问题最有可能的原因.doc

1. the most likely cause of the problem问题最有可能的原因Children who live in rural areas (乡村地区) are likely to grow up early.= It is possible / probable / likely that children who live in rural areas grow up early.= It is possible / probable for children who live in rural areas to grow up early.= Children who live in rural areas possibly / probably grow early.(注意：可以说sb. be likely to do sth.；不可以说sb. be possible / probable to do sth.)联想拓展：As likely as not, the meeting will take place in the village. 很有可能It is more than likely that he will fail the exam. 几乎肯定- He said youd be giving him a lift(载他一程).- Not likely! 不可能；想都别想2. He felt he needed to focus more on his career.She tried to focus her mind / attention / efforts on her work.With all eyes focused on her, she felt very nervous.He sat, with his mind focused on the problem.= He sat, focusing his mind on the problem.The war became the main focus of media attention.in / out of focus 在焦点内/外3. Id always dreamt of owning my own house, but I never thought it would come true (= would be realized).4. a flood of letters / refugees 大量涌来的信件/难民 The child was in floods of tear.那孩子哭成了泪人儿.be in flood 河流泛滥Towns and cities all over the country have been flooded.We were flooded with offers of help.= We received a lot of offers of help.5. make up an excuse / a story 编make (oneself) up 化妆Star Wars is made up of several films. 由组成make up with your sister after the quarrel 和某人和好We are working fast to try to make up (for) the lost time. 弥补6. affect作动词，表示有影响或起作用；influence既可以作名词也可以作动词，一般指对某人的行为，性格，观点等起到潜在的作用；effect通常作名词，表示效果和作用，常用于词组A have an effect on B A对B有影响，sth. take effect 某物生效。Dont play around here! Your noise affects my job badly.Dont be influenced by bad examples.Beethovens works had a major influence on generations of musicians. 贝多芬的作品对几代的音乐家产生了重大的影响。The medicine had a good effect on me.7. pessimism 悲观主义 / pessimist 悲观主义者optimism 乐观主义 / optimist 乐观主义者8. make an attack on 袭击be under attack 被袭击heart attack 心脏病9. make an offer to do sth. = offer to do sth.10. entertain sb. with sth. = treat sb. to sth. 款待entertaining = interesting11. harmful adj. / harmless adj.do harm to sb. = do sb. harm 对某人有害There is no harm in (ones) doing sth.= It does no harm (for sb.) to do sth.某人做某事无害。sb. mean no harm. 某人并无恶意。12. appear = seem 看起来Little Tom appears foolish / a fool.There appear to be a mistake in the report.It appears that I was wrong.appearance n.disappearance n.13. The ideas sound good, but we need to try them out in practice. 检验try out his new bike 试用try on the shirt 试穿try (out) for a scholarship 争取14. think about the idea 考虑think about / of moving to a new place 考虑做某事What do you think of his advice? 认为I just cant think of his phone number. 回想起think highly / well / poorly / little / nothing / the world of sb. 认为某人好/坏/不值一提/非常完美think out your answer before you start writing想出think for yourself 独立思考(just think about yourself 只为自己考虑)think over the plan 认真考虑15. work out / figure out the answer / the sum 算出Their