3) 耗尽,用尽 (+up)

The increase in food costs swallowed up our pay increase.

食物花费的增加超出了我们的工资增长。

4.)轻信;轻易接受

The girl is naive and would swallow anything you tell her.

那女孩很天真,你跟她讲什么她都相信。

5)忍受

The man swallowed the insults and kept on working.

那人忍受侮辱继续努力。

6)压制,抑制

I swallowed her displeasure and smiled.

我抑制自己的不快,强颜欢笑。

7) 取消(前言)

I had to swallow my words for this reason.

由于这个我不得不取消前言。

拓展：swallow vi. 吞下;咽下

She couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.

她因嗓子疼而不能吞咽。

n. 1) 吞, 咽

I took the medicine at one swallow.

我一口吞下这药。

2) 一次吞咽之物 (+of)

The girl took a long swallow of wine.

那女孩喝了一大口酒。

swallow 燕子[C]

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

运用：用适当的介词填空

（1) Before leaving the hotel, he took a swallow ___ beer.

答案： of

（2) Buying the house swallowed ___ our savings.

答案： up

二.重点词组

1. Which things do you think western people have at Christmas?

at Christmas在圣诞节期间

At Christmas people often go shopping in the big supermarket.

在圣诞节期间，人们经常到这个大超市购物。

拓展 :

(1)on Christmas eve 在圣诞前夜

(2) on Christmas Day 在圣诞当天

运用：选择填空

People in the west often spend much money buying things_______.

A. on Christmas Eve B. on Christmas Day C. at Christmas D. Christmas