词汇短语园地（2）

1. spread vt. 铺开；展开；伸开；涂抹

vi. 伸展；延伸；蔓延，传染；传播；传开

Janet spread a cloth on the desk.

珍妮在桌上铺了张桌布。

A smile spread slowly across her face.

微笑慢慢在她脸上绽开。

Seeds and pollen are spread by the wind.

种子和花粉是随风传播的。

spread out 伸开；展开；打开

spread...with... 在……上面涂抹……

spread...on/over... 在……上面涂抹……

The valley spreads out beneath us.

山谷在我们下方延伸。

He spread the bread with butter.

= He spread butter on/over the bread.

他在面包上涂抹黄油。

2. bend vt. 低下；使弯曲

vi. 弯腰；俯身

He bent his head and kissed her.

他低下头吻了她。

Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees.

慢慢弯下腰，把头低垂到膝关节。

bend ones mind to... 把心思集中到……上

He couldnt bend his mind to his study.

他不能把心思集中到学习上。

3. stare vi. 凝视；盯着看

Its impolite to stare at others.

盯着别人瞧不礼貌。

I screamed and everyone stared.

我尖叫一声，众人都盯着看。

stare at 盯着看；凝视

stare into 瞪（某人使……）

stare sb in the face 对直凝视某人；就在某人眼前

I stared blankly at the paper in front of me.

我茫然地盯着面前这张纸。

She stared him into silence.

她瞪了他一眼使他安静下来。

The answer was staring us in the face.

答案明摆在我们面前。

4. deal vt. 发牌；非法买卖（毒品）

n. 交易；协议；发牌

Start by dealing out ten cards to each player.

首先给每家发十张牌。

Did you cut a deal？

你们交易做成了吗？

They were hoping for a better pay deal.

他们希望达成一项提高工资的协议。

Its your deal.

该你发牌了。

make a deal 做成交易；达成协议

deal in 做……买卖；出售；经营

deal with 解决；处理；应付

a good/great deal （of...）（跟不可数名词）大量的（……）

a good/great deal（修饰动词）很多；修饰形容词（特别是比较级）非常；……得多

He was trying to make a deal with them.

他正试着与他们达成协议。

The company deals in computer software.

这个公司经营计算机软件。

She is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.

她已习惯于和工作中遇到的各种各样的人打交道。

It took a great/good deal of time.

这费了很多时间。

Im feeling a good deal better.

我感觉好多了。

dealer n. 交易商；贸易商；发牌者

5. request vt. 要求，请求

n. 要求，请求；要求的事

She requested permission to film at the White House.

她申请准许在白宫拍摄电影。

You are requested not to smoke here.

请不要在这里吸烟。

She requested that no one should be told of the news.

她要求不要告诉任何人这个消息。

My request was granted.

我的要求得到了满足。

a request for sth 要求某物

He made a request for help.

她要求给与帮助。

6. live v. 活着；生活；住

adj. 现场的；活的

adv. 在现场直播

The doctor said he only had one year to live.

医生说他只能活一年。

I live a happy life. 我过着快乐的生活。

He lives in London. 他住在伦敦。

We saw a real live snake.

我们看见了一条活生生的蛇。

It was the first interview Id done in front of a live audience.

那是我首次当着现场观众的面做采访。

The show is going live.

这场演出正在实况直播。

比较：live，alive，living的区别

live只做定语，只用于物；alive多作表语，也可作后置定语，多用于人；living既可作定语，又可作表语，既可用于物，又可用于人。

I dont think experiments on live animals are reasonable.

我不认为用活的动物做实验是合情合理的。

Is that cat alive or dead？

那只猫是活着还是死了？

He has no living friends.

他没有还健在的朋友。

7. give away 暴露，泄露；捐送，捐赠；颁发

She gave away state secrets to the enemy.

她把国家机密泄露给了敌人。

His voice gave him away.

他的声音使他露馅了。

He gave away most of his money to charity.

他把他的大部分钱都捐赠给了慈善事业。

The mayor gave away the prizes at the school sports day.

市长在学校运动会那天颁发了奖项。

give back 归还；使恢复

give in 屈服；认输；投降；呈上；交上

give out 用完；耗尽；分发；散发；发出（热、光等）

give up 投降；认输；放弃；中止；抛弃

8. by accident 偶然地

I met my English teacher by accident in the street.

我意外地在街上碰见我的英语老师。

其反义短语为on purpose，故意地。

He seems to do this bad thing on purpose.

他似乎是故意做这件坏事的。

幽默故事

Talking on the Telephone

Each Sunday the minister called the children to the front of the church while he told them a story. Once he brought a telephone to better illustrate the idea of prayer.

“You talk to people on the telephone and dont see them on the other end of the line， right？” he began. The children nodded yes. “Well， talking to God is like talking on the telephone. Hes on the other end， but you cant see him. He is listening though.”

Just then a little boy asked， “Whats his number？”