在考试中他宁可不及格也不会作弊。

　　1．(教材P41)Thomas Edison was fired from his first two jobs for lack of competence.

　　托马斯·爱迪生因不能胜任他的前两份工作而被解雇。

　　★for (through) lack of因缺乏

　　①The leaves turn yellow for lack of light.

　　由于缺少光照，叶子变黄了。

　　lack for　　　　　缺少；需要

　　(a) lack of 缺少；不足；没有

　　be lacking in 缺乏，不足

　　②She is easy­going, so she does not lack for friends.

　　她很随和，所以她不缺少朋友。

　　③You will not be_lacking_in support from me.

　　我会永远支持你。

　　[名师点津]　lacking既是lack的现在分词形式，又是形容词，使用时要注意区分。

　　★competence n．[U，C]能力，胜任；[C]技能，本领

　　④He displayed thorough competence in dealing with the issues.

　　他在处理这些问题时体现出了他全面的能力。

　　competent adj.　　　　 　有能力的；足以胜任的

　　be competent to do sth. 有能力做某事

　　⑤Make sure the firm is_competent_to_carry_out the plan.

　　要确保这家公司有能力实行该项计划。

　　2．(教材P41)They wouldn't have achieved their success if they had abandoned their dreams.

　　如果他们放弃了自己的梦想，他们就不会取得成功。

　　★abandon

　　(1)vt.放弃，丢弃；抛弃，遗弃；中止；陷入，沉湎于(某种感情)

　　abandon oneself to　　沉湎于，放纵(感情)

　　abandoned adj. 被遗弃的，废弃的

　　①He abandoned his wife and went away with all their money.

　　他抛弃了妻子还带走了两人所有的钱。

　　②The father is trying his best to prevent his son from abandoning_himself_to the Internet.

　　这位父亲正尽最大努力阻止他的儿子沉迷于网络。

　　③Didn't you see the abandoned house in the distance?

你没看到远处那所废弃的房子吗？