重点词汇词组：

At the top of the hall1 was2 another long table3 where the teachers were sitting4.

长难句分析

解：1表语+2系动词+3主语+4定语从句

析：①本句主句部分使用了完全倒装，将表语置于句首，系动词要与其后的主语在数上保持一致，而不是与位于句首的表语保持一致。

②定语从句：where the teachers were sitting

该从句修饰先行词table，关系副词where在从句中作地点状语。

1.as though 好像；似乎

例：I felt as though I'd been lying in the sun for hours.

我觉得好像已经晒了好几个小时的太阳。

【相关俚语】

①as to/for 至于，关于

例：As to where we'll get the money from, we'll talk about that later.

至于到哪儿去搞到这笔钱，我们以后再说吧。

②as of/from 自……起

例：As of next month, all the airline's fares will be going up.

自下月起，所有航空公司的机票价格都将上调。

2.lay 放置，安放

例：He laid the tray down on the table.

他把托盘放在桌子上。

【常见短语】

①lay sth. aside 放下，停下

例：He's temporarily laid aside some quite interesting projects to write the script.

他已经暂时放下一些非常有意思的项目去写剧本了。

②lay sb. off 解雇（某人）

例：Because of falling orders, the company has been forced to lay off several hundred workers.

由于订单减少，公司被迫解雇了数百名工人。

【相关俚语】

①lay sth. at sb.'s door 将……归咎于（某人）

例：Blame for the accident has been laid at the government's door.

人们认为发生此次事故的责任在政府。

②lay sb. to rest 安葬（某人）

例：She was laid to rest next to her husband.

她被安葬在丈夫旁边。

3.look like 看起来像

例：He looked like a friendly sort of person.

他看起来是那种很友善的人。

【常见短语】

①look into sth. 调查，研究

例：We're looking into the possibility of merging the two departments.

我们正在研究这两个部门合并的可能性。

②look up to sb. 敬仰，敬重

例：He'd always looked up to his uncle.

他一直很敬重叔叔。

【相关俚语】

①look sb. in the eye/face 直接坦诚地与人交流

例：I can't believe you can look me in the face and lie to me like that.

我真想不到你会一脸坦诚地对我说谎。

②never look back 持续走红

例：She never looked back after that first exhibition.

自从首次展出后她就一直很走红。

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