20．Tie… to．．．把……系在……上

He tied a horse to the tree．

他把马系在树上。

Tie the boat to the dock．

把船拴在码头上。

tie的其他用法

(1)v．①~sth．(on)attach sth．by means of its string etc．系牢，系上

This coat is tied on Jeanwest　 label．

这件外套标有真维斯的商标。

②~(sb．) (with sb．)(for sth．)make the same score as。得分相同(通常用于被动语态)

　Britain are fled with Italy for second place．

英国队和意大利队并列第二。

③tie sb~／oneself down(to sth．)restrict sb．／oneself约束

Children do tie you down．Don’t they?

孩子简直把你拖累住了吧?

Don’t de yourself down to SO much work．

不要被这么多工作拖累了自己。

(2)n，领带；绳索；连接物

Ibis he doesn’t look good．

这条领带看上去不怎么样。

this company has ties with an American corporation．

该公司与美国一家公司有关系。

19．Be made

(1)be made of“由……制成”，原材料仍然可以看得出来

The bridge is made of stone．

这桥是石头砌的。

The chain is made of sold．

这链子是由金子制成的。

(2)be made from“由……制成”，原材料已看不出来

Paper is made from grass．

纸是由草做的。

(3)be made in“由……制造”一般后跟地点．

The machine is made in China．

这机器是中国制造的。

(4)be made into“使……(原料)制……成品”

Iron is in made into steel．

铁炼成钢。

18．a great deal of=much a lot of很多，大量

A great deal of后面只可以接不可数名词。

It takes us a great deal of money to bay this new house．

买这套新房子花掉我们很多钱。

He seems to have a good／great deal of money·

他好像有很多钱。

只修饰可数名词的形容词或词组有a great many，many，a number of，quite a few。

只修饰不可数名词的形容词或词组有：much；a great deal；a large amount of，quite a little。

既可修饰可数名词又可以修饰不可数名词的形容词或词组有：a lot of；lots of；plenty of，a great quantity of，a great deal可用作状语，相当于a lot，much。

A car runs a great deal faster than a bike．

汽车要比自行车快得多。

We see each other a great deal．

我们经常见面。

17．Feel

(1) seem to the touch

　feel是不及物动词，也叫“半系动词”，意思是“摸起来(有某种感觉)”，这时feel之后应用形容词作表语，其主语一般是事物。

You feet feel cold．

你的脚摸起来很凉。

(2)The cloth feels soft．

这种布摸起来很柔软。

类似feel这种用法的动词有taste，smell，sound。

The milk tastes(不能用is tasted) sour．

这牛奶尝起来有酸味。

Roses smell(不能用are smelled) sweet．

玫瑰花闻起来是香的。

The music sounds sweet．

这音乐听起来悦耳。

The price sounds reasonable．

价格听起来合理。

(2)be感到，觉得，主语一般是人。

I felt very excited when I heard the news than YangLiwei has returned to the earth safely．

当听到杨利伟安全返回地球的消息时我非常激动，

Don’t feel nervous if you Can’t answer one question when in an exam．

考试时不答题时不要紧张。

(3)Don’t you feel sad that so many firemen died in the big fire in Hunan?

湖南这么多的消防员在大火中牺牲，难道你不伤心吗?

16．Be bad for sth．= do harm to sth．对……有害

Reading in the sun is bad for the eyes．

在太阳下读书对眼睛有害。

Smoking is certainly bad for health．

吸烟肯定有害于身体健康。

Too many sweets are bad for your teeth．

15．Make use of= use使用，利用 We make use of electricity every day．我们每天使用电力。 Make good use of your time．好好利用你的时间。 Can you make use of this kind of machine?你能使用这种机器吗?

14. in the future In the future= in time yet to come 指较长时间的将来,并且指的是全部的将来, 常用短语：beyond doubt：certainly无疑地 In doubt：uncertain不确定地 his beyond doubt that he will come．无疑地他会来的。 In the near／distant future在不久(很久)的将来 Be careful in future．今后小心点。 NO one knows what will happen in the future．谁也不知道将来会发生什么事。 For the future，by to live a better live．今后要想办法生活得更好一点。 We will realize this dream in the near future．不久以后，我们就会梦想成真。

13. much too

Too常用来修饰形容词名副词, “太…” “过于…”.如果在too前面加上much,则可以表示程度,意为”实在过于…”, “实在太…”.much too比too的语气要更强烈一些. You are much too kind to us.他做事实在是过于谨慎. You are too kind to us.他做事过于谨慎. He acts too carefully.他做事非常谨慎.

除了much以外,还可以在too前面加上a little 以表示程度,意为”过于…一点”;如果too后面所跟的是many,也可以用数词修饰too以表示程度. The boy wore a suit a little too large for him.那男孩子穿着一套过于太大一点的衣服. You gave me three too many.有多给了我三个.

12. a waste of sth.浪费做事

Be a waste of time/money/effort ect. To be not worth the time, money etc. that you use because there is little or no result. It’s a waste of time your talking to him.和他谈话是浪费时间. Watching that programme on television was a waste of time.看那个节目是浪费钱.

11. in one’s opinion 依…看法/观点 In my opinion, he has gone mad. In my opinion, we should have finished working yesterday.