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1、UsefulExpressionsinUnit3，Book2(byMr.Hu)1.“Fatherknowsbetter.”or“Father,youknowbetterthanthat.”literallymeansFatherwaswiseenoughnottodosomething.Actuallyitdoesnothavethismeaning.ItmeansFatherwasnotwisewhenhemeddledwithhischildren’saffairs.Thissentenceoccurssixtimesinthetext.Thechildrensaidits
2、atiricallytoshowtheirdisapprovalofFather’smeddlingwiththeiraffairs.2.location:n.aplaceorpositionThisisasuitablelocationforacamp.目击者向警察指出事故发生的确切地点。Witnessesshowedthepolicetheexactlocationoftheaccident.3.knowbetter:behaveinamoresensibleandacceptableway4.Heisoldenoughtoknowbetter.5.他很明事理，不至于以貌取
3、人。Heknowsbetterthantojudgebyappearances.Pattern:knowbetterthansb.knowbetterthantodosth.7.embarrass:vt.make(sb.)feelawkwardorashamed8.Itembarrassedhimthathehadtogiveatalkinfrontofalotofpeople.9.Idon’tlikemakingspeechesinpublic.It’ssoembarrassing.10.IwasreallyembarrassedwhenIcouldn’tanswerthet
4、eacher’squestion.11.dumb:adj.1)foolisheg.Hewassodumbthathelefthiskeysathomeagain.2)unabletospeakeg.Theterriblenewsstruckusalldumb.他生来不能说话，但是他设法找到一个好工作。Hewasborndumb,buthehasstillmanagedtogetagoodjob.14.inunison:actinginthesamewayatthesametimeeg.国际社会准备一致反对恐怖主义。Theinternationalcommunityisready
5、toworkinunisonagainstterrorism.16.consistof:bemadeupofeg.ThecityofNewYorkconsistsoffiveboroughs.18.cf.consistin等于；在于19.consist,compose,comprise&constitute这几个词都是动词，都有“组成”的意思。consist是个不及物动词，与介词of一起连用，不可用于被动语态。consist的主语表示事物的整体，of后的宾语表示事物的组成部分。例如：Waterconsistsofhydrogenandoxygen.水由氢和氧组成。NorthAm
6、ericaconsistsoftheUnitedStates,Canada,andMexico.compose的主语表示事物的组成部分，宾语表示事物的整体。但在被动语态中正好相反。例如：TheUnitedStates,Canada,andMexicocomposeNorthAmerica.Wateriscomposedofhydrogenandoxygen.comprise用作及物动词,有两种用法:传统规则认为其主语应当为事物的整体,宾语应当为事物的组成部分,词义为“由……组成,由……构成”;另一种趋势是用comprise表达“组成,构成”的意思,此时其主语为事物的组成部分,宾
7、语为事物的整体。eg.NorthAmericacomprisestheUnitedStates,Canada,andMexico.constitute的主语表示事物的组成部分，宾语表示事物的整体。例如：TheUnitedStates,Canada,andMexicoconstituteNorthAmerica.Sevendaysconstituteaweek.七天为一周。20.aman-to-mantalk:Atalkthattakesplacebetweentwomen,especiall
