必修四unit4词汇讲解

核心词汇讲解

1.even if, even though

even ['iːv(ə)n]

课文原句：It is possible to “read” others around us, even if they do not intend for us to catch their unspoken communication.

我们可以了解别人, 即使有时他们并不想要我们了解他们没说出来的语言。

用法：even if, even though 是连词词组, 用来引导让步状语从句, 意为“尽管; 即使”。

注意:若主句与从句皆表示将来情况, even if 从句可用一般现在时代替将来时。例句：① We have decided to visit the Museum even if/even though it rains tomorrow.

② Even if I leave now, it’ll be too late.

即使我现在离开, 我也会迟到的。

③He will not let out the secret even though h e knows.

互动练习：

汉译英：

④ 尽管他知道这个秘密，他也不会泄露出去。

⑤ 她理解我在说什么，尽管我们是第一次交流。

答案：

④ He will not let out the secret even if he knows it.

⑤ She understood what I was I was talking about, even though it was the first time we had spoken together.

2.at ease

ease[iːz]

课文原文：… its function is to show happiness and put people at ease.

用法：

at ease 表示“舒适; 自由自在”。如：

He is quite at ease in public.

His manner was so bright and pleasant

that Arthur felt at ease with him at once.

他的态度这样爽朗愉快, 亚瑟立刻觉得和他在一起没有什么拘束。

The retired old worker is living at his ease. 这位退休工人的生活过得很舒

服。

He felt at ease and confident about the future. 他对未来感到轻松自在并且充满信心。

feel at ease 感到舒适而无忧虑

ill at ease 使某人感到不舒适

with ease 容易地; 无困难地

ease off 减轻; 缓和

互动练习：

用ease短语的适当形式填空。

在这个陌生的地方, 我觉得不自在。

I don’t feel _______ in the strange place. 他轻而易举地考及格了。

He passed the test __________.

她在那儿人生地不熟, 感到很不安。

She was __________, for she was a stranger

there.

气象预报说, 暴风雨午夜将逐渐减弱。

The weather forecast says the storm will

_________ at midnight.

答案：

at ease

with ease

ill at ease

ease off

3.lose face

课文原文：… such as when someone “loses face” and smiles to hide it. 用法：

lose face表示“丢面子; 丢脸”。如：

His careless work made him lose face with his teacher.

他工作疏忽使他在老师面前丢了脸。

Peter lost face when people found out he got low grades.

人们发现彼得考分很低时, 他觉得丢脸。

【拓展】

lose heart 灰心; 泄气

lose one’s way 迷路

lose one’s temper 发脾气

lose one’s head 惊慌失措; 失去理智

be lost in \ lose oneself in 沉迷于;专心

be lost in thought 陷入沉思

互动练习：

英译汉。

If a teacher can’t answer this simple question, he’ll lose face with his class.

He failed many times, but he did not lose heart.

He lost his way in the woods.

Mr Green lost his temper when he found his daughter smoking.

答案：

如果老师连如此简单的问题都不能回答, 他会在学生面前丢脸的。

他失败了许多次, 但他并没有失去信心。