选修八词汇Unit 4 Pygmalion

Unit 4 Pygmalion

知识要点整合 核心词汇梳理

1．hesitate vi. 犹豫；迟疑；踌躇

搭配 hesitate about...对……事犹豫不决；对……拿不定主意 I didn’t hesitate for a moment about taking the job. 我毫不犹豫地接受了那份工作。

She’s still hesitating about sending her son to college. 她对于要不要送儿子进大学一事仍然犹豫不决。 句型 hesitate to do sth.迟疑于做某事 Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need any more information.

如果你需要更多资料，尽管和我联系。

I hesitate to ask you，but will you recommend me for the post? 向你重托真不好意思，请你推荐我去担任那职务好吗？

2．classify vt. 编排；分类；归类

The books in the library are classified according to subject.图书 馆的书按学科分类。

Patients are classified into three categories.病人被归为三种类

型。

搭配classify...as...把……归类为……

Would you classify her novels as serious literature or other? 你认为她的小说属于文学类，还是其它类？ Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major. 这些事故中只有十一例被判定为重大事故。

3．condemn vt. 谴责；使……注定 搭配condemn...as...指责……是…… condemn sb.for doing sth.谴责某人做了某事

The law has been condemned as an attack on personal liberty. 这项法律被指责为对人身自由的侵犯。

She knew that society would condemn her for leaving her children.她知道社会会谴责她遗弃孩子。

识记condemn sb.to sth./to do sth.判处某人某种刑罚

He was condemned to death for murder and later hanged.他因凶杀罪被判处死刑后被绞死。

She was condemned to hang for killing her husband.她因杀害亲夫被处以绞刑。 识记condemn sb.to sth./to do sth.迫使某人接受或做某事；使某人陷入……境地

They were condemned to a life of hardship.他们不得不过着艰难的生活。 He was condemned to spend the rest of the football season on the bench. 他无可奈何地只得在这个足球赛季剩下的时间里做替补队员。

4．fortune n. 机会；运气；大笔的钱

They must have spent a fortune on that house. 他们买那幢房子肯定花了一大笔钱。 识记 a small fortune很多钱 make a fortune发财 fame and fortune名利 tell one’s fortune给某人算命 A car like that costs a small fortune. 像那样的轿车要花一大笔钱。

He dreamed of making a fortune.他梦想发大财。

That she is hoping her US debut will be the first step on the road to fame and fortune.

她希望她在美国的首次演出将是她走上名利双收之路的第一步。 She can tell your fortune by looking at the lines on your hand. 她可凭看手纹替你算命。

链接 have the good fortune to do sth.有幸做某事 I had the good fortune to be invited to stay in Rome. 我运气好，受邀去罗马小住。

I have had the fortune to work with some brilliant directors. 我有幸与一些卓越的主管人员共事。

重点短语例释

1．pass...off as... (某人)冒充……

He tried to pass himself off as a qualified doctor. 他试图冒充合格医生。

There is rarely any attempt to pass these copies off as originals. 很少有人试图用这些复制品冒充原作。 2．in terms of 就……而言；从……角度

A 200yearold building is very old in terms of American history.

从美国历史来看，200年的建筑是很古老的了。

In terms of money we’re quite rich，but not in terms of happiness.

从金钱的角度来说，我们是很富有，但从幸福的角度来说，我 们不富有。