5. cast about 寻找, 搜索, 想办法
巧记提示:She casting about how she could avoid work.
她盘算着怎样才能逃避工作。
The dog is casting about for its supper.
这条狗正到处寻找它的晚饭呢。
考点聚焦:1）cast v. (cast—cast—cast;casting)投掷, 抛, 舍弃, 脱落（常与as连用），分配角色, 派定演员, 如:
As soon as they reached the fishing area, the fishermen cast their nets into the sea.
渔民们一到捕鱼区就把渔网撒进了大海。
As soon as he became rich he cast aside all his old friends who gave him some help.
他一富起来就抛弃了所有曾经给过他帮助的老朋友。
Many senators cast their votes against the new tax law.
许多参议员都投票反对新税法。
The director cast me as a mad priest.
导演派我扮演一个发了疯的神父。
2）cast的相关词组:
cast away 遭遇海难而流落某地
cast down 使心烦意乱, 气馁, 沮丧
cast off 解缆放船, 解缆, 抛弃， （编织衣物时的）收针
cast on （编织毛衣等）起针

6. be associated with 与……有联系，与……联系在一起
巧记提示:She will ever be associated with the women’s lib.
她将永远和女权运动联系在一起。
I do not want to be associated with it at all.
我根本不想与这事有牵连。
考点聚焦:1)associate vt. 联合, 把……联系起来
She associated happiness with having money.
她把幸福和有钱联想到一起。
2)n. 同伴, 伙伴
I got a new job and a new set of work associations.
我有了新工作和一群新同事。
3）adj. 同事的, 伙伴的, 准会员的, 联合的
Associate members do not have the right to vote.
准会员没有选举权。
4）associate的相关词组:
associate oneself in 加入, 参与
associate oneself with赞同，支持，与……交往

7. set out 出发, 动身
巧记提示:They set out on the last stage of their journey.
他们开始了旅行的最后一程。
考点聚焦:set的相关词组:
set about 开始做, 着手处理　set aside 留出，宣告无效，驳回　set down 放下, 记下　set off 出发, 启程，使爆炸, 引起爆炸　set on 攻击，前进　set up 建立（事业），成立（组织）　set up as当上了……，干……的工作