牛津高中英语模块5Unit3重点词汇讲解

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Adopt

[例题] 单项填空。

1. The new tax would force companies to ______ energy-saving measures.

A. adopt

B. carry

C. adapt

D. accept

2．The old couple decided to ______ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.

A. adapt

B. bring

C. receive

D. adopt

3. Our eyes slowly ______ to the dark.

A. adopted

B. adapted

C. fitted

D. matched

[讲解] adopt主要有“收养”、“采用”两个意思。如：

She adopted a child whose parents were dead.

她收养了一个父母双亡的孩子。

The government decided to adopt the plan.

政府决定采纳这个计划。

We adopted several measures to deal with the disease.

我们采取了一些措施来对付这种疾病。

[联想] adopt的名词是adoption，其过去分词adopted可以单独用作形容词，表示“领养的，采纳的”。如：

He was pleased by the adoption of a little girl.

他对收养了一个小女孩感到高兴。

He is their adopted son.

他是他们的养子。

the adoption of new technology

新技术的采用

[拓展] adopt和adapt的区别：

adopt意思是“采纳”、“收养”；adapt意思是“改编”、“使适应”。

通过以上讲解可知上面的例题答案为：1. A； 2. D； 3. B。

[练习] 用adopt或adapt的适当形式完成句子。

1. Our school ______ a new teaching method lately.

2. They are not my real parents; I am ______.

3. He tried hard to ______ himself to the new conditions.

4. Since the ______ of the new working method, production has gone up.

1. has adopted / adopted

2. adopted

3. adapt

4. adoption

Grammar

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alternative可用作名词和形容词。

◆作名词，意为“可供选择的事物、选择余地”，是可数名词。如：

They had no alternative in the matter.

在这件事上,他们没有选择的余地。

That’s the only alternative.

那是惟一的选择。

◆作形容词，意为“可供选择的/替代的”。如：

Please find alternative means of transport. 请找别的运输方法。

Do you have an alternative solution to the problem?

你有别的办法来解决这个问题？

[拓展] 比较alternative, choose和select：

alternative作名词或形容词，多指两者之间的选择，有“非此即彼”之意；choose 是动词（其名词形式是choice），适用范围最广，可与from或between连用。它一般指主观上的选择，有最终选定的含义；

select用作动词，多用于正式场合，指仔细地、审慎地精选，强调客观性，所挑选的对象一般是相同种类的。

field的主要意思有“田地，牧场；场地，领域”等。如：

Many farmers are working in the fields.

许多农民在田里干活。

They rode through forests and fields.

他们骑马穿过森林和原野。

A football field is one hundred yards long. 足球场有一百码长。

He has become very famous in his own field. 他在自己的领域里已经非常有名了。

◆ field前的介词：

在field前通常用介词in或into，但在sports field和battle field前常用on。如：Don’t walk in the tomato field.

不要在番茄地里走。

Why do you want to go into this field again? 你为何还想进入这个领域？

He was killed on the battle field.

他在战场上丧生。

◆ field的数：

field作“田地”讲时通常用复数形式，除非仅指一块田地。如：

The fields are all white when it snows.

下雪的时候大地全白了。

involve v. 包含，需要；牵涉，牵连；参加，加入。后面常接名词和V-ing形式。如：

This lesson involves a lot of work.

这一课需要做的工作有很多。

The test will involve answering questions about a photograph.

考试将包括回答一些关于一张照片的问题。

Don’t involve other people in your trouble.

别把别人牵涉进你的麻烦中去。

He was involved in a boring discussion.

他卷入了无聊的讨论中。

[联想] involved adj. 被涉及的，有关联的

involvement n. 卷入，参与，加入

[拓展] get / be / become involved in 被卷入……；包含在……；与……有关，专心