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LESSON 83 课堂笔记

(1)the elections
election 指一般选举时用单数，指全国性的选举时用复数：
An election will be held next month.下月将举行一次选举。
In America,presidential elections are held every four years.美国总统选举每四年一次
He hopes to defeat his rival in next year's elections.他希望在明年的大选中击败对手。
He is standing for election.他是候选人。
elective subjects选修科目
elector选民

（2）The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections.

前首相温特沃兹·莱恩先生在最近的大选中被击败。
formerformer 在这里表示“以前的”、“从前的”或“前任的”，后面需要跟名词：
the former world champion前世界冠军
Yesterday, he received a letter from his former wife/English teacher.
昨天他收到了他前妻／以前的英语老师的一封信。
前者的（两者中先提到的）
The former option favours the married man.前一种选择对已婚男子有利。
a shadow of one's/its former self以不及当年
She used to be a great player,but now she's only shadow of her former self.
她以前是个健将，现在已不及当年了。
Prime Minister首相。政府（总理）
prime主要的，最重要的her prime concern is to protect the property.她最为关心的是保护财产

（3）defeat战胜某人，击败
The enemy was defeated ub a decisive battle.敌人在一场决定性的战斗中被击败。
困惑，难倒   I've tried to solve the problem,but it defeats me.我想解决这个问题，但是把我难倒了
失败    six wins and two defeats for the team该队六胜二负

（4）retire           He retired at the age of fifty.  他五十岁时退休了。 
retire （from sth）退职，退休，退役
He will retire from the army next year.他明年从部队退役。
He will retire from his directorship next year.他明年从主管职位上退下来了。
pension养老金
使......退职或退休I was retired on full pay给我全薪让我退休了。

（5）fanatical狂热的
fanatical about sth.     She's fanatical about keeping fit。她如痴如醉的注重健美
fanatic狂热者

（6）opponent对手，敌手 （at/in sth）
beat an opponent at an election  选举时击败了对手 
Her opponet left the tennis court in tears她的对手含泪离开了网球场。
opponent of sth.反对者       an opponent of nuclear weapons反对核武器的人

（7）前缀ex-加在名词前表示“以前的”（相当于former），如ex-husband
（前夫）， ex-wife（前妻），ex-taxi-driver（前出租汽车司机），ex-manager
（前任经理），ex-headmaster（前任校长）等。

（8）On the following day次日
It rained on the day we arrived,but the following day was sunny.

我们到达的那天正下雨，但次日天气晴朗

(9)suspicious
adj. 有疑心的；有怀疑的   a suspicious look/a suspicious attitude怀疑的样子/怀疑的态度
suspicious about/of sth/sb     I am suspicious about her motives.我对她的动机有怀疑。
I'm suspicious of his story because I know he sometimes tells lies. 

我对他的说法有疑，因为我知道他有时说假话。
adj. 可疑的；奇怪的   a suspicious action可疑的行动     a suspicious noise 可疑的声响 
It's very suspicious that she was in the house when the crime happened.

案发时她在房子里，此点非常可疑。
suspiciously adv.                 suspicion n.
above suspicion 不受怀疑           under suspicion 涉嫌，有嫌疑

10)exactly       adv.正，恰好，十分
You've arrived at exactly the right moment.你到得正是时候。
 This dress is exactly what I wanted.  这正是我需要的衣服。 
His answer was exactly right.  他的答案完全正确。
用作答语或表示赞同
So she wants to sell the house and move to London  "Exactly"那么她想卖掉房子搬到伦敦去？对！

11)lost one's temper    发脾气
Mr Green lost his temper when he found his daughter smoking.  格林先生发现女儿抽烟时大发脾气。
Have a short/quick/nasty脾气急/暴/坏
Whatever happens, remember to keep your temper.无论发生什么事都要记着保持冷静。
My sister is of a calm/quick temper.我姐姐/妹妹性情平和/脾气急躁。
My grandfather has a temper.我爷爷容易生气。
The boss is in a temper today.老板今天脾气不好。

temper 指“心情”、“情绪”时，与mood 同义：
That morning George was in a good mood/temper.那天上午，乔治心情好。
但bad mood 与bad temper 稍有区别：
When he is in a bad temper, he gets angry easily. But when he is in a bad mood, he likes to sit alone.
当他脾气不好时，他很容易生气。但当他心情不好时，他喜欢独自坐着。

mood 可以表示“有意/想要（做某事）”，temper 则不可以：
At that time I was not in the mood for talking/to talk.当时我没有心情/不想说话。
Although Jeremy is well-known for his great sense of humour, he is in no mood for telling funny stories today.尽管杰里米以绝妙的幽默感著称，但他今天没有心情讲笑话。
12）Though a little suspicious this time虽然那位警察这次有点疑心

这是一个省略了主语和连系动词的让步状语从句。通常，如果从句的主语与主句的相同而谓语带系动词be，则主语+be 可省略（原因状语从句例外）：
While at college, she wrote a novel.她上大学时写了一部小说。
He acted as if certain of success.他的举止就像一定会成功一样。（方式）
If possible, please let me know by this evening.如果可能的话，请在今晚以前告诉我。（条件）
Though tired, he went to bed very late.他虽然疲惫，但还是很晚才上床。（让步）
原因状语从句的省略形式要带分词being：

Being worried about his child, he walked up and down in the room．

他由于为孩子担心，在屋子里来回走着。