cf. weak, feeble, frail fragile 这些形容词均有“虚弱的,乏力的”意思。 Weak普通用词,指缺乏应有的力量,可用于身体、意志或精神 feeble指身体衰弱无力,精力几乎耗尽,含令人怜悯的意味 Frail多指因经常生病而身体虚弱 fragile可与fra换用,但语气强,强调脆弱,指人表示容易生病,指物表示容 易破碎。 (Directions: ) Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. He was born a child and was taken care of by all the family ( frail 2. This is a and unconvincing argument. weak) 3. Keep the child away from the glasses on the table. fragile 4. The rescuers heard a cry out of the wreckage. feeble) 19)(L.65)monitor: vt. watch or listen to(sth care fully over a certain period of time for a special purpose 我们将会监督他的表现,看看他是否能有所进步。 (We will monitor his performance to see if he can make some progress. Satellite technology means that enemy airwaves can be monitored more closely than ever before cf. overhear, bug monitor 这些动词均含“偷听,窃听”之意 Overhear多指在别人不注意或不知道的情况下偶然听到谈话的内容。 Bug 指在室内等处安装窃听器以窃听他人的谈话内容 Monitor通常指用仪器设备偷听别人的谈话内容 (Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. Be careful what you say; our conversation may be being (bugged) 2. their quarrelling when I passed the office. overheard 3. the doctor is the patient's pulse. monitoring 4. I haven't been informed of this, just it. overheard) 20)(L66)disrupt vt. bring or throw into disorder (Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech. 转校,尤其是在11岁至16岁之间,很容易打断一个孩子的教育 (Moving to a new school can easily disrupt a child's education9 cf. weak, feeble, frail & fragile 这些形容词均有“虚弱的，乏力的”意思。 Weak 普通用词，指缺乏应有的力量，可用于身体、意志或精神。 feeble 指身体衰弱无力，精力几乎耗尽，含令人怜悯的意味。 Frail 多指因经常生病而身体虚弱。 fragile 可与 frail 换用，但语气强，强调脆弱，指人表示容易生病，指物表示容 易破碎。 (Directions:) Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. He was born a _______ child and was taken care of by all the family. (=frail) 2. This is a _______ and unconvincing argument. (= weak) 3. Keep the child away from the _______ glasses on the table. (=fragile) 4. The rescuers heard a ______ cry out of the wreckage. (=feeble) 19) (L.65) monitor: vt. watch or listen to (sth.) carefully over a certain period of time for a special purpose 我们将会监督他的表现, 看看他是否能有所进步。 (=We will monitor his performance to see if he can make some progress.) *Satellite technology means that enemy airwaves can be monitored more closely than ever before. cf. overhear, bug & monitor 这些动词均含“偷听，窃听”之意。 Overhear 多指在别人不注意或不知道的情况下偶然听到谈话的内容。 Bug 指在室内等处安装窃听器以窃听他人的谈话内容。 Monitor 通常指用仪器设备偷听别人的谈话内容。 (Directions:) Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. Be careful what you say; our conversation may be being _______. (=bugged) 2. I _______ their quarrelling when I passed the office. (= overheard) 3. The doctor is ______ the patient’s pulse. (=monitoring) 4. I haven’t been informed of this, just ______ it. (=overheard) 20) (L.66) disrupt vt. bring or throw into disorder (=Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.) 转校，尤其是在 11 岁至 16 岁之间，很容易打断一个孩子的教育。 (=Moving to a new school can easily disrupt a child’s education