[答案与解析]c having waited 的动作发生在谓语动
词realized之前。
[牛刀小试 l]
用所给单词的适当形式填空:
(act, benefit, wait, happen, speak, mean)
1. -- what has ____ to him, do you know?
--i hope nothing has happened to my friend.
2. however late he is, his wife will stand at the gate
____ for him to come back.
3. i have ____ a lot through reading widely, for it
enriches my knowledge.
4. -- why haven't you bought any butter?
-- i ____ to but i forgot about it.
5. if you often practise ____ english, your spoken
english will be greatly improved.
6. indeed, she ____ like a teacher to us.
【短语归类】
16. at first sight 乍一看
it may, at first sight, seem a surprising choice.
乍一看,这个选择似乎令人惊讶。
tom loved mary at first sight.
汤姆对玛丽一见钟情。
[拓展]与 sight 有关的短语
catch sight of 看到
in / within sight 看得见
out of sight 看不见
3. break down
1) 拆散,分解
chemicals in the body break our food down into useful
substances.
人体中的化学元素把食物分解成有用的物质。
we should break down old conventions and think big.
我们应该打破旧框框,敢于幻想。
2) (机器) 损坏
the car broke down halfway to the destination.
汽车在到达目的地的中途抛锚了。
the 8 o'clock train broke down at beijing station and
w&s taken off the line.
8点钟的那趟车因在北京车站出了故障而被取消
了。
[拓展]关于 break 的一些短语:
break up [分解,拆散;驱散,解散,终止;(某种关系)结束)] / break away from 脱离;挣脱 / break into 破门而入 / break out 爆发;发生 / break through 突破
break down 与 break up 均有“分解”的意思。break
down 一般指化学变化,break up 一般指物理变化。
water can be broken down into hydmgen and oxygen.
水可以分解成氢和氧。(化学变化)
the ice of the river begins to break up at the beginning
of march.
河里的冰在三月初开始融化。(物理变化)
【考点2】与example有关的短语
① set / give sb an example = set / give an example to sb
给某人树立榜样
② follow sb's example = copy the example of sb 学习某
人的样子
③ take sb as an example 以某人为榜样
④ take sb / sth for example 以某人/某事为例
⑤ for example 例如
[例句] he arrived at the office early,to set an exampje
to the others. 为了给他人树立榜样,他及早到了办公室。
they set an example of plain living. 他树立了简朴生活
的榜样。
his politeness is a good example for others to follow. 他
的彬彬有礼是别人学习的榜样。