Section Ⅱ Warmup & World News -Language Points
affair n.事情;事件
(教材P21)current affairs
时事
state affairs 国事
foreign affair 外交事务
international affair 国际事务
a public/private affair 公/私事
①We should concern ourselves with state affairs.
我们要关心国家大事。
[明辨异同] affair/business/matter/event
affair 指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务,复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务 business 通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情,也可指商事 matter "事情;问题",着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。the matter常指"毛病,麻烦事" event 事件,大事;(体育)比赛项目 (affair,business,matter,event)
②It was her first international sporting .
③He is very interested in public .
④It is time now for us to get down to and we must be serious about this.