Review: Phrasal Verbs, Ex. 9-11
1. □ a. What does this word mean? b. I
don't know. Why don't you look it up in
the dictionary?
□ He forgot what her address was, so he looked it up in his address book.
□ He forgot what her phone number was, so he
looked
it up in the phone book.
2. □ I can't pick you up today. I have to meet with
a client. You'll have to take the bus home instead.
□ Mom, can you pick me up at school at 4:00? I have to stay late, so I'll miss
the bus.
□ OK, we have arrived. You may get off the
bus now. Remember, you will have two hours to visit the church and downtown
area. The bus will pick
you up right here in the same place at
3:00. Don't be late!
3. □ She took two tablets of Tylenol, and then she
put the
bottle back in
the medicine cabinet and closed the door.
□ He poured himself a glass of wine, and
then he put
the bottle back in the refrigerator.
□ After he paid for his purchase, he put his credit card back in his wallet and stuck it in his coat pocket.
4. □ The physician said, "Take off your shirt, please." Then she put her stethoscope (听诊器, estetoscopio, стетоско́п) on my back and told me to take a big breath (吸入, aspirar, вдыхать).
□ Before he went to bed, he took off his shirt and pants and hung them up in the closet.
□ She looked in the mirror. The dress she
was wearing had a stain (污 迹, mancha, пятно́) in front, so she took it off, and she put on something else.
5. □ That's a lot of money you want us to
spend! We should all talk it over before we make such a big purchase (购买, la compra, поку́пка).
□ a. Have you decided which person should
get the promotion? 晋 级, ser ascendido, повышение b. No.
Before I make my decision, I would like to sit down with all the managers and talk it over.
□ a. Is our company going to open a branch (分 支 机 构 , sucursal, филиал) in Beverly Hills? b.
It's possible. The boss is meeting with the department managers tomorrow to talk it over.
4. □ Don't throw away the receipt! We will need it if we want to return the
items (=things) we bought.
□ Don't throw away those old clothes! We can give them to a charity* that
helps the homeless.
*慈 善 机 构, organización benéfica, благотворительная организация
□ What are you doing? Don't throw away that
paper! We can recycle it.
5. □ Could you turn down that music?!!! I have a terrible headache.
□ Excuse me, honey. Could you turn down the TV? I'm trying to talk on the phone, and I can't
hear.
□ The room was too bright, so he used the
dimmer switch (调光器, potenciómetro, регулятор освещённостиto) to turn down the lights. He wanted a more romantic atmosphere. (气 氛, ambiente,
атмосфера)
6. □ You aren't going to turn down their offer, are you?! Lots of people would give their
right arm for a job like that. It pays well, and it's secure*. *Safe. You don't need to worry about losing
your job.
□ I can't decide if I should accept the job
offer or turn
it down. I could learn a lot of new
skills
(工作技能, habilidades, destrezas, на́вык) on the job, but the
salary is low.
□ They offered him the job, but he turned it down because
he didn't want to have such a long commute.
7. □ If you churn (=mix) heavy cream for a long
time, it will turn
into butter.
□ The witch waved her wand (魔杖,varita mágica, волше́бная
па́лочка), and the handsome prince turned into a frog!
□ Last year I went back to the little
village where I grew up. I couldn't believe my eyes! Over the last twenty
years*, it has
turned into a big, modern city. *in the
time between 20 years ago and now
8. □ The two co-workers didn't get along with each
other at all (和 睦 相 处, 与 某 人 相 处 融 洽, llevarse bien con, они́ ла́дят ме́жду собо́й), and it was causing
problems in the office. Finally, the boss told them they needed to work out their problems. If they didn't, they might both get
fired.
□ He and his wife don't get along with each other (和 睦 相 处, 与 某 人 相 处 融 洽, llevarse bien
con algn, они́ ла́дят ме́жду собо́й). In fact, they have been seeing a
marriage counselor in order to work out their problems.
□ Didn't you hear? They got divorced. They
just couldn't work
out their problems.
9. □ Do you have a pencil? I need to write down her phone number so I don't forget it.
□ The sign in the window said for rent: 1-bedroom apt. $1,200/mo. I
took out my pen, and I wrote
down the phone number so I could call up
and ask about it.
□ It was a hit-and-run1 accident.
Fortunately, somebody wrote
down the license plate2 number
and gave it to the police. 1 交通肇事后逃逸, que se da a
la fuga tras atropellar a algn, водитель, который, сбив пешехода, уезжает с
места происшествия 2 车 牌 照, matrícula/placa, номерной знак
