Teaching Supplementary
Unit 2 Growing Pains
Words and Expressions
1. act v舉止象…或裝作…；模仿：
Don't act the fool.不要裝傻舉止合宜：使舉止與…相稱：
Act your age.舉止與你年齡相稱舉動，舉止：
He acted his part well.他扮演的那個角色很成功。
She acts like a born leader.她的舉止象個天生的領導
act up 出毛病 The engine is acting up.發動機出毛病了。
n. Act 5 Scene 2第五幕第二景 to put on an act裝裝樣子
2.vacation
during the college vacation on vacation
3. surprise n. □c驚奇，驚愕； 意外
Don't tell him about the present -- it's a surprise.
不要告訴他禮物的事，這是件意想不到的禮物。
The town was taken by surprise. 城市被突然攻陷。
I have a pleasant surprise for you. 我有一件意想不到的好事（或消息）要告訴你（我有一件你想不到的禮物送給你）。
My sister arrived suddenly from Canada--what a surprise! 我姐姐突然從加拿大來了--真是意想不到的事！
His sudden death was a great surprise. 他突然去世了，這件事使人感到非常意外。
□u I looked at him in surprise - I didn't expect to see him again.
我驚奇地看他，沒想到又見到他了。
Much to my surprise, he failed the exam.
vt（常與at連用）驚呆；使難以置信
The news greatly surprised me.這消息使我大為驚訝。
He was surprised to see me .
I was surprised at the result of the exam.
He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
"此人由于被發現而非常吃驚,甚至都沒有想起逃跑。"
4.suppose（常與that連用）認定；猜想
What do you suppose you will do after school?你放學后想什么？
Suppose /supposing hi not in his office ,what will we do ?
應該；準；允許
We are not supposed to play football on Sundays.不準我們在星期日踢足球。
suppose（常與that連用）認定；猜想
What do you suppose you will do after school?你放學后想什么？
5.bend vt., vi.彎曲；使彎曲
The stream bends to the west.這條小河折向西流。
It is possible to bend nature to human will?有可能讓大自然服從人類的意志嗎?
She bent (over) to pick up a book from the floor.她彎腰從地板上撿起一本書。
專心于He bent his mind to the job.他專心于他的工作。
n.彎曲物；轉彎a bend in the road道路的轉彎處
6. touch vi., vt. 接觸；碰到
Visitors are not allowed not to touch the exhibits.參觀者請勿觸摸展覽品。
The problem touches us all.那問題關系我們所有人
吃或喝；嘗： She didn't touch her food.她沒有吃東西
kept in touch with several classmates; out of touch with current trends.
和幾位同學保持聯系；對現代潮流不聞不問觸覺
I felt the touch of his hand.我感到他的手碰了我一下。
少許，微量，一點兒a touch of fever有點發燒
7. do with （前面與could, can連用）需要
I could do with a cup of tea.我來杯茶就行。
有關系have sth. to do with和…有關系 have nothing to do with和…沒有關系
make do with sth.湊合用，將就 (= make do)
What do they do with the waste paper?
8.explain vt., vi. explanation
說明；闡明Explain what this word means to us.解釋詞的含義。
Can you explain why you were late?你能解釋一下你為什么遲到嗎？
9.mess n.混亂；雜亂；骯臟vt., vi.（常與up連用）弄臟，弄亂；弄糟
Your room is in a mess. Please tidy it.你的房間雜亂不堪，請把它打掃干凈。
to mess one's new dress弄臟某人的新衣服
The boy's clothes are all messed.這男孩的衣服都弄臟了。
10. sink sink a ship
vi., vt.漸漸進入：漸漸進入某種特定狀態：
She sank into a deep sleep.她進入了夢鄉
His voice sank to a whisper.他的聲音減弱成耳語
被理解；被感知或理解：The meaning finally sank in.意思終于被領會了癱倒
She sank to the ground.她癱倒在地上。
11.leave v left the lights on.讓燈亮著留置；
The window was left open. 讓窗子開著。
Leave the unfinished 留下工作沒干完
12. charge v.使承擔：使承擔任務、責任或義務：
charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers.
使他承擔起看護年輕游泳者的任務
索價，要價：要（定量的錢）作為收費：
charges ten dollars for a haircut.理一次發要價十美元照管；
She charged me to look after her daughter.她要我負責看管她的女兒。
a child put in my charge.由我照管的孩子
You're in charge of making the salad.你負責做沙拉。 in the charge of
13.reason n.原因；理由；動機理性；理智；道理；判斷力
He was absent for no good reason.他缺席沒有什么正當理由.
He was forced to leave his hometown for political reasons.
There's a great deal of reason in his advice.他的忠告極有道理。
listen to reason服從道理 with reason有理由；合乎情理
He thinks, with reason, that I don't like him.他有理由認為我不喜歡他。
v（與into, out of連用）勸說
to reason a person out of fear勸人別害怕 reasonable
14.trust vt., vi.=believe in相信；信任，信賴；有信心
Don't trust him - he's not telling the truth.不要相信他，他說得不是真話。
Can I trust you to do this work well?我可以信任你把這項工作做好嗎？
希望I trust you will be successful.我希望你會成功。
Trust in the Lord.相信上帝。
15. fault n.過失，過錯
Who broke the cup? It's my fault, I dropped it.誰把杯子摔了？這是我的過錯，我摔的。
That's no fault of his.這不是他的過錯。
"The fault lies with me, not with you." "這是我的責任,不是你的責任。
Soon she began to find fault with me.不久她便開始找我的岔子了。
16. scene n ..to make a scene. 吵鬧
at the scene of the accident在出事地點behind the scenes秘密地
17. mad adj 極快活的
like mad猛烈地；拼命地to run like mad拼命地跑
He was mad with joy.他欣喜若狂。
She is mad about going to dance. 她對跳舞著了迷。
18. not… any more /no more /not …any longer /no longer
1談數量或程度時,要用no more;說時間不用no more ,可用not… any more /not …any longer /no longer。例如:
There is no more cake .
I’ m no more tired.
They don’t live here any more.
I’m sorry but I can’t stay any longer.
2 not …any 和longer /no longer指“現在不再”，以現在的時態居多，也有過去時的情況；no more 和not… any more指“將來不再”通常用將來時。例如：
He plays table tennis no longer.
I could not wait any longer.
Her voice will be heard no more.
3no longer 位于行為動詞之前，be之后；not …any longer 不能與be 連用。
It no longer changes.
I’ll not drink coffee any longer.
19. hard adj. a hard master嚴師 be hard on sb 對某人苛刻
Don't be too hard on the boy; he didn't mean to do it.
"對這個小男孩不要太嚴厲了,他不是故意這么做的。"
20. rude adj.粗魯的；無禮的
He was punished because he was rude to his teacher.
他被處罰了，因為他對老師不禮貌。
21.punish vt.處罰；懲罰
Motorists should be punished severely for dangerous driving.
汽車司機如危險駕駛應受到嚴厲處罰。
The teacher punished the noisy children by making them stay after school.
老師用放學后留學生的辦法懲罰那些吵鬧的孩子。
22. cash n.現金；零錢to pay (in) cash現金支付
Have you any cash? 你有現金嗎？
vt.兌現；付款to cash a cheque兌付支票
23.bore n.使人討厭的人;令人生厭的事
It's a bore having to go out again.又要外出真是討厭。
vt.令人厭煩I'm bored with this job.我對這件工作厭煩了。
24.mark n.
got a mark of 95 instead of 100.得了95分，而不是100分表示；
The teacher gave me a good mark for my story. 老師給了我的故事以好的評分。
符號a mark of respect尊敬的表示分數；
make one's mark (on)成功；成名留下痕跡；
He marked the floor with chalk.他用粉筆在地板上作記號。
The letter was marked with date.
25.test n.測試；小考
I passed my driving test today.我今天通過了駕駛考試。
vt.測驗；檢驗；試驗；檢查
The teacher tested the children on their homework.老師就孩子們的家庭作業進行檢查。
26. mix
mix joy with sorrow.喜悲交集
mix boys and girls in the classroom.男女同班被混合在一起：
Oil does not mix with water.油不能和水融合在一起交往
交往或與其他人相處：
He does not mix well at parties.他在晚會上不太合群
mix up使迷惑；弄錯
It's common to mix him up with his brother; they're twin brothers.
"把他同他的兄弟混淆起來是常有的事,因為他倆是雙胞胎。"
弄亂Don't mix up those papers.別把那些紙弄亂了。
If you mix up those data we shan't find the one we need quickly.
"要是你把這些資料弄亂,我們將無法迅速地找到需要的內容了。"
27.score vt., vi. to score a point得一分
Will you score for us when we play?我們打球時你給我們記分好嗎？
28. interest n.興趣
I find no interest in such things.我對這些不感興趣。
□c愛好的事物；嗜好
His two great interests in life are music and painting.
他一生中的兩大愛好是音樂和繪畫。
利益look after one's own interests顧自己的利益
He lent me the money at 5% interest.他以百分之五的利息借給我這筆錢。
29.insist vi., vt.（常與on, that連用）主張；堅持
to insist on the importance of being punctual強調遵守時間的重要
She insist on / upon being left alone.她堅持留下
I insist on your being there.我堅持要你在那里。
We all insist that we not rest until we finish the work.
大家都堅決要求不完工就不休息。
He insisted that he was wronged.他堅持說自己是冤枉的。
30.argument n.理由；論據
There are many arguments against smoking.有許多理由反對吸煙。
This argument, however, does not hold water.但是,這種觀點是站不住腳的。
說服We must settle this by argument not by fighting.
我們應當用說服而不是用打架來解決問題。
31. freedom n.自由
The children enjoyed the freedom of the school holidays.
孩子們喜歡學校放假時的無拘無束。
（與form連用）解脫； freedom from want擺脫了貧困
We have the freedom to do as we please all afternoon.
整個下午我們都做自己喜歡做的事情
32.suggest vt.建議, 提出, 使想起, 暗示
suggest things for children to do; suggested that we take a walk.
建議孩子們做一些事；提議去散步間接地表明；
暗示：a silence that suggested disapproval.沉默暗示著反對
suggestion n.建議，提議
He made the suggestion that we go by train.他建議我們坐火車去。
33. fight vt., vi. （常與against, for連用）打仗；戰斗
People often have to fight for their liberty. /against pollution.
人們往往不得不為自由而戰。
The boy had to fight his way through the crowd to talk to the President.
這小男孩不得不拼命地擠過人群去和總統說句話。
to fight a fire救火
n. There's not much fight left in him now.他現在已經沒剩下多少斗志了。
34. crazy adj. 瘋狂的；精神錯亂的；蠢的
He's crazy to drive his car so fast.他把車開得這樣快，真是瘋了。
著迷的；狂熱的She's crazy about dancing./cars/racing她熱衷于跳舞。
like crazy They were running around like crazy.他們拚命地跑著
is crazy about cars and racing.醉心于賽車的賽馬
The crowd at the game went crazy.看比賽的人群變得狂熱起來
35.spare adj.備用的
a spare tire備用輪胎in one’s spare time
vt., vi.
I have no time to spare.我沒有余暇。
I have no money to spare.我沒有多余的錢。
Can you spare me ten minutes?你能抽出十分鐘嗎?
spared herself the trouble of going.她省卻了去一趟的麻煩
赦免；饒恕； He doesn't spare himself.他律己甚嚴。舍棄；讓與
36.forbid v.禁止，不準，不許forbid smoking on trains.火車上禁止吸煙
His parents forbid him wine.他的父母不準他喝酒。
I forbid you to go swimming.我不準你去游泳。
Most of the parents agree to forbade their children to smoke.
大多數父母都同意禁止自己的孩子抽煙。
Smoking is forbidden in the concert hall.演奏廳內不準吸煙。
Forbidden City