Unit 21 Who gets the money?

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　　1. look into, look in
　　1）look into向……里面看去；窥视；调查；观察。如：
　　　Please send more researchers to look into this product．
　　2）look in往里看；顺便看望（+on sb）。如：
　　　Won't you look in on me next time you're in town？
　　2.check out意为检验，核查，调查；结帐后离开旅馆等。如：
　　Ask him to check the information out for us．请他替我们核实一下消息。
　　They check out all the goods in the store．他们清点了商店里的所有商品。
　　The boss checked out the tools to the workmen as they came to work．工人们上班时老板借出工具并登记。
　　The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning．最后一批客人早上结帐离开旅馆。
　　Would you check out these names and numbers, please？请你把这些姓名和数目核对一下，好吗？
　　3.know about意为了解，知道……的消息（情况）等。如：
　　I don't know you，but I know about you．我不认识你，但我了解你。
　　He knew about my father's arrival before I did．他在我之前得到我父亲到达的消息。
　　There is one or two things I'd like to know about. 我想了解一、两件事情。
　　4.sb. / sth. + be + likely + to - v. 意为某人、某事可能会。如：
　　An accident is likely to happen at the power station. 事故可能在发电站发生。
　　They are likely to be in London this year. 他们今年可能会去伦敦。
　　The tests aren't likely to be very difficult．考试不可能很难。
　　5.pick out意为挑选，选出，看清等。如：
　　It took Mary a log time to pick out a new dress at the store. 玛丽花了很长时间在商店里选购新连衣裙。
　　Have you picked out the photographs that you'd like to have? 你是否选好你想要的照片？
　　He picked out a friend's face in the crowd. 他在人群中认出一位朋友的面孔。
　　6.The lawyer was brief and to the point. 律师的答复简明扼要。
　　1) 句中的brief意为“简明的，简洁的。”
　　He gave a brief talk to the students.
　　I like to read brief news in the newspaper.
　　2) to the point 意为“中肯的，扼要的，切题的”。反义词组为：off the point离题的。如：
　　Your advice was very much to the point.
　　The chairman asked us to be brief and to the point.
　　The student got low marks because much of his composition was off the point
　　7.wealthy，rich，plentiful
　　wealthy指人的财富极多，暗示生财有道，有较高的社会地位。如：
　　Power is in the hands of the wealthy in the west．
　　“富裕的，有钱的”指人的财物超过正常需要标准，用于物时指含量或蕴藏量丰富，也指精神世界。如：
　　The Chinese diet is rich in fibre and low in sugar and fat．
　　plentiful“丰富的，充足的”多指提供的物质、钱财等非常充足。如：
　　a plentiful supply of food丰富的食品供应
　　8.will（n.）作“遗嘱”解，是可数名词。如：
　　Has the old man made a will yet? 老人立下遗嘱了吗？
　　The old lady died without leaving a will. 老太太未留遗嘱就去世了。
　　will (n.) 还可作“意志”，“愿望”解，是不可数名词，有时可加不定冠词。如：
　　Where there's a will there's a way. 有志者事竟成。
　　He has no will of his own—he always does what the others want. 他没有主见，总是做别人要他做的事。
　　9.情态动词would可表示猜测，would + v，意为想必是...，would have + p. p. 意为想必已经是...。如：
　　The man you mentioned would be the father，is that right？你提到的男人想必是父亲，对吧？
　　I thought you would have finished this by now．我想，你到现在想必已完成这件事情了。
　　情态动词would作will过去式用，常表示愿意，过去习惯性动作，倾向，能力等。如：
　　He wouldn't let the doctor take his blood pressure．他不肯让医生量血压。
　　She would sit there for hours sometimes, doing nothing at all．她过去有时一连坐几个小时，什么也不干。
　　The window wouldn't open．窗户打不开。

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