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Unit 1 Star Signs(2)第一单元星座课文解析1. You are patient and do not give up easily. 你是一个有恒心,不轻易放弃的人。

★give up有“放弃、投降、认输”的意思。

如:①They gave up without a fight. 他们不战而降。

②She doesn’t give up easily. 她不会轻易认输的。

★give sb. up或者give up on sb. 有“对某人的到来(或康复、能否找到等)不再抱有希望”的意思。

如:①You are here at last. We’d given you up. 你终于来了。

我们都以为你不来了呢。

②Their parents hadn’t heard from him in the front for so long. They had given him up fordead.他们的父母已经很长时间没有收到他在前线的来信,都以来他死了。

★give sb. up还有“与某人断绝关系、不再与某人来往”的意思。

如:Why don’t you give him up? 你为什么不和他一刀两断呢?★give sth. up有“停止、终止、放弃、抛弃”的意思。

如:①You must give up smoking because it is bad for you health.你必须戒烟,因为吸烟对你的健康有害。

②The short boy finally gave up climbing over the wall.那个矮个男孩最后放弃了从墙上爬过去。

★give oneself up to sb. 解释为“投案、自由”。

如:①The rubber gave himself up to the police after two weeks on the run.那个抢劫犯在逃跑了两个星期后向警方自首了。

②His father wanted him to give himself up to the police.父亲要他向警方自首。

2. You are a curious and clever person. 你有强烈的好奇心,而且又很聪明。

★curious作形容词,意为“求知欲强的、好奇的”。

如:①They were very curious about the strange thing in the box.他们对盒子里陌生的东西感到很好奇。

②I was curious to find out what she had said. 我真想弄清楚她说了什么。

★curious还可作“稀奇古怪的、奇特的、不寻常的”解。

如:①What a curious mistake! 多么荒谬的错误!②It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air.那是一种奇特的感觉,我们仿佛在空中飘浮。

3. You are outgoing. Y ou are to talk. 你善于交际,有辩才。

★outgoing作形容词,意为“爱交际的”“友好的”“外向的”。

如:①Nick is an outgoing person. Nice是个爱交际的人。

②Everyone says she is outgoing. 大家都说她爱交际。

★outgoing作形容词时,还有“卸任的”“离职的”说法。

如:①The people there don’t trust the outgoing government.那儿的人民不信任将下台的政府。

②Mr. Tang is nearly sixty years old. He is an outgoing principle.唐先生近六十岁,他是位即将卸任的校长。

★outgoing可以解释为“向外的”“离开的”。

如:①This telephone should be used for outgoing calls. 这部电话机用于打外线。

②All the outgoing passengers stayed at the airport last night.所有的离境旅客昨晚都滞留在飞机场。

★outgoing反义词是incoming4. You love your home and family, and like to take care of others.你爱家和家人,乐于助人,爱好储蓄和烹饪。

★take care of作“照顾、照料”解,相当于look after。

如:①I believe that neighbours can take care of your son while you are out.相信我外出期间我的邻居们会照顾我的儿子的。

②The boy is very young. He can’t take care of himself. 这男孩很小,不可以照顾自己。

★take care of作“保管、保护”解。

如:①The teacher told the students to take care of the new books.老师告知学生要保护好新书。

②Can you take care of your thing?你会保管你的物品吗?★take care of与look after都能作“照顾、照料”解,可以互相替换。

但look after没有“保管、保护”的意思。

如:①She stayed at home and took care of her mother yesterday.=She stayed at home and looked after her mother yesterday.昨天她呆在家里照料她母亲了。

②Who is going go take care of the wounded person in the hospital?=Who is going to look after the wounded person in the hospital?谁去医院照料那个受伤的人?③Children must take good care of their eyes.≠Children must look after their eyes well.孩子们要好好保护眼睛。

★take good care of和look after…well意义相同,都是“好好照料、好好照顾”的意思。

但要注意,take care of用的是good一词,而look after则用well。

如:①Don’t worry. I can take good care of your pet while you are away.=Don’t worry. I can look after your pet well while your are away.放心,你不在时,我会照料好你的宠物的。

②The nurses took good care of the children.=The nurses looked after the children well.保育员把孩子照料得很好。

5. You are a strong and confident person. 你有强烈的自信心。

★confident作“自信的、有自信心的”解,主要指具有对自己的价值深信不疑,或不自觉地肯定自己无论做什么都会成功,不受怀疑、犹豫及恐惧的干扰,特别是强调乐观的态度。

如:①Our English teacher wants us to feel confident about asking questions when we don’tunderstand.我们的英语老师要我们遇到不懂的问题就大胆提问。

②At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous, but then they became more and more confident.起初,女孩们感到有点紧张,后来,她来变得越来越自信了。

★confident of sth. 或者confident that +从句有“肯定的、确信的、有把握的”意义。

如:①We are confident that we can overcome the difficulties. 我们相信能够克服困难。

②I am confident that you can pass the exam. 我肯定你考试能够通过。

★confident名词形式是confidence, have confidence in sth./sb.,表示“对……信赖”。

如:①All the students confidence in her students’ abilities.她完全相信她学生的能力。

②He answered the question with confidence.她有把握地回答了那些问题。

★另外confidence还有“(向某人透露)秘密机密”一说。

如The girls exchanged confidences. 女孩子们相互吐露自己的心事。

6. You are generous. 你慷慨大方。

★generous常常译成“慷慨的、大方的、慷慨给予的”。

当人们要表示乐于奉献自己的力量或金钱,肯定为别人着想和宽容他人;或者指大份的饭菜或数量很大的奉献物品的意思时,通常用这词。

如:①She gave me a generous present on my birthday. 我生日那天,她给了一份丰厚的礼物。

②It was generous of him to pay for the meal for us. 他为我们付了饭钱,真是大方。

7. You like to buy your friends nice gifts. 你乐意为朋友购买精美的礼物。

★buy作动词时,后面常接双宾语,即有buy sb. sth.或buy sth. for sb.的用法。

如:①He bought me a new coat. 他给我买了件新外套。

②What are you going to buy for your teachers? 你打算给你们的老师买什么?★除了buy外,在英语中,还有一些动词后面带有两个宾语。

其中一个宾语是直接宾语,另一是间接宾语,我们把它称为双宾语现象。

双宾语里有些位置基本是固定的,teach, ask 就属这种情况。

如:He taught us English. May I ask you some questions? 有些位置可前可后,但要在两个宾语之间加介词。