Unit 3 A taste of English humour

重点短语

1. badly off
穷的；处境差的；缺少的
I am quite badly off recently.
最近我经济上很拮据。
联想拓展
be badly off for sth. 需要（某物）；（某物）供应不足
worse off 境况更差；更穷困
well off 富裕；处境好（比较级：better off境况更佳）
His health is worse off than before.
他的身体状况比以前更糟糕了。
The refugees are badly off for blankets, and even worse off for food.  难民需要毯子, 更需要食物。
Capitalism can make you well off.
资本主义可以让你变得富裕。

2. cut off
切断（水电的供应）；中断，打断（谈话）；隔离
The water supply has been cut off for several days in the city. 这个城市的水供应已经被切断好几天了。
They were cut off in the middle of their conversation on the phone. 他们在通电话时被中断了。
When the city was cut off, everyone knew that the total defeat was certain. 当城市被包围时，大家都知道失败已成定局。
联想拓展
cut down 砍倒；消减，降低
cut in 插嘴
cut across 取捷径；走近路
cut up 切碎

3. pick out
挑出；选出；辨认出某人或某物
She was picked out from hundreds of applicants for the job.
她是从数百位申请人里挑选出来做这份工作的。
He picked out his sister from the crowd.
他从人群中认出了他的姐姐。
联想拓展
pick at 小口地吃
pick on 选择；（作为挨骂或受罚对象）挑中（某人）
pick up 捡起；改良；进步；增加；获得；收听