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辨析：refuse与reject
refuse和reject都有"拒绝"的意思，有时可以通用，有时用法又不同。refuse强调坚定地拒绝，后可接动词不定式。reject强调当前拒绝对方的请求、提议的情况，一般后面不接动词不定式。如：He refused to speak at the meeting. 他拒绝在会上发言。He rejected my request. 他当面拒绝了我的要求。
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2. As far as I know... 据我所知... (p. 67 Useful expressions) as far as的用法和意思
▲ as far as或so far as，此处意为"据""就...'尽"，常与动词know，see等词连用。如： ① As far as they know, the room is empty. 据他们所知，房间是空的。② So far as I can judge, she is quite efficient. 据我判断，她的工作效率是相当高的。③ There aye no mistakes as far as I can see. 在我看来没什么错误。④ So far as I know, their work is far from satisfactory. 据我所知，他们的工作并不令人满意。
【注】类似的用法还有：as far as sb. / sth. is concerned，意思是"就某人 ／某事而言""对某人／某事来说"。如：① As far as I am concerned, it's all nonsense.在我看来，这全是一派胡言。② This has been a difficult period as far as the country's economy is concerned. 就我国经济而言，最近是其困难时期。
【注】也可以用as far as sth. goes。如：① so far as content goes, it is all right.就内容而言，这还不错。② It's a perfectly good law as far as it goes, but it doesn't deal with the real problems．该法就其本身而言非常不错，但是它未解决实际问题。
【注】 as far as的原意是"到达""一直到"。如：① The flood waters came as far as the roof. 洪水一直漫到屋顶。② They didn't go as far as we. 他们走得不如我们远。
3. The way I would go about it... 我要做这件事的方法... (p. 67 Useful expressions) ▲ go about的用法
(1) go about此处意为"从事于......" "进行......"。如：① You are not going about it the right way. 你的做法不对。② Peter has no idea how to go about finding a better job.彼得不知道怎样才能找到更好的工作。③ Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight. 博比今天晚上在非常认真地做功课。④ How will you go about building the bird home? 你打算怎样着手建鸟舍?
(2) go about可作"流传"解释，此时about是副词，后面不需要跟宾语。如：① There are a lot 0f colds going about now.目前感冒传染很厉害。② A story is going about that there will be another party on the 15th of August. 据说八月十五日要举行另一次聚会。③ The rumor is going about that John and Mary are getting married. 谣传约翰和玛丽要结婚了。
(3) go about还有"到处走走"之意，此处about也是副词，相当于around。如：① People are going about more now that the weather's better. 因为天气热些了，人们外出增多了。② Is it dangerous to go about bareheaded when it's mining? 下雨的时候光着头到处走有危险吗? ③ Mother is much better, thank you, she's able to go about a bit more. 谢谢你，母亲好多了，她已能更多地走动了。
4. Have mercy on Antonio, Shylock. 宽恕Antonio吧，Shylock. (p. 67 Reading 第二行)
have mercy on sb. 宽恕某人
▲ mercy n. 仁慈、怜悯、宽恕 She has mercy on little animals. 她怜悯小动物。They showed little mercy to their enemies. 他们对敌人毫不仁慈。
(1) 这一意思也可以用show mercy to sb. 或give mercy to sb. 表示。如：① Have mercy on me. 饶了我吧!② They showed mercy to the defeated enemy. 他们饶恕了被打败的敌人。③ In Iraq, the American soldiers had no mercy on the prisoners of war. 在伊拉克，美军士兵对战俘毫无怜悯之意。④ The judge showed mercy to him. 法官宽恕了他。
(2) mercy也可作可数名词，这时意为"幸运的事""值得感激的事"。如：① What a mercy he escaped the fire!他从火里逃生，真是幸运。② He is thankful for small mercies. 他对小恩小惠也很感激。③ It was a mercy that she wasn't seriously injured. 谢天谢地，她没有受重伤。
注意：表示被动意义时可以说：We were given no mercy. 我们没有得到宽恕。No mercy was shown to the prisoners. 对囚犯毫不宽恕。
联想：(复) mercies (同) charity, grace
拓展：at he mercy of 任由......摆布，在......掌握之中; have mercy on ／ upon sb. ／ sth. = show mercy to sb. / sth. 对......表示同情；对......有怜悯之心; without mercy 毫不留情地
5. I've promised to take my pound of flesh.我说过一定要拿走我的那一磅肉。(p. 67 Reading 第三行)
▲ promise
(1) vt. 答应，允诺约定I don't remember I ever promised that. 我不记得我答应过这件事。
(2) vt. promise + to + v. (原型) I never promised to obey her commands. 我从未答应过要服从她的命令。
(3) vt. promise + n. / pron. + n. / pron. She promised me a gift for my birthday. 她答应送我一件生日礼物。
(4) vt. promise + that从句He promised that he would come. 他答应来。
(5) n. 诺言、约定Give me your promise that you'll never do that again. 答应我你永远不要再干那种事。
联想：promise n. 诺言、约定、预示; promiser n. 做出诺言的人。
拓展：make a promise 做出承诺，允诺; keep one's promise遵守诺言; break one's promise食言
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