Useless
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：自考英语（一）78讲
LESSoN ELEVEN
TEXT A
Useless
Get rid of be rid of sb.sth.
He is so boring, I am glad to be rid of him.
Man-made hand-made
Childhoodmotherhood
Advertising
Buyer-seller
Have you found a buyer for your house?
Baseball
Wherever= no matter where
Ever-green ever-lasting
Replicate-----replication
Stuff sth. With sth.
please stuff the pillow with the cotton.
Throw----threw----thrown
Throw away
Extra pay for extra work
Save sb. From sth.
The cop saved the boy form the fire.
Save the situation
Save sb’s face
Savings account
originality ------ creativity
original sin
originator
Computerize-----
Remnants of a meal
The era of miniskirt
We are living in the computer era.
What’s your hobby?
on at the weekend
It’s really a good bargain.
A bad bargain
Bargain hunter
Hunt ----- hunting ----- hunter
I am a job hunter.
I am on a job hunting .
Fabulous wealth
Fabulous performance
paint---- wet paint
Sketch ----- painting ----- drawing
Merciful --- mercifully---- merciless
Mercy killing 1 ---- euthanasia
God bless you.
Blessing
Be reluctant to do sth.= be unwilling 2 to do
Reluctance
I am reluctant to attend your cocktail 3 party.
Enthusiastic
What have you been doing recently?
You are bound to be successful.
Sort sth. out
I will sort through a pile of old pictures.
She set out at daybreak.
put sb. Up
We can put you up for the night.
put up with sb.
I can’t put up with you anymore.
Be tired of sth.
I am tired of teaching.
I am fed up with teaching.
Come across
Encounter
Meet with
Face to face = toe to toe
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
- His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。