9. suffer from 受……苦，遭……难，患……病

　 Most part of the country suffered fromthe heavy flood.

　 这个国家的大部分地区遭受严重水灾。

　 His mother suffers from heart trouble.

　 他母亲患心脏病。

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14. make sure: to establish something without doubt;

　　 make certain 弄清楚；确保

　　 Make sure he writes it down.

　　 让他一定记下来。

　　 sure adj. (常与of，that连用) 确信的；肯定的

　　 Please make sure that the house is locked before you

　　 leave.

　　 请你确信是锁上房间后才离开的。

　 I'm not sure about the practicality of their plan.

　 我还无法确定他们的那个计划的可行性如何。

　 (与to连用) 一定的；必定的

　 We are sure to benefit from the new timetable.

　 我们肯定会得益于新的作息时间表。

　 There's sure to be a fuss when the owner of the house

　 finds the window's broken.

　 房子的主人发现窗子被人打破时准会大吵大闹的。

　 sure adv. 一定地；必定地；无疑地

　 It sure was cold.

　 的确是冷。

　 The teacher makes sure, too, that the child gets

　 enough rest and play, along with his education.

　 教师还要保证每个孩子在接受教育的同时有充分

　 的时间休息和游戏。

　 He said he would come with his wife, and sure enough

　 he did.

　 他说他会带着妻子一起来的，果然他们来了。

[考点4]make things / matters worse 使事情更糟

① to make matters worse = what's worse = worse still

　 更糟的是

② what's more = besides 此外；而且

[例句] I realized that anything I could say would only

make matters worse. 我意识到只要我说话就会添乱子。

It got dark, and to make things worse it began to rain.

天黑了，更糟的是又开始下起雨来。

▲ 辨析：make things worse是动词短语，而to make

matters worse是副词短语。

[考例4]He seemed to have no desire to go there;

____, his clothes were not good enough.

　　 A. what's worse　　 B. what's more

　　 C. thus　　 D. therefore

[考查目标] 此题主要考查副词在句意中的理解问题。

[答案与解析]B　 题意是：他似乎不想去那里，此外，他

的衣服也不够好。

[考点3]与 mind 有关的短语

① keep / bear / carry…in mind记住

② have...in mind心中在想

③ have a mind to do sth 打算做某事

④ keep one's mind on / upon 聚精会神

⑤ make up one's mind(s) 下决心

⑥ Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见，心不烦(谚语)。

[例句] At this point I can't undertake to accept your

suggestion，but l will keep it in mind. 在这一点上，我

不能保证接受你的建议，但我会把它记在心里。

Judging his achievement, we must bear in mind that hc

has had no previous experience of this kind of work. 判

断他的成绩时，我们要记住他以前并没有做过这种工

作的经验。

What do you have in mind? 你在想什么?

[考例3]I could see he was not telling me all be

____ in mind.

　　 A. kept　 　B. had

　　 C. carried　　 D. made

[考查目标]此题主要考查短语的辨义和短语的搭配问

题。

[答案与解析]B　 C、D两项显然错误。题意是：我能看

出他没有把他所想的告诉我。

[考点5]与moment有关的短语

① for the moment 暂时 = for the present

② for a moment 片刻

③ in a moment 不久，立刻．马上

④ at the moment 此时．现在

⑤ the moment 一……就……= the minute / instant

[例句] We aren't going to make any change for the mo-

ment. 我们暂时不做任何改变。

The new couple are traveling abroad at the moment. 那

对新婚夫妇跟下正在国外旅行。

[考例5](2001京、蒙、皖春招)

-- Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed

　 her?

-- Yes, I gave it to her ____ I saw her.

　　 A. while　　 B. the moment

　　 C. suddenly　　 D. once

[考查目标] 此题主要考查连词问题。

[答案与解析]B　 先排除C项，因为suddenly是副词，

不能引导从句。从上下句看。所欠的钱已还过，而且

是．一看见她就还了，所以又排除D项，因为once舍有

条件意味。while强调一段时间。

12. in honor of (in sb's honor) 为了……纪念／庆祝，对

　 ……表示敬意／欢迎

　 A banquet was given in honor of the visiting president.

　 举行宴会欢迎来访的总统。

　 A birthday party is being planned in our teacher's

　 honor.

　 正在为我们的老师筹划一个生日聚会。

　 试比较：for the honor of... (为了……荣誉)

　 He will try his best for the honor of his school.

　 他会为学校的荣誉而努力。

　 类似用法 in memory of (为了……纪念)，如：

　 The statue was built in memory of Mr. LuXun.

　 这个雕塑是为纪念鲁迅先生而建的。

13. in case of (in case) 以防，假使

　 In case of her being out, you may leave a massage.

　 假如她不在家你可留张便条。

　 What shall we do in case he is absent at the meeting?

　 万一他不来开会我们怎么办?

　 Take your raincoat, just in case.

　 带上雨衣以防下雨。

　 [注意](1) in case of接名词或相当于名词的成分；in

　 case引导句子或单独使用，上面句子中just in case

　 相当于just in case of rain。类似用法还有in this /

　 that case (要是这样 / 那样的话)，如：

　 In that case，we will not go with you.

　 要是情况是那样的话，我们就不和你一起去了。

　 (2) in 与 ease 搭配也常表示“在……情况下”主要有

　 以下词组：

　 in any case( 在任何情况下)

　 in all cases (在所有情况下)

　 in a particular case (在特殊情况下)

　 in some case (在某种情况下)

　 in no case( 在任何情况下都不，决不)

　 如：In no case, can I lend money to him.

　 在任何情况下我都不会借钱给他。

9. Gunmen killed two people and ____ six others in

　 an attack today.

　　 [短语归类]

[考点l]与as有关的短语

① as with sb / sth / doing 如同……一样

② as for 至于；就……而言

③ as to 关于

④ as far as 就……而论；据……

⑤ as good as 几乎已经，实际已经

⑥ as follows 如下

⑦ as a whole 总的来说

⑧ as a rule 一般说来，通常

⑨ as a / the result of 由于

⑩ as usual 像往常一样

[例句] As with swimming, riding a bicycle does good to

our health. 像游泳一样，骑自行车对我们的健康有好

处。

I enjoy going to the movies．But as for the theater, I

prefer staying at home. 我喜欢看电影，但至于看戏，我

宁可呆在家里。

I want your advice as to what I ought to do with Mr.

Ernest．关于怎样和俄尼斯特先生打交道，我需要你的

高见。

[考例1]I enjoy going t0 the movies ____ the thea-

tres.

　　 A. as for　　 B. as with

　　 C. as to　　 D. as from

[考查目标] 此题主要考查短语的辨义问题。

[答案与解析]B　 as from 从……时起。题意是：我喜

欢看电影像喜欢看戏剧一样。

[考点2]与 chance 有关的短语

① take every chance 利用机会；碰运气 (=take a

　 chance, take chances)

② by chance = by accident 偶然地；无意中

③ by any chance 万一

[例句]Don't take chances by driving too fast. 不要开快

车来冒险。

I'll take my chance of being captured by the enemy. 我

要冒着被敌人抓到的危险碰碰运气。

[考例2]That's a chance I'll have to ____.

　　 A. make　　 B. take

　　 C. try　　 D. play

[考查目标] 此题主要考查固定短语的搭配问题。

[答案与解析]B　 在take a chance 短语中，不可用其他

动词。

8. No one can ____ the plan from being carried out．

7. The number of deaths from heart disease will be re-

　 duced greatly if people ____ to eat more fruit

　 and vegetables.

6. -- What was the party like?

-- Wonderful. It's years ____ l enjoyed myself so

　　 much.

5. ____ to mail my letter.

4. We all tried to ____ him smoking in the room.

　 but he wouldn't listen t0 us．