23. refer to

　　a, to mention, to speak about 提到，說起

　　He didn’t refer to the problem at all in his speech. 他的演講中根本未涉及到那個問題。

　　b, to look at for information 參考，咨詢，查(資料)

　　If you don’t know the meaning of this word, refer to(參考)the dictionary.

　　The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without referring to his notes.

　　c, to concern 涉及，關于

　　The new law does not refer to land used for farming. 新的法律沒有涉及到用作耕地的土地。

　　24. For one thing, ... For another (thing), ... 一則…，二則…;一來…，二來…

　　You can’t see in that fridge.For one thing, the light’s gone and for another (thing), the button’s broken. 你看不到冰箱里的東西。一則，沒有電燈，二則，按鈕壞了。

　　25. somehow 不知為什么，不知怎么地

　　Somehow, I just don’t think it’ll work. 不知怎么地，我就是認為它將不起作用。

　　26. regret vt. 1) 懊悔，后悔 + n. / clause

　　2) 遺憾地說 / 告訴 + to say / tell / inform…

　　I regret his retirement. 我很遺憾他退休。

　　We regret that you have to sell your house. 我們很遺憾你必須賣房子。

　　regret to do 遺憾要做某事; regret doing 后悔做過某事

　　I regret to tell you that I cannot help you. 我很遺憾地要告訴你我不能幫你的忙。

　　I regret not giving him any advice. 我后悔沒有給他建議。

　　We regret ___B___ you that our library will be closed next Wednesday.

　　A. informing B. to inform C. having informed D. to have informed

　　I regret ___C___ to come to your birthday party yesterday.

　　A. to be unable B. not to be able C. being unable D. being not able

　　I deeply regret ___C/D___ at the meeting.

　　A. have spoken B. to speak C. having spoken D speaking

　　n. [U] unhappiness 懊悔，惋惜; n. [C] things that make you feel sorry 懊悔的事

　　They said goodbye with regret. 他們很遺憾地說再見了。

　　All of us have regrets in our lives. 我們所有人在一生中都有懊悔的事。

　　(much) to one’s regret 令某人(很)遺憾的是;have no regrets (對所發生的事)毫無遺憾

　　27. inform vt & vi 通知 告訴

　　n. information, a piece of information; adj. well-informed 消息靈通的;

　　v. inform sb. of/ about sth. 告訴/通知某人某事

　　The headmaster informed us that the school would be closed next week.校長通知我們這所學校下周將關閉。

　　Mary informed her parents of everything that happened at school.

　　瑪利把學校里發生的一切都告訴了她的父母。

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