LECTURE 78 基本動(dòng)詞 GO 14

LECTURE 78 基本動(dòng)詞 GO 14

詞組講解

1. go to the wall ** 被打敗；失敗

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；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(xí)語(yǔ)；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(huì)

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)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(guò)分

解 習(xí)語(yǔ)；詞義溯源：去得［太遠(yuǎn)（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(méi)海中；失敗，破產(chǎn)

解 短語(yǔ)動(dòng)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(xí)

(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(dāng)?shù)挠?jì)劃和市場(chǎng)調(diào)查是新業(yè)務(wù)成功推出的關(guān)鍵。許多企業(yè)家正是由于未能做到這兩點(diǎn)才遭遇不必要的失敗的。

2. 新科迪滑輪玩具系列旨在開(kāi)發(fā)您孩子的手眼協(xié)調(diào)能力。這聽(tīng)起來(lái)可能像高技術(shù)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(lái)樂(lè)趣。給孩子一個(gè)科迪滑輪玩具，他便能興致勃勃地玩上好幾個(gè)小時(shí)。

3. 俄羅斯向外國(guó)投資者開(kāi)放市場(chǎng)后，俄羅斯商人得到的最初教訓(xùn)之一便是一項(xiàng)基本的時(shí)尚原理：白襪子和黑鞋子不相配！

4. 有時(shí)候，在我們國(guó)家屬于完全正常的行為在其他國(guó)家被視為帶有冒犯性。例如，別人問(wèn)我們的家庭情況時(shí)，我們感覺(jué)沒(méi)什么，但是在有些國(guó)家，這被認(rèn)為是過(guò)分之舉。所以，要入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

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

II. 1. A：我們放棄這筆生意吧，跟你哥哥競(jìng)爭(zhēng)會(huì)導(dǎo)致我們的經(jīng)濟(jì)瓦解。讓他去占有整個(gè)市場(chǎng)吧！B：不！對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)，這不僅僅是生意上的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)——這是我們兩個(gè)人之間的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。我不在乎失?。∥也粫?huì)讓給他任何東西！我會(huì)堅(jiān)持到底！

2. A：這雙鞋和我的衣服配嗎？這樣搭配好看嗎？B：當(dāng)然，它們非常搭配。順便問(wèn)一下，你這是要去哪里??？

3. A：我教小學(xué)生美術(shù)——教六到八歲大的孩子。非常簡(jiǎn)單：我給他們一些水彩畫(huà)顏料和紙，他們就興致勃勃地開(kāi)始畫(huà)了！B：真的嗎？孩子們還是會(huì)花很多精力和熱情在美術(shù)上嗎？我原以為有了電腦和電腦游戲之后，他們就不再對(duì)美術(shù)感興趣了呢。

4. A：你持有布蘭茲有限公司的股份，對(duì)不對(duì)？B：是的，怎么了？A：他們要破產(chǎn)了。我從網(wǎng)上看到消息，他們很可能會(huì)倒閉——有人預(yù)測(cè)說(shuō)他們會(huì)在年底破產(chǎn)。

5. A：好吧，我也覺(jué)得湯姆應(yīng)該為他在言語(yǔ)上冒犯你而受到批評(píng)，但是揍他一頓還是太過(guò)分了！B：你是在譴責(zé)我沒(méi)有遵守良好的社會(huì)行為規(guī)范嗎？可惡！是他太過(guò)分了！我只是以牙還牙而已！