WORDS
Attend
[观察] 阅读下列各句，并观察attend 在句中的用法。
1. Did you attend the meeting yesterday?
2. Their children attend the same school.
3. The woman has two nurses attending (on) her.
[点拨] attend v. 参加，出席，如句1； 经常去，定期去（某处）， 如句2 ；医治，照顾，看护，如句3。
[辨析] attend / join / take part in / join in
attend一般指参加会议、典礼，去听课、听报告等。如：attend the meeting / conference / lecture / school / ceremony ...
join 加入某团体、组织（如军队、党派）、一群人、游戏等当中。如：join the party / army / club / team / sb. ...
take part in 参加某项活动。如：take part in the discussion / movement / revolution / meeting / conference / conversation / debate / war ...
join in 参加某项活动。如：join in the game / discussion / conversation ...。join sb. in (doing) sth. 指和其他人一起参加某项活动。
[小试] 把下列句子翻译成汉语。
1. Do you attend church regularly?
2. We’d like as many people as possible to attend the lecture.
3. He was very tired and expected somebody to attend on him.
Key:
1.你经常去教堂吗？
2.我们希望去听讲座的人越多越好。
3.他感到很累，希望有人来照顾一下自己。
Absorb
[观察] 阅读下列各句，并观察absorb 在句中的用法。
1. Cotton gloves absorb sweat.
2. Black cloth absorbs light.
3. Clever children absorb knowledge easily.
4. This work had absorbed him for several years.
5. The boy was absorbed in the book and paid no attention to what was going on around him.
[点拨] absorb vt. “吸收（液体、气体、光、热等）”,如句1，2 ; “汲取、理解、掌握知识”，如句3；吸引（注意力、精力等），如句4； 用于be absorbed in集中注意力，全神贯注于……，如句5。
[小试] 把下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 大部分植物吸收二氧化碳。
2. 这位作家全神贯注进行写作。
3. 这本书吸引了他的注意。
Key:
1. Most plants absorb carbon dioxide.
2. The writer was absorbed in his writing.
3. The book absorbed his attention.
Blame
blame v. 责备；谴责；把……归咎于
n. 过失，责备
常用结构：
blame sb. / sth. for sth. 因……责备……
blame sth. on sb. / sth. 把……归咎于……
be to blame (for sth.) 应（为……）承担责任；该（为……）受责备（主动表被动）
bear / take the blame 承担责任
put / lay the blame on 怪在……身上
[例句] Many children are afraid of being blamed for failing the exam.
许多孩子害怕因考试不及格而受责备。
The police blamed the traffic accident on his careless driving.
警察把那起交通事故归咎于他的粗心驾驶。
The driver was not to blame for the accident.
司机不应为这起事故负责。
The secretary was more to blame than the boss.
秘书比老板更应该受到谴责。
We were ready to take the blame for what had happened.
我们愿对所发生的事情负责。
[小试] 完成下列句子。
1. Don’t always _______________ (把自己的失败归咎于他人). Sometimes, you yourself _______________ (该受责备).
2. She’ll _______________ (怪罪我们), if it turns out badly.
3. She didn’t _______________ (把她父亲的死归咎于任何人).
Key:
1. blame your own failure on others; are to blame
2. put / lay the blame on us
3. blame anyone for her father’s death
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