英语常用短语的用法与练习（13）61. far from完全不；远非；远离；例句：①His work is far from satisfactory. 他的工作远不能令人满意。

②He is far from well. 他并不健康。

③The project is far from perfect. 这项企划很不完美。

far短语：far from easy 太不容易；far from (being) true/ the truth远远不是真的；so far as … is concerne d就……而论(中间用名词或代词)；so far到目前为止(用现在完成时)；配套练习：(1). 翻译句子①They travelled far from home.②Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it.③His work is far from perfect.(2). 单项填空①She is __________ being pleased about it; she is very angry.A. frequentB. quiteC. far fromD. rather②--- What do you think of the town __________--- Oh, it is very beautiful.A. so farB. by farC. too farD. far and away③They all lived in the village thirty miles _____ from the city.A. awayB. farC. far awayD. faraway④He’s _____ pleased with your workA. far away from far far62. in favour of赞成;支持；有利于；主张；例句：①Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗②Both countries seem to favour the agreement. 两个国家似乎都更倾向于这份协议。

③The child favours his father with his brown eyes. 这个孩子棕色的眼睛像他的父亲。

④I am in favour of stopping work now. 我赞成现在停止工作。

favour短语：in sb’s favour 对某人有利；do sb. a favour /do a favour for sb. 帮某人忙；do sb. the favour to do sth./do sb. a favour by doing sth.帮助某人做某事；favour n. 喜爱；恩惠vt. 喜爱；偏袒；ask a favour of sb = ask sb a favour 请某人帮个忙; show favour to sb. 偏袒某人;用法：表示“支持，赞同某人/某事”除了用in favour of之外；还可以用：be for sb./sth.; stand on one’s side等。

be against sb./sth.表示“不支持，不赞同某人/某事”。

配套练习：(1). 单项填空①I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could _____ me a favour.A. makeB. doC. findD. get②Almost everyone is________ bringing down the price of housing because it's too high now.A．in favor of B．in charge of C．in honor of D．in search of ③Will you ________ me a favour and take this to the post office formeA．give B．make C．do D．bring④Will all those _____ the proposal raise their handsA. in relation toB. in excess ofC. in contrast toD. in favor of⑤The plan for a new airport have been scrapped __________ an extension to the old one.A. in favourB. out of favourC. in favour ofD. favourite(2). 用所给短语的适当形式填空in case of/in consequence of/in favour of/in possession of①All his family are _______ his decision to work in western area after graduation.②While reading, _______ coming across new words, you’d better guess their meanings rather than refer to the dictionary.③Mary told me that she was _______ some lovely jewels.④They had to move to another city _______ the typhoon.63. fed up with受够了;厌烦;饱受；例句：①I’m fed up with waiting for her. 我等她都等得不耐烦了。

②What’s the matter You look pretty fed up.怎么啦你显得那么不耐烦。

feed短语：feed sb./sth. on sth. 给（人或动物）食物；喂；饲养；feed on（动物）以……为主食；feed sth. to sb./sth. 给（人或动物）某物作为食物；配套练习：(1). 用适当的介词填空①Several children were feeding bread _____ the ducks.②What do you feed your dog _____③Cows feed _____ grass.④I’m fed up _____ the same breakfast every morning.(2). 单项填空①-----What do you __________ the poultry __________-----Usually it’s corn or cereal.A. feed…withB. give…toC. feed…onD. feed…up②They ___ us on duck and green peas.A. serveB. feedC. feastD. treat③—Alice, you feed the bird today, _____—But I fed it yesterday.A. do youB. didn’t youC. don’t youD. will you④YoumustbekiddingI _____upwithyourpoorworkhabits.fed64. quite a few好些；相当多；例句：①I have made quite a few friends here.在这里我已经交了好多朋友。

②Very few people can bear the cold in Antarctica. 几乎没有人能忍受南极的寒冷。

③Only a few people could see the scene.只有几个人看到了这个景象。

(看到这一景象的人不多。

)④A few friends came to see me last week. 上星期有几个朋友来看我。

⑤Not a few students are going there. 许多学生都要去那里。

辨析：very few/only a few/a few/not a fewvery few, only a few都可表示“少”，“几乎没有”的意思，但very few侧重于“几乎没有人”或“大多数都不”这一概念。

only a few侧重于表达“在许多之中有几个”，不强调“大多数不”这一概念。

a few 意思是“少数几个，一些”，表达肯定概念。

not a few 相当于many，意思是“许多、大量”。

配套练习：(1). 完成句子①—Are your friends here—Yes, _______ (相当多) are here.(2). 单项填空①Don't be in such a hurry. There are _______ passengers in the bus.A. manyB. a fewC. fewD. quite a few②Mr Smith has been to Shanghai several times. He has done ___ business there.A. masses ofB. a number ofC. lotsD. a few③___ friends Betty had made there were all invited to her birthday party.A. Few ofB. FewC. The fewD. A few④This new type machine takes up ___.A. too much roomsB. few roomC. a few roomD. little room65. focus on集中（注意力、精力等）于……；对(某事或做某事)予以注意；使聚焦于；使直射于；例句：①He focused his mind on his lessons. 他把心思集中在功课上。

②Today we’re going to focus on the question of homeless people. 今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

③A near sighted person cannot focus accurately on distant objects. 近视的人看不清远处的物体。