LECTURE 57 基本動詞 GIVE 4

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LECTURE 57 基本動詞 GIVE 4

詞組講解

1. give out *** 停止運轉；用盡；中途終止

解短語動詞；詞義溯源：給出［到滅絕、殆盡（out）］

例 I don't care about the loud noise it makes, we're going to use this refrigerator until it gives out. It'll probably last another six months. So until then, just learn to live with the noise.

2. give rise to sth. ** 引起

解習語；詞義溯源：給某物帶來［上升（rise）］

例 What the President meant by “Goodwill begets goodwill”, is that good-intentioned, friendly gestures from one country give rise to reciprocal gestures from another.

3. give 〔feed〕 sb. a line ** 拐騙，用謊話迷惑

解習語；詞義溯源：給某人［釣魚線（line）］

例 He'll probably try to give you a line about where he was last night. If I were you, I'd question him only after getting all my ducks in a row —you know, find out everything about where he was and what he was doing last night. That way you'll have an idea of when he's lying.

4. give sb. a pain * 折磨人，煩人

解俚語；詞義溯源：給某人帶來［麻煩、不愉快（pain）］

例 I moved out of the house to my own apartment because my two little brothers were giving me a pain. I had no privacy and they were constantly talking, playing and making a general nuisance of themselves.

5. give sb. a piece of one's mind ** 教訓，一針見血地指責

解習語；詞義溯源：向某人傳達［坦率的建議或進行指責（a piece of one's mind）］；參照tell sb. off

例 You should go back to the supermarket and give that cashier a piece of your mind. How dare she accuse you of trying to cheat her!If you won't go, I will! So are you going, or do I have to?

鞏固練習

(A) give out

(B) gave rise to

(C) giving...a line

(D) giving...a pain

(E) give...a piece of my mind

1. A: Do you think the invention of the steam engine is what ______ the industrial revolution? B: Well, I wouldn't say it was the cause of the industrial revolution. It certainly contributed to the change, but wasn't the main contributing factor.

2. A: Don't you know when somebody is ______ you ______? B: Why do you think what he's saying is false and deceiving? He doesn't seem to be the kind of man who would tell me something untrue just to get me to do something for him.

3. A: I don't know about you, but Mr. Lee has really been ______ me ______ these days with his energy conservation campaign. B: I feel exactly the same. Every time I walk out of the room, he asks me why I didn't turn out the light. I think he's annoying everybody.

4. A: Let me ______ you ______!I think you're the worst store manager this supermarket has had in the eleven years I've been working here!I'm telling you exactly what I think of you! B: Are you finished scolding me? Have you told me everything about why you disapprove of me? If so, let me tell you this: YOU'RE FIRED!!

5. A: He's hanging from a tree, about 80 meters above the ground. We've got to move quickly. He can't hang there forever. Eventually his arm and hand muscles are going to get tired and stop functioning. B: How long do you think it will be before they ______?

■ ANSWER

1. (B)

2. (C)

3. (D)

4. (E)

5. (A)

參考譯文

I. 1. 我不介意冰箱噪音大，我們要把它用到不能用了為止。也許還能再用六個月。所以在那之前，學會適應這些噪音吧。

2. 總統(tǒng)說“友善帶來友善”的意思是，一個國家出自好意的友好舉動將使另一個國家做出回報性的舉動。

3. 對于他昨晚去哪了，他可能會跟你撒謊。如果我是你，我會等了解一切之后再去問他——你知道的，就是查查昨晚他在哪里、做了什么。這樣你就知道他什么時候撒謊了。

4. 我從家里搬出來住進我自己的公寓了，因為我那兩個弟弟煩死我了。我沒有一點隱私，而且他們總是不停地說話、玩鬧、制造一系列麻煩。

5. 你應該回到超市去，好好說一說那個收銀員。她怎么能指責你，說你想欺騙她呢！如果你不去的話，我去！那么是你去，還是我去？