英语：Units 17-18 重难点解释

【知识框架】

一、重点词汇与短语

1．bother：

（1）作"打扰；烦扰"讲，bother为及物动词，其后可以直接跟宾语。例如：

Will it bother you if I turn the television on? 我开电视会不会吵着你?

I'm busy, don't bother me. 我正忙着，不要打扰我。

I'm sorry to bother you, but can you direct me to the railway station?

劳驾,你能不能告诉我到火车站怎么走?

（2）作为不及物动词bother常与about, with, to连用，意思是"麻烦，烦恼，操心"。

例如：

Don't bother with/about it. 别为此操心。

Don't bother about it. 不用麻烦了。

Don't bother about answering his letter. 你不必回复他的信。

（3）bother可以作名词使用，此时它是不可数名词，意思是"麻烦，不便"。

例如：

We had a lot of bother in repairing the press machine.

修理这台印刷机费了很大劲。

They had a lot of bother on the trip because they were not so familiar with that area.

路上他们遇到了很多麻烦，因为他们对那个地区不是很熟悉。

We had a lot of bother finding our way.

我们经过很多麻烦才找到这里。

The guests had a lot of bother finding their way here.

客人们费了很大劲才找到这里。

（4）习惯用语：主要作表示不高兴的强调用语。

例如：

Bother the lot of you! 你们这些人真讨厌！

Bother it! 讨厌!