e.g. The mayor made a speech in praise of the brave boy.

* sing high praise for......：赞扬......歌颂......

　sim. punish / reward / scold sb. for (doing) sth.

7. intention：uc. 意图、意向, the intention of doing / to do sth.：做某事的意图

e.g. She went to Paris with the intention of learning French.

The chairman expressed his intention to leave office.

without intention：无意的； by intention：故意的

intend：vt. 想......，打算

1) intend to do sth.：打算、意欲做某事

2) intend sb. to do sth.：打算、意欲某人做某事

3) intend sth. for ... = sth. be intended for ...某物原打算给某人的

　　e.g. We intended the flower for your wife.

　　This magazine is intended for men.

The gift is intended for you.

4) intend sth. to do / be / as ...：打算让某物做、成为......

　　e.g. The building was intended to be a museum.

　　We intend the exam to test the students memory.

8. adopt：vt. 采纳（建议、意见）、采取（方法、措施）、（法律上的）收养

e.g. Our school has adopted a new teaching method.

Tom is my adopted son and he is a nice boy.

This chapter is adopted from an article of Bacon's.

The old couple adopted him as their own son. (adopt sb. as sb.)

adoption：收养、采纳、采用； adoptive：收养的，作定语用。

e.g. Old Wang is Jack's adoptive father.

9. construct：1) build：建造、构建，construct sth.

e.g. They are planning to construct a bridge over the river.

When was the building constructed?

It took more than three years to construct the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

2) 编写（文章）、造（句）、建立（理论）

e.g. construct a theory, a well-constructed novel

construction：建筑、建设： sth. be under construction：......在建设中

10. end up：最后成为......、终归......，最后（有某种结局）

end up (as) + n. / 介词短语或其它

e.g. Finally he end up as chairman of the company.

　　　If you go on doing that, you'll end up in prison.

　　　Every time she argues with her husband, she ends up crying her eyes out.

　　　He drove very fast and ended up in hospital.

end in = result in：以......告终； end (up) with：以......告终

end：n. put an end to sth. = bring sth to an end = sth. come to an end；make ends meet

11. figure：考虑、认为、计算，= consider、think

e.g. Figure the situation for yourself. What could you do?

　　　I figure that different people like different things.

　　　She figured that you would ask her for help.

figure out：算出、理解、明白