Language points in unit4 Module81. work out 计算出，设法弄懂，精心制定出，逐渐解决，按某种方式发展。1) You can work out the answer by adding all the numbers. 2) I ’m not telling you the answer-----work it out for yourself. 3) I haven’t worked out who is going to look after the kids tonight. 4) I hope it all works out between you and me. 5) We didn ’t plan our art exhibition like that but it worked out very well. 2. ⋯an expert in phonetics, convinced that the quality of a person’s English decides his/her position in society. 一位语音学专家，认定一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位。(1) Convince vt. to cause to believer or feel certain; to persuade 说服；使相信，说动（某人）我们说服了他坐火车去，不要搭飞机去。We convinced him to go by train rather than plane. 2)(be) convinced + of 短语 / that 从句意思是 “坚信 ⋯” ; “确信⋯”。例如：我确信他有罪。I am convinced of his guilt. =I am convinced that he was guilty. 3) convince (vt.) sb + of 短语/that 从句， “使⋯坚信 ⋯” ; “使⋯确信⋯”。我不认为她的强作欢颜能使她父亲相信她在那个小孤岛上过得开心。I don ’t think her forced smile will convince her father that she lives happily on that small lonely island. Convinced adj.坚信的，意志坚定的Convincing adj.令人心服的3. set (1) vt. 安排；布置（岗哨）；定（时间、标准）；创造（记录）；专心于1） Set guards around the gate. 2) The time and date of the meeting have not yet been set. 3) He set a new record. 4) Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. (2) vt. 使―― 做某事；使 ――处于某状态5）I opened the cage and set the bird free. 6) A spark set the soods on fire. (3) vi.（日、月等）下落；下沉7) It will be cooler when the sun has set. (4) n. 一套，一组；电器设备8） I bought a set of LuXun’s shor...
