Phrasal verb

sample
I have just moved into a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate up the food and drank the beer. Then I gave him another piece of cheese and he put it into his pocket, put on his hat and went away.
A phrasal verb does not always have an object.
—Let’s observe
• • • • verb + preposition Doctors are looking into the case for new treatment. Sometimes people ask for medicine that they do not really need. Doctors are looking the case into for new treatment. Sometimes people ask medicine for that they do not really need.
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We must catch up with them. Let’s face up to the situation. Your ideas fit in with mine. Let’s get down to our business. We’ll get through with the project next month. • He gave in to the wish of the majority.
“I’m Steve,” he finally replied to me after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m busy,” he said. He was chatting online and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was surprised. I tried to talk to him again, he shouted at me, “I can’t put up with you. Leave me alone” . That night, I thought everything over, but was at a loss. Are they wrong or I am?
come to reply to talk with talk to shout at
put up with leave alone think over
story
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. While I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed loneliness. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls because their souls belonged to the Net. I stood up and walked between the tables, when I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man sitting in front of it.
—Let’s practise
Translate the following, using “give out”. • 这个办公室向需要理财建议的学生提供信 息。 • 关于事故的有关细节将在9点新闻中播报。 关于事故的有关细节将在9点新闻中播报。 • 他的心脏出了问题。/发动机坏了。 他的心脏出了问题。 发动机坏了。 • 两天前他们的水就用完了。 两天前他们的水就用完了。 • 收音机发出奇怪的信号。 收音机发出奇rt A on Page 57.
—Let’s extend
Make up a story with the following phrases and report your story to the class.
move into; knock at; ask for; eat up; put into; put on; go away; tell about; call at; look down upon
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verb + adverb + preposition
• How can you put up with this for so long? • It is not right to look down upon those who have AIDS. • Watch out for cars while you are crossing the street.
—Let’s go forward different verbs + the same adverb make up; pick up; put up; come up
1. He ________ some excuse about the dog made up eating his school uniform. 2. The grass in the garden came up to her knees. _______ 3. Kathy picked up a lot of Spanish by playing _________ with the native boys and girls. 4. John was in the garden putting up a fence. __________
—Let’s practise
• Your long answer just _____________ adds up to (增加) a refusal. break away from • You shall _________________ (改掉) such habits. carry/go on with • You must ________________ (继续) your work. • The castle ______________ (追溯) dates back to the 14th century.
A phrasal verb can have many meanings. —Let’s guess
1. It was too dark, and I couldn’t make out the words written on the wall. 2. I can’t make out what the article says. 3. He made out that he was a famous doctor. 4. She made out a cheque and handed it to me. a. write in complete form b. state sth. that may not be true c. see/hear sth. d. understand sth. (negative/question)
—Let’s learn verb + adverb • Fleming tried out this mould on another bacterium. • Fleming tried this mould out on another bacterium.
—Let’s attend If the object is a pronoun , it has to go between the verb and the adverb. • Fleming tried out this mould on another bacterium. ( = tried this mould out) • Fleming found the mould had killed the cells of the bacteria and tried it out on another bacterium.
to / make knowngivebe used up / breakpublicly down each of —Let’s understand come stop several people end working to an The meanings of give out
• The office gives out financial advice to students who ask for it. • Details of the accident were given out on the nine o’clock news. • His heart /The engine finally gave out. • Their water gave out two days ago. send out • The radio is giving out a strange signal.
—Let’s observe
What is a phrasal verb? If you open up any medicine cupboard in the world, there is a high probability that you will find aspirin. verb + adverb It was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century. verb + preposition