新概念英语第二册第15课【特殊难点】

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Lesson 15

特殊难点

A：Nervous & Irritable

nervous 紧张的；害怕的, 可以与介词about或of连用，如：

She was nervous about travelling by air. 她对乘飞机旅行感到紧张。

Jim’s always been a little nervous of dogs. 吉姆总是对狗感到有些害怕。


Irritable 脾气坏的，易怒的, 其动词形式是irritate


I was irritated by the way he spoke to me. 我被他说话的方式给激怒了。

Be careful what you say - he's rather irritable today. 你说话小心点，他今天脾气不太好。

B: Desk & Table

Desk是用于读书、写字、办公的书桌，通常有抽屉：

a computer/office/school desk

She sat at her desk writing letters. 她坐在写字桌前写信。

Table通常是指餐桌和会议桌

I’ve booked a table for two at the restaurant. 我已在餐馆订了一张双人桌。

C: Afford 表示 “买得起，负担得起”, 通常与can, could, be able to 连用：

I don't know how he can afford a new car on his salary.

我不明白以他的薪水怎么能买得起这辆新车。

I can’t afford three weeks away from work. 我抽不出三周休假时间。

We can’t afford to lose such an important customer. 我们可不能失去这么一位重要客户。

Afford加上able就变成了一个形容词affordable

That store sells nice clothes - and they're quite affordable.

那家店里卖的衣服很不错，而且价钱也能承受。