舌尖上的美国(77):美国常用习语辨析(下)

舌尖上的美国(77):美国常用习语辨析(下)  

kick off与tip off：,kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始，有时也指球赛。,例如：,Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。,我们学校最近发动一次大规划的筹款运动。,We will kick off the no-smoking drive。,我们将要发动戒菸运动。,They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。,他们明天正式开始足球赛。,多半是用主动语态，有时也用被动。,例如：,The fund–raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。,一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。,但是，tip off虽然也指开始，不过多半是指篮球开赛前，裁判开球让两边球员跳球。例如：The players tipped off the basketball game at 2:00 yesterday afternoon。,篮球赛于昨天下午两点开始。,注意：to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone),例如：,I will tip him off about this breaking news。,我要告诉他最新消息。(breaking=latest),有时也用tip off him about……,act as与act for的用法,act as (临时)担任，充当，起……的作用。如：,A trained dog can act as a guide to a blind person.经过训练的狗可以担任盲人的向导。,表示担任独一无二的职务，其前通常不用冠词。如：,He acted as manager in my absence.我不在时他担任经理。,I don’t understand their language; you’ll have to act asinterpreter.我不懂他们的语言，你得当翻译了。,act for代理(某人职务)，代为(处理某事)。如：,Please act for me during my absence.我不在时请代理我处理事务。,I acted for our captain while he was in hospital.我们队长住院时由我代理他。,接下来我们看两个句子：,He likes to sit in the front of the class.,他喜欢坐在教室的前排。,There is a pond in front of the house.,房屋前面有个池塘。,发现他们的不同了吗？一个是in the front of，一个是in front of，有the和没the的词组仅仅就是一个定冠词的区别吗？下期节目Nic将为大家揭晓答案！,