Unit 17 Laughter1. burst out laughing 突然大笑起来 2. fall about laughing 忍不住大笑3. be amused by 被...逗乐了4. cash a cheque 兑现支票5. wait in line 排队等候6. black eye 鼻青脸肿7. get rid of 摆脱，除掉，处理掉8. fool around 胡闹，瞎弄9. from time to time 不时地10. result in 导致，造成......11. result from 由......造成12. run into 撞上；偶然碰到13. put on 假装；穿上；上演14. turn sb off 令某人讨厌，令某人反感15. regardless of 不管，不顾16. compensate for/make up for 补偿，弥补17. play around 四处游戏18. pull faces 做鬼脸19. be in for … 肯定会遭受/注定会经历......20. in the presence of 在...的面前，在...在场的情况下21. have trouble /difficulty (in) doing sth 做某事有困难22. make out 理解；辨认出23. busy oneself doing sth 使自己忙于做某事考点短语：1．get rid of 处理掉，摆脱；去掉I want to know how to get rid of these flies.我想知道怎样除掉这些苍蝇。be rid of 摆脱，除掉；除去rid sb./sth. of sth. 使……摆脱……rid oneself of sth. 使自己摆脱某物
2．result in 导致；造成A traffic jam will result in the instant appearance of 10,000 clowns!一场交通堵塞会造成10 000个小丑快速出现的局面！result from... 由……而引起as a result 结果as a result of... 由于……的原因without result 毫无结果地with the result that 为此；因此3．run into撞上；偶然遇见；(使)碰撞；遇到/陷入(困境)The day before we went away, another car just ran straight into me.在我们离开时的前一天，一辆车径直撞上了我。run across 偶然遇上run after 追求run away 突然离开run out (of...)用完；耗尽……run over 撞倒并碾轧
4．turn sb. off 令人讨厌Can you think of a comedian who really turns you off?你能想出一个令你反感的喜剧演员吗？turn to sth./sb./doing sth. 求助于；转向；翻到turn...into... 把……变成，翻译成turn out 证明是；生产，制造turn on 打开turn up 调高；露面；出现turn down 调低；拒绝turn in 上交；告发
5．regardless of 不管，不顾He constantly gets into awkward and absurd situations, which greatly amuses audiences regardless of their nationality or culture.他经常陷入一种笨拙和可笑的情景中，观众的民族和文化背景尽管各异，却都会被逗得开怀大笑。regardless of the fact that... 不顾……的事实as regards 关于；至于with/in regard to 关于regarding... 关于give one's regards to sb. 向某人问候With/In regard to future oil supplies, the situation is uncertain.关于未来的石油供应问题，情况尚不确定。Davis had very little to say regarding the accident.关于这次事故，戴维斯没有什么好说的。
regardless of
“不顾，不惜”，表示不去考虑，强调主观的不管不顾
in spite of
表示转折，意为“尽管”，一般用于客观无法避免的事实，往往是不利的条件
6．get stuck in 陷入He got stuck in an embarrassing situation.他陷入尴尬境地。[点拨] stuck 为 stick 的过去分词形式。stick out 突出；伸出stick to 坚持stick at 坚持不懈地做……stick by 继续支持be trapped in 陷入
7．after all 毕竟，终究Don't get discouraged; we are new to the work after all.别灰心，做这工作我们毕竟是新手。above all 首先，首要 not at all 一点也不all at once 突然地；同时 all of a sudden 突然in all 总计 for all 尽管，虽然all along 一直 all in all 总的说来all over 到处；遍及 all through 一直，自始至终
8．due to 因为The company's problems are due to poor management.公司的问题是由于管理不善。be due 的常见用法：①预期发生；预定到达The flight from London is due at seven o'clock in the morning.从伦敦来的班机早晨七点到达。The meeting is due to start at three.会议三点召开。②欠下的；应给的You are due five days' holiday this month.这个月你有五天假期。③到期的，应付的When will the first interest payments be due?首笔利息什么时候支付？其他表示“因为，由于”的短语thanks to, owing to, because of
9．call in 请……来(帮忙)Police have been called in to help find the missing child.已经请了警察帮着寻找失踪的孩子。drop in on sb.＝call on sb. 拜访某人drop in at a place＝call at a place 拜访某地call for 需要，要求；去接(某人)call out 喊叫，大声说出call back 回电话call off 取消
10．make out 弄清楚；辨认出；假装I can scarcely make out his handwriting.我几乎认不出他的笔迹。make up 化妆，组成，编造，弥补make for 向……走去，有利于make it 成功；及时到达make way 让路I can't make out what they are talking about.