Loading... Please wait...5.I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand,which accounts for my appearance.
我靠做义工来顶替船费，这就是我为什么衣冠不整的原因了。
要点提示:
account for对……做出解释；做某事的解释;解释某事物的原因。
典型例句:
Please account for your own behavior.
请你对自己的行为作出解释。
相关链接:
by/from all accounts 根据大家的说法
make much/little/no account of对……非常重视/轻视/忽视
on account of为……的理由，为……的缘故
on no account决不
take...into account对……加以考虑
介词填空
(1)Recent pressure at work may account ______ his strange behavior.
(2) ______ no account must you be able to give the police an accurate description of the young fellow working in my company.
(3)The late headmaster did not take our basic needs ______ account.
(4)—What a surprise!The train was late.
—You see,it is snowing.The train were delayed on account ______ the snow.
答案：(1)for (2)On (3)into (4)of
6.Mr Adams,not until 2 o’clock.Promise?
亚当斯先生，两点钟以前不要拆信，答应吗？
要点提示:
promise vt.允诺，承诺;预示
典型例句:
He has promised to behave better henceforth.
他答应从今以后要表现得好些。
This year promises to be another good one for harvests.
今年看来又是一个丰收年。
相关链接:
promise n.诺言，预兆，预示
注意:promise表“许诺、诺言”时，是可数名词;表“希望;预兆，预示”时，是不可数名词。promising有希望的。
完成句子
(1)A:I made my promise that I help him no matter what happened.
B:I ______ ______ help him ______ happened.
(2)A:They are a group of writers of promise in this area and they will go to Beijing for the further study.
B:They are a group of ______ writers in this area and they will go to Beijing for the further study.
答案：(1)promised to;whatever
(2)promising
7.Well,to be honest,I have none.
哦，老实说，我一分钱都没有了。
要点提示:
to be honest是不定式，但是有时不定式在句子中作为独立结构出现，用来说明说话人的态度。一般来讲，人们已经把这些不定式作为固定词组、固定搭配来运用。
典型例句:
To be honest,Miss Wang love you all the time even if you desert her.
坦白说，即使你抛弃王小姐，她仍然一直爱你。
To be honest,he stole your book.
老实告诉你，他偷走了你的书本。
相关链接:
to tell you the truth说句老实话
To tell you the truth,I don’t think the film is good.
说句老实话，我认为这部电影并不好。
to be fair说句公道话
To be fair,it is not all his fault.
说句公道话，这不全是他的错。
to be frank坦率地说
To be frank,you are lying.
坦率地说，你在说谎。
英泽汉
(1)To tell the truth,if you trust him,you will certainly be taken in.
______________________________________________________________________
(2)To be honest,I’d rather you came to do some shopping.tomorrow than today.
______________________________________________________________________
(3)To be fair,it is your bad temper and that caused the terrible quarrel.
______________________________________________________________________
(4)To be frank,try to make use of every opportunity offered to you.
______________________________________________________________________
答案：（1）说句老实话，如果你相信他，你肯定受骗。
（2）坦白说，我宁愿你明天而不是今天来买东西。
（3）说句公道话，是你的坏脾气惹的祸。
（4）坦率地说，好好利用你遇到的一切机会。
8.Oh,this is silly.
哎，这太愚蠢了，太可笑了。
要点提示:
silly adj.傻的，愚蠢的
典型例句:
This may sound like a silly question,but what is the point of this exercise?
也许我问得很傻，可是，这种运动有什么意义?
相关链接:
foolish,silly 和stupid
三个词都含有“蠢”之意，但略有不同，概括起来，相当于汉语中的“愚蠢、傻和笨”;其中stupid意思最强，指智力、理解力和学习能力差，虽然有时与前两词通用;silly指头脑简单、傻头傻脑、可笑;foolish最普通，以上几种情况都可以使用，如：
You are foolish to do it.
做这种事是愚蠢的。
完成句子
(1)You ______ child,how lovely you are!
你这傻孩子，多么可爱啊！
(2)He is ______ in learning English.
他学英语很笨。
(3)You are ______ to throw away such a good chance.
你真蠢，丢掉这么一个好机会。
答案：(1)silly (2)stupid (3)foolish
谚语
Chiefly the mold of a man’s fortunate is in his own hands,no matter he is clever or silly.
一个人，不管是否聪明，他的命运，主要由他自己创造。
9.It is well-known that many Americans like to eat a lot.Well,we will have to take a chance.
许多美国人喜欢吃得多，这是大家都知道的。哦，我们要赌一把了。
要点提示:
take a chance冒险
典型例句:
Everyone in the classroom likes to take a chance.
在教室里的每个人都喜欢冒险。
Taking chances give us too much pleasure.
冒险给我们很大的快乐。
相关链接:
要注意下列短语:
by chance偶然地，无意地
leave...to chance将……听天由命
stand a good chance大有希望
take a chance=take chances碰运气，投机
have the chance of...有……的可能性
选择
I _____ a chance to get permission from Mr Wang.For I think there is no chance of in doing it.
A.take;succeed
B.win;succeeding
C.take;succeeding
D.win;succeed
解析：take a chance的意思是“侥幸，冒险去干某事”，a chance of...意思是“有……机会”后跟动名词succeeding，也满足succeeding in doing sth.这一句型，故选C项。
答案：C
完成句子
A:How lucky my brother is!He have a chance to visit the most beautiful city in France.
B:How lucky my brother is!He has a chance _____ _____ the most beautiful city in France.
答案：of visiting
10.All right,Horace.I’ll take care of this.
霍勒斯，行了，这儿由我来照应。
要点提示:
take care of固定短语，照看，照料，处理。
典型例句:
Who is taking care of the dog while you are away?
你不在家时谁照看你的狗。
The secretary always took care of the details.
细节问题总是由秘书处理。
相关链接:
look after;attend to;see to照顾。例如：
Don’t worry,I’ll look after the kids tomorrow.
别担心，明天我照顾孩子。
They are ill,please attend to them for me.
他们病了，请替我照顾他们。
You should get a nurse to see to me instead of you.
你应当找一个护士来替你照看我。
翻译
(1)Who will take care of your daughter while you are away?
___________________________________________________________
(2)You could tell just by looking at the horse that it had been well looked after.
___________________________________________________________
(3)I may be late—I have got one or two things to attend to.
___________________________________________________________
答案：
(1)你不在的时候谁来照顾你的女儿？
(2)你只要看一下这匹马就会知道它得到了精心照料。
(3)我也许会迟到，我有一两件事情要处理。