2019-2020学年北师大版高中英语选修8学案:Unit 24 Section Ⅱ Warm-up & Consumer Society-Language Points
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  over most of the money we earn to pay for them.

  相反,感觉它们就像一种负担,因为我们每月都要将挣来的大部分钱交出来付账。

  

  (1)be a burden to sb.      成为某人的负担

  (2)burden vt. 负担;背负

  burden sb./oneself with sth. 使某人负担某事

  (3)be burdened by 被......所困扰;承受......的负担

  be burdened with 背负着;负载着

  

  ①Her sick grandfather is becoming a burden to her.

  她生病的爷爷渐渐成了她的负担。

  ②The government burdened the nation with heavy taxes.

  政府使国民负担重税。

  ③He was_burdened(burden) with a heavy box on his back.

  他背上背着一个很重的箱子。【导学号:14092017】

   vacant adj. (座位或职位)空着的,无人占用的

  (教材P34)Surely we're still better off than those who wear rags and sleep on the streets or in vacant buildings,but...

  当然,我们仍旧比那些穿着破衣烂衫、睡在街道上或者空置的大楼里的人生活得好很多,但是......

  

  a vacant seat        空位

  a vacant position/post 空缺职位

  a vacant expression/look 茫然的表情

  vacancy n. [C] (职位的)空缺,空职

  

  ①The number of vacant posts has largely increased compared to the same period of last year.

空缺职位的数量与去年同期相比大幅增加。