中學英語詞彙是英語的常用詞。
熟練掌握中學詞彙，就能流利說英語。
今天我們來學習run和race的用法
請熟讀例句到會說：
01run
跑;奔跑;跑步; 經營；運行；參加競選（動詞）
Tell the children not to run across the street.
告訴孩子們不要跑過馬路。
He leapt out of his car and ran towards the house.
他跳下車朝房子跑去。
Running marathons requires a high level of physical fitness.
跑馬拉松需要高水平的身體素質。
There isn't much profit in running a restaurant these days.
現在經營一家餐館沒有多少利潤。
The machines run day and night.
機器日夜運轉。
跑;跑步;跑步的時間(或距離)（名詞）
Let's go for a run in the park.
我們去公園跑步吧。
常用短語：
run out (of)
用完；耗盡
I didn't finish the test-I ran out of time.
我沒有完成考試，我沒時間了。
It looks as though our luck's finally run out.
看來我們的運氣終於耗光了。
I have run out of patience with these naughty kids.
我對這些淘氣的孩子已經沒有耐心了。
run short of
缺少;短缺;快用完
We've run short of milk.
我們牛奶不夠了。
02race
賽跑;速度競賽;競爭;角逐;賽馬會;種族;人種;血統（名詞）
Are you planning to go in for the 100 metres race?
你打算參加100米賽跑嗎？
Race relations is a sensitive issue.
種族關係是一個敏感問題。
(和…)比賽;參加比賽;(使)快速移動，快速運轉（動詞）
The days seemed to race by.
日子似乎一天天過得太快了。
The horse is racing against five others.
這匹馬正在和另外五匹馬賽跑。
Who will he be racing against in the next round?
下一輪他將和誰賽跑？
03
(a) race against time/ the clock
可以做動詞；也可以是名詞
Doctors raced against the clock to save his life.
醫生們爭分奪秒地搶救他的生命。
It was a race against the clock to get the building work finished in time.
為了按時完成建築工程，這是在和時間賽跑。
The astronauts are racing against time to repair the spaceship.
太空人們爭分奪秒地修理宇宙飛船。
Mark was racing against time to complete the work by Friday.
馬克正爭分奪秒地趕在星期五前完成這項工作。
Everyone is racing against the clock to get things ready in time.
每個人都在和時間賽跑，以把事情及時準備好。
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