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Module10Unit 4Law and order1、 assess vt. 估价，估计；评定，核定 assessat 以核定The lawyers assessed the property at $35,000. 律师们估计这笔财产价值35,000美元。It is too early to assess the effects of the new law. 现在来评价新法规的效果为时尚早。 Exams are the best and quickest way to assess a student. 考试是评价学生最好、最快的方式。如何评定学生的英语学习依然是问题。_ How to assess students English learning remains a problem.2、 suspect vt. & vi. 怀疑；猜想 n. 嫌疑犯 adj. 可疑的；不可信的suspectof 怀疑做了They suspect him of murder.他们怀疑他杀人了。Dont suspect their love.不要怀疑他们的爱。I suspect that he is dead.我怀疑他死了。I suspect they are very disappointed.我猜想他们很失望。Police later shot and killed the suspect.警方随后射杀了嫌疑犯。他的陈述是可疑的。 _His statements are suspect._ of not keeping her word, she felt so bad that she wept alone in the bedroom. A. Suspect B. Suspecting C. Suspected D. To suspectC句意：被别人怀疑不守诺言，她独自在卧室哭泣。3、 negotiate vt. & vi. 谈判； 协商； 议定The government will not negotiate with the terrorists.政府决不与恐怖分子谈判。 My company has assigned me to negotiate business with you. 我公司派我来跟贵公司商谈有关事务。 They finally negotiated a peace treaty.他们最终谈判达成了一个和平条约。 The minister said, “We are ready for discussions with any legal parties, but well never _ with criminals.”(2011湖北) A. negotiate B. quarrel C. argue D. consultAnegotiate 谈判； quarrel 吵架，争吵； argue 辩论，争辩； consult 商议，咨询。句意：部长说：“我们愿意与任何合法党派进行讨论，但我们决不与犯罪分子谈判。”4、 smooth adj. 光滑的，平静的，平坦的 vt. 使光滑，消除困难/障碍Our path in life will not always be smooth.我们的生活道路不会总是一帆风顺的。The cloth feels smooth.这布摸起来很光滑。The sea is smooth. 海面风平浪静。The gardener smoothed the soil in a flower bed.园丁平整了花坛的泥土。smooth sth. away 克服困难，消除障碍或者分歧Dont be afraid. We are able to smooth away these difficulties sooner or later.不要担心，我们迟早会克服这些困难的。The guide smoothed away / over the quarrel between the two visitors.向导平息了那两位游客间的争执。(1)smooth 的比较级是 smoother，最高级是 smoothest，过去式是smoothed。(2)该词的同义词是 calm，反义词是rough。5、 compensate vt. 补偿，赔偿；付报酬 vi. 补偿，赔偿；抵消The factory will compensate their workers if they are hurt at work.工人们在工作中受伤，工厂得给予受伤补助。The company compensated him for the extra hours he worked.公司对他工作中的加班加点给予了报酬。她以美貌弥补智力欠佳。_She used her good looks to compensate for her lack of intelligence.一个人健康的丧失是无法补偿的。_Nothing can compensate for the loss of ones health.Fineline pens may _ bad handwriting. A. show up B. differ from C. break down D. compensate forD线条优美的钢笔可以弥补糟糕的书法。1、 break into 强行进入某处；突然开始(大笑、唱歌、欢呼等)His house was broken into (e.g. by burglars) last week.上星期有人(如窃贼)闯入他的房屋。As the presidents car arrived, the crowd broke into loud applause.总统的汽车到达时，人群中爆发出热烈的掌声。The wood was so rotten that when we pulled, it _ into fragments. A. broke away B. broke off C. broke up D. broke throughCbreak up意为“打碎，破裂，分裂”，正合题意；本句句意为“木头烂成这样，以至于我们一拉它就变成了碎片”。 2、 keep up 跟上，不落后(with)；(斗志)不低落，(价格)不下降，维持，继续The house is strong enough to keep up in a storm.这座房子很坚固，足以抵挡风暴。The good news kept our spirits up.好消息使我们情绪高昂。keep up with 赶上，不落后，保持联系catch up with赶上(某人或某事)keep on doing sth. 继续做某事keep sb. doing sth. 让某人一直做某事keep sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事Julie is one of those women who always _ the latest fashions. A. keep up with B. put up with C. catch up with D. hold on toA句意：朱莉是那些总赶时髦的女子之一。keep up with 跟上，与并驾齐驱；及时了解；catch up with跟上，赶上；put up with 忍受；hold on to 紧紧抓住；守住，保住。3、 take sb. to court 起诉某人；控告某人They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract.因为房东毁约他们把他告上了法庭。go to court 上法庭go to court over sth.(因某事)起诉，打官司come to court 开始审理settle out of court 庭外和解pay court to sb. 讨好某人；对某人献殷勤It took five years for the case to _ to court. A. take B. go C. come D. pay C句意：这个案子花了5年时间才开始审理。although在句中引导让步状语从句，increasing在句中为现在分词作number的定语，a bigger problem是不定冠词形容词比较级修饰名词，表示泛指。Although there are an increasing number of such cases against people, crime against large companies is a bigger problem.尽管类似的针对人们的案例的数目不断增长，但针对大公司的犯罪是一个更大的问题。句型转换Although most of the earths surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious. _ the fact that most of the earths surface is covered by water, fresh water is very rare and precious.Despite / In spite of
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