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  1. 讲解词汇:convenience     hazard     open     passing     confines     fathom     assume     H.M.S
  2. 讲解搭配:confine ... to ...     at one's disposal     be/present/pose/constitute a threat/menace to ...     give thought/consideration to sth.     shortly after ...     demad sth. of sb.
  3. 重点讲解强调句型:It was not until ...,when ...,that ...的用法

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1.at one's convenience

在方便的时候
at one's earliest convenience:尽快做某事(替换:as soon as possible)

Please call me at your earliest convinience.

2.hazard:隐患

  • be a health/safety/fire/traffic/hazard
  • be/present/pose/constitute a hazard to ...:对于什么什么构成隐患
The busy traffic entrance is/present/pose/constitute a hazard to pedestrians.

引申 → hazardous:有风险的,有隐患的
类似:

peril perilous:The ship was in grave peril.这艘轮船处于极大的危险中。
  • (in) jeopardy(危险、风险、隐患)
  • be/present/pose/constitute a threat/menace to ...

3.passing:brief and not serious

a passing thought/glance:一闪意/一瞥


4.confines:limits:范围


5.assume:估计,推测,认为

类似 → pustulate:(贬义,强调错误 )

  • presume:(褒义,强调正确)
  • suppose:(中性)

6.H.M.S

Her/His Majesty's Ship: 皇家舰艇


7.demand sth. of sb.

对某人要求什么

He demands little of others.

8.confine ... to ...:把什么什么限制在某个范围之内

This attitude seems to be confined to the upper classes.
这个现象似乎只有上层人士才有。
She was confined to bed for a week.    她卧床一周

类似:restrict ... to ...


9.at one's disposal(处置)/at the disposal of sb.

归某人来使用


10.强调句型

It was not until ...,when ...,that ...:直到什么时候,发生了什么事,才怎么样。

直到1949年毛主席宣布(proclaim)中华人民共和国成立,中国人民才最终获得解放。
It was not until 1949,when Chairman Mao proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic of China,
that the Chinese people finally achieved liberation.