裕兴新概念第三册第31课笔记(9)

eg：They lift a rock only to drop it on their own feet.

eg：I came to its rescue only to find the house was burnt out.

….critics do not always know what they are talking about.

並不總是了解他們在談論的事情（說的並不總是有理）

talk sense（比較：talk nonsense） ； speak sense

1. They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.

他們不顧社會習俗，意識不到自己所作所為有什麼特殊之處。

eg：The snobbish disregard ordinary citizens without being conscious that they are no different.

勢力小人蔑視普通百姓意識不道他們並沒有什麼不同。

eg：The snobbish disregard ordinary those warnings without being conscious that he was getting close to real danger. 這個魯莽而大膽的全然不顧那些警告，絲毫意識不到自己已在鄰近真正的危險。

2. One day, he walked into an expensive shop after having been caught in a particularly heavy shower.

一天，他遇上一場瓢潑大雨，淋得透濕。他走進一家高級商店，

※ be caught in 突然被…所困

get caught in

eg：The boat was caught in a heavy storm.船隻遭遇特大風暴。

eg：I got my finger caught in the door.我的手指被門縫夾了。

eg：The youngsters were caught in a heavy shower and looked bedraggled.

這群年輕人遇上大雨，看起來濕濕的邋遢的。

be caught up in捲入…：get involved in sth unwilling

eg：President Nixon was caught up in Watergate and was forced to leave his job before Congress could impeach him. 尼克身總統捲入悱聞事件，並且在國會開除他之前辭職了。

3. Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager.

他置之不理，並要求見經理。

※ pay no attention / heed to

attach too great importance to 給…太多的重要性

place too much emphasis on 過於強調

eg：We attach too great importance to tradition and at the same time little attention is paid to world trend.

我們對傳統過於重視而與此同時往往忽略了世界潮流。

1. I’m going to hit him where it hurts.以其人知道還致其人之身。

2. A real beauty is in no the inside. 真正的美是內心的美。

the money before he left.

a. that the assistant should count b. the assistant to count

c. to count d. to be counted

8. He asked a number of important critics to come _____ his private…a. and see b. seeing c. see d. so they saw

12. Critics do not always .

a. mean well b. speak with understanding

c. tell the truth d. talk sense