⑩ speak at the meeting 在会上发言
⑩ generally / properly / frankly / strictly / exactly /
honestly speaking 一般/大体/坦白/严格/精确/诚实
说来
▲ 常用电话用语
-- who is that (speaking)?
-- this is…(speaking). = ...speaking.
-- who's that? 你是哪位?
-- this is mary speaking. 我是玛丽。
may / could / can i speak to...? 请找……接电话好
吗?
▲ 友情提示:后接(某种)语言时为及物动词。其余多为
不及物动词。
【考例7】(nmet 1995)
-- what did you think of her speech?
-- she ____ for one hour but didn't ____
much.
a. spoke; speak b. spoke; say
c. said; speak d. said; say
[考查目标] 考查动词的辨析与搭配。
[答案与解析]b speak表示说话的能力,可以用作vt.
/vi.;say sth (to sb.) 表示“对某人说……”。
10. speech
speech 用作可数名词时,意为“演说”(talk or address
given in public)。
[搭配] make / deliver / give a speech 发言;演说
he made a very boring after-dinner speech.
他在宴会后的讲话很枯燥。
speech 作不可数名词用时,意为“语言;说话的能力;
方式”等 (power, manner, act of speaking)。
it is said that speech is silver while silence is gold.
人们说占语是银,沉默是金。
8. trust vt. & vi. 相信;信任,信赖;有信心
don't trust him--he's not telling the truth.
不要相信他,他说的不是真话。
we trust him because we know he has never deceived
anyone.
我们信任他,因为我们知道他从来没有欺骗过任何人。
【考点6】wait的用法
▲ 构词:
① waiter n. (餐厅)男服务员;侍者
② waitress n. (餐厅)女服务员;(女)侍者
③ waiting room n. 候车室;候诊室;候机室
④ await v. 等待 (比wait正式)
▲ 搭配:
① wait for sb. / sth 等待/等候某人/某物
② wait one's + n. 等待
③ wait one's turn 等待轮到某人
④ wailt one's chance / opportunity / time / hour等待时
机
⑤ wait one's arrival 等待某人的到来
⑥ wait one's convenience 等到方便时
⑦ wait on / upon sb 伺候;服侍;侍候
⑧ wait in line 排队等候
⑨ wait a minute 等一下
▲ 句型:
① have a long wait for... 长时间等……
② wait to do sth 等着做某事
③ wait for sb. / sth to do sth 等待某人/某物干某事
④ wait and see. 等着看;你很快就会知道/明白/清楚的
⑤ can't wait to do sth 希望;盼望;急于想干某事;迫不
及待地十某事;一心想干某事
【考例6】(北京) ____ in the queue for half an
hour. tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet
at home.
a. to wait b. have waited
c. having waited d. to have waited
[考查目标]考查非谓语动词作状语的用法。