Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note
重点单词
1. scene
n. 现场;情景;景色;发生地点;(戏剧)一场
Our reporter was the first person on the scene.
我们的记者是最先到达出事地点的。
I saw the scene with my own eyes.我亲眼目睹了那一幕。
The rocking boats along the river bank make a beautiful scene.
河边晃晃悠悠的船只构成了一道美丽的风景。
易混辨析:scene/scenery/sight/view
scene指某一处的自然风光;情形,情景。
scenery(总称)自然景物,天然风光,是由多个scenes构成的自然风景。
sight景象,风景,名胜,侧重指值得看的事物或很难看的东西;很可笑的事物。
view景色,风景,侧重指从人所处的角度用肉眼所看到的景色。
2. permit
vt.&vi.许可;允许;准许
n. 通行证;许可证;执照
His health doesn’t permit his travelling with us.
他的健康状况不允许他同我们一起旅行。
Weather permitting, we will go fishing.
天气允许的话,我们会去钓鱼。
The facts permit of no other explanation.
这些事实不容许有其他解释。
The nurse allowed him to remain there though it wasn’t permitted.虽然规定不允许,但护士让他留在那里。
常用结构:
permit sb./sth. 允许某人/某事
permit sb. to do sth.= allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
permit doing sth.=allow doing sth. 允许做某事
permit of ...容许……
We don’t permit pets in the classroom.
我们不允许教室里有宠物。
The teacher doesn’t permit us to touch anything in the lab.
老师不允许我们碰实验室里的任何东西。
We don’t permit smoking in the office.
办公室里不准吸烟。
易混辨析:let/permit/allow
let表示“允许,让”,常用于口语中,一般不用于被动语态。后面常接不带to的不定式作宾补。
permit和allow意思相近,都表示“允许,准许”。permit稍正式一些,多指上级对下级或长辈对晚辈的准许,语气较强;allow多指听任或不管教某人做某事。
3. spot
vt. 发现;认出
n. 污点;斑点;地点
She was wearing a white skirt with red spots.
她穿着一件白底红点儿的裙子。
This is the very spot where he was murdered.
他就是在这儿遭到谋杀的。
常用结构:
spot sb. doing sth. 看到某人正在做某事
on the spot = on the scene到(在)现场;当场
on the spot 当场;立即
spotless adj. 没有斑点的;极其干净的
spotted adj. 有斑点的
be spotted with 被……点缀
She spotted her friend in the crowd.
她在人群中认出了她的朋友。
4. account
vt. 认为,把……视为
vi. 解释;说明;对……负责
n. [U]根据,理由;[C]解释,说明;[C]描述,报道;[C]帐目
In English law a person is accounted innocent until they are proved guilty.
按照英国法律,一个人未经证实有罪之前视为无罪。
He was accounted a first-rate actor.
他被认为是一名一流的演员。
He got angry on this account.
由于这个缘故他生气了。
John gave us a detailed account of his plan.
关于他的计划约翰给我们做了详尽的说明。
The policeman gave an account of the traffic accident.
警察叙述了交通事故的经过。
常用结构:
account for 对……做出解释;(在数学、比例上)占;导致
by all accounts 大家都说
on account of 由于;因为
on no account 绝不可以
take account of=take ...into account 考虑到……
He could not account for his absence from school. 他无法说清楚为什么旷课。
注意:on no account 为否定意义的短语,当它位于句首时,句子使用部分倒装。
5. seek
vt.&vi. (sought, sought) 寻找;探索;寻求
You must seek permission from the manager.
你必须请求经理批准。
The explanation is not far to seek.
这种解释不难理解。
常用结构:
seek (for/after) sth./sb. 寻找某人/某物
seek to do sth. 试图做某事
seek happiness/comfort/wealth/success 追求幸福/安慰/财富/成功
seek sth. from sb. 向某人寻求某物
seek one’s fortune 闯世界;寻找发迹的机会
They are seeking to mislead us. 他们竭力误导我们。