2. 不要什么事情都一塊兒干，要一次做一點(diǎn)兒。

Don't try to do everything ____; take

　it a bit ____.

1. 她費(fèi)盡力氣想看懂那些說(shuō)明文字，卻全然不知所云。

　 She tries to understand the instructions，but she was ____ ____ ____.

17. pick out 挑出；辨別出；使顯眼

　 I can pick out my sister in the crowd.

　 我能在人群中認(rèn)出我妹妹。

　 The houses in the painting were picked out in white.

　 畫(huà)中的房子在白色襯托下愈發(fā)突出。

　 [注意]與pick搭配的詞組有：pick up 拿起，拾起，恢

　 復(fù)；pick over 檢查

[考點(diǎn)1]含“介詞at + (冠詞) + 名詞短語(yǔ)”

① at the head of 在……最前頭

② at midnight 在半夜

③ at present 現(xiàn)在，目前

④ at once 立刻，馬上

⑤ at breakfast 早餐時(shí)

⑥ at first 起先，首先

⑦ at school 在學(xué)校，在上學(xué)

⑧ at home 在家

⑨ at night 在晚上

⑩ at the moment 此刻

⑩ at the end of 在……結(jié)尾．到……盡頭

⑩ at the same time 同時(shí)

⑩ at times 有時(shí)，偶爾

⑩ at all 一點(diǎn)也不

⑩ at last 最后，起碼

⑩ at sea 在海上，茫然．奠名其妙

⑥ at the age of 在……歲數(shù)時(shí)

⑩ at the beginning of... 起初，開(kāi)始

⑩ at (the) most 至多

④ at a time 每次

① at one time 過(guò)去有段時(shí)間，曾經(jīng)

◎ at work 在工作

④ at a loss 茫然

⑨ at hospital 住院

④ at (the) least 至少

[例句] A policeman drove at the head of the procession.

一名警察在游行的隊(duì)伍前開(kāi)著車(chē)。

At first he was a little shy in class, but now he acts

more naturally. 起初在班里他有點(diǎn)害羞．但是現(xiàn)在自然

多了。

If you find anything not to your liking you will tell me

at once? 如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)你不喜歡的東西，馬上告訴我好嗎?

At one time 1 used to play a lot of sport, but I seem to

have lost interest now. 我曾經(jīng)喜愛(ài)運(yùn)動(dòng)，但是現(xiàn)在好像

失去了興趣。

I feel a little nervous at times. 有時(shí)我的確感到有些緊

張。

The meal came to an end at last, and Mr. Li rose. 這頓

飯終于吃完了，李先生站了起來(lái)。

I don't understand politics: I'm at sea when people talk

about the government. 我不懂政治，當(dāng)人們談?wù)撜��?/p>

時(shí)，我就茫然了。

[考例l](NMET 1994) Don't all speak at once!

____ please．

　　 A. Each at one time

　　 B. One by one time

　　 C. One for each time

　　 D. One at a time

[考查目標(biāo)]此題主要考查time短語(yǔ)的用法。

[答案與解析]D at a time 每次；one at time 每次一

個(gè)；“一個(gè)接一個(gè)”應(yīng)該用one by one, 不可以在后面加

lime；at one time過(guò)去有段時(shí)間，曾經(jīng)。本句話意思是

“不要都同時(shí)講話，一個(gè)一個(gè)的說(shuō)!”

[考點(diǎn)2]與“數(shù)量”有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)

① a few 一些，幾個(gè)

② a series of 一連串的。一系列

③ a bit (of) 少量的，一點(diǎn)，也不

④ a pairr of 一對(duì)，一雙

⑤ a bottle of 一瓶

⑥ a glass of 一杯

⑦ a piece of 一件

⑧ a kind of 一種

⑨ a little 一點(diǎn)

⑩ a lot of / lots of 許多

⑥ plenty of 許多，大量的

⑥ a number of 許多

⑩ the number of... …的數(shù)量

⑩ a great deal of 許多，大量

⑩ a basin of 一盆

⑩ a bowl of 一碗

⑥ a basket of 一籃

⑩ a bucket of 一桶

⑩ a handful of 一把

⑩ a mouthful of 一口

[例句] A series of rainy days spoiled our vacation. 一連

串的陰雨天破壞了我們的假期。

There lay a pair of glasses on the desk. 在課桌上放著一

副眼鏡。

There was plenty of work for girls of her age. 對(duì)于她這

個(gè)年齡的女孩來(lái)說(shuō)，有很多工作。

A great number of civilians were murdered in the war.

大量的平民在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中被殺害。

She thought that her friend must have been through a

great deal of trouble. 她想她的朋友肯定經(jīng)歷了許多麻

煩事。

[考例2](NMET 1996) The number of people invited

____ fifty，but a number of them ____ absent

for different reasons．

　　 A. were; was　　 B. was; was

　　 C. was; were　　 D. were; were

[考查目標(biāo)] 此題主要考查主謂一致。

[答案與解析]C “the number of + 復(fù)數(shù)名詞”作主語(yǔ)

時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式；“a number of + 復(fù)數(shù)名詞”作

主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

[牛刀小試2]

根據(jù)所給漢語(yǔ)句子的意思完成英語(yǔ)句子，每空只填一

個(gè)詞。

9. pay off 還清(債務(wù))；付清

　　 It took us six years to pay off that judgment.

　　 我們花了六年才還清債務(wù)。

　　 I'll certainly pay you back for what you did to me.

你那樣對(duì)待我，我一定要回敬你的。

[考點(diǎn)3]pick構(gòu)成的短語(yǔ)

① pick out 挑出，辨認(rèn)出

② pick up 拾起，撿起，(用車(chē))接，恢復(fù)(健康)，中途搭載

③ pick off 摘下來(lái)

④ pick at 少量地吃，老是挑剔(某人)

⑤ pick & choose 挑三揀四

[例句] My sister is going with me to help me pick out a

new suit. 我姐姐要陪我去挑一件新衣服。

They showed their displeasure by continually picking at

her. 他們不斷挑剔她，表明了他們不滿。

Henry's been ill, but he's picking up again now. 亨瑞病

了，但是很快又恢復(fù)了健康。

[考例3](NMET 1997) She ____ his number in

the phone book to make sure that she had got it right．

　　 A. looked up　　 B. looked for

　　 C. picked out　　 D. picked up

[考查目標(biāo)] 此題主要考查四個(gè)短語(yǔ)的用法。

[答案與解析]A　 look up向上看，查找，查尋；look for

尋找；pick out 挑出來(lái)；pick up 拾起。本句話的意思為

“她在電話簿中找電話號(hào)碼以便確信她是對(duì)的”。

6. call on / upon 訪問(wèn)，看望，拜訪，要求，號(hào)召

　　 Last night I called on Mr. Black and had a long talk.

　　 昨晚我拜訪了布萊克先生，并同他作r長(zhǎng)時(shí)間談話。

　　 The salesman called on our company twice a month.

　　 這位推銷(xiāo)員每月來(lái)我們公司兩次。

　　 Mr. Read called on us to learn from Peter.

　　 雷德先生號(hào)召我們向彼得學(xué)習(xí)。

　　 與call相關(guān)的詞組：

　　 call after 以……的名字而命名

　　 call at 訪問(wèn)，拜訪

　　 call for 要求；需求

　　 call out 大聲喊叫

　　 call up 提醒

8. bring back 拿回來(lái)；使恢復(fù)

　 If you are going shopping, please bring back a tube of

　 toothpaste?

　 要是你上街，請(qǐng)買(mǎi)一支牙膏回來(lái)。

　 His words brought the whole event back.

　 他的話使人想起了整個(gè)事件。

　 bring out 生產(chǎn)；制造

　 bring up 養(yǎng)育；教育

　 bring about 引起；致使

　 bring down 使落下

11. at (the) most最多；至多

　　 I can pay only fifteen pounds at the most.

　　 我最多只能付15英鎊。

　 This is worth 3000 yuan at the most.

　　 這個(gè)最多值3000元。

　　 [拓展] at (the) least 至少；最少

7. after all 畢竟；終究

　　 這個(gè)詞組有兩個(gè)含意：“要知道……”；“別忘了

　　 ……”，表示說(shuō)話人對(duì)別人的態(tài)度，用來(lái)說(shuō)服或提醒

　　 對(duì)方，引出聽(tīng)話人似乎忘記了的某個(gè)重要的論點(diǎn)或

　　 理由，在表這個(gè)意思時(shí)，一般把a(bǔ)fter all放在句首。

　　 該詞組還表示“終究”，在表示這層意思時(shí)，after aIl

　　 一般放于句末。

　　 I think we should let her go on holiday alone. After

　　 all, she is fifteen and she isn't a child any more.

　　 我想應(yīng)該讓她獨(dú)自去度假，(要知道)她畢竟已經(jīng)15

　　 歲，不再是小孩了。

　　 Mathilde thought it was a diamond necklace, but it

　　 wasn't a real one after all.

　　 瑪?shù)贍柕略�以為那足一條鉆石項(xiàng)鏈，但那終歸不是

　　 真的鉆石項(xiàng)鏈。

10. act...out 把……表演出來(lái)；把……付諸行動(dòng)

　 Everyone laughed when he acted out the episode.

　 當(dāng)他繪聲繪色描繪那件事時(shí)，大家哄堂大笑。

　 They actually acted out their ideal．

　 他們確實(shí)把自己的理想變成了行動(dòng)。

　 act against 違反

　 act as 擔(dān)任；充當(dāng)

　 act on 奉行；對(duì)……起作用

　 act up 出毛�。粨v亂

3. worth, worthy, worthwhile

　 這三個(gè)形容詞在使用時(shí)，容易混淆，worth只能作表

　 語(yǔ)，后面常跟名詞、代詞或動(dòng)名詞的主動(dòng)形式，

　 worthy的意思是“值得的”“配得上的”“可敬的”，作

　 表語(yǔ)或定語(yǔ)，作表語(yǔ)時(shí)，構(gòu)成以下詞組：be worthy of

　 being done / be worthy to be done。worthwhile作“值

　 得的，合算的”講，只能作表語(yǔ)。

　 這個(gè)問(wèn)題值得討論。

　 The problem is worth discusaing / discussion.

　 The problem is worthy of being discussed / to be

　 discussed.

　 The problem is worthy of discussion.

　 It is worthwhile to discuss / discussing the problem.

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