Unit 2 No smoking, please!

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. cost sb. sth. Carelessness cost him both his legs.

2. for a certain reason the reason for being late

3. catch fire be on fire set sth. on fire=set fire to sth. make a fire

cook sth. over a fire

4. the whole house= all the house

5. burn…down: burn sth. to the ground burn/drink/eat/cut/tear …up

6. persuade sb. to do sth.= persuade sb. into doing sth. cf. advise sb. to do sth.

7. die of/from/for die to do sth. pass away

8. one smoker in four= one smoker out of four= one quarter of the smokers= one fourth of the smokers

9. reduce sth./grow/rise by 30% reduce/grow/rise to 30%

10. compare A with B compare A to B

11. in business on business

12. kick/break/get rid of the habit of form/get into the habit of

13. make no/great difference

14. carry sth. out

15. ban sb. from doing sth. a ban on sth.

16. have a problem with…= have trouble with…=find…difficult

17. call for: need call on sb. to do sth.

18. go/ manage without…

19. prevent /stop sb. (from) doing sth.= keep sb. from doing sth.

20. as a result of=because of cf. thanks to

21. have/take a look at

GRAMMAR

名詞性從句包括主語從句、賓語從句、表語從句和同位語從句。

表語從句的注意事項(xiàng)與賓語從句相同，1、引導(dǎo)詞有that, who, what, which, where, when, why, how, as if, because, whether等；2、語序?yàn)殛愂稣Z序；表示“是否”只用whether。

CLASSICAL SENTENCES

1.---Do you mind my smoking here? ---Sorry, but I do./ Not at all; Certainly not.

2.---I wonder if I could use your phone. ---Sure. Go ahead.

3.In Britain, sales of cigarettes have been reduced by 30% in the last ten years.

4.The problem is that 300 people are dying each day from illnesses caused by smoking.

5.Nicotine is a drug that gets one into the habit of smoking.

6.A smoker should have the freedom to smoke where he likes.

7.A lot of work remains to be done in the office.

8.Without Mr Lovely’s permission, you can’t get into the club.

PROVERB

It’s easy to form a habit, but hard to break it.

Never ever give up!