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①(朗文P758)I'm just figuring my expenses.

我正在计算我的开支．

②(朗文P759)If I have a map，I can figure it out.

如果我有张地图，我就能解决这事．

③(牛津P750)I can't figure out how to do this.

我弄不懂怎样做这件事．

④I saw a figure in the darkness.我看到暗处有一个人影。

⑤She does exercise every morning to keep her figure.

她每天早上锻炼以保持体形。

⑥I bought a handkerchief printed interesting figures for my daughter.我为女儿买了一块印有有趣的图形的手帕。

⑦The stone figures in the temple look frightening.

寺庙里的石像看起来很吓人。

2．The present situation is very complex，so I think it will take me some time to ________its reality.

A．make up　　　　　　　　B．figure out

C．look through D．put off

解析：选B。句意：现在的情况非常复杂，因此我想过一段时间我才能够弄清楚它的实际情况。make up 编造；figure out弄清楚，弄明白；look through浏览，快速查看；put off 推迟。由句意可知B项正确。

3．(2010年山东潍坊统考)Sam couldn't ________ how to print out the document until the teacher showed it to him.

A．go through B．figure out

C．come up D．get over

解析：选B。句意：老师告诉Sam 之后他才知道怎么打印这个文件。figure out弄明白，知道。

★4.(2010年福建厦门质检)However hard I tried to think about it，what he said didn't really ________ to me

A．figure out B．make out

C．turn out D．get across

解析：选D。figure out"查明，弄清楚"；make out"填写，声称，应付"；turn out"结果是，原来是"；get across"使被理解，使被接受。"句意：无论我多么努力地思考，我都不能理解他说的话。故选D。

3. since　conj.　因为，既然

(回归课本P42)Since I'm preparing to act in a new TV play，I'm taking weight­loss pills called Fat­Less，which are quite popular among young women here.

因为我正在为在一部新电视剧里演戏做准备，所以我在用一种叫做"Fat­Less"的减肥药，这种药在我们这儿的年轻女士中很受欢迎。

归纳拓展

(1)since作连词，可以引导以下两种状语从句：时间状语从句，原因状语从句

(2)since作prep.意为自从......以来,【注意】　当since引导时间状语从句，用在"It is＋一段时间＋since从句"的句型中时，其句意取决于从句的谓语动词是否可延续。,It is three years since the war broke out.,自战争爆发以来三年了。,It is three years since I smoked cigar(＝since I stopped a cigar).我不吸烟有三年了。

(3)since作副词，意为"自那时以来，后来"

例句探源

①(朗文P1913)A lot has happened since we graduated from college.自从我们大学毕业以来，发生了很多事情。

②We thought that，since we were in the area，we'd stop by and see them.

我们想，既然到了这个地方，应该顺便去看看他们。

③He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since.他两周前离家外出，我们至今还没有他的音讯。