1) 听从,服从,按...行事
~ one's advice/suggestions/their customs/instructions/directions
e.g. If you will follow my advice, I'll be very glad to help you.
2) 明白、理解
e.g. Sorry, I don't quite follow you. Would you please repeat what you said?
following adj. 接下去的、以后的
He will repair the car in the following days / in the days that follow.
11. It isn't worth it.
worth adj. 价值,值......的分量 sth.be ~ money e.g. The car is worth 180,000 yuan.
值得做... be (well) ~ +n/doing sth.
worthy adj.应该,值得 be ~of +n./being done == be ~ to be done 值得做...
e.g. 这个地方值得一游. (5种译法)
The place is worth a visit / visiting .
worthy of a visit / of being visited. /to be visited.
12.I think you look great as you are.
as / like
as 1) conj. (像)与......一样、随着、因为、当......时候
e.g. As the Americans like football, the British like soccer.
As time went on, she became older and older.
As he is blind in both eyes, we help him with the housework..
2) prep. 作为、充任 ......;work as==serve as
e.g She works as manager of that large department store.
like prep. 像 - What is she like? - She is pretty / thin / kind-hearted / friendly.
13.come across:(偶然)遇见、发现
e.g. He came across his old friend on the street the other day.
I came across this map in a book on the shelf.
"遇见"的词组还有:meet with= run into=run across=knock into
14.Nothing is more important than health.
否定词+比较级表示最高级
1)I have never seen a better film than this one.=The film is the best one I have seen.
2) Nothing is more important than money.= Money is the most important thing in our life.
3)-How do you find the present I gave you?-You couldn't give me a better present.
4)I couldn't agree more! = I totally agree!
Grammar
Tag questions
1.反意疑问句一般遵循:前面肯定,反意部分否定;前面否定,反意部分肯定的原则。
e.g. He likes playing football, doesn't he?
You don't watch TV in the evening, do you?
注:当前否后肯时,要注意答句与汉语表达的不同。
e.g. She doesn't speak English, does she?
Yes, she does. (不,她讲英语的) No, she doesn't. (是的,不讲)
2.(1)祈使句为肯定句时,反意疑问句可用won't you 或will you ;