（许瑞香）Unit 1 Lesson 2
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模块一 Unit 1 Lesson 2 词语用法
reduce
v. 减少；降低；缩小（尺寸、数量、价格等）
[例句]
Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
[拓展]
reduce... to... 使降低到……
be reduced by 以多少比率降低
[例句]
He reduced the speed to forty miles an hour.
他把车速减至每小时40英里。
Prices have been reduced by ten percent.
价格降低了10%。
[联想] reduction n. 减少，降低
[例句]
There has been a reduction in prices.
物价有所降低。
[即学即练] 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
1. The price of this suit has been reduced _____ ten percent.
A. to B. for C. at D. by
2. The driver reduced the speed _____ twenty miles an hour because of the fog.
A. to B. by C. at D. for
Key: 1-2 DA
stand
请猜猜下面句子中stand的意义。
1. Don’t just stand there — do something！
2. An old tree once stood here.
3. The train standing at platform 3 is for London .
4. I can’t stand waiting here all the time.
Key: 1. 站立 2. 位于（某处） 3. 停靠 4. 忍受
stand除了我们在初中学到的“站立”外，还有很多其他的意思。在本课我们着重学习stand表示“容忍，忍受”的用法。
stand表示“容忍，忍受”时，不用于进行时，常用于否定句和疑问句，强调“不喜欢”。其后可跟名词或动词-ing形式等。
[例句]
I just couldn’t stand this life any more.
我再也不能忍受这种生活了。
She couldn’t stand being kept waiting.
叫她等着，她会受不了。
[即学即练] 将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 我忍受不了炎热的天气。
2. 她忍受不了在室内工作。
Key: 1. I can’t stand hot weather.
2. She can’t stand working inside.
suffer
vi. 受痛苦；受损害 vt. 遭受；忍受
[例句]
I hate to see animals suffering.
我不忍心看动物受痛苦。
The basketball team suffered a sharp defeat in last Friday’s match.
那支篮球队在上周五的比赛中惨败。
[拓展]
suffer from 受……折磨；因……而不舒服（受到损害）；患（某种疾病）
[例句]
I suffered most from lack of rest.
我饱受休息不足之苦。
Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff.
许多公司苦于缺乏熟练员工。
[即学即练] 将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 他患病时, 生意受到了影响。
2. Mary目前正受疾病折磨。
Key: 1. His business suffered when he was ill.
2. Mary is suffering from ill health at the moment.