11. the same … as… 和……一样……

Meet me at the same place as you did yesterday.
在昨天的老地方见面。
Her manner and attitude toward him were quite the same as they had always been.
她对他的举止和态度跟以前一样。
We are in the same position as at the end of last summer.
我们现在所处的位置跟在上个夏季末一样。

12. but conj. 但是，可是，而，却

(1) 连接两个并列分句
He did all this, but it had no effect.
She pretended to be angry, but she was not.

(2) 连接两个并列成分
They see the trees but not the forest.
他们是只见树木不见森林。
Not you but I am to blame.
应该受责备的是我而不是你。

(3) 开始一个句子，表示意思上的转折
But that question doesn't arise.
但是那个问题没有出现。
But I'm not going to argue with you tonight.

13. times [taimz] 倍

Nigeria is three times the size of Great Britain.
尼日利亚是大不列颠的三倍。
After the experiment, the rabbit was three times larger in size.
实验过后，这只兔子在体积上大了三倍。
The peace time military budget of 1950 is thirty times as large as that of 1938.
1950年和平时期的军费预算是1938年同时期的三十倍。

14. reach [ri:tF] v.

(1) 达到，达成
The cost of the war reached billions.
战争费用高达数十亿。
No agreement was reached between the two nations.
两国之间没有达成协议。

(2) 到达，抵达
They reached their destination at 7 o'clock.
他们于7点钟到达目的地。
We had twenty miles to walk to reach the nearest railway station.
我们还要走20英里才能到达最近的车站。

15. not so…as (用于否定句)像…一样

He was not so foolish as I thought.
他不像我想象的那样愚蠢。
She has never again written so good a book as the first one.
她再没写出过像第一部那样好的书。

16. weigh [wei] v.

(1) 称重量
He weighed the stone in his hands.
他称了下手里的石头。

(2) 重量为…
What does this box weigh?
这个箱子重多少？