Unit3Understandingeachother●Wordpower1
OnereasonthattherearesomanyFrenchwordsinEnglishisthattheFrenchruledEnglandforquiteanumberofyears
(P38)英语中有如此多的法语单词的原因之一是法国人统治了英国多年
reasonn
[CorU]thecauseofaneventorsituationorsth
whichprovidesanexcuseorexplanation:Thereasonforthedisasterwasenginefailure,nothumanerror
[+questionword]Thereasonwhygrassisgreenwasamysterytothelittleboy
[+(that)]Thereason(that)I'mringingistoaskafavour
NOTSTANDARDThereasonIwalkedoutwasbecauseIwasbored
[+toinfinitive]Thepolicehave(everygood)reasontobelievethatheisguilty
Shewasfurious,andwithreason(=withgoodcause)
Forsomereason/Forreasonsbestknowntohimself(=Forreasonsnooneelseknowsabout)he'sdecidedtoleavehisjob
totrytounderstandandtomakejudgmentsbasedonpracticalfacts:[+(that)]Newtonreasoned(that)theremustbeaforcesuchasgravi