重点词汇词组：

His classroom1 smelled2 strongly of garlic3, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire4 he'd met in Romania, and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days5.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4定语从句+5定语从句

析：①定语从句：which everyone said was to ward off a vampire

该从句修饰先行词garlic，关系代词which在从句中作主语。

②定语从句：he'd met in Romania, and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days

该从句修饰先行词a vampire，此处省略了关系代词。

1.turn sth. into sth. （使）变成

例：The town turned from a small seaside resort into a major commercial centre when oil was discovered.

发现石油后，这个小镇由一个小的海滨胜地变成了重要的商业中心。

【常见短语】

①turn sth./sb. down 拒绝（提议或请求）

例：He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.

他拒绝了这份工作，因为出差太频繁了。

②turn out 结果是；最终成为

例：As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early.

结果证明，我们当初决定早点离开是正确的。

【相关俚语】

①turn your nose up 嗤之以鼻

例：They turned their noses up at the only hotel that was available.

他们看不上那家唯一可住的宾馆。

②turn over a new leaf 改过自新

例：Apparently he's turned over a new leaf and he's not smoking any more.

显然他已经改过自新，不再抽烟了。

2.look forward to 盼望，期盼

例：I'm really looking forward to my holiday.

我热切盼望着假期的到来。

【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 out 小心，当心

例：The police have warned shopkeepers to look out for forged notes.

警察已经提醒过店主要小心假钞。

【相关俚语】

①be looking for trouble 自找麻烦

例：Parking in his space is just looking for trouble.

在他的车位上停车简直就是自找麻烦。

②look on the bright side 看到光明的一面

例：Look on the bright side--no one was badly hurt.

幸运的是没有人受重伤。

3.get rid of 赶走；摆脱

例：We got rid of our unwelcome guests by saying we had to go to bed.

我们说必须要上床睡觉了，这才把那一帮不受欢迎的客人打发走。

【常见短语】

①get off 离去，离开，出发

例：If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.

如果我们可以在7点以前走，路上车要少一些。

②get over sth./sb. 从（疾病或令人不快的事）中恢复过来

例：It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying.

他妻子死后数年他才从这打击中恢复过来。

③get through 打通电话

例：I tried to call her but couldn't get through.

我试图给她打电话，但就是打不通。

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