unit 9 Can you come to my party 1.prepare 作及物动词，意为“使做好准备；把...准备好”常用搭配如下： prepare to do sth 准备做某事 He is preparing to go on a trip.他准备去旅行 prepare sb sth 给某人准备某物 My mother prepared us a nice breakfast.妈妈给我们准备了丰盛的早晨 prepare oneself for sth 使某人为某事做好准备 You should prepare yourself for the coming exam.你应该为即将来临的考试做好准备 prepare作不及物动词时后跟for，表示“为...做好准备”，相当于get ready for I have to prepare for the speech competition.我要为演讲比赛作准备 2.available 有空的 与free 同意，在句中常作表语 The doctor is not available now 医生现在没空 available作形容词还可表示“可获得的” I will send you all the books available.我会把所有能获得的书都给你寄过去 3.until 到...时，直到...为止 until作介词时后跟名词或名词短语，作连词时后跟句子 当until用于肯定句时，表示“到...时，直到...为止”，此时主句中的动词是延续性动词 当until用于否定句时，构成not..until结构，意为“直到..才”，此时主句谓语动词常是非延续性动词 He kept talking until he was thirsty.他一直讲话，讲到口渴才停下来 We will not leave until it stops raining.直到雨停我们才会走 4.catch catch作及物动词可表示“及时赶上，接住，抓住，感染”其过去式为caught We didn’t catch the bus in the morning.早上我们没赶上车 Help me catch the thief！帮我抓住这个小偷 How many fish did you catch？你捉到几条鱼？ It’s easy to catch a cold in winter.冬天很容易感冒 课文中的catch you 相当于see you，意为再见 5.I have the flu我得了流感 此句中的have the flu相当于get the flu，英语中have表示患病的常用表达： have a headache头痛； have a cold感冒；have a fever发烧 have a toothache牙疼；have a sore throat嗓子痛；have an earache耳朵疼 6.invite 邀请 invite sb to+地点名词“邀请某人去某地” She invited me to her party yesterday.昨天她邀请我去参加她的聚会 invite sb to do sth“邀请某人” I would like to invite you to go out with me.我想邀请你和我一起出去玩 invitation 是其名词形式，意为“邀请，请柬” I received your wedding invitation. 我收到了你的婚礼请柬 7.accept 接受 accept是指主观上、心理上接受；receive是指客观上接到或收到某物，但主观上不一定接受 She received my present，but she didn’t accept it.她收到了我的礼物，但是她不要 8.refuse拒绝 refuse后跟名词，代词，动词不定式作其宾语 I refuse to help you.我拒绝帮助你 turn down 也表示拒绝，表示委婉地拒绝，其中down是副词，如果turn down 后面的宾语如果是代词，代词要放在turn down 中间 I asked her for dinner，but she turned me down.我邀请她吃晚餐，但她拒绝了我 turn down 还可表示“关小，调小（声音、燃气、水流）”反义词组是turn up 9.end 结束，尽头，末端 at the end of...意为“在....的某末尾，在...的尽头”可以表示时间，也可以表示地点 We will have an exam at the end of the month.这个月底我们会有一场考试 You can see a park at the end of this road.这条路的尽头你能找到一个公园 by the end of...：到...为止，到....结束时 She was tired by the end of walk.走到最后她累坏了 I will be able to play the drums by the end of the month.到月底我将能够敲鼓 in the end意为“最后，终于”相当于finally，at last He found his lost bag in the end.最后他 ... ...
