【觀察探究】

　　It'll be how to teach her grammar, not just pronunciation. She's in need of both.

　　是怎樣教她語法，而不僅僅是發(fā)音。她兩者都需要。

　　He said he was in great need of my assistance.

　　他說他極需要我的幫助。

　　【歸納總結】

　　in need of 需要......，為介詞短語，后跟名詞或代詞。其同義詞為in want of。in need 窮困。如：Most of the people are in great need.英語中類似結構有：in charge of負責；in search of搜尋；in hope of希望；in honor of紀念，尊重；in favor of有利于；in spite of盡管；in case of以防，萬一；in place of代替。

　　【即景活用】

　　The refugees are______ food, water and clothing. So urgent measures should be_______ .

　　A. in need of; madeB. in need of; takenC. in favor of; takenD. in honor of; made

　　2).take away 帶走，取走

　　【觀察探究】

　　She is no use at all. Take her away.

　　她沒什么用處。把她帶走。

　　The child was taken away from school.

　　那孩子輟學了。

　　If you take away three from seven, how much will you get?

　　7減3等于幾？

　　【歸納總結】

　　take away除了具有"帶走，取走"的意義外，還有"使停學、使消失、減去"等意義。由take構成的短語有：take after長得像；take apart拆開；take as看作；take back收回（諾言）；take for錯認為；take in吸收，欺騙；take off起飛，脫（衣服），成功；take over接管（權利）；take up拿起，從事。

　　【即景活用】

　　同義表達

　　He dropped out of school because of his poor family.

　　He was________ ________ __________ school because his family was very poor.

　　單項填空

　　(1)（2004年上海）To keep healthy, Professor Johnson _______ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.

　　A. took up  B. caught onC. carried out  D. made for

　　(2)（2004年廣東）Helen always helps her mother even though going to school ______most of the day.

　　A. takes up  B. makes upC. saves up  D. puts up

　　(3)The gentleman, ____ by the beauty of the girl, ______her_____ .

　　A. hit；took；offB. struck；took；awayC. beat; took；upD. defeated; took；over

　　3) fade out（聲音、畫面）逐漸模糊、漸淡

　　【觀察探究】

　　...fades out as they go off stage together.

　　他們一塊下舞臺時......消失。

　　When you turn on a transistor radio the sound comes on immediately; when you turn off, it fades out gradually.

　　打開半導體收音機時，聲音立刻響起；關閉時，聲音慢慢消失。

　　The sound of the cheering faded away in the distance.

　　加油聲在遠方慢慢消失。

　　As evening came the coastline faded into darkness.

　　夜幕降臨時，海岸線消失在黑暗之中。