裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记---第五课
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Pigeon
n.
鸽子
dove
和平鸽
homing-pigeon
信鸽
one
’
s pigeon
某人的职责或责任
=one
’
s business
or responsibility
I
don
’
t care where the money
comes from; That
’
s not my
pigeon
我可不关心钱是从
哪来
的,那不是我的责任
That
’
s not my
pigeon = That
’
s not my
business
Message
n.
信息
口信
[c]
A pigeon carried the urgent message
from the front
一只鸽子从前线捎回的紧急信息
Pigeons carried messages between his
two garages
一些鸽
子在他的汽车修理部之间传
递信息
take a message for sb
为
…
捎口信
leave sb a message
为
…
留下口信
get the message
(俚)明白,理解,领悟(别人的暗示)
She said it was getting late, I got the
message and left
她说天色已经晚了,
我立刻就明白
了
然后就离开了
区别:
(
1
)
message
[c]
(
2
)
information
[u]
情报,资料,信息
a piece
of information
一份情报
information
technology
信息技术
即
IT
行业的全称
information science
信息科学
(
3
)
news
[u]
消息,新闻,报道
a piece of news
一条消息
newspaper
报纸
[c]
cover
(
1
)
n
.
(书刊的)封皮
cover-girl
封面女郎
read a book
from cover to cover
一本书从头读到尾
=read a book
from beginning to end
( 2 )
n.
掩盖物,覆盖物,罩子,套子
The
seat cover is made of leather
这个座套是皮做的
(
3
)
v.
< br>遮盖或掩盖某物
Cover the table with a
table cloth
用一块桌布把桌子盖上
She covered her
face with hands
她用手遮住了脸
He laughed to
cover his nervousness
他用大笑来掩饰自己的紧张
(
4
)
v.
走过一段路
程,越过,完成,看完
I covered 50 pages in an
hour
我一个小时看完了
p>
50
页书
The pigeon
covered the distance in 3 minutes
鸽子用
3
分
钟飞完了这段路程
The Red Army covered
25
,
000Li during the Long
March
长征期间红军走完了
两万五千里
Distance
n.
距离,行距
It
’
s
a great distance from here.
那里离着很远
It
’
s
some distance from here
那里离这相当远
It
’
s no distance
from here
那里离这不远
The church is within walking distance
from my home
那个教堂离我家不远
走路就能到了
keep one’
s distance from
others
保持距离
A
British always keeps his distance from others
英国人总是和别人保持一
定距离
in
the distance
:
far away
远方,远处,在远方
distant
adj.
远隔的,遥远的或远亲的
a distant
village
一个遥远的小村庄
=a remote village
Request
n./v.
要求
请求
1
)
n.
request for sth
对
…
的要求
,请求
make repeated requests for help
一再发出求救的要求
at
sb
’
s request
应
…
的请求
at
sb
’
s invitation
应
…
的邀请
2)v.
request sth from sb
向
…
要
=request sth of sb
The
boy requested pocket money from his parents
这个男孩向父母
要零花钱
request sb to
do sth
要求
…
做(
formal
多用于被动式)
want sb to do sth
想让
…
做
ask sb to do
sth
让
…
做
Dear
Sir
,
I have been requested to
inform you that
…
敬启者,
兹通
知阁下
…
Spare
1
)
adj.
多余的,剩余的,备用的
spare parts
备件
Do you have a spare wheel in your
car
?
你车上有没有备用轮胎
We have a spare room in the
flat
我们公寓里有个备用的房间
I have no spare money to
lend you
我没有闲钱借给你
2
)
adj.
空闲的,未占用的
I have no spare time this
month
这个月我没有空
3
)
v.
饶恕,宽恕
spare sb
(
let sb
off
)
Spare me
,
please
p>
,
I won
’
t
do it again
求求你饶过我吧,我再也
不敢了
4
)
v.
(为某人某事)提供(时间,金钱)
,拨出,分出
Can you spare me a few
minutes
?
你能借给我几分钟时间吗?
I have no time
to spare now
我现在没有任何空闲时间