高中英语必修7Unit 2 Fit for life-Section 3 Grammar and u

Unit 2 Fit for life-Section 3 Grammar and usage
Grammar and usage
1. put through
1) put sb. through(TELEPHONE)
phrasal verb: to connect a person using a telephone to the person they want to speak to:Could you put me throughto customer services, please?
2) put sb. through sth. (BAD EXPERIENCE)
phrasal verb: to make someone experience sth. unpleasant or difficult:I'm sorry to put you through this ordeal.
3) put sb. through sth. (EDUCATION)
phrasal verb: to pay for someone to study at school, college or university:It's costing them
a lot of money to put their children through school.[R] She's putting herself through college.
2. decide on
decide on sth./sb.
phrasal verb: to choose sth. or someone after careful thought:I've decided on blue for the bathroom.
3. look around/round:
look round (somewhere/sth.)
phrasal verb: to visit a place and look at the things in it:She spent the afternoon looking round the shops.When we went to Stratford, we only had a couple of hours to look round.
4. put off
put sth. off(DELAY)
phrasal verb: to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date:The meeting has been put off for a week.[+ ing form of verb] I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
5. turn up
1) turn up (somewhere) (APPEAR)
phrasal verbINFORMAL: to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in way that was not planned:Do you think many people will turn up?She turned up at my house late one night.
2) turn up
phrasal verb: If sth. that you have been looking for turns up, you find it unexpectedly:The missing letter eventually turned up inside a book
3) turn sth up(FOLD)
phrasal verb[M]:to make a piece of clothing or part of a piece of clothing shorter, by folding the material and sewing it into position:You could always turn the sleeves up.
4) turn sth. up(DISCOVER)
phrasal verbINFORMAL: to discover sth., especially information, after a lot of searching:See what you can turn up about the family in the files.
6. fill in:
1) fill sth. in/out(WRITE)
phrasal verb:to write the necessary information on an official document:to fill in a form/questionnaire
2) fill in(REPLACE)
phrasal verb: to do someone else's work for them because they cannot or will not do it themselves:Volunteers would fill in for teachers in the event of a strike.I'm not her regular secretary - I'm just filling in..
7. split up
split(DIVIDE)(splitting, split, split)
v.[I or T]to (cause to) divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line:The prize was splitbetween Susan and Kate.Split the aubergines inhalf and cover with breadcrumbs.The teacher split the children (up)into three groups.
split up
phrasal verbINFORMAL:If two people split up, they end their relationship or marriage:She split up with her boyfriend last week.
8. Could I speak to the public relations officer? (P25)
这是一句交际用语，多用于打。

9. Maybe I can deal with your enquiry. 也许我可以应对你的询问。

enquiry
n.[C or U]UK (US ALSO inquiry)
1)(the process of asking) a question:I've been makinginquiriesabout/into the cost of a
round-the-world ticket.FORMAL Inquiryinto the matter is pointless - no one will tell you anything.2)[C]an official process to discover the facts about sth. bad that has happened:a judicial inquiry Citizens have demanded a full inquiry into the government's handling of the epidemic.
10.handful
n.[S]a small number of people or things:She invited loads of friends to her party, but only a handful of them turned up.
n. [C]an amount of something that can be held in one hand:He pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket.
11. She can take down your details. (P25) 她可以把你的细节情况记录下来。

take down
1)to write sth. that another person has just said:He took down my address and phone number and said he'd phone back.
NOTE: 同义词组为 write down/put down
2) (REMOVE)phrasal verb: to remove sth. that is on a wall or sth. that is temporary, or to remove
a structure by separating its different parts:I've taken the pictures down.
detail
n.[C]a single piece of information or fact about sth.:She insisted on telling me every single detail of what they did to her in hospital.We don't know the full/precise details of the story yet.She refused to disclose/divulge any details about/of the plan.
in detail including or considering all the information about sth. or every part of sth.:We haven't discussed the matter in detail yet.The book described her sufferings in graphic detail.He talked ingreatdetail about the curtains he's chosen for his lounge.
go into detail to tell or include all the facts about sth.:I won't go into detail over the phone, but I've been having a few health problems recently.
12. My pleasure. (P25) 不用谢。

It's a pleasure.ALSO (It's) my pleasure.a polite way of replying to someone who has thanked you:"It was so kind of you to give us a lift." "Don't mention it - it was a pleasure.
with pleasure FORMALwillingly:"Would you mind holding the door open for me, please?" "Oh, with pleasure."。