LESSON 14

　　Use the verb + noun/ adj. Or adj. + noun collocation

　　改變主意 to change one's mind參加葬禮 to attend the funeral喃喃自語 to mutter to oneself自言自語 to talk to oneself認(rèn)養(yǎng)孩子 to adopt a child發(fā)起進(jìn)攻 to launch an attack刺骨寒風(fēng) biting wind倒斃在地 to drop dead砰然關(guān)門 to crash the door shut 干瘦的身軀 skinny body褪色牛仔褲 faded jeans智商與情商 I.Q. and E.Q.

　　use the “ useful expressions”

　　1 音樂突然停止，播音員幾乎是叫了起來：“警報(bào)！注意隱蔽！”

　　The music stopped short， and the announcer almost shouted： “Alert！ Take cover ！”

　　2 火車突然剎車，杯子和盤子都滾落在地上。

　　The train come to a sudden stop， and all glasses and plates dropped to the floor.

　　3 身為主任，他的任務(wù)是組織實(shí)驗(yàn)室的工作，他很少親自做實(shí)驗(yàn)。

　　As a chief， his task is to organize the work in the lab. He seldom does experiment in person.

　　4 許多年以后，他仍能回想起飛機(jī)失事時(shí)的慘景。

　　Many years later， he could still see the terrible scene of the air crash in his mind's eye.

　　5 我當(dāng)小學(xué)徒上四，壓力大，工作很辛苦，但我從不把這些告訴父母。

　　When I was a young apprentice， I worked very hard and under great strain， but I said nothing about it to my parents.

　　6 搬進(jìn)新辦公樓那天，我們搞了一次慶祝活動(dòng)。

　　The day when we moved in the new office building we had a celebration.

　　7 晚飯后克里夫把書本攤在面前開始復(fù)習(xí)功課。

　　After supper， Cliff spread out his books before him to start reviewing his lessons.

　　8 就我所知，彼得的父親在遺囑中給彼得留下了至少2.5萬英鎊。

　　As far as I know， Peter's father left Peter at least 250，000 in his will.

　　9 鮑勃發(fā)現(xiàn)幾則廣告很怪，他就在報(bào)紙檔案堆進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

　　Bob found several advertisements very strange and went about investigating in the newspaper files.

　　10 醫(yī)生指出，此種藥物對嬰兒有害。

　　Doctors point out that medicine of this type is harmful to babies.

　　Use drive，forget and drop.

　　1 我忘了帶我的字典了。我能用一下你的嗎？

　　I forgot to bring my dictionary. May I use yours？

　　2 電話突然響了，他嚇了一跳，書也掉到地上。