LECTURE 78 基本動詞 GO 14

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LECTURE 78 基本動詞 GO 14

詞組講解

1. go to the wall ** 被打??；失敗

解習語；詞義溯源：走向［墻壁（wall）］

例 Proper planning and market research are key ingredients to the successful launch of a new business. Many an entrepreneur has gone to the wall unnecessarily because he failed to do these.

2. go to town ** 以極大的精力或熱情做

解〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：去［城鎮(zhèn)（town）］

例 Our new Cody Blocks line of toys is designed to develop your children's eye-hand coordination. Now that may sound very technical, but like all of the toys MACO makes, they're nothing but fun. Give a child a Cody Block toy and he'll go to town for hours.

3. go together *** 相配，和諧；交往，約會

解短語動詞；詞義溯源：［一起（together）］去

例 One of the first lessons Russian businessmen learned after the opening of their markets to foreign investors was a basic fashion one: white socks and black shoes don't go together!

4. go too far ** 做得過分

解習語；詞義溯源：去得［太遠（too far）］

例 Sometimes what's perfectly normal behavior in our society is viewed as offensive in another. For example, while we have no problems with somebody asking us about our family, in some countries that's considered going too far. The lesson: learn the culture you're dealing with.

5. go under *** 沉沒海中；失敗，破產(chǎn)

解短語動詞；詞義溯源：走向［下方（under）］

例 When A & B Rail decided to buy it, Lakawana, the small one-engine rail service, was on the verge of going under because of poor management.

鞏固練習

(A) go to the wall

(B) go to town

(C) go together

(D) going too far

(E) going under

1. A: Let's get out of this business. We're going to be financially devastated by this struggle for success against your brother. Let him have the market! B: No! This is more than business to me—it's personal war. I don't care if we ______!I'm not giving him anything!I'm going down fighting !

2. A: Do these shoes match my dress? Do they look good together? B: Sure, they ______ quite well. Where are you going by the way?

3. A: I teach art to elementary school children—six to eight years old. It's really quite easy: I give them some water color paints and paper and they ______! B: Really? Do kids still put a lot of effort and enthusiasm into art? I thought with computers and computer games, they'd not be interested any more.

4. A: You have stock in Brands Ltd. , don't you? B: Yeah, why? A: They're ______. I read about it on the Internet. They're expected to fail—someone predicts they'll go bankrupt by year's end.

5. A: Okay, I agree Tom deserved to be scolded for the offensive things he said about you, but giving him a black eye is ______! B: You're accusing me of going beyond the limits of good social behavior? That's outrageous! He's the one whose behavior was excessive!I was just giving tit for tat !

■ ANSWER

1. (A)

2. (C)

3. (B)

4. (E)

5. (D)

參考譯文

I. 1. 適當?shù)挠媱澓褪袌稣{(diào)查是新業(yè)務成功推出的關鍵。許多企業(yè)家正是由于未能做到這兩點才遭遇不必要的失敗的。

2. 新科迪滑輪玩具系列旨在開發(fā)您孩子的手眼協(xié)調(diào)能力。這聽起來可能像高技術產(chǎn)品，但是它跟馬科生產(chǎn)的其他所有玩具一樣，只是為了給孩子帶來樂趣。給孩子一個科迪滑輪玩具，他便能興致勃勃地玩上好幾個小時。

3. 俄羅斯向外國投資者開放市場后，俄羅斯商人得到的最初教訓之一便是一項基本的時尚原理：白襪子和黑鞋子不相配！

4. 有時候，在我們國家屬于完全正常的行為在其他國家被視為帶有冒犯性。例如，別人問我們的家庭情況時，我們感覺沒什么，但是在有些國家，這被認為是過分之舉。所以，要入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

5. A & B 鐵路運輸公司決定收購拉卡瓦納這家小型單引擎鐵路運輸公司時，后者正因管理不善而面臨破產(chǎn)。