Word in Action
1. Listed below are some of the words that you need to be very familiar with. Now work in pairs and make sentences with each of them to see if you have really mastered their usuages. You are encouraged to consult a dictionary if you are still not quite sure about their meanings and usages.
Text A
beam celebrate complain enroll panic
protest stubborn
Text B
ambitious figure frustrated possessive restless
2. Listed below are some of the words and expressions you've learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings and know how to use them in the proper context?
frown surivive overcome attend
conflict insurance terrify adapt
survey wander guilty sustain
choke back be sick of in the midst of
in one's own right fit in with compare with
would give a lot /anything/the world (to do sth.)
settle into sth. work out
be annoyed with no wonder stay up
grow apart in trouble be scared of
for instance
Grammar In Context
Compare the following pairs of sentences that appear in this unit and reflect on the use of transitive and intransitive verbs.
1) a. And I soon learned that as long as I lived in Enosburg I would always be known as “Doctor Eppley's son.” (Para. 1, Text A)
b. They said that I was growing up to be an honorable and industrious young man, living an honest life just like my father. (Para. 3, Text A)
2) a. Somewhere in the midst of my teenage years, however, something changed. (Para. 3, Text A)
b. There was an awkward silence, and then I changed the subject. (Para. 12,Text A)
3) a. Don't you think I know how to drive?”(Para. 17, Text A)
b. An hour later, I drove my father's battered new car back home.
(Para. 27,Text A)
4) a. I panicked and, without thinking, shouted, “I'm Doctor Eppley's son.”
(Para. 25, Text A)
b. Think what we've learnt by puberty. (Para. 5 Text B)
及物动词与不及物动词的用法：
1、根据其后是否带宾语，动词可分为及物动词(带宾语)和不及物动词(不带宾语)。
e.g. When will he arrive? 他什么时候到？(arrive 不带宾语，为不及物动词)
He reached Beijing yesterday. 他昨天到达北京。(reach 带了宾语，为及物动词)
有的动词既可用作及物动词也可用作不及物动词：
e.g. The child is playing. 这小孩在玩。（不及物用法）
The child is playing the piano. 这小孩在弹钢琴。（及物用法）
He is writing. 他在写字。（不及物用法）
He is writing a letter. 他在写信。（及物用法）
The boy is reading. 这男孩在阅读。（不及物用法）
The boy is reading a magazine. 这男孩在看杂志。（及物用法）
2. 只有及物动词可以用于被动语态。因为在原句中的宾语要充当被动语态的主语。
e.g. A girl opened the door.
The door was opened by a girl.
3. 一些及物动词常用作不及物动词以表示被动的意思，这时主语往往是物而不是人。
e.g. The books sold out in a week. （书在一周内就售完了。等于were sold out）
Now, please do the tasks on Page 123 in your text book.
Tranlation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in the brackets.
1、很多老师不赞同这种做法。（frown on）
2、当我想从草地上穿过时，有位老人在旁边怒视着我。（glare at）
3、当我提及我父亲时，她的脸上露出了认出我的笑容。（recognition）
4、我的大孩子比较听话，而小的非常倔。我现在还常回想起小的孩子在中学毕业后是如何执意要出国读书的。（whereas; stubborn; recall）
5、当海啸（tsunami）袭来时，许多东南亚国家遭受了巨大的损失。（sustain）
6、每当做母亲的拿弟弟跟哥哥作比较，弟弟就要抗议。（compare with; protest）
7、当他初到这个新学校时，发现自己与其他同学格格不入。（fit in with）
8、她脸上气急败坏的表情实在把我吓坏了。我再也不敢说个不字。（terrify）
9、怪不得你最后闯出祸来，原来你从来不听你父母的管教。（no wonder; end up in trouble）
10、他花了整整两年的时间才慢慢适应了这个新环境。（adapt to）
