由动词 turn 构成的常见短语：

turn in 归还；上交

turn up 出现；开大

turn on 打开

turn off 关掉

turn out 结果是

turn down 关小；拒绝

(2) there stood ... 此句为存在结构, 常用于 这种结构的动词有stand, seem to be, happen to be, likely to be, live, come, exist, lie等。

e.g. There happened to be nobody in the room.

There lives an old man in the village.

9. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Chaire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. After all, she knew Claire's husband's name was Larry, not Tony.

从她脸上惊奇的表情判断, 克莱尔知道拉迪斯认为她有外遇, 毕竟她知道她丈夫的名字是拉里, 而不是托尼。

(1) affair n.事物；事情；暖昧关系

e.g. Don't mind one's own affairs/business.

别管闲事！

It's not my affair.

这不关我的事。

(2) after all　毕竟, 终究

[考例] Why are you so anxious? It isn't your problem ______.

A. on purpose B. in all

C. on time D. after all

[点拨] 选D。句意为：你为什么如此着急？毕竟不是你的问题。after all作"毕竟"讲，符合句意。其余三项：on purpose故意地，in all总共，总的来说，on time准时，都不符合语境。

10. ... you cannot have women falling in love with machines. 你总不能让女人和机器相爱吧。

常用的可以用现在分词作宾语补足语的动词有两类：

1) 表示感觉的动词, 如 see, hear, watch, find, feel, smell, notice, listen to等。

e.g. The coach watched his team playing.

2) 部分使役动词, 如have, keep, get, catch, leave, set等。

e.g. Can you hear her singing the song in the next room?

He kept the car waiting at the gate.

Step II Difficult sentences

1. Claire didn't want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn't harm her or allow her to be harmed.

[点拨] 该句是一个由 ____ 连接的并列句。第一个分句包含一个 ___ 引导的原因状语从句, 说明克莱尔不愿让机器人留在家里的原因; but 之后的句子的主干为 ____________________。

persuade后面是双宾语，her充当间接宾语，that引导的宾语从句充当直