set up竖立，开办，建立，设立

set out to do sth.着手做某事

set about doing开始做......

set sb.off doing使某人开始做......

set aside宣告无效；驳回；废止

set down放下，搁下；记下，记载，写下

set in(疾病、坏天气或其他自然状况)开始并且(可能)持续下去

set on攻击；袭击；使攻击；使追赶

即景活用

Don't set him________talking politics，or he'll go on all evening.

A．out B．off C．About D．of

3．Forced to change his plans, he worked for several years as a pilot on a steamboat, taking passengers up and down the Mississipi, the great river which flows from the north of the US near the Canadian border, down to the Gulf of Mexico.(P29)

force vt.强迫，迫使；n.力量；武力，pl.军队

The thief took the money from the old man by force.

小偷用暴力夺走了老人的钱。

It's not proper to force your idea upon others.

把自己的想法强加于人是不恰当的。

He joined the police force straight after school.

他从学校一毕业就当了警察。[剑桥高阶]

【词汇派生】

forced adj.被迫的，强迫的，动用武力的

forceful adj.强有力的，有说服力的

forceless adj.无力的，软弱的

forcefully adv.强有力地，激烈地

force sb. to do sth/ into doing sth 强迫某人做某事

in force有效，在有效期；大批地；大规模地

be in force生效，有效

be forced into被迫

bring into force使生效，实施......

by force用暴力；强迫地

by force of由于；凭借

force on强加于，强迫......接受

force up迫使上升

即景活用

There are so many people that he has to________his way through them.

A．force B．make

C．Take D．get

4．I decided to go to the next village and make up a story about the steamboat.(P25)

make up和好，和解；化妆；编造(故事)；(数目等齐全而)使...... 完整，弥补

The boy made up a story；it was not true.

男孩编了个故事，这故事不是真的。

She made up her face to look prettier.她把脸化了妆以便看上去漂亮些。