LESSON 46 Expensive and uncomfortable
    1.clothing是服裝的總稱，為不可數(shù)名詞，其含義比clothes更為廣泛。clothes一般指衣服，clothing則可以包括鞋、帽等
    2.No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. 其中有只箱子特別重，可誰也弄不清是怎么回事。
    短語動(dòng)詞 account for的含義為“說明理由”、“作出說明（或解釋）”：
    The bad weather in England accounts for Harrison's decision to leave the country.
    英國(guó)糟糕的氣候是哈里森決定離開這個(gè)國(guó)家的原因。
    How do you account for the battered car?
    你如何解釋這撞壞的車？
    3.It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. 突然一個(gè)工人想到打開箱子看看。
    表示某人想起某事時(shí)，要用 sth. occurred to sb. 這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)，主語為事，而不是人。
    It never occurred to me that he could be a thief.
    我從沒有想到他會(huì)是個(gè)小偷。
    A good idea occurred to Jane while she was talking to Mary.
    簡(jiǎn)與瑪麗談話時(shí)想到了一個(gè)好主意。
    i have a good idea/a good idea occured to me我想起一個(gè)好主意
    4.He was astonished at what he found. 看到的情景使他吃驚。
    表示某事使／讓某人吃驚通常用sb. is/ are/ was/ were…astonished at sth.：
    Sam appears astonished at the news/ the sound.
    這消息／聲音似乎使薩姆吃了一驚。
    5.．…h(huán)e had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours. ……他在那木箱里悶了十八個(gè)多小時(shí)。
    confine表示“把……限制起來”，通常與介詞to連用：
    Last weekend, Tom's mother confined him to his room.
    上個(gè)周末，湯姆的媽媽把湯姆關(guān)在了房間里。
    6.The man was ordered to pay ￡3, 500 for the cost of the trip. 此人被責(zé)令交付旅費(fèi)3,500英鎊。
    pay for表示“為……支付貨款”、“為……付出代價(jià)”：
    She paid ￡ 50 for that dress.
    她買那件衣服花了50英鎊。
    7.it suddenly occured to one of the workers to open up the box。
    sth occur to sb
    如果一個(gè)動(dòng)詞跟人的情緒有關(guān)，則它的賓語是人
    其形容詞有兩個(gè)：令人--ing；感到--ed
    astonishing/astonished