概要：I believe you are on duty—even though you’re in plain clothes. 尽管你穿着便衣，我相信你是在值勤。8 . among/between这两个介词都有“在……之间”的意思。between常用于两者之间;among一般指三者或三者以上之间。若指三个以上人或物中的每两个之间时，仍然要用between。例如：The girl walked between her father and mother.这个女孩走在她父亲和母亲之间。She is the tallest among her classmates.她在她同学之间是最高的。Switzerland lies between France，Italy，Austria and Germany.瑞士位于法国、意大利、奥地利和德国之间。9. argue debate dispute 都含“辩论”的意思。 argue 着重&

I believe you are on duty—even though you’re in plain clothes. 尽管你穿着便衣，我相信你是在值勤。

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8 . among/between

这两个介词都有“在……之间”的意思。between常用于两者之间;among一般指三者或三者以上之间。若指三个以上人或物中的每两个之间时，仍然要用between。

例如：The girl walked between her father and mother.这个女孩走在她父亲和母亲之间。

She is the tallest among her classmates.她在她同学之间是最高的。

Switzerland lies between France，Italy，Austria and Germany.

瑞士位于法国、意大利、奥地利和德国之间。

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9. argue debate dispute 都含“辩论”的意思。 argue 着重“说理”、“论证”和“企图说服”, 如:

I argued with her for a long time, but she refused to listen to reason.

我和她辩论了好久, 但她还是不听。

 debate 着重“双方各述己见”, 内含“交锋”的意思, 如:

We have been debating about the issue. 我们一直在就这个问题进行辩论。

 dispute 指“激烈争辩”, 含有“相持不下”或“未得解决”之意,如:

Whether he will be elected as chairman is still disputed.他是否当选为主席, 仍然有争论。

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10 argue;quarrel;discuss 这三个动词均有“争”的意思，但“争”法不同。

 argue着重就自己的看法或观点，提出论证，同他人“争论”或“辩论”。例如：

We heard them arguing in the other room.我们听见他们在另一个房间里争论。

另外，argue同with搭配，其后接人;与about连用，其后接事物。例如：

We argued with them about this problem for a long time.这个问题我们同他们辩论了很长时间。

 quarrel是指对某事不喜欢或强烈不满而发生的“争吵”或“吵架”。同with搭配，其后接某人;和about连用，其后接某事。例如：

He often quarrels about their housework with his wife.他常为家务事同妻子争吵。

 discuss是指认真交换自己的意见或看法的“讨论”。例如：

We'll discuss the use of the articles tomorrow.明天我们将讨论冠词的用法。

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11 as (so) far as; as (so) long as

 as(so)far as的意思是“就……而言(所知)”，as (so) far as sth.is concerned是其中一种具体用法，意为“就某事而言”;as (so) long as意为“只要”，引导条件状语从句。如：

As far as I know, more than 10 million laid-off workers have found their new jobs.

就我所知，一千多万下岗工人已经找到了新的工作。

There is nothing that we can’t do so / as long as we keep on trying to do it.

只要我们不断地努力去做，就没有什么事干不成。

As far as the tourism of China is concerned, there is a long way to go.

就中国的旅游业而言，需要做的工作还很多。

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12 asleep/sleeping 二者都是形容词。asleep仅用作表语，不能作定语，表示“睡着，熟睡”的意思;而sleeping一般只能用作定语，放在名词前，表示“睡眠中的，休止的”意思。

如：我们不能说：an asleep baby，但可以说：a sleeping baby(一个熟睡的婴儿)。

再如：He was asleep with his head on his arms.他头枕着手臂在熟睡。

asleeping dog正在熟睡的狗 sleeping car卧车 sleeping bag睡袋

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13 assert，affirm，maintain  assert宣称、断言，常指某人主观自信，坚持己见，有时不顾客观事实而断言下结论。 affirm指以事实为依据，深信不疑地肯定某种观点或看法。 maintain指在相反的证据或论点面前，重申原来的某种观点、立场。

A.Despite all the policeman’s questions the suspect ___ that he had been at home all evening.

B.It is nonsense to ___ that smoking does not damage people’s health.

C.Throughout his prison sentence Dunn has always ___ his innocence.

Answers：A. affirmed B. assert C. maintained

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14 as though;even though;though  as though(=as if)，意为“好像;似乎”，引导方式状语从句或表语从句。如：

He spoke as though(as if)he had been here before.他说话的口气好像他以前来过这里。

It looks as if(as though)it is going to rain.看起来好像要下雨。

 even though(=even if)，意为“即使”，引导让步状语从句。though也引导让步状语从句，意为“虽然”;even though有退一步设想的意味，与though不同。though引导的句子所说的是事实，even though引导的句子所说的则不一定是事实。例如：

He will not tell the secret even though(even if)he knows it.即使他知道这个秘密，他也不肯说出来。

He will not tell the secret though he knows it.他虽然知道这个秘密，但他不会说出来。

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15 at the beginning;in the beginning  at the beginning 在……初;在……开始的时候。常与of连用。例如： Students usually have a study plan at the beginning of term. 学生们在开学初制定学习计划。  in the beginning 相当于at first，表示“起初、开始”时，含“起初是这种情况，而后来却不是这种情况”之意，不与of连用。例如： In the beginning，some of us took no interest in physics. 起初我们有些人对物理不感兴趣。

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