worth经典引文

1. 价值，意义，作用
2. 值一定金额的数量
3. 财富，财产
4. 价值的东西，能用的东西
5. 真价
6. 值（多少钱的东西），值（若干）的量
7. 白璧无瑕
8. 才能
9. 货币价值，物质价值
10. 品格

1. 值得（费周折）
2. 拥有...价值的财产的
3. 有…价值，值...钱
4. （人）竭尽全力
5. 十分坚定
6. 尽量（多得），拼命（榨取）
7. 不论好坏，无论管不管用
8. 得不偿失，代价太高
9. 称职，胜任
10. 非常有用

1. 变成，成为

1. (表示比率)值(多少钱),值得 having a certain value
2. (表示归属)拥有(财产等) possessing the property, etc.

1. [U] 价值 value

1. an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value;

   "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
   

2. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
3. French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)

1. worthy of being treated in a particular way;

   "an idea worth considering"
   "the deserving poor"
   

2. having a specified value;

   "not worth his salt"
   "worth her weight in gold"
   

• Some poverty-stricken legatee..selling his chance..for a twelfth part of its worth.

  出自：Dickens

• Tell me what this land is worth by the acre.

  出自：Wordsworth

• Originals, I shouldn't be surprised. Must be worth quite a packet.

  出自：K. Amis

Bungee Jumping-(蹦极跳)

A：Hi, John, how was your vacation?
嗨，约翰，你的假期怎么样？

B：Awesome, we went to Australia and New Zealand.
有点可怕。我们去了澳大利亚和新西兰。

A：That must have been wonderful. Do anything interesting?
肯定很好玩吧。玩了什么有趣的？

B：Well, we went bungee jumping when we were in Australia.
哦，在澳大利亚的时候我们去玩了蹦极跳。

A：Wow! Isn’t that dangerous?
哇，是不是很危险呢？

B：A little, but the rush wasworth it.
一点点，但是俯冲的时候（危险）真是很值得的。

A：Tell me about it.
快跟我说说。

B：We jumped off a bridge and fell 500 feet before the bungee cord caught us.
我们从桥上跳下，到500英尺的时候，蹦极绳索便将我们套住。

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A：500 feet! I would never be able to do that.
500英尺！我可做不到。

B：Yeah, It was scary, but exhilarating.
是呀，是很吓人，但是又很让人兴奋。

求职面试

B：What contribution did you make to your current /previous organization？
你对目前/从前的工作单位有何贡献？

A：I have finished three new projects, and I am sure I can apply my experience to this position.
我已经完成三个新项目，我相信我能将我的经验用在 这份工作上。

B：What do you think you areworth to us？
你怎么认为你对我们有价值呢？

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A：I feel I can make some positive contributions to your company in the future.
我觉得我对贵公司能做些积极性的贡献。

B：What make you think you would be a success in this position？
你如何知道你能胜任这份工作？

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A：My graduate school training combined with my internship should qualify me for this particular job. I am sure I will be successful.
我在研究所的训练，加上实习工作，使我适合这份工作。我相信我能成功。

Trading Stamps-(用赠券换东西)

A：Every time I go to the grocery, the clerk asks me if I save stamps.I always say no, but sometimes I get them anyway.
每次我去杂货店，店员都问我是否收集赠券。我总是说"不"，不过有的时候我还是积下些赠券。

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B：Oh, never turn them down.You can always find someone who'll take them.People spend hours pasting them in little books, and when a book is full.they drive miles to a redemption center where the stamps can be traded for things like pillow cases, or playing cards, or garden tools.
啊，别丢掉它。你总会找到回收赠券的人。 有些人花时间把赠券粘贴在小本子上,当一本贴满后,开几英里的车到回收中心去，在那儿可以用赠券交换像枕头套、扑克牌或修整花园的工具等东西。

A：But you have to save millions of them to get anythingworth having.
不过你得收集相当多张才能换回一些有重要价值的东西。

1. 有些语法学家认为worth是形容词,但实际上worth更具有介词的语法特征,可支配名词短语,带逻辑主体的动名词和wh-从句,但不能跟主动不定式。
2. worth常用于sth is worth v -ing结构中,动名词短语在这里表示被动意义。本结构中的sth 有时可换用it,这时it是形式主语,动名词短语是真正主语。

1. worth用作名词时意为“价值”,其前的名词主语如具有复数意义,则应采取复数形式并加上所有格形式'或 's 。
2. “...pounds worth+of+复数名词”在句中作主语时,在强调“价值”时谓语动词用单数形式,强调of的宾语名词时谓语动词用复数形式。