LECTURE 15 基本動詞 COME 7

LECTURE 15 基本動詞 COME 7

詞組講解

1. come to grips with sth. **與…搏斗；（認(rèn)真）對付（或處理）

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：達(dá)到［對于（with）］某事［理解、掌握（grips）］的狀態(tài)

例 What else can I do? I'll just have to come to grips with it. I lost a leg in the accident and I'll just have to learn to live my life as a crippled man. It's not going to be easy, but I have no choice.

2. come to life **蘇醒；（變得）活躍；顯得逼真

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：達(dá)到追尋［生命力（life）］的狀態(tài)；通常用于比喻

例 Push that button and the whole room comes to life with music, lights and moving figures of dancers. Mr. Bailey built this room himself and used to come in here when he was feeling lonely and wanted a little excitement. Now it is one of the main tourist attractions to our little town.

3. come to light **暴露，顯露；成為眾所周知的

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：達(dá)到［顯露、透明（light）］的狀態(tài)

例 The scandal that destroyed President Richard M. Nixon took a full two years to come to light. Without the persistence of two young Washington Post reporters, it may have gone unnoticed and Nixon would have died a national hero for his part in setting the Vietnam War and reestablishing relations with China.

4. come to mind **（想法等在某人的腦海中）出現(xiàn)

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：出現(xiàn)在［腦海中（mind）］；參照cross one's mind

例 Is there anything I know about Mr. Simpson that would indicate he may be a risk to national security? Well...uh...nothing comes to mind, but, uh, if I think of anything, I'll give you a call.

5. come to nothing 〔naught〕 **失??；無結(jié)果，化為泡影；無濟(jì)于事

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：達(dá)到［無、無價值（nothing, naught）］的狀態(tài)

例 I just don't want these years of trainning to come to naught. If the Committee won't allow Tae Kwon Do in next year's game, all my preparations will be in vain.

鞏固練習(xí)

(A) come to grips with

(B) come to life

(C) came to light

(D) come to mind

(E) come to naught

1. A: I need someone who speaks Spanish to act as my interpreter at tomorrow's meeting. Does anyone in our office ______? B: No, I can't think of anyone. You'd better check with headquarters.

2. A: What a waste of time and energy!I spent six months learning Linux and now the company is switching to Windows. All that studying amounts to nothing! B: It doesn't ______. After all, you've learned a lot about computer basics. Cheer up!

3. A: My father still hasn't ______ the traumatic experiences he had in the Vietnam War. B: He's not alone. I've heard many men never learn how to live with the terrible memories.

4. A: The beach party was a little boring at first, but it got lively once the band started playing. B: Yeah, there's nothing like a good rock band to make a party ______.

5. A: When did it become known to your office that Mr. Bay was accepting bribes from crime syndicates. B: It ______ in February when an office clerk overheard a phone conversation. Once we learned of his involvement, we called the police investigators.

■ ANSWER

1. (D)

2. (E)

3. (A)

4. (B)

5. (C)

參考譯文

I. 1. 我還能怎么辦？我必須得面對此事。我在一次事故中失去了一條腿，我必須得學(xué)會過殘疾人的生活。雖然這會非常艱難，但我別無選擇。

2. 按下按鈕，音樂、燈光和翩翩起舞的人們會使整個房間充滿活力。貝利先生親自建造了這個房間，每當(dāng)他感到孤獨(dú)，希望找到一點(diǎn)激情的時候，他就會來到這里。現(xiàn)在，這里已經(jīng)成為我們這個小鎮(zhèn)的主要觀光景點(diǎn)。

3. 毀掉理查德·M. 尼克松總統(tǒng)的丑聞?wù)麅赡曛蟛牌毓?。如果沒有兩位年輕的《華盛頓郵報(bào)》記者的堅(jiān)持，沒有人會注意到這件事，尼克松也將憑借他結(jié)束越南戰(zhàn)爭并且與中國建交，而被冠以國家英雄之名。

4. 我是否知道一些關(guān)于辛普森先生的事情，證明他可能對國家安全造成威脅？呃……沒有想到，但是，呃，如果我想起來的話，我會給你打電話的。

5. 我不希望這么多年的訓(xùn)練化為泡影。如果委員會不允許在下一年的比賽中加入跆拳道，那我作的那些準(zhǔn)備就全都白費(fèi)了。

II. 1. A：明天的會議上，我需要一個會說西班牙語的人做我的翻譯。我們辦公室有沒有合適的人？B：沒有，我想不出合適的人。你最好問問總部。

2. A：真是浪費(fèi)時間和精力！我花了六個月的時間來學(xué)習(xí)Linux，現(xiàn)在公司卻改用Windows了。所有的學(xué)習(xí)都白費(fèi)了！B：不會白費(fèi)。畢竟你學(xué)了很多關(guān)于計(jì)算機(jī)的基礎(chǔ)知識。加油！

3. A：我爸爸還無法面對他在越南戰(zhàn)爭中的那些痛苦經(jīng)歷。B：不僅他這樣。我聽說過許多人永遠(yuǎn)無法應(yīng)對這些痛苦的回憶。

4. A：最開始的時候，沙灘派對有些無聊，但是當(dāng)樂隊(duì)開始演奏之后，便熱鬧了起來。B：是，沒有什么能比一個優(yōu)秀的搖滾樂隊(duì)更讓派對充滿活力了。

5. A：你們辦公室什么時候得知貝先生正在接受犯罪集團(tuán)的賄賂？B：二月份的時候才曝光。當(dāng)時一個辦公室職員偶然聽到了一個電話。在得知他參與之后，我們馬上打電話報(bào)了警。