4. care about
1) 喜欢,对……有兴趣 = care for
She doesn’t care about money.她不喜欢钱。
2)关心 = care for
She thinks only of herself. She doesn’t care about other people.她只考虑自己。她不关心别人。
3)在乎,在意(接从句或不接任何成分)
These young people care nothing about what old people might say.
这些年轻人根本不在乎老人说的话。
5. such as 意为“诸如……”,“像……”,是用来列举人或事物的。
She teaches three subjects, such as physics and chemistry.她教三门科目,像物理、化学。
6. drop a line 留下便条, 写封短信
7. make yourself at home 别客气;随便;无拘束
If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home.如果你在我之前到我家,自己喝点饮料,随便一点。
8. stay up 不睡;熬夜
(1) I'll be late home, don't stay up for me.
我将回家很晚,不要等我了。
(2) He stayed up reading until 2:00 in the morning.
他熬夜看书直到凌晨两点。
9. come about 引起;发生;产生
(1)How did the accident come about?
这场事故是怎么发生的?
(2) They didn't know how the change had come about.
他们不知道这个变化是怎样产生的。
10. except for 除……之外
(1) except 与 except for 的用法常有区别。except 多用于引起同类事物中被排除的一项。如:
①He answered all the questions except the last one.
除去最后一个,他回答了所有问题。
②We go there every day except Sunday.
除了星期天,我们天天去那里。
(2)except for 用于引述细节以修正句子的主要意思。如:
①Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
除去一个老太太,这辆公共汽车全空了。
②Your picture is good except for the colours.
你的画儿很好,只是某些色彩有问题。
(3)但在现代英语中,except for也用于表示except的意思。如上述第一个例子可以是:
He answered all the questions except for the last one.
(4) 另外,在介词短语之前只能用except,不能用except for。
We go to bed before ten, except in the summer.
除了夏季,我们通常十点之前上床睡觉。