(2) She is not prepared to admit defeat (承认失败).

【辨析】

*defeat - defeated - defeated "击败"，后接人/团体/组织等

*win - won - won "赢得；获胜" 后接奖品/名次/比赛等

*beat - beat - beaten "打败；击打；（有节律地）敲打；（心脏）跳动"

(1) The athlete defeated/beat his competitors and won the gold medal.

(2) She's alive-her heart is still beating.

(3) Who do you think will win the next election?

(4) She was beating dust out of the carpet when I saw her.

(5) The famous football team suffered a narrow/heavy defeat in the match.

7. (Page 22 Lines 28-30) However, the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angles and the Saxons' victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English replacing Celtic.

▶ lead to (doing) sth. 导致 lead to sp. 通向（某地）

　lead sb. to sp. 把某人领到某处 lead sb. to do sth. 使得某人做某事

【随堂练习】

(1) We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only leads to violence (导致暴力).

(2) The news shocked the public, leading to (导致) great concern about students' safety at school.

(3) The discovery of new evidence led to _____.

A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief

C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught

8. (Page 23 Lines 35-36) After the Norman Conquest, many English people worked as servants who raised animals.

▶ raise vt.

(1) The old man likes raising dogs and cats. 饲养

(2) Our living standards have been raised in the past ten years. 提高

(3) Nobody raised any question after the announcement. 提出

(4) You should raise your hand if you have any question. 举起

(5) The charity show aims to raise money for people with disabilities. 筹集

【比较】用raise 和rise 的正确形式完成下列句子：

(1) We all stood silent with the sun rising in the east.

(2) We all stood silent with the flag being raised in the wind.

(3) He raised his voice so that everybody could hear him.

(4) She rose from her seat to welcome him.

(5) I have to rise early tomorrow morning.

(6) In the past two years, the birth rate has risen by 20 percent.