詞匯短語園地（2）

1. spread vt. 鋪開；展開；伸開；涂抹

vi. 伸展；延伸；蔓延，傳染；傳播；傳開

Janet spread a cloth on the desk.

珍妮在桌上鋪了張桌布。

A smile spread slowly across her face.

微笑慢慢在她臉上綻開。

Seeds and pollen are spread by the wind.

種子和花粉是隨風傳播的。

spread out 伸開；展開；打開

spread...with... 在……上面涂抹……

spread...on/over... 在……上面涂抹……

The valley spreads out beneath us.

山谷在我們下方延伸。

He spread the bread with butter.

= He spread butter on/over the bread.

他在面包上涂抹黃油。

2. bend vt. 低下；使彎曲

vi. 彎腰；俯身

He bent his head and kissed her.

他低下頭吻了她。

Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees.

慢慢彎下腰，把頭低垂到膝關(guān)節(jié)。

bend ones mind to... 把心思集中到……上

He couldnt bend his mind to his study.

他不能把心思集中到學習上。

3. stare vi. 凝視；盯著看

Its impolite to stare at others.

盯著別人瞧不禮貌。

I screamed and everyone stared.

我尖叫一聲，眾人都盯著看。

stare at 盯著看；凝視

stare into 瞪（某人使……）

stare sb in the face 對直凝視某人；就在某人眼前

I stared blankly at the paper in front of me.

我茫然地盯著面前這張紙。

She stared him into silence.

她瞪了他一眼使他安靜下來。

The answer was staring us in the face.

答案明擺在我們面前。

4. deal vt. 發(fā)牌；非法買賣（毒品）

n. 交易；協(xié)議；發(fā)牌

Start by dealing out ten cards to each player.

首先給每家發(fā)十張牌。

Did you cut a deal？

你們交易做成了嗎？

They were hoping for a better pay deal.

他們希望達成一項提高工資的協(xié)議。

Its your deal.

該你發(fā)牌了。

make a deal 做成交易；達成協(xié)議

deal in 做……買賣；出售；經(jīng)營

deal with 解決；處理；應付

a good/great deal （of...）（跟不可數(shù)名詞）大量的（……）

a good/great deal（修飾動詞）很多；修飾形容詞（特別是比較級）非常；……得多

He was trying to make a deal with them.

他正試著與他們達成協(xié)議。

The company deals in computer software.

這個公司經(jīng)營計算機軟件。

She is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.

她已習慣于和工作中遇到的各種各樣的人打交道。

It took a great/good deal of time.

這費了很多時間。

Im feeling a good deal better.

我感覺好多了。

dealer n. 交易商；貿(mào)易商；發(fā)牌者

5. request vt. 要求，請求

n. 要求，請求；要求的事

She requested permission to film at the White House.

她申請準許在白宮拍攝電影。

You are requested not to smoke here.

請不要在這里吸煙。

She requested that no one should be told of the news.

她要求不要告訴任何人這個消息。

My request was granted.

我的要求得到了滿足。

a request for sth 要求某物

He made a request for help.

她要求給與幫助。

6. live v. 活著；生活；住

adj. 現(xiàn)場的；活的

adv. 在現(xiàn)場直播

The doctor said he only had one year to live.

醫(yī)生說他只能活一年。

I live a happy life. 我過著快樂的生活。

He lives in London. 他住在倫敦。

We saw a real live snake.

我們看見了一條活生生的蛇。

It was the first interview Id done in front of a live audience.

那是我首次當著現(xiàn)場觀眾的面做采訪。

The show is going live.

這場演出正在實況直播。

比較：live，alive，living的區(qū)別

live只做定語，只用于物；alive多作表語，也可作后置定語，多用于人；living既可作定語，又可作表語，既可用于物，又可用于人。

I dont think experiments on live animals are reasonable.

我不認為用活的動物做實驗是合情合理的。

Is that cat alive or dead？

那只貓是活著還是死了？

He has no living friends.

他沒有還健在的朋友。

7. give away 暴露，泄露；捐送，捐贈；頒發(fā)

She gave away state secrets to the enemy.

她把國家機密泄露給了敵人。

His voice gave him away.

他的聲音使他露餡了。

He gave away most of his money to charity.

他把他的大部分錢都捐贈給了慈善事業(yè)。

The mayor gave away the prizes at the school sports day.

市長在學校運動會那天頒發(fā)了獎項。

give back 歸還；使恢復

give in 屈服；認輸；投降；呈上；交上

give out 用完；耗盡；分發(fā)；散發(fā)；發(fā)出（熱、光等）

give up 投降；認輸；放棄；中止；拋棄

8. by accident 偶然地

I met my English teacher by accident in the street.

我意外地在街上碰見我的英語老師。

其反義短語為on purpose，故意地。

He seems to do this bad thing on purpose.

他似乎是故意做這件壞事的。

幽默故事

Talking on the Telephone

Each Sunday the minister called the children to the front of the church while he told them a story. Once he brought a telephone to better illustrate the idea of prayer.

“You talk to people on the telephone and dont see them on the other end of the line， right？” he began. The children nodded yes. “Well， talking to God is like talking on the telephone. Hes on the other end， but you cant see him. He is listening though.”

Just then a little boy asked， “Whats his number？”