2011自考英语（二）复习资料：UNIT13-1

　　一、word study
　　compel,undertake,coincide,gamble,go in for
　　① compel
　　vt.强迫（compel…to 或 compel…to sth）
　　They w ere often compelled to w ork twelve or fourteen hours a day.
　　他们常常不得不每天工作 12 或 14 小时。
　　He alw ays tried to compel me to his w ill .
　　他总是想逼我服从他的意愿。
　　The performance compelled tears from the audience.(=…compel the audience to shed tears)
　　表演使观众感动得落泪。
　　② undertake vt.1、着手做，进行；2、承担，从事，进行；3、承担，答应（to）
　　The police undertook detailed and comprehensive investigations into the case.
　　警察对这个案件着手进行了细致和全面的调查。 We undertook to reach home before dark. 我们争取天黑以前到家。
　　Do you know the law yer who undertook the case?
　　你认识负责处理此案的律师吗？ Reluctantly he undertook the task. 他勉勉强强地接受了这一使命。
　　He undertook to preserve a strictly neutral position.
　　他承诺严守中立。
　　③ coincide vi.一致，相符（w ith）
　　The centres of the two circles coincide.
　　这两个圆的圆点重合。
　　They cannot go to the theatre together because his free time never coincide w ith hers.
　　他们不能一起去看戏，因为他和她从来都不是同时有空。
　　The judges didn ’t coincide in opinion.
　　法官们意见不一。
　　④ gamble vi./vt.1、，打赌（on）；2、投机，冒险
　　They gambled on the result of a competition.
　　他们对竞赛的结果打赌。
　　The young man has gambled everything away.
　　那个年轻人把什么都输掉了。
　　I w ouldn’t gamble on Jim‘s paying the bill if I were you.
　　假如我是你，我不会期望杰姆付账的。
　　He gambled his savings to start a small shop. 他孤注一掷用自己的积蓄开了一家小商店。 n.1、；2、投机，冒险
　　The operation may not succeed; it ’s a gamble w hether the patient lives or dies.
　　手术可能不成功，病人的生死是一次冒险。
　　⑤ go in for
　　1、参加，从事；2、以。。。为兴趣，爱好
　　I’m going to go in for the final examination next w eek.
　　下星期我将参加期末考试。
　　As my intellect is not adapted for science, I must go in for art.
　　我的头脑不适应科学，我应该学艺术。 What sports do you go in for? 你喜欢哪些体育项目？
　　In our department, every student goes in for after-school activities.
　　我们系的每个学生都喜欢课外活动。