Unit 20: Humour 1.Make fun of : 取笑 e.g. The kids at school always made fun of Tom’s clothes. Have fun =have an enjoyable time For fun 开玩笑，不是认真的 2.Date back to 回溯至： The church dates back to the 13th century. Date from : The friendship between the two nationalities dates from ancient time. Date back 不可用于被动语态 Out of date 过时的 Make a date 定下日期 3.Make use of : We must make the best possible use of the resources we have. 常见词组： Bring sth into use 开始使用 come into use 开始被使用 Put… to use 利用，使用 get out of use 开始不用 4.We are on good/bad terms with each other. Come to terms with 甘心忍受的 In the long term 从长远观点来看 5. We keep dogs in the yard to drive off thieves. Our brave soldiers finally drove off the enemies from our land. 6.We all look on our English teacher as our friend. Look back 回想，记起 look down /upon 轻视，看不起 Look forward to look out 当心，注意 Look up ：look up new words in the dictionary 7.have/bear/keep … in mind 把… 记在心里 Make up one’s mind 下决心 8.Looking after 25 noisy children is no laughing