四川建筑职业技术学院 授课教案 She has devoted all her energies/life to taking care of homeless people Over half of his speech was devoted to the issue of unemployment 19. talent: (someone who has) a natural ability to be t something e.g. Her talent for music showed at an early She is a young dancer of great talent We are looking for new/fresh/young local talent (E new/fresh/young local people with talent) 20. suffer from: to experience something unpleasant, such as illness, pain, loss, or hardship e.g. She suffers from headaches The village suffered from floods 21. benefit: something that gives you advantages or improves your life in some way e.g. an aid program that has brought lasting benefits to the region. cf. profit: money that you gain by selling things or doing business e.g. She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies you don't expect to make much profit within the first couple of years of setting up a comp 22. compared to/with: in comparison with e.g. Compared to many others you are very lucky indeed London is large, compared to/ with Paris cf. The poet compares his lovers tongue to a razor blade 23. be better off: to have more money, to be in a better condition e.g. We are better off this year than we were last year you could pay it back afterwards when you are better off 24. be made from to be made out of cf. the table is made of wood Bread is made from corn. We use from"when the result no longer looks like the original material 25. depend on: to need the support of; be supported by: rely on e.g. Children depend on their parents The country depends heavily on foreign aid Pollution of the sea has killed thousands of the fish on which many fishermen depend for their livelihood 26. count on something: to expect something to happen and include it in your plans e.g. you can't count on the weather being fine We are counting on selling at least 5000 copies of the book B. Important and Difficult Sentences 1. International trade is the exchange of goods and services produced in one country for四 川 建 筑 职 业 技 术 学 院 授 课 教 案 family. She has devoted all her energies/life to taking care of homeless people. Over half of his speech was devoted to the issue of unemployment. 19. talent: (someone who has) a natural ability to be good at something e.g. Her talent for music showed at an early age. She is a young dancer of great talent. We are looking for new/fresh/young local talent (= new/fresh/young local people with talent). 20. suffer from: to experience something unpleasant, such as illness, pain, loss, or hardship e.g. She suffers from headaches. The village suffered from floods. 21. benefit: something that gives you advantages or improves your life in some way e.g. an aid program that has brought lasting benefits to the region. cf. profit: money that you gain by selling things or doing business e.g. She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies. You don’t expect to make much profit within the first couple of years of setting up a company. 22. compared to/ with: in comparison with e.g. Compared to many others you are very lucky indeed. London is large, compared to/ with Paris. cf. The poet compares his lover’s tongue to a razor blade. 23. be better off: to have more money, to be in a better condition e.g. We are better off this year than we were last year. You could pay it back afterwards when you are better off. 24. be made from: to be made out of cf. The table is made of wood. Bread is made from corn. We use “from” when the result no longer looks like the original material. 25. depend on: to need the support of; be supported by; rely on e.g. Children depend on their parents. The country depends heavily on foreign aid. Pollution of the sea has killed thousands of the fish on which many fishermen depend for their livelihood. 26. count on something: to expect something to happen and include it in your plans e.g. You can’t count on the weather being fine. We are counting on selling at least 5000 copies of the book. B. Important and Difficult Sentences: 1. International trade is the exchange of goods and services produced in one country for