4.准备做……

get ready for sth。

get sth. ready

be ready for sth。

be ready to do sth。

prepare for sth。

prepare oneself for sth。

prepare to do sth。

prepare sth. for sb。

be prepared for sth。

5. “邀请”与“请求”

Would you like to do sth.?

Would you like sth.?

Would you please do…?

(回答：I’d love to 。)

6.四“没用”

It is no use (in)doing sth。

There is no use doing sth。

It is useless to do sth。

It is no good (in) doing sth。

7. 如此表示“结果”

so …that…

enough to do sth。

too … to…

8. 八“花费”

sb. spends some time/money on sth

sb. spends some time/money (in) doing sth。

sb. pays some money for sth。

sb. buy sth. for some money。

(sb sells sth. for some money。)

sth. costs sb. some time/money

It costs sb. some money/time to do sth。

It takes sb. some time/money to do sth。

It takes some time/money for sb. to do sth。