appreciate it if... （if作形式宾语）如果......，......将十分感激

I don't appreciate being treated like a little child by my parents. 我不愿被父母当作小孩子。

I shall appreciate it if you will do me that favor. 如果你能帮我那个忙，我会非常感激的。

②vt. 欣赏，重视；理解，意识到

You can't fully appreciate foreign literature in translation. 看翻译作品不能充分地欣赏到外国文学的精髓。

I appreciate your problem, but I don't think I can help. 我理解你的困难，但我爱莫能助。

词汇链接：

①appreciative adj. 感激的，赏识的

②appreciation n. 欣赏，感激，理解

8. amount n. 数量，数额 vi. 合计；相当于

Their travelling expenses amount to seven hundred dollars. 他们的旅费合计700美元。

Borrowing money and not returning it amounts to stealing. 借钱不还等于偷窃。

短语拓展：

①amount to doing sth. 接近做某事，等同于做某事

②amount to sth. 总计，共计

③in amount 总计

易混辨析：number与amount

number指"数"，与可数名词连用。

amount指"量"，与不可数名词连用。

9. get/be stuck in 陷进......中，困在......中

The car was stuck in the mud. 那辆车陷在泥巴里了。

We were stuck in a traffic jam. 我们遇上了交通阻塞。

短语链接：

be trapped/caught in 陷入......中，困在......中

短语拓展：

①stick by 忠于

②stick up for 支持，为......辩护

③stick out 伸出，突出，坚持到底

④stick to 坚持（真理），坚持（做某事）

易混辨析：stick to与insist on

①stick to 坚持原则、诺言、决定、计划、意见等。它的后面只跟名词，通常不跟动词-ing形式。

We must stick to our task till it is finished. 我们必须继续工作，直至完成为止。

②insist on 坚持意见、主张，后面可以接动名词。

I insist on taking/ insist that you take immediate action to put this right. 我坚决要求你立刻采取行动把事情处理好。

10. figure n. 人物；数字；外形；身材；图表 v. 计算；计划，打算