重点短语

1. care about
关心；担心；在乎；喜欢
I really care about my work. 我真的关心我的工作。
联想拓展
care for  喜爱；照顾；重视
take care 当心
take care of 照料; 关怀; 处理
under the care of
由……管理, 在……的照料下, 在……的保护下
with care 小心, 慎重
She doesn’t care for that colour．她不喜欢那种颜色。
He spent years caring for his sick mother．
他数年里一直在照顾生病的母亲。
I do care for what my teacher says.
我的确尊重老师说的话。
2. change one’s mind
改变主意
Maybe you’ll change your mind after thinking it over.
也许你仔细考虑之后会改变主意。
联想拓展
make up one’s mind (to do) 下定决心（做某事）
have a/no mind to do   有/无意做……
lose one’s mind 失去理智
read one’s mind 看出某人的心思
speak one’s mind 直言不讳
be of the same mind  意见一致 
be in/of two minds 拿不定主意
give one’s mind to 注意……
keep one’s mind on 专心于……
take one’s mind off sth. 转移某人的注意 
bear/keep sth. in mind 记住某事
bring/call sth. to mind 回忆某事 
put one’s mind to sth. 全神贯注于某事
I have made up my mind to leave, and nothing you say will change it.
我已经下定决心要离开，不管你说什么我都不会改变主意了。
3. give in
屈服，让步，投降；上交
联想拓展
give in (to sb./sth.) 向……让步
give up sth./doing   放弃（做）某事   
give away  赠送；泄露
give back  归还；恢复
give off    放出，散发(光、热、烟、气味等)
give out分配；分发；发布；（食物，燃料，电力等）被用光；筋疲力尽
Seeing that he could not persuade me, he had to give in (to my view). 由于无法说服我，他不得不让步。
Our food supply at last gives out.
我们的食物终于用完了。
His strength gave out.
他已筋疲力尽。
高手过招
单项填空
It is always the husband who ______ first when a quarrel breaks out between the young couple.
A. give away    B. gives out   C. gives in    D. gives off
解析：选C。考查动词短语辨析。句意为：当年轻夫妻之间发生争吵时，最先让步的总是丈夫。give away 赠送，泄露，出卖；give out 分发，用完，消耗尽；give in 投降，屈服，让步；give off 放出，散发出。