He has many outstanding gifts. 他多才多艺。

12. sense n. 官能，感觉，理性vt. 感觉到，理解

She has no sense of time. 她没有时间观念。

He has a good sense of smell. 他的嗅觉很灵敏。

Your brother has a good sense of humor. 你兄弟很有幽默感。

The dog sensed that I was afraid. 这只狗感觉到我害怕了。

三、关键短语精讲

1. be content(=satisfied) with.../to do...对......感到满意/满足的

He was content with his work. 他对自己的工作很满意。

The old man seems content to live here. 这个老人似乎很乐意住在这里。

注：content是表语形容词，若需作定语，可用contented，如a contented person /smile心满意足的人/微笑。

2. badly off 穷的，缺少的，处境差

比较级：worse off境况更差，更穷困

反义词：well off富裕，处境好(比较级：better off)

I am quite badly off recently. 最近我经济上很拮据。

His health is worse off than before. 他的身体比以前更糟糕。

He is quite well off, I hear. 我听说他相当富裕。

He is much better off than I am. 他的日子比我宽裕得多。

注：well-to-do life或a better-off life小康生活；well-off family小康之家

3. pick out挑选出，认出，弄懂

Please pick out the books that you'd like to read. 请把你想看的书选出来。

Can you pick out your sister in this crowd? 你能在这人群中认出你姐姐来吗？

The box was so dirty that we couldn't pick out the directions on the label. 盒子太脏，我们看不清标签上的说明。

真题：This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can ________my father. (湖北)

A. find out B. pick out C. look out D. speak out

解析：表示从人群中"辨认出"，用pick out，故选B。

4. cut off切断，割下；隔开，断绝；停止供应

Mind you don't cut your fingers off. 小心别切断手指头。

She feels very cut off living in the country. 她感到生活在乡间很闭塞。

Our water supply has been cut off. 我们断水了。

真题：He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was ______from the outside world. (安徽)

A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up D. cut through

解析：表示与外界"隔绝"，用cut off (from...)，故选B。

5. star in 主演，在......中担任主角

She has starred in some thirty films. 她主演过大约三十部影片。

6. knock into撞上，撞见

The boy knocked into her. 那个男孩撞到了她身上。

I knocked into an old friend of mine in the park. 我昨天在公园里碰见一位老朋友。

7. bump into 碰上，偶遇，邂逅(= meet sb. /sth. by chance)

I bumped into an old friend of mine in the street yesterday.我昨天在街上遇到一个老朋友。

The bus bumped into the car in front.巴士撞上了前面那辆汽车。

8. in search of 寻找，寻求

They came here in search of new markets for their products. 他们来此为他们的产品寻找新市场。

They started off at once in search of (=in their search for) the missing girl. 他们立刻动身寻找那个失踪的女孩。

注：若名词search前有物主代词或冠词等限定词时，多用介词for。

9. be/get caught in a rain / traffic jam遇上雨/交通阻塞