■ Words and Expressions a person whom one knows, esp through work or business, but who is not a close friend 相识的人 He has a wide circle of acquaintances We began the semester as acquaintances and ended it as friends 2. barely almost not; hardly I could barely understand my roommate's jokes but I laughed anyhow The scar on her cheek is now barely noticeable 3. a shoulder to cry on someone from whom one gets sympathy The embarrassed child needed his mother's shoulder to cry on When the student got the score from the entrance exam she needed a shoulder to cry D)to examine or judge(one thing) in relation to another thing in order to show the points of similarity or difference Examples I couldnt help comparing my wifes cooking to my mothers I compared several brands of cars before choosing one 2)showing that two things are alike Examples When we won the local basketball championship we naturally compared ourselves to5 ◼ Words and Expressions 1. acquaintance: a person whom one knows, esp. through work or business, but who is not a close friend 相识的人 Examples: • He has a wide circle of acquaintances. • We began the semester as acquaintances and ended it as friends. 2. barely: almost not; hardly Examples: • I could barely understand my roommate’s jokes but I laughed anyhow. • The scar on her cheek is now barely noticeable. 3. a shoulder to cry on: someone from whom one gets sympathy Examples: • The embarrassed child needed his mother’s shoulder to cry on. • When the student got the score from the entrance exam she needed a shoulder to cry on. 4. compare…to: 1) to examine or judge (one thing) in relation to another thing in order to show the points of similarity or difference Examples: • I couldn’t help comparing my wife’s cooking to my mother’s. • I compared several brands of cars before choosing one. 2) showing that two things are alike Examples: • When we won the local basketball championship we naturally compared ourselves to