Language points Hear sb doingdo hear sb sth

Language points

[拓展] Hear sb doing/do. . 听到某人在做/做了… hear sb. / sth. out 听完 hear about sth. 听到关于某事物的消息 hear of sb. / sth. 听说或知道某人/物的情况 Haven’t you heard of John Denver? 难道你没听说过John Denver吗？

Did you hear someone laughing outside? I heard someone read loudly in the morning. He was heard to sing in the next room.

2. be dying for/ to do sth. 渴望, 极想, 渴望做某事 After a long dry season the trees are dying / thirsty for water. �The boy is dying to have a bike. Nowadays there are more and more students dying to study abroad. �

“渴望”的类似说法 1. have a strong desire for sth. 2. be eager to do 3. be thirsty for sth. 4. desire to do sth. 5. long to do sth. / for sth.

3. relevant (adj. ) → relevantly (adv. ) “有关的 ，有实际价值(重要性)的” 反义词：irrelevant ★ be relevant to “与……有关” = be connected with have sth to do with

The work of this kind is not relevant to sex. Do you have the relevant experience? They are talking about an issue relevant to the present question.

4. adjust vt. & vi. 调整; 调节; 适应; 整理; 调准。如： The body can quickly adjust itself to the changes of temperature. 身体能迅 速自行调节以适应气温的变化。 She carefully adjusted her clothes and her hair before going out. 她出门之前 仔细地整了整自己的衣服和头发。

Before you take photos, please adjust the focus of your camera. 在照相之前请调准照相机的焦距。 [联想] adjustable adj. 可调节的; 可调整的 adjustment ( n) make adjustments to 对…作调整

adjust…to…根据…调整 adjust sb /oneself to… 使某人/自己习惯 于…. , 适应… adjust to (doing) sth 适应/习惯（做）某事 Adjusting to the summer heat was more difficult than we had expected. The family are trying to adjust to living the city life.

区别adapt, adjust, fit, suit, match这几个词 都含“适合、适应”的意思。 1) adapt 指“修改或改变以适应新条件” You should adapt yourself to the new environment. 你应该适应新环境。 2) adjust 指“调整、调节”使之适应 You can’t see through the telescope until it is adjusted to your eyes. 你把望远镜调 节到适合你的目光之后, 你才看得见。

look forward to 盼望 pay attention to 注意 give rise to 引起 be accustomed to 习惯于 be addicted to 沉溺于 stick to 坚持 belong to 属于 refer to 提到, 涉及到, 查阅

5. platform n. 台; 平台; 讲台; (火车站)月台 Your train is waiting at platform 5. 你要坐的那躺火车在第五站台。 This is the young pianist’s first appearance on the concert platform. 这是这位年轻的钢琴家第一次在台上表演。

6. dry out (使浸水等物)变干，干透 dry up (使) 完全变干, (河流, 湖泊 等)干涸；把……弄干；(供应、思路 ) 枯竭 dry off 把…弄干（尤指表面） Dry out the wet clothes in the sun. The lake will not dry up, but its water level could drop. He dried his bicycle seat off with a towel.

The burning sun has dried up many rivers in this area recently. � 最近，火辣辣的太阳把这个地区的许 多河流都晒干了。 My mouth always dries up when I’m nervous. � 紧张的时候，我总是变得口干舌燥。

7. otherwise 作连词, 意为“否则; 不然”, 相 当于 or或 if not。如： We’ll go early, otherwise we may not get a seat. 我们得早点去, 要不然就没 有座位了。 I was ill that day, otherwise I would have taken part in the sports meet. 那 天我病了, 否则我会去参加运动会的。

He is naughty, but otherwise a nice boy. 他很调皮, 但除此之外他是个不错的男孩 子。 They should have been working, but they were otherwise engaged. 他们本应该在 作, 但他们正忙别的事。

[拓展] and otherwise等等；及其他 or otherwise或相反；或其他情况 In the kindergarten, the children learn singing, dancing, drawing and otherwise. 孩子们在幼儿园里学唱歌、 跳舞、画画等等。 Fine or otherwise, we shall have to go. 不管天气好不好, 我们非去不可。

8. privilege (n) enjoy privileges 享受特权 have the privilege of … 有…的特权 It is a privilege to do sth 很荣幸干某事 as a special privilege 作为特权许可 by special privilege 根据特权 e. g. It is a privilege for Tom to watch the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games.

9. in need 在困难中, 在危急中 be in need of sth 需要 have the need for sth 对…的需要 according to the need 根据需要 There is no need to do 没必要干某事 meet one’s needs 满足某人的需要 At sb’s need 在某人需要/困难时

句意理解: A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难朋友才是真朋友。 (1) 我们应该帮助有困难的人。 We should help those in need. (2) 他现在很需要一大笔钱。 He now is in great need of much money.

[联想] operation n. 操作; 运算; 经营; 手术 operator n. 操作员；电话接线员 [例句] They were also given the opportunity to do some operations. 他们也有机会亲自去操作。 Then he bent over the patient to start the operation. 然后他俯身开始给病人做手术。 He is a computer operator. 他是个电脑操作员。 Operator, I want to make a long distance call. 话务员，我要打长途电话。

be in operation 在经营中；在运 转中 come into operation 开始 作； 生效 put sth into operation 使…开始 运作 perform/carry out/do an operation 做手术