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课件网) Listening and Speaking — Reading and Thinking Language points Reading for writing lack 当前青少年会面临哪些问题？ (a) lack of sleep 缺乏睡眠 / exercise 缺乏运动 / confidence 缺乏自信 lack n. [常用单数] 缺乏；不足 (shortage) ： Astronauts’ bones and muscles can get very weak in space due to the lack of gravity. (a) lack of food / money / sleep / skills for lack of 因缺少： The leaves turned yellow for lack of light. v. [不用于被动语态] 缺乏；短少；没有： At first I lacked confidence. They lacked the money to send him to university. lack (for) nothing [正式用语] 什么也不缺： As he is very rich he lacks for nothing. lacking adj [不用于名词前] 不足的；缺少的 be lacking in sth 缺少某物 反义表达：富含某物或某物很充足？ be rich in / be abundant in 判断下列句子中lack使用是否正确。 1. She is lack of confidence. 2. She lacks of confidence. 3. She lacks in confidence. 4. She suffers from a lack of confidence. 5. She is lacking in confidence. 6. She lacks confidence. 用lack的正确形式或其短语填空。 1. The reason why he didn’t pass the driving test is _____ practice. 2. He didn’t pass the driving test _____ practice. 3. — Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview. — _____ self-confidence is his Achilles’ heel, I am afraid. 4. The research _____ solid evidence, and therefore, its conclusions are doubtful. lack lacking for lack of Lack of / A lack of lacks 阿喀琉斯，是凡人珀琉斯和美貌仙女忒提斯的宝贝儿子。忒提斯为了让儿子炼成“金钟罩”，在他刚出生时就将其倒提着浸进冥河，遗憾的是，乖儿被母亲捏住的脚后跟却不慎露在水外，全身留下了惟一一处“死穴”。后来，阿喀琉斯被太阳神一箭射中了脚踝而死去。后人常以“阿喀琉斯之踵（Achilles’ heel）”譬喻这样一个道理：即使是再强大的英雄，他也有致命的死穴或软肋。 argue 谈到“argue”一词，你可能会联想到怒气冲冲的人在“争吵”的画面。“争论；争吵”是你熟悉的argue的释义，但它还有另外一层释义———论证”, 从某种程度上说，是常见释义“争论”在程度上的加深。通过其英语释义(to give reasons that support your opinion about sth.) 即“给出理由支持你的观点”也可以更好地理解这层释义。 argue v vi 争论；争辩；争吵： argue (with sb) (on / about / over sth) 与某人争辩某事 Do you ever argue with your family about which TV programme to watch vi & vt 论证 to give reasons that support your opinion about sth： argue that...(should) do sth. 主张…… Some people argue that we should stop wasting time and money exploring space. argued for / against 据理主张/反对 The author argued for / against free university education. argue / talk / persuade sb. into / out of doing sth.说服某人做/不做某事 argue表示“争论；争吵”时，后接介词 with 或 about / over。 语义程度递进 argument n [C] & [U] 争吵；争论；辩论： have an argument (with sb) (about / over sth) 为某事和某人争论/争吵 I got into a heated argument with a friend. Settle the question by argument, not by fight. [C] 论据；理由；论点： This paragraph gives the arguments against cars. We all found his argument convincing and inte ... ...
