[典例]

1). I am busy; don' t bother me now. 我很忙，现在别打扰我。

2). I am sorry to bother you, but can you tell me the time. 对不起，打扰了，请问现在几点?

[重点用法]

bother with/about 一为......而烦恼；因......操心 bother to do / doing费神做......

[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词或翻译。

1). The problem has been ________ (bother) me for weeks.

2). 一Shall I help you with the cases?

-Don' t ________. I can manage.

3). Don't bother _______ (介词) us; we will soon join you.

Keys: 1). bothering 2). bother 3). about

8. obtain vt. (正式；尤指通过努力或计划) 获得；得到obtainable adj能得到的; 可获得的

[典例]

1). I haven' t been able to obtain that record anywhere. 我到处都没买到那张唱片。

2). He said that the police had obtained this information by illegal means. 他说警方是靠非法手段获得这一资料的。

[重点用法]

obtain sth from sb/sth 从......获得某物

[练习] 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词。

1). Are his records still ______ (obtain)?

2). Further information can be obtained _______ (介词) head office.

Keys: 1). obtainable 2). from

Ⅳ.重点词组（旨在提供综合运用所需材料）

1. pay off 得到好结果，取得成功(常用主动态)；偿清债款；付清工资解雇

[典例]

1). At last, his hard work paid off. 最后，他的努力得到了回报。

2). Did your plan pay off? 你的计划成功了吗?

[短语归纳] pay短语：

pay for付......的钱；为......而付出代价 pay back sth. (pay sb. back sth.) 偿还

pay sb. (...) for sth. 因某事而付某人...... pay sb. (...) to do sth. 付某人(......)去做某事

[练习] 用与pay相关的词组或所给词适当的形式填空。

1). After ten years of hard working she finally _______ _______ her debt.

2). Our efforts are sure to ________ ________.

3). Her parents ________ ________ America.

4). Have you ________ the milkman this week?

5). Have you ________ the money _______ the bank yet?

6). I will _______ you _______ next week.

7). I paid the boy ten yuan _______ (clean) the window.

Keys: 1). paid off 2). pay off 3). paid for 4). paid 5). paid; to 6). pay; back 7). to clean

2. in favor of 赞成；支持；对......有利