Lesson 1词语点击
owe "欠......"
【寓词于境】 阅读下列句子,注意各句中owe的意思和搭配。
1. I think you owe us an explanation.
2. The country owes billions of dollars to foreign countries.
3. She owes her success to good luck.
【自我归纳】
owe v. 意思是"______"(句1);"______"(句2),常用于owe sth. (to sb.)结构;" ______"(句3),常与to搭配。
Key: 欠(情);欠债,欠账;归因于
【常用搭配】
owe sb. an apology / explanation
得向某人道歉、解释
【拓展】
owing to 因为,由于(相当于because of)
【例句】
Our trading connection has broken off owing to a disagreement over prices.
因为价格问题无法达成共识,我们的贸易关系中止了。
【即学即练】 将下列句子翻译成英语。
1.年轻作家把自己的成功归于他的老师的鼓励。
2.我认为得有人向我们道歉。
Key:
1. The young writer owed his success to his teacher's encouragement.
2. I think we are owed an apology.
absorb "吸收"
【寓词于境】观察下列句子,注意absorb的用法。
1. Water and salts are absorbed into our blood stream.
2. It is a lot of information to absorb all at once.