Anything but: definitely not Eg. The hotel is anything but satisfactor 学好英语绝不是件容易的事。( Learning English well is~easy) All but: almost Eg The film was~ over when we arrived.*提前完成项目几乎是不可能的。(It's impossible to complete the project ahead of schedule. 4)Compare phrases: Given: prep. taking into account/consideration, followed by noun or noun phrase E.g. Given her interest in children, teaching should be the right career for her Given that: same meaning with"given", but followed by a clause. E.g. Given that they are good friends, they will cooperate wel *考虑到他缺乏经验这工作他已经做得不错了。( Given his lack of experience/ Given that he is inexperienced, he has done a good job. 5) much less: and even less likely更不可能(also: still less) Eg(From English into Chinese. The sick man can hardly get out of bed, much less/still less do exercises.(那个病人几乎不能下床走动,更别说做运动了。) ( From chinese into english).她连水都不肯喝口,更别说留下来吃饭了。( She won't take a drink, much less/still less stay for dinner. s Pay attention to the usually omitted inversion part in this pattern which easily results in ome grammar errors. "Do question 3, 4 and 5 in Ex. VIl 6) Phrases with"hand. Ask Ss to look up the following phrases in the dictionary. Do some exercises in the next period. (See 3.3) at hand: close to happen hand: under control; available, receiving attention and being dealt with on hand available 7)Review and compare the following words and phrases:2-1 4 Anything but: definitely not Eg. The hotel is anything but satisfactory. *学好英语绝不是件容易的事。(Learning English well is ~ easy.) All but: almost Eg. The film was ~ over when we arrived. *提前完成项目几乎是不可能的。（It’s ~ impossible to complete the project ahead of schedule.） 4) Compare phrases: Given: prep. taking into account/consideration, followed by noun or noun phrase E.g. Given her interest in children, teaching should be the right career for her. Given that: same meaning with “given”, but followed by a clause. E.g. Given that they are good friends, they will cooperate well. *考虑到他缺乏经验，这工作他已经做得不错了。(Given his lack of experience/Given that he is inexperienced, he has done a good job.) 5) much less: and even less likely 更不可能 （also: still less ） Eg. (From English into Chinese.) The sick man can hardly get out of bed, much less/still less do exercises. (那个病人几乎不能下床走动，更别说做运动了。) (From Chinese into English). 她连水都不肯喝一口，更别说留下来吃饭了。 （She won’t take a drink, much less/still less stay for dinner.） * Pay attention to the usually omitted inversion part in this pattern, which easily results in some grammar errors. *Do question 3, 4 and 5 in Ex. VII. 6) Phrases with “hand”. Ask Ss to look up the following phrases in the dictionary. Do some exercises in the next period. (See 3.3) at hand: close to happen by hand: not by machine in hand: under control; available; receiving attention and being dealt with on hand: available 7) Review and compare the following words and phrases: