2011暑假必備寶典之高一英語知識點總結Unit17-18(9)

　　【短語歸類】

　　7. around the corner 就在附近，即將來臨，發生

　　  Victory is just around the comer; make one more

　　  effort.

　　  勝利即將來臨，再努一把力。

　　  The bank is around the comer, you can't miss it.

　　  銀行就在附近，你不會錯過它的。

　　  [拓展] cut corners 偷工減料

　　  cut the corner 抄近路

　　6. die down 變弱，漸熄，逐漸消失

　　  The excitement died down as time went by.

　　  隨著時間的過去，激動心情漸漸平息下來。

　　  The noise has died down. 喧鬧聲小下來了。

　　  The wind has died down obviously. 風已明顯減弱了。

　　  [拓展] die out 死光，滅絕，消失

　　  The fire died out. 火滅了。

　　  die away 指(風，聲音) 逐漸消失

　　  The noises of the bovs died away.

　　  男孩子們的吵鬧聲消失了。

　　  die for 為……而死；渴望；切望

　　【考點l】含"make + 介詞／副詞”的短語

　　① make for 走向，有助于

　　② make into 把……制成

　　③ be made from / of / in / by / out of 由……制成

　　④ make up 彌補，拼湊成，組成，鋪(床)。捏造．虛構

　　⑤ make out 填寫，完成，設法應付，領悟，弄明白，發現

　　  真相

　　⑥ make over 轉讓，改造

　　[例句] How did he make out while his wife was away?

　　他妻子不在家時他足怎么生活的?

　　We made up the bed in the spare room for our guest. 我

　　們在空著的房間里給客人鋪好床。

　　I couldn't remember a story to tell the children, so I

　　 made one up as I went along. 我想不出有什么故事可給

　　孩子講了，只好現編現講。

　　We are making our attic into an extra bedroom. 我們正

　　在把閣樓裝成一間額外的臥室。

　　Constant arguing doesn't make for a happy marriage. 經

　　常爭吵不利于維系美滿的婚姻。

　　【考例1】(2003北京春招) The idea puzzled me so much

　　that I stopped for a few seconds to try to ____.

　　    A. make it out    B. make it off

　　    C. make it up    D. make it over

　　[考查目標] 此題主要考查四個短語的意思。

　　[答案與解析]A  make out領悟。弄明白。發現真相；

　　make off連忙跑掉；make up彌補。打扮，組成；make

　　over轉讓，改造。本句意為：因為受到迷惑。所以應該試

　　圖發現真相。

　　9. make up 組成，構成，補充，編造

　　  The workers and peasants make up the majority of the

　　  populationn of our country.

　　  工人和農民占我國人口的大多數。

　　  We must make up his loss somehow.

　　  我們必須想辦法彌補他的損失。

　　  The whole story is made up.

　　  這個事情完全是虛構出來的。

　　  The actor made himself uD as an old peasant.

　　  這個演員把自己化裝成一個老農民。