大英2第四单元.docVIP

Unit 4 Book 2 Part I In-class Reading 1. Words and Expressions Note: Study the following words and phrases carefully and get ready for dictation. heal The wound soon healed up/over. Fortunately, the medicine that could heal him of typhoid was not very expensive. Her wound has been healed. Please compare cure, heal and treat. cure (vi., vt.) 治愈，着重于效果。 短语cure sb. of…治好某人的病。用于比喻时，多指社会不良现象或个人恶疾的消除。 That hospital can cure some types of cancer. Teachers try to cure some students of bad habits. heal (vi. vt. ) 愈合。主要用于指外伤的愈合。也可用于heal sb. of…的结构。用于比喻时，多指精神上创伤的医治。 Time can help her heal all her sorrows. treat (vt.) 治疗。着重于过程。 The doctor is treating me for influenza. Western medicine tends to treat symptoms and not the cause. prescription (prescribe v.) That prescription contains several kinds of precious herbal medicine. I’m not sleeping even with the prescription Donald gave me. Do you think it’s possible to give any prescription for success? I have been prescribed some painkillers by the doctor. That senior herbalist doctor prescribed needle therapy for him. reassurance (reassure / assure v.) The reassurance from her supporters could not take her out of the fact that she had already lost the opportunity to take part in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Please compare assure and ensure. assure 强调让某人深信某事，后可接that从句以及of短语。 We tried to assure that customer that all the laptop computers sold in our company were authorized by Apple Corporation of America. ensure是“确保，保证”的意思。其后也可接that从句，且从句中的谓语动词多用现在时态。 Governments at all levels must take steps to ensure that most of the Chinese-language porn websites can be closed in this campaign. swear (swore，sworn) I don’t know anything about what happened, I swear. Alan swore that he would do everything in his power to help us. Stop swearing in front of the children. When the taxi driver started to swear at him, he walked off. Phrases and Expressions as a result because of something that has happened 结果 There is a dramatic drop in sa