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课件网) 1. Two local families, the Zhangs and the Wus, argued over the dividing line between their houses. 当地的两户人家，张家和吴家，因为两家的分界线起了争执。 是对two local families进行具体解释说明，是其同位语 同位语可以由名词、代词或数词等构成。 e.g. My friend, John, loves football. 我们朋友，John，喜欢足球。 We both come from Shanxi. 我们两人都是山西人。 You three take these seats. 你们三个人坐这里。 argue v. 争论，争吵；争辩，论证 argue sth 争辩/论证某事 argue with sb over / about sth 与某人争论某事 argue sb into / out of doing sth 说服某人做/不做某事 e.g. The lawyers argued the case for hours. 律师就该案件论证了几个小时。 Jack argued with Lily about / over money again. Jack和Lily因为钱的事情又吵架了。 Joyce argued me into / out of buying a new jacket. Joyce说服我买了/不买那件新夹克。 【语境应用】 翻译下面句子。 1) 孩子们在争论看哪个节目。 2) 他们在为这钱怎么花而争吵。 They were arguing about how to spend the money. 3) 我们极力说服售货员(salesman)降低(low)价格。 We argued the salesman into lowering the price. The children were arguing about / over which TV show to watch. divide v. 把……分开；把……分成若干部分 divide …into… 把……分为……，指把一个完整的东西分成几个部分 e.g. I don’t know how to divide this cake. 我不知道如何切开这个蛋糕。 You can divide this rope into two parts. 你可以把这根绳子剪成两段。 【语境应用】根据所给汉语提示完成英语句子，每空词数不限。 1) The piece of cloth was too big, so my mom _____ _____ (把它分成了三块). 2) The teacher often _____ (把孩子们分成两组) to play games. divided it divides the kids/children into two groups into three pieces 2. They couldn’t reach agreement. 他们无法达成一致意见。 agreement n. (意见的)一致，相合；同意（不可数名词） 协议，协定，合约 （可数名词） reach agreement 达成一致 in agreement on/about sth 就……的意见一致 e.g. The whole family was in agreement with her about/on what they should do. 对于他们应该做什么，全家人都和她意见一致。 agree v. 同意；取得一致意见 agree to do sth 同意干某事 agree with sb 同意某人的意见 agree on / about sth 就……取得一致意见 disagree v. 不同意，有分歧 disagreement n. 意见不合，分歧，争论 e.g. The bank agreed to lend me 500,000 yuan. If Jenny thinks he is right, she will agree with him. We don’t agree on / about everything, of course. 【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。 1) 双方没有达成一致。 The two sides failed to _____ _____. 2) 汤姆已经同意在星期四与我们见面。 Tom _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ on Thursday. 3) 在需要变革这件事情上，我同意他们的意见。 I _____ _____ them _____ the need for change. reach agreement has agreed to meet us agreed with on 3. Their relative, Zhang Ying, had a position high up in the government. 他们的亲戚，张英在政府部门任要职。 relative n. 家人，亲戚 a close / distant relative 远/近亲 adj. 比较的，相对的 relative to sth 与某事物有关 e.g. She’s caring for an elderly relative. 她正照料一个年迈的亲戚。 They now live in relative comfort. 他们现在过得比较舒适。 ... ...
