M8U4 Films and film events词汇课

1、M8U4 Films and film eventswords and phrases1 finance.be financed by. 由.提供资金an expert in finance 财务专家the Minister of Finance 财政部长2 defence defend.in defence of sb.= in ones defence 为辩护；防卫defend sb./oneself/sth. from/ against.保护免受(的伤害)restriction restrictmake no restrictions on. 对不作任何限制 place a restri

2、ction on sth. 对某事实行限制restrict sth to sth restrict sb/oneself to doing sthmodestbe modest about . 对.很谦虚exposeexpose.to. 让.接触到.;使.暴露于.;使.受.影响be exposed to the sunlight 暴露于阳光之下contradictcontradict oneself 自相矛盾contradict each other 互相矛盾be contradictory to. 与相矛盾resembleresemble sb. in sth. 在方面与某人相像edge h

3、ave an edge on/over.比.略有优势on the edge of . 在.的边缘preference have a preference for. 喜爱.；偏爱.give preference to . 给.以优惠；优待in preference to .=rather than 优先于；而不是prefer (doing) sth. to (doing) sth.prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.宁愿做而不愿做 laundry.do the laundry = do some washing 干洗衣活disappointment disa

4、ppoint to ones (great) disappointment 令某人(十分)失望的是sth. disappoint sb.= let sb. down 使某人失望be disappointed at/by sth. 对某事感到失望be disappointed in/ with (sb./sth.) 某人/某事感到失望be disappointed to do sth. 对做某事感到失望be disappointed that . 对做某事感到失望shoot shoot at sb./sth. 向某人/某事射击go shooting = go hunting 去打猎congrat

5、ulation congratulate Congratulations! 祝贺，恭喜congratulate sb. on sth. 祝贺某人某事lanternthe Lantern Festival 元宵节scarhave a scar on ones forehead 某人的前额上有个伤疤parallel be parallel to . 与.平行draw a parallel between. 在.之间找出相似点attraction attracttourist attraction/ spot 景点，旅游胜地attract/ draw/ catch ones attention 吸引某人的注意力.show off 炫耀，卖弄show around show up 带领某人参观如约赶到；出现；露面thought give tho