1．in general一般地；大體上

Children in general are fond of candy．小孩子一般喜歡吃糖。

Women in general like to shop for new clothes．女人一般喜歡逛商店買新衣服。

In general he is quite a satisfactory student．

總的說來，他是一位令人滿意的學生。

The weather in Florida is warm in general．

總的來說，佛羅里達州的天氣是溫暖的。

2．Forecast n．預測；預報；預言

The weather forecast said it would be fine tomorrow．天氣預報說明天會晴朗。

The forecast that they would fail proved true.頂言他們會失敗果然是真的。

vt．預測；預報

forecast the weather預報天氣

Snow has been forecasted for tomorrow．預測明天會下雪。

The radio forecasts rain for tonight。廣播電臺預報今晚有雨。

The weatherman has forecasted that汁will be fine tomorrow．

天氣預報員預報明天是晴天。

We can hardly forecast what the result will be．我們很難預測結果會變成怎樣。

3．energy n．能量；能源；活力；精力

nuclear energy核能

work with energy奮力工作

He is full of energy．他精力充沛。

He is saving his energy for next week's competition．

他正在為下星期的比賽養精蓄銳。

It took a lot of mental energy to understand his lecture．

要想了解他的講課，必須相當動腦筋才行。

He devoted a11 his energies to education． 他盡全力于教育。

4．Ensure vt．保證；擔保；保護

常用于ensure sb．sth．，ensure sb．against sth．或ensure

that-clause結構。

This pill will ensure you a good night's slee.這顆藥丸一定會使你晚上睡個好覺。

A job has been ensured(to)her．她獲得保證可以得到工作。

His recommendation will ensure me a job．由他推薦，可以保證我找得到工作。

I can't ensure that she will be chosen as May Queen．

我不敢保證她會當選為五月皇后。

We should ensure ourselves against all possible risks．

我們要保護自己，以防止任何危險。

5．Keep in touch with與……保持聯系

He still keeps in touch with his old friends． 他仍和老朋友們保持聯系。

They keep in touch with each other by writing regularly

他們經常通信，保持聯系。

We have kept in touch for twenty years．我們保持聯系已達20年之久。

Do keep in touch．務必保持聯系。

類似的短語：be in touch with"與……有聯系”；get in touch with"與……取得聯系”。

Are you still in touch with your parents? 你與你父母仍有聯系嗎?

1 want to get in touch with the agency．我想與那個代辦處取得聯系。

6．Remain vi.剩下；(人)留下，逗留

Nothing remained in my room except the old piano．

我的房間里除了那架舊鋼琴外就沒剩下什么了。

After the fire nothing remained of the house．大火過后那房子就沒剩下什么了。

I didn't remain long in the city．我沒在那個城市逗留很長時間。

She begged him to remain at home．她乞求他留在家里。

Link v.保持，仍是；后接形容詞、名詞、分詞、不定式或介詞短語等。

This shop remains open till 9 o'clock in the evening。

這家商店一直開門到晚上9點鐘。

She remained calm in the face“great danger．在非常危險時，她仍然鎮定自若。

John became a judge but Jack remained a fisherman。

約翰都當了法官了，但杰克仍是個漁夫。

The door remained closed．門還關著呢。

She remained standing for an hour．她一直站著，站了一個多小時了。

Whether it will do us harm or good remains to be seen．

它對我們是有害還是有好處要到以后才知道。

The African people remain in great poverty．非洲人仍然很貧窮。

7．cure vt.治愈；治療

This medicine will cure your headache． 這藥能治好你的頭痛。

A few days’rest will cure you。 休息幾天你的病就會好的。

常構成短語：cure sb．of"治愈某人的……病；改掉某人的……惡習”

The doctor cured him of cancer．醫生治愈了他的癌癥。

Moving to the country cured her of asthma． 搬到鄉下她的哮喘就好了。

He was cured of his habit of drinking．他已改掉喝酒的習慣。

It seems that nobody can cure me of smoking． 似乎沒有人能使我戒煙。

n．治愈；治療法

His complete cure can't be expected．他完全恢復健康遙不可期。

An effective cure for cancer has not yet been found；

對付癌癥的有效療法目前尚未發現。

8．In store貯藏著；準備著；就要來到

have／keep／hold…in store貯藏著；準備著

Nobody knows what the future may hold in store． 沒有人知道將來會怎么樣。

There was a big surprise in store．有一個大驚奇在等著呢。

There was another accident in store for him that day．

那天還有另一個災難在等待著他。

The runner kept some energy in store for spurting at the end．

那名選手為最后沖刺貯存精力。

You'd better keep a few pounds in store for a rainy day．

你最好存幾個錢以備不時之需。

9．on the air在廣播中；被廣播

The match was on the air last night．那場比賽于昨晚播出。

We'll be on the air in five minutes．我們將在五分鐘后開始廣播。

He will speak on the air this evening．今晚他將在廣播中演說。

比較：in the air"在空中的；在傳播中的；未決定的”

Some kites are flying in the air．一些風箏在空中飛揚。

There's a rumor in the air that he is going to resign．謠傳他即將辭職。

Their plans are still in the air．他們的計劃尚未確定。

10．come true實現；成真；成為事實

His dream came true．他的夢想實現了。

One's dreams do not always come true．人的夢想并不總會實現。

His hope of living to 100 did not come true．他希望活到100歲，但沒實現。

He said I should be a lawyer and it has come true．

他說我會當律師，事實就是如此。

11. glimpse n．瞥見；一瞥

a glimpse of the morning paper對早報粗略的一看

catch／get／have a glimpse of"瞥見”

I just caught a glimpse of her．我只瞥見了她一下。

I only caught a glimpse of the parcel，so I can't guess what was inside it．

我只是瞥見了那個包裹，所以不能猜出里面有什么。

比較：glance(強調看的動作)與glimpse(強調看的結果)

She cast a quick glance at herself in the mirror．她飛快地照了一下鏡子。

She caught a sudden glimpse of herself in the mirror．

她突然在鏡子中瞥見了自己。

vt.．瞥見；看一眼

I glimpsed her in the crowd．我在人群中瞥見了她。

I glimpsed him running through the crowd．我瞥見他跑著穿過人群。

He only glimpsed(at)my new dress and said nothing．

他只看了一眼我的新衣服，什么話也沒說。

12．deal with

①與……相處

I found her quite hard to deal with．我發現她很難相處。

The man is quite easy to deal with．這人很容易相處。

②對待，對付

How do you deal with a drunken husband? 你怎樣對待喝醉酒的丈夫?

What's the best way of dealing with naughty children?

對付頑皮孩子的最佳方式是什么?

③處理

There are too many difficulties for us to deal with.有太多的難題要我們去處理。

How shall we deal with this problem? 我們將怎樣處理這一問題?

④論述

Tom's new book deals with the troubles in Ireland．

湯姆的新書論述了愛爾蘭的煩惱。

This book mainly deals with difficult points in the study of French．

這本書主要論述了學習法語的難點。

注：deal with常與how連用，而do with則常與what連用。如：

I don't know how to deal with the situation．

I don't know what to do with the situation．