings/responses Telling past experience Part One Vocabulary spill: v. spilled or spilt to cause to pour out accidentally, as over the edge of a container, and be lost (不小心地)使溢出;洒出 My hand slipped and spilt my drink. (=made my drink spill). 我失手打翻了饮料。 spill down 由上至下洒（浇）到…上 spill on 溢（溅）到…上 spill over 溢（洒）满… (esp. over) to spread or rush beyond limits 溢出；涌出 The crowd spilt over from the church into the streets. 群众从教学涌向街道。 ruin: v. to destroy and spoil (completely) 毁灭；毁坏 This is an ancient ruined city. 这是座被毁灭了的古城。 She poured water all over my painting and ruined it. 她把水泼在我整幅画上，结果把它毁了。 to cause total loss of money to 使破产 I was ruined by that law case; I’m a ruined man! 我被那场官司搞垮了，现在已经倾家荡产了。 c.f. destroy, damage, break, ruin, spoil, wreck destroy 毁灭（全部），指剧烈的毁坏到不能再使用的程度。常作及物动词是“破坏，毁坏，打破……计划，消灭”。（反义词是：construct） damage 损坏（部分），指造成的一定程度上的损失。 ruin 摧毁，指天灾人祸般的彻底摧毁性。 spoil 指把事情弄糟,破坏(心情，兴致等)。 wreck 指船、飞机、轮船等交通工具的摧毁。 e.g. All her hopes were destroyed. 她所有的希望都破灭了。 Our holiday was spoiled by the bad weather. The earthquake has destroyed the city entirely. After the ship wrecked, the transportation trust was in trouble up to the hilt. 沉船事故后，该运输公司完全陷入了困境。 make up for: to repay or compensate for what was bad before with something good 补偿 This beautiful autumn makes up for/is making up for the wet summer. 今年秋色宜人，补偿了夏天太潮湿的缺点。 练一练：（CET-4真题） 1)? The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages: several fishing boats were _____ and many houses collapsed.?A) wrecked? B) spoiled ? C) torn? D) injured 2)? Our company decided to ____ the contract because a number of the conditions in it had not been met. A) destroy?? ??? B) resist?? ??? C) assume?? ??? D) cancel 3)? The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _____.A) stand up to???????? B) make up for C) come up with????? D) put up with 4)? Id _____