Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading—Language Points lack vt
& n.缺乏; 缺少; 不足(教材 P49)When there is a lack of food, there is hunger
当缺少食物时就会有饥饿产生
(1)(a) lack of
……的缺少for lack of sth
因缺少……(2)lacking adj
缺少的;缺乏的be lacking in 缺少……;……不足 Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a lack of exercise
健康问题与不良饮食习惯和缺乏运动有密切关系
(1)lack 作名词时,后常接介词 of;作及物动词时,直接加宾语;作不及物动词时,后常接介词 for;(2)lacking 为形容词,一般不放在名词前
[基础练习]——单句语法填空/单句改错(1) Though lacking(lack) money, his parents managed to send him to university
(2) More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities for lack of space
(3)—Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview
—Lack in self-confidence is his Achilles’ heel,I am afraid
in→of[能力提升]——一句多译缺乏勇气使他失去了获胜的机会
(4)Lacking__courage made him lose the c