Unit 4

　　Law and order 1、negotiate

　　vt. & vi. 談判； 協商； 議定 ◆The government will not negotiate with the terrorists. 政府決不與恐怖分子談判。

　　◆My company has assigned me to negotiate business with you.

　　我公司派我來跟貴公司商談有關事務。

　　◆They finally negotiated a peace treaty. 他們最終談判達成了一個和平條約。

　　The minister said, “We are ready for discussions with any legal parties, but we'll never ______ with criminals.”．(2011·湖北)

　　A. negotiate

　　B. quarrel

　　C. argue

　　D. consult A　negotiate 談判； quarrel 吵架，爭吵； argue 辯論，爭辯； consult 商議，咨詢。句意：部長說：“我們愿意與任何合法黨派進行討論，但我們決不與犯罪分子談判。” 2、smooth adj. 光滑的，平靜的，平坦的 vt. 使光滑，消除困難/障礙 ◆Our path in life will not always be smooth. 我們的生活道路不會總是一帆風順的。 ◆The cloth feels smooth. 這布摸起來很光滑。 ◆The sea is smooth.

　　海面風平浪靜。 (1)smooth 的比較級是 smoother，最高是smoothest，過去式是smoothed。 (2)該詞的同義詞是 calm，反義詞是rough。 3、compensate vt. 補償，賠償；付報酬 vi. 補償，賠償；抵消 ◆The factory will compensate their workers if they are hurt at work. 工人們在工作中受傷，工廠得給予受傷補助。 ◆The company compensated him for the extra hours he worked. 公司對他工作中的加班加點給予了報酬。 ①她以美貌彌補智力欠佳。 __________________________________________ ①She used her good looks to compensate for her lack of intelligence. ②一個人健康的喪失是無法補償的。 ________________________________________ ②Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. ③Fine-line pens may ______ bad handwriting.

　　A. show up

　　B. differ from

　　C. break down

　　D. compensate for ③D　線條優美的鋼筆可以彌補糟糕的書法。 1、 break into

　　強行進入某處；突然開始(大笑、唱歌、歡呼等) ◆His house was broken into (e.g. by burglars) last week. 上星期有人(如竊賊)闖入他的房屋。 ◆As the president's car arrived, the crowd broke into loud applause. 總統的汽車到達時，人群中爆發出熱烈的掌聲。 The wood was so rotten that when we pulled, it ______ into fragments.

　　A. broke away

　　B. broke off

　　C. broke up

　　D. broke through C　break up意為“打碎，破裂，分裂”，正合題意；本句句意為“木頭爛成這樣，以至于我們一拉它就變成了碎片”。

　　2、 keep up 跟上，不落后(＋with)；(斗志)不低落，(價格)不下降，維持，繼續 ◆The house is strong enough to keep up in a storm. 這座房子很堅固，足以抵擋風暴。 ◆The good news kept our spirits up. 好消息使我們情緒高昂。 　keep up with 趕上，不落后，保持聯系 　catch up with趕上(某人或某事) 　keep on doing sth. 繼續做某事 　keep sb. doing sth. 讓某人一直做某事 　keep sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事 Julie is one of those women who always ______ the latest fashions.

　　A. keep up with

　　B. put up with

　　C. catch up with

　　D. hold on to A　句意：朱莉是那些總趕時髦的女子之一。keep up with 跟上，與……并駕齊驅；及時了解；catch up with跟上，趕上；put up with 忍受；hold on to 緊緊抓住；守住，保住。 3、 take sb. to court 起訴某人；控告某人 ◆They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract. 因為房東毀約他們把他告上了法庭。 　go to court 上法庭 　go to court over sth.(因某事)起訴，打官司 　come to court 開始審理 　settle out of court 庭外和解 　pay court to sb. 討好某人；對某人獻殷勤 It took five years for the case to ______ to court.

　　A. take

　　B. go

　　C. come

　　D. pay

　　C　句意：這個案子花了5年時間才開始審理。 although在句中引導讓步狀語從句，increasing在句中為現在分詞作number的定語，a bigger problem是不定冠詞＋形容詞比較級修飾名詞，表示泛指。 Although there are an increasing number of such cases against people, crime against large companies is a bigger problem. 盡管類似的針對人們的案例的數目不斷增長，但針對大公司的犯罪是一個更大的問題。 句型轉換 Although most of the earth's surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious.

　　?______ the fact that most of the earth's surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious. Despite / In spite of

　　Unit 4

　　Law and order 1、negotiate

　　vt. & vi. 談判； 協商； 議定 ◆The government will not negotiate with the terrorists. 政府決不與恐怖分子談判。

　　◆My company has assigned me to negotiate business with you.

　　我公司派我來跟貴公司商談有關事務。

　　◆They finally negotiated a peace treaty. 他們最終談判達成了一個和平條約。

　　The minister said, “We are ready for discussions with any legal parties, but we'll never ______ with criminals.”．(2011·湖北)

　　A. negotiate

　　B. quarrel

　　C. argue

　　D. consult A　negotiate 談判； quarrel 吵架，爭吵； argue 辯論，爭辯； consult 商議，咨詢。句意：部長說：“我們愿意與任何合法黨派進行討論，但我們決不與犯罪分子談判?！?2、smooth adj. 光滑的，平靜的，平坦的 vt. 使光滑，消除困難/障礙 ◆Our path in life will not always be smooth. 我們的生活道路不會總是一帆風順的。 ◆The cloth feels smooth. 這布摸起來很光滑。 ◆The sea is smooth.

　　海面風平浪靜。 (1)smooth 的比較級是 smoother，最高是smoothest，過去式是smoothed。 (2)該詞的同義詞是 calm，反義詞是rough。 3、compensate vt. 補償，賠償；付報酬 vi. 補償，賠償；抵消 ◆The factory will compensate their workers if they are hurt at work. 工人們在工作中受傷，工廠得給予受傷補助。 ◆The company compensated him for the extra hours he worked. 公司對他工作中的加班加點給予了報酬。 ①她以美貌彌補智力欠佳。 __________________________________________ ①She used her good looks to compensate for her lack of intelligence. ②一個人健康的喪失是無法補償的。 ________________________________________ ②Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. ③Fine-line pens may ______ bad handwriting.

　　A. show up

　　B. differ from

　　C. break down

　　D. compensate for ③D　線條優美的鋼筆可以彌補糟糕的書法。 1、 break into

　　強行進入某處；突然開始(大笑、唱歌、歡呼等) ◆His house was broken into (e.g. by burglars) last week. 上星期有人(如竊賊)闖入他的房屋。 ◆As the president's car arrived, the crowd broke into loud applause. 總統的汽車到達時，人群中爆發出熱烈的掌聲。 The wood was so rotten that when we pulled, it ______ into fragments.

　　A. broke away

　　B. broke off

　　C. broke up

　　D. broke through C　break up意為“打碎，破裂，分裂”，正合題意；本句句意為“木頭爛成這樣，以至于我們一拉它就變成了碎片”。

　　2、 keep up 跟上，不落后(＋with)；(斗志)不低落，(價格)不下降，維持，繼續 ◆The house is strong enough to keep up in a storm. 這座房子很堅固，足以抵擋風暴。 ◆The good news kept our spirits up. 好消息使我們情緒高昂。 　keep up with 趕上，不落后，保持聯系 　catch up with趕上(某人或某事) 　keep on doing sth. 繼續做某事 　keep sb. doing sth. 讓某人一直做某事 　keep sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事 Julie is one of those women who always ______ the latest fashions.

　　A. keep up with

　　B. put up with

　　C. catch up with

　　D. hold on to A　句意：朱莉是那些總趕時髦的女子之一。keep up with 跟上，與……并駕齊驅；及時了解；catch up with跟上，趕上；put up with 忍受；hold on to 緊緊抓住；守住，保住。 3、 take sb. to court 起訴某人；控告某人 ◆They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract. 因為房東毀約他們把他告上了法庭。 　go to court 上法庭 　go to court over sth.(因某事)起訴，打官司 　come to court 開始審理 　settle out of court 庭外和解 　pay court to sb. 討好某人；對某人獻殷勤 It took five years for the case to ______ to court.

　　A. take

　　B. go

　　C. come

　　D. pay

　　C　句意：這個案子花了5年時間才開始審理。 although在句中引導讓步狀語從句，increasing在句中為現在分詞作number的定語，a bigger problem是不定冠詞＋形容詞比較級修飾名詞，表示泛指。 Although there are an increasing number of such cases against people, crime against large companies is a bigger problem. 盡管類似的針對人們的案例的數目不斷增長，但針對大公司的犯罪是一個更大的問題。 句型轉換 Although most of the earth's surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious.

　　?______ the fact that most of the earth's surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious. Despite / In spite of