Useful expressions9/28/2005

I．Warming-up P17-19

be free to do sth 不受約束,隨意做某事

make certain choices 做某種選擇

a kitchen table made of wood 一張木頭做的餐桌

a piece/an article of furniture 一件家具

many pieces /articles of furniture

for sale 待售的

on sale 出售，上市

a modern flat 現代的公寓房

a block of apartments 一棟/一幢公寓樓

prefer sth. 喜歡某物，愛好某物

prefer sth.…to sth… 喜歡…勝過 …

prefer to do sth=prefer doing sth. 喜歡干某事

prefer to do…rather than do.… 喜歡干…勝過干

=prefer doing sth to doing sth.

prefer sb to do sth. 想某人干

would prefer that clause(主語+were /did)（從句用虛擬語氣）想某人干…

have a preference for sth 愛好某物，喜愛某物

design sth for sb/ sth. 為某人/ 某物…設計…

design sth to do sth 為干…設計…

have designs on sb/sth 企圖傷害…;企圖將…占為己有

by design = on purpose 故意地，蓄意地

have a taste for sth. 愛好某物

have a taste in sth 對某物有鑒賞力

be convenient to /for sb. 對某人很方便

It is convenient for sb to do sth. 對某人干某事很方便

live close to sw 住在靠近…的地方

stand close to sth. 靠近…站

would rather do sth 愿意干

get excited about sth. 對…感到興奮

old-styled houses 老式房子

all the same 都一樣，仍然

have personal style 有個人風格

can’t stand sth/ one’s doing sth. 不能容忍某事/某人干某事

II．Reading P19-22

look at sth. 考慮…關注…

take examples from nature 效仿自然

take examples from nature 借鑒了自然界的例子

man-made living environment 人造的生存環境

have sth done 讓某物被…，使…遭受…

want sth. constructed … 想…建成

make sth done 使…被…

in different styles 以不同的風格

go against the people’s feeling of beauty違背了人們的審美標準

be under construction 在建設中

look unnatural 看上去不合乎自然

impress sth on/upon sb 使…銘記…;給某人留下印象

be impressed by/with/at sth 對…印象深刻

make a/an… impression on sb

concrete thoughts/exlanation 具體思想/說明

modern-looking buildings 看起來很現代的建筑物

act as mirrors 可以當作鏡子

in the choice of materials 在材料的選擇上

in nature 在自然界中

stand much closer to nature 更接近自然

be covered with the skin of fish 用魚皮覆蓋…

Despite the fact that 盡管…事實存在…

despite sth=in spite of sth 盡管 …

find oneself inspired by sth 發現自己從…中得到靈感

seen/ viewed from the top 從上面看

look as if +clause 看起來象…

fill up sth with sth. 用…裝滿…

be filled with sth = be full of 充滿…

a bird’s nest made of tree branches 用樹枝做成的鳥巢

belong to… 屬于…

A is to B what C is to D A對B而言正如C對D 一樣

A nest is to a bird what a house is to a man鳥巢對于鳥就象房子對于人

keep sb informed of sth 隨時讓某人了解某事

succeed in sth/doing sth. 在…成功 / 成功干…

III．Intergating skill P23-24&P99-100

pull sth down 拆掉…

be fit for sth勝任, 適合

stand empty without use 空置不用

stand + adj( stand open / empty ) “處于……的狀態”

with one’s help 在…的幫助下

in the early 1950s.20世紀50年代早期

left from that time那個時代遺留下來的

be decorated with sth. 被用…裝飾20英尺高的玻璃墻

twenty-foot high walls of glass

remind sb of sth. 使某人想起某事

remind sb to do sth

remind sb that + clause

compare sth with sth

compare sth to sth

compared with/to (一般做狀語)

set aside = put aside 把……放在一邊；擱置；撥出；不理會；取消

set sb/ sth aside 擱置…/把…放在一邊

for rent 供出租(的) rent at / for sth 以一定租金出租…

rent sth(out) to sb把…出租給…rent sth from sb 從…處租用…

with the development of 隨著…的發展

develop into 發展成為

bring sth together 把…匯集在一起

works of art藝術品art works藝術作品

workshops of different sizes不同尺寸的車間

be changed into sth. 被變成…

be good for sb 對某人有好處

in the neighbourhood在臨近地區

rock musicians搖滾樂手

turn sth into sth. 把…變成…

give new uses to sth. 賦予…新用途

save sth/sb. from …把…從…中挽救

foreign invaders外國侵略者

take one’s temperature量體溫

on display展覽

end up in以…終結

at first glance第一眼

glance at sb. 看一下…/掃視…

set goals設定目標