Lesson Six

1. Lesson Six 1.Persuade sb to do sth:/ Persuade sb into doing sth I persuaded him to try again. I was persuaded to take the job in the company. 2.Try to persuade sb to do sth:/ advise sb to do sth I tried to persuade him to stop smoking, but He didn’t listen to me.

2. 3.Die of + die from+ illness, Hunger, Cold, grief illness, accident, wound In cold winter, some old people often die____ polluted air. from of/from Now more and more people die_____. cancer 4.Compare to compare with (1) If we compare Kate with/to other women, she is very lucky. Compared to/with other women,…….. (2) We compare him to LeiFeng.

3. Compare this book with that one, and you’ll find this one is more interesting. n. 5.Remain(link v.)+ adj./ /done / 介短 (1) If you don’t eat, you’ll have to remain hungry. (2)Peter became a manager, but John remained a worker. (3)His door remained closed. (4)All his friends had come, but he remained in silence.

4. Remain vt. Please remain here until I return. When winter comes, few leaves are remained on the tree. 6.Cause vt. What caused her to do that? Smoking can cause a lot of illnesses. Cause n. Reason The cause of the fire has not been found out. Tell me your reason for being late.

5. 7.Burn down Lots of wooden houses were burned down in a big fire last night. 8.Reduce : Some fat people try to reduce their weight. Reduce to reduce by I persuaded him to reduce the price to $100. The wages of the workers have been reduced by 30%. 9.Chance The chance is that one smoker in four will die from smoking.

6. Chances are that the new machine will arrive tomorrow. (2) I have no chance to go abroad.

7. Revision : What’s the population of…..? 1.population: The city has a population of……. The population in this city is……. 38%(one-third) of the population in this village are men. on sth 2.Spend pay cost Sb spend time/ money { (in) doing sth Sb pay money for sth time Sth cost sb{ money 使某人付出某种代价

8. She spent too much time watching TV. Too much time was spent watching TV. I spent $10 on this book. It cost us $1000 to travel in Beijing. This book cost me $10. I paid $10 for this book. His carelessness cost his life. 3.Catch fire Be on fire set ….on fire The theatre caught fire last night.

9. Look, the house is on fire. Let’s go and help. He is the very person that set the house on fire. 4.A (one) half a (one) quarter three quarters two fifths 5.The problem is that 300 people are dying each day from illnesses caused by smoking. which/that are caused by smoking I like to read books written by Luxun.