概要：3. truth真相;实际情况The whole truth has come out . 真相已水落石出。〖点拨〗truth to tell you =to tell (you ) the truth说真的。这是个固定词组，在句中作状语。如：To tell you the truth , he stole books from the bookstore .4. charge费用;价钱;索价What are your charges for the room ? 住房费是多少 ?The exhibition is open to the public without charge .〖点拨〗charge sb + 钱 + for sth因……收费……。How much do you charge for …? ……多少钱 ?如：The hotel charged me 50 yuan for a room for the night .How much do you

3. truth真相;实际情况

The whole truth has come out . 真相已水落石出。

〖点拨〗truth to tell you =to tell (you ) the truth说真的。这是个固定词组，在句中作状语。如：To tell you the truth , he stole books from the bookstore .

4. charge费用;价钱;索价

What are your charges for the room ? 住房费是多少 ?

The exhibition is open to the public without charge .

〖点拨〗charge sb + 钱 + for sth因……收费……。How much do you charge for …? ……多少钱 ?如：The hotel charged me 50 yuan for a room for the night .

How much do you charge for a haircut ?

5. determine决定;决心

We determine to buy a computer .

〖点拨〗be determined to do =make up one’s mind to do下决心干…… 。

6. permit许可;执照;营业证;允许

You can’t enter the research center without a permit .

〖点拨〗permit sb to do允许某人干……。permit doing允许干……。如：

We don’t permit smoking here .

注意：permit常用在独立主格结构中。如：Time permitting , we’ll have a meeting this evening . =If time permits , …

另外，注意permit的现在分词、过去式和过去分词要双写词尾：permitting , permitted 。

7. prison监狱

She was sentenced to two years in prison . 她被判两年徒刑。

〖点拨〗注意，当prison表示蹲监狱时，其前不用冠词。如：go to prison进监狱。be in prison住监狱。 break prison越狱。

〖误〗She has gone to prison for five months .

〖对〗She has been in prison for five months .

She went to prison five months ago .

8. couple夫妇;一对

They are a newly married couple .

〖点拨〗couple (侧重种类不同) ， 而 pair侧重一套和配对性。the couple作主语时其后的谓语可以用单数，这时把它看成一个整体。另外，a couple of可以表示“几个”。如：

The young couple seems / seem excited .

They keep / raise a couple of dogs . 他们养了几只狗。

单元词组思维运用

1. treat … as , consider … as , regard … as , look on / upon …as , take …as , think of…as 把……当作。如：

She looked on him as her best friend .

2. How did you find …?= What do you think of … ?你认为……怎么样 ?/你是如何发现的 ?

3. come back , be back , go back , get back回;归

He’ll go back after dinner .

4. on one’s own独自、靠自己。of one’s own属于自己的。如：

Can you carry your luggage on your own ?

I’d like to have a room of my own .

5. be angry about / at sth对某事生气。be angry with sb 。(be有时换作 get )

6. this way这边走;这般;如此

She always works (in) this way .

Will you please come this way ?

7. lay / set the table摆桌子(准备吃饭)

8. by accident= by chance 意外地;偶然地

9. on vacation度假

“度假”还可以用：on holiday , have a vacation , have a holiday , take a vacation / holiday , on leave 。

10. from side to side左右。side by side肩并肩。from all sides从四面八方。

11. in common共用;有共同之处

They have a lot in common .

Has a balloon anything in common with a plane ?

In common with many young people , he prefers popular music .

12. get in touch with和……联系

They promised to get in touch again with each other when they both returned to the States .

注意：lose touch with和……失去联系。keep in touch with和……保持联系。keep in close touch with和……保持密切的联系。

13. for oneself自己亲自干…… ;为自己

He opened the window to see for himself .

by oneself独自地，of oneself自动地，in oneself本来;原来，to oneself专用。如：He has a room to himself .

14. or rather更确切地说

They knew , or rather thought that their father was on the same train .

We got home late last night , or rather , early this morning .

15. be up to sth在做某事;有能力做

What is he up to now ? =What is he busy in doing ?

He was not up to the work that had been given him .

注意：be up to sb由某人干……

It’s up to me to help you .

16. take time over sth花时间干……

Two hours is a long time to take over a coffee .

I usually take about half an hour over my breakfast .

How long are you going to take over the meeting ?

17. on one’s own独自;靠自己的力量

You have to make a decision on your own .

18. have a telephone message from从……接到一个电话通知

19. be to do准备干……

Who is to speak at the meeting ?

20. book … for订……

You have to book three seats for your journey .

21. put the charge on the bill把费用记在……的帐上

Please put the charge for electricity on my bill .

22. turn up出现;到场;露面;开大

She didn’t turn yesterday .

23. in public公开地;在大庭广众之下

注意在public前没有冠词。

24. in the rush hour在上下班高峰的时间

25. in the other direction在对面方向

注意：in the direction of朝……方向去。in the wrong direction , in the opposite direction , in all directions , in every direction 。

26. be determined to do决心干 ……

27. lay down放下

28. a danger to对……是危险的

Smoking is a danger to health .

29. be in time for及时地赶上

Do you think we can get there in time for the film ?

30. in surprise吃惊地

31. in silence默默地;沉默不语地

32. do the talking讲讲话

Last time we met I did most of the talking . 上次我们见面时，我说的最多。

33. take the lift (up) to乘电梯到……

Shall we take the lift up to the third floor ?

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