24.When you become ill, medical fees are paid for by the government.

　 当他们生病时, 医疗费由政府来支付。

　 become ill 意为“生病”，也可用fall ill。

[举例]Yesterday he ate too much, so he become/fell ill.

　　 　昨天他吃得太多，因此病了。

　[辨析] become ill与be ill

　 前者表示动作，不能与时间段连用；be ill表示状态，可与时间段连用。

[举例]He has been ill for two days.

　　 　他已生病两天了。

　　　 He fell ill suddenly

他突然病倒了。

(二)、语法要点

23. This is because the government has not put enough money into the health service.

　 这是因为政府还没有把足够的资金用于健康事业。

　 put‍…into…意思为“将……投入/注入/融入”。

[举例]He’s put all his savings into buying that house.

他把所有的积蓄都用来买那所房子了。

He’s putting a lot of work into improving his French.

他正下工夫提高他的法语水平。

He put as much feeling into his voice.

他尽可能把感情融入他的声音。

22.Begin with some information about yourself.

　从介绍你自己开始。

begin /start with 以……开始，从……开始

[举例]A journey of a thousand mile always begins with one step.

千里之行，始于足下。

The story begins with the accidental death of a millionaire.

这故事以一位富翁的意外死亡作为开始。

　 [拓展]

①to begin with 首先，第一点，最初，当初

[举例]I’m not going to begin with I haven’t a ticket and secondly I don’t like the play.

我不去了，第一，我没有票；第二，我不喜欢这出戏。

To begin with he had no money but later he become quite rich.

最初他没钱，可后来他变得很富了。

② “以……结束”用end (up) with ； end in。　

[举例]The Long March ended up with victory for us.

长征以我们的胜利而告终。

He ended his letter with good wishes to the family.

他在信尾祝全家好。

The scheme ended in failure.

这个计划以失败告终。

21.That couldn’t be better.

那再好不过了。

否定词……比较级结构，意思为“没有……比……更……”。表示最高级概念。

[举例]I don’t think of a better idea.

我再也想不出比这更好的主意。

I have never heard a more pleasant voice.

我从来没听过比这更悦耳的嗓音。

[经典考题]―Do you think our basketballers played very well yesterday?

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―_______.( NMET2001春季上海)

A. They were not nervous at all　　 B. They were still young

　 C. They played naturally　　　　 D. They couldn’t have done better

[点拨]答案为D　 They couldn’t have done better在这里是肯定语气，说明他们已经尽了最大的努力，不会好得比这更好了。

20.Students B asks about it and offers help.

学生B询问了一下并主动提出帮助。

offer 作动词，意为“提出；提供”。常用于以下句型：

offers sb. sth./ offer sth. to sb. 提供某人某物

　 offer to do sth. 提出愿意做某事

[举例]I offered him a cup of tea, but he refused my offer.

我给他端上一杯茶，但是他不喝。

Our school offers lessons in French.

我们学校没有法语课程。

I offered to help him with his English study, and he accepted with pleasure.

我表示愿意帮助他学英语，他很乐意地接受了。

[辨析]offer 与supply

offer指主动提供给对方某物，但对方不一定接受。常用结构有：offer sb. sth./ offer sth. to sb.

supply指提供或供应对方所需要的东西。常用结构有；supply sb. with sth./supply sth. for sb. 提供某人某物。

[举例]I offered her a cigarette, but she didn’t want it.

我给她一只烟，她没要。

The shop supplies people with meat , eggs and milk.

这家商店为人们供应肉、蛋和奶。

[经典考题]All the rooms _____with electric lights. (1995上海)

A. supplied　 B. given 　　C. offered　　 D. burnt

[点拨]答案为A　 本句话的意思是“所有的房间都安装了电灯”。be supplied with配有；be given被给予；be burnt被燃烧。

19.My son has a pain in his stomach.

我儿子肚子疼。

pain可用作可数名词或不可数名词，表示肉体上的疼痛，精神上的痛苦或辛苦。

[举例]You get more aches and pains as you get older.

年纪越大，疼痛就越多

Her back gives her a lot of pain　

她头痛的历害。

No pains, no pains.一份耕耘，一份收获。

[拓展]pain 可用作动词，意为“使(某人)痛苦”。

[举例]My foot is still paining me.

我的脚还在痛。

It pained me to have to tell you that you lost the important game.

我以沉痛的心情告诉你那场比赛输了。

[辨析]ache ,pain 与hurt

ache指(人)身的疼痛，往往用于持续的疼痛，或因一些病引起的知觉，常常是局部的，可以与表示痛的部位的名词连用，如headache, toothache , stomach；pain 指(人)身心的都可以，一般用于比ache更为严重的情况，用作“努力”，“辛苦”讲，只用作复数形式。hurt，用作不及物动词，表示疼痛。

[举例]He aches all over.

他浑身痛。

My leg still hurts.

我的腿仍然痛。

Chocolate gives me toothache.

我吃了巧克力牙疼。

The old woman’s daughter died .she was in pain.

老太太的女儿去世了，她很苦恼。

18.I should image three weeks , at least.

我认为至少这个星期 吧。

imagine 意为“想象；设想；料想”，后接名词、代词、动名词或动名词复合结构作宾

[举例]Can you imagine life without electricity?

你能想象没有电的生活吗？

She can’t imagine marrying a man of that sort.

她难以想象与那种男人结婚的情形。

[拓展]imagination作名词，意为“想象；想象力；创造力”。

imaginative作形容词，意为“富于想象力的；想象的”。

17.My life will pick me up in half an hour.

我妻子半小时后要用车来接我。

pick up 此处意为“用车接某人”。

[举例]It’s time I went and picked up my little girl from school.

到了我去学校接孩子的时间了。

When you got off the train, I’ll send a car to pick you up.

你下火车后，我会派一辆车来接你。

[拓展]pick up 还有其他的意思，常见的有“拿起；加速；非正式地学会；恢复健康”等。

[举例]He picked up the phone and dialed the number.

他拿起电话，拨打号码。

About a kilometer out of the city, the train began to pick up speed.

出城的一公里后，火车开始加速。

Young children pick up a foreign language very quickly.

小孩子学英语相当快。

After a good rest, he is beginning to pick up now.

好好休息之后，他逐渐恢复健康。

[经典考题]He ______some French While he was away on a business trip in Paris.

(2003上海)

A made out　　 B. picked up　　 C gave up　　 D tock in

[点拨]本题考查对动词短语的辨析能力，pick up学会，make out认出；识别出

give up放弃，take in 吸收，本句话的意思是“他到巴黎了差做生意时，学会了法语”。故答案选B。

16.I’ve got a temperature of 37

　我发烧37摄氏度。

　 have got a temperature等于have a temperature 意为“发烧”。类似的短语还有： catch /get a cold/a fever/a headache/a sore throat/a migraine/a toothache/flu 感冒/发烧/头疼/嗓子疼/偏头疼/牙疼/得流感。

15.Don’t eat so many sweets.

不要吃太多的糖。

so many sweets.意为“太多的糖”。若名词前是many，much，few和little(表示“少”)等形容词时要用so，否则要用such。

[举例]There was so little water that only small children were given some.

水不多了，只给小孩子分了一些。

They are such lovely children that I like them at once.

这些孩子如此可爱，我一下子就喜欢上了他们。

[拓展]注意so 和such下列结构的词序：

so+形容词+a/an+单数可数名词+that

such+a/an+形容词+单数可数名词+that

[举例]It was so interesting a book that I wanted to read it again.

这本书这么有趣，我真想再读一遍。

It was such a moving movie that we were deeply moved.

那是如此动人的一部电影以至于我们都被深深打动了

[经典考题]We were in ______when we left that we forgot the airline tickets. (2003上海)

A. a rush so anxious　　　　　　　　 B. a such anxious rush

C. so an anxious　　　　　　　　　 D. such an anxious rush

[点拨]答案为D　 such后接名词，正确的词序是such an anxious rush.。若选C，应该为so anxious a rush.。