百万英镑知识点

3）find + 宾语+adj./adv./过去分词/ 现在分词/介词短 语 I found the job boring. I found him in his own room. He hurried to the store, only to find the door closed.
4）find oneself doing sth./ at / in 意识到自己非本意地 干某事或处于某种境地 Peter，who was usually shy, found himself talking to the girls.
9. The next morning I’d just about given myself
up for lost when I was spotted by a ship.
1) about 为副词，同almost。 这里just about=almost The apples are just about ripe now.
4. Permit me to lead the way, sir
1）vt. 许可，允许，容许 ~ doing / n./ pron. 准许做某事 ~ sb. to do sth 准许sb.做某事
We don’t permit making noise here. 我们不允许 在这里吵闹。 The teacher didn’t permit us to swim in this river. 老师不允许我们在这条河里游泳。
phrase：of great / small / no / account 重要/不重要 很重要/不大
He is a man of no account. 他是个无足轻重的人。 She was a scientist of great account. 她是个非常重要的 科学家。 on account of = because of 由于，因为 He retired on account of poor health. 由于身体不好他退 休了。 on no account 不论什么理由都不…（放在句首，句子倒 装） On no account will I do it. 无论什么理由我都不做。
3. bet
n. 1) make a bet 打赌 2) （金钱等）赌注 win/lose a bet 打赌赢/输了 I can make a bet with you that you must pass the exam. 我可以跟你打赌你一定能通过考试。 Let’s make a bet on the next election. 咱们赌一赌下次 的选举把。 I make a bet that we would win the football match. 我 打赌我们会赢那场足球赛 v. 1) 打赌，赌博 Mrs. Black spent all her money betting on horses. 布莱 克夫人把她所有的钱都花在了赌马上。
5）spot n．（1）斑点；污点 How did you get spot that on your face? He is a man without a spot on his character. （2）地点，场所 The spot where he was murdered has been found. （3）滴 Did you feel a few spots of rain? vt. 认出，发现 The thief was spotted by the police as he was entering the bank.
2）账户，户头 There are only 50 dollars in his account. open an account 开户 3）记录，报告，叙述（report, description） Here is a brief account of the meeting. Keep an account of your daily activities.
3）企图，试图 They sought to punish him for his crime but he escaped. phrase： seek one’s / a fortune 追求财富，碰运气 seek for /after 寻找，追求 seek one’s advice 征求某人的意见
v．account for 1）对…做出解释，说明原因 How do you account for all the accidents in series? 你如何解释这接二连三发生的事故呢？ He could not account for his absence from school. 他不能对自己的上课缺席做出解释。
Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note
Language points in reading
1. He was brought up in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River.
bring up: 1）培养，抚养，教育 She brought up her children to be considerate of others. 她教育孩 子要关心别人。 He was brought up by his aunt. 他被姑姑抚养大。 2）提出 We decided to bring up the problem at the next meeting. 我们决定在下次会议上提出这个问题。 3) 吐出，呕吐 He brought up his dinner. 他把晚餐吃得东西都吐了。 He fell ill and brought up his breakfast. 她生病了，把吃的早饭都吐 了出来。
2）vi （事物）允许，成为可能
I will go to meet you if time permits. 如果时间允许的 话，我们会去见你。 We’ll start tomorrow, weather permitting. 天气允许的 话，我们明天出发。 3）n. 许可证，通行证 Please show your driBiblioteka e permit. 清出示你的驾照。
1）find + 宾语 + adj. + to do The boy found the novel difficult to read. 2） find + it + adj.+ to do 在此句型中it 代替其 后的不定式作形式宾语。 I found it hard to get along with his brother.
5. go ahead vi 词组
1) 前进; (工作等)推进
Thing are going ahead quite well. After they settled the problem, they were going ahead fast. 2）（催促对方）先请！请！ You go ahead and I’ll follow. I’m not quite ready. 3）该词组亦可作表示意见的肯定答语，译为“干吧！请 吧，说吧，走，行等” “Would you mind if I opened the window?” “No. Go ahead.”
10. The fact is that I earned my passage by working as
an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance. n．1）账户，账单 keep the account 记账 send in an account 报账
3) (发生事件的)现场，地点 They rushed to the scene of the traffic accident. 他们火速赶到车 祸的现场。
比较：scene , scenery 和view （1） scene 指都市景观或室内陈设，还可以指 舞台场面或部分布景，可数名词。 （2） scenery 指山河湖海等自然景观，也可以 指舞台全部，是不可数名词。 （3） view 指从远处或高处看到的风景。 The view from the top of the hill is wonderful.
2) give oneself up 放弃，绝望 give oneself up for… 因…绝望 3) lost 前省去了being
4) when 此句中的when为并列连词，译为“正在这时 （突然）”，常用于以下句型： be just to do …when… be on the point of doing sth…when… be doing…when… be about to do …. when I was watching TV when a boy rushed into the door. 我正在看电视的时候（突然）有个孩子冲进来。 I was just about to leave when it began to rain. 我正要 离开的时候，这时（突然）下起雨来。 She was on the point of leaving when I arrived. 她正要 离开，这时我来了。
2. scene n.
1) 一场，一镜头 He added a new scene at the beginning. 在开头他又加了一场戏。 We missed the first few scenes of the film. 我们错过了这场电影开 始的几个镜头。
2) 景色，风景，场面 The night scene in Shanghai is quite beautiful. 上海的夜景非常美。
2）导致 Bad weather accounted for the long delay. 长 期的延缓是由坏天气导致的。