(1)blame sb.for sth.　 因某事责怪某人；责怪某人某事

　　blame sth. on sb. 把某事归咎到某人身上

　　be to blame for sth. 对某事应负责任；应受谴责

　　(2)take the blame for sth. 对某事负责任

　　put/lay the blame for sth. on sb. 把某事归咎于某人

　　①I don't blame you for making bad comments to your teacher.

　　我不责备你对老师做了不好的评价。

　　②Don't always blame your own failure on others.Sometimes you yourself are to_blame (blame)．

　　不要总把失败归咎于他人，有时该怪你自己。

　　③He put/laid the blame for his failure in the exam on his teacher.

　　他将此次考试不及格归罪于他的老师。

　　④The police had figured out the cause of the traffic accident and it was the driver of lorry that should take_the_blame_for it.

　　警方已经查明这起交通事故的起因，是那位卡车司机应为此事负责。

　　[名师点津]　to blame在作表语、定语的时候，用主动形式表示被动含义。

　　3．(教材P24)employ vt.雇用；使用；使忙于

　　employ sb.to do sth.　　　　 雇用某人做某事

　　employ sb. as ... 雇用某人作为......

　　employ oneself in ...＝be employed in ...

　　 从事......，忙于

　　①She has been employed in making preparations for the press conference all morning.

　　＝She has_employed_herself_in_making preparations for the press conference all morning.

　　整个上午她都忙于记者招待会的准备工作。

　　②For the past ten years I have been employed as an English teacher in this middle school.

　　十年以来我一直在这所中学受雇当一名英语教师。

　　③They employed her to_look_after_the_baby.

他们雇用她照料那个小孩。