「名师点拨」argue作动词时，意为"争论；争吵；争辩"。argue for意为"为......辩护"；argue with sb about / over sth指"就某事和某人争论"；argue against意为"据理反对；争辩......"。

如：It is no use arguing for the plan because it has been rejected. We are always arguing with each other about money. Father argued fiercely against any increase in expenditure for the children's annual party.

「知识拓展」argue的名词形式为argument，意为"争论；争端；论证"，常构成短语settle an argument指"解决争端"。

9. care for

「课文原句」It was a small book explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies by following some rules for keeping babies clean and healthy. （P6）

「名师点拨」care for可以表示look after的意思，意为"照顾；照料"，且较正式；也可表示"喜欢"的意思。

如：His son cared for him when he was ill. In fact， I don't really care for basketball.

另外，在上面的句子中，explain意为"解释，说明"，后可接名词、代词、从句或wh + to do作宾语，可用explain sth to sb或explain to sb sth.

如：Will you explain to us how we can finish the work as soon as possible？