Unit 4 Public transport 1、postpone vt. 延期, 推迟 ◆The weather being bad, we had to postpone our trip. 因为天气不好,我们不得不延期出行。 ◆The party was postponed until 8 o'clock. 晚会推迟到8点举行。 We agree to the shipping date, (that) there is no steamer recently. 由于(考虑到)最近无船,我们同意推迟装船日期。 postpone; considering 2、 beneath prep. ①在……之下;向……下面 ◆The sun is now beneath the horizon. 太阳此刻落到地平线以下了。 ②(地位等)低于;劣于 ◆He is beneath his brother intellectually. 他在智力方面不如他兄弟。 adv. 在……下面 ◆Her careful makeup hid the signs of age beneath. 她细致的化妆掩盖了她年龄的痕迹。 beneath one's dignity 有失身份 beneath = under 在……的正下方 under有“在进行中”的意思。 A above的反义词为below; beneath的反义词为over。 The supplier of goods will sell nothing if he charges above the market price and sell all if he charges at or ______ the market price. A. below B. beneath C. over D. above 3、辨析annoy, bother annoy 指由于干扰、不顺利或受不了某种外界情况等而“使烦恼、懊恼”。 bother 指不停地“扰乱”、“麻烦”, 使人不能安宁, 而产生烦恼的心理。 ◆I was annoyed by his bad manners. 他的无礼使我恼怒。 ◆Pardon me for bothering you with such a small matter. 请原谅我为这点小事麻烦你。 C get annoyed with sb. 对……恼火;生……的气。 The lady got ______ because the boy broke her window. A. happy B. annoy C. annoyed D. anger
