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　　Unit 5 Nelson Mandela — a modern hero

　　Word usage

　　1. willing adj: desiring to do what is wanted; not objecting

　　eg. They are willing to come.

　　eg. He is willing to do the job without payment.’

　　2. prison n: building for confining person convicted or accused of a crime

　　eg. He was sent to prison for damaging public property.

　　詞組be in prison在獄中，

　　eg .He is now still in prison.

　　put /throw sb into prison 把某人投入監(jiān)獄

　　The two noblemen put/ threw Dr. Manette into prison without mercy.

　　3.Law n

　　a)system of rules which are used to govern the conduct of a nation

　　eg. He was against the law of the country, as a result, he was sentenced to death.

　　b) the science or study of such rules

　　eg. He is interested in the laws of nature.

　　3. advise v: suggest

　　eg. We advised her that she (should) wait.

　　這個詞跟suggest都表示建議之義，但要表示建議某人做某事只能用advise sb to do sth, 不能用suggest sb to do sth

　　advise,suggest 后接賓語從句時,要用虛擬語氣。

　　其名詞形式為advice,是一個不可數(shù)名詞,要表達(dá)一條建議只能說成a piece of advice

　　4. equal adj:the same in number, quality, size, etc

　　eg. Everybody had an equal chance.

　　be equal to，be fit for勝任

　　eg. He is not equal to the job

　　5. reward

　　a)n: somrthing given or received for service

　　eg. It is unfair that he gets very little in reward for his hard work.

　　b)v: to give a reward to

　　eg. Winners will be rewarded a trip to England.

　　6.Hero n:

　　a) man admired for his brave deeds.

　　Eg. He is a war hero.

　　b) chief male character in a story, play etc.

　　eg. Tony is the hero in this play.

　　7. quality n: characteristic or level of goodness

　　eg. She has many good qualities.

　　One quality of this material is that it can endure much tress.

　　8. peaceful adj: calm or quiet

　　eg. Our country is a peaceful country.

　　It is a peaceful garden.

　　9. vote

　　a) n: the result of an election

　　eg. He was chosen as president by vote.

　　b) to support or express by a vote

　　eg. We have the right to vote.

　　10. accept v: receive or say yes to an offer

　　eg. He accepted the reward.

　　She refused to accept his invitation.

　　11. position n: place or post of employment

　　eg. I want to know the position of the shop.

　　The guns are in position.

　　He has a high position in society.

　　Useful expressions

　　1. lose heart

　　eg. Don’t lose heart you still have many chances.

　　Though he failed many times, he didn’t lose heart.

　　2. (be) in trouble : in a situation that involves danger, pain, worry, etc

　　eg. When I am in trouble, I always ask him for help.

　　If we can’t finish the job on time, we will be in a lot of trouble.

　　3. fight against/with: struggle against sb/sth using physical force, in a war, battle, etc

　　eg. He fought against the enemy in the war.

　　England fought with Germany in the war of 1914—1918.

　　4. worry about: make sb anxious

　　eg. She worried about her missing son.

　　I worried about the result of the exam.

　　5. out of work: not having a paid job

　　eg. She has been out of work for a year.

　　He needs his family’s support because is out of work.

　　6. as a matter of fact: in fact

　　eg. As a matter of fact, I don’t know the truth.

　　He doesn’t mind at all. As a matter of fact he’s pleased.

　　7. blow up

　　a) explode

　　eg. The bomb blew up.

　　b) lose one’s temper

　　I’m sorry I blew up at you.

　　8. come to power: in power

　　eg. Things have changed a lot since he came to power.

　　He came to power last year.

　　9. set up : establish or create sth

　　eg. One organization will be set up to solved the problem.

　　They set up a tent to spend the night.

　　10. be sentenced to: state that sb is to have a certain punishment

　　eg. The thief was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment

　　The criminal was sentenced to death.