高中英语必修四第一单元重点上课讲义

高中英语必修四第一

单元重点

高中英语必修四第一单元重点、难点Unit One Women of achievement

1、Then we follow as they wander into the forest. 然后当它们向森林走去时，我们就跟随着。wander

(1) 游荡；漫游

They wandered in Europe for three months. 他们在欧洲漫游了三个月。

His eyes wandered round the full house. 他用眼睛把整个房子扫视了一遍。

(2) 迷路乱走

Don’t wander off the road into the forest. 别离开大路进入森林。

The dog wandered off and got lost. 狗迷路走失了。

(3) 蜿蜒曲折

The river wanders through some very beautiful country.小河蜿蜒曲折穿越漂亮的乡村。

The little stream wanders through the woods. 小溪从林中穿过。

(4) 胡想；说胡话

Don’t let your thought wander in class. 上课时思想别跑毛。

His mind wandered back to his college days. 他的思想又回到了大学时代。

2、 In pairs discuss what they have in common and what makes them great.

同桌互相讨论他们有什么共同点，什么使得他们很伟大。

common adj. & n.

（1）共同的，常见的

You ’ve made a common mistake again. 你又犯了个常见错误。

（2）共同的；公用的

Parks are common property to the city’s people. 城市的公园是这个城市的人的公共财产。

联想扩展：have… in common 有共同之处

My son has nothing in common with me. 我儿子和我没有一点共同之处。

common ground 共同利益 common knowledge 人所共知的事 common sense 常识

易混辨析：common , usual , ordinary , general 普通，通常

common 所有人或事物所共有的，常见的，普通的。“习见习闻”。

usual 由过去的经验可判断为正常或通常，是按照预测发生的。

ordinary 与一般实物的标准、品德、习俗相同，平凡而不特殊，强调平淡无奇。

general 广泛的，关联到同类中之全部。

3、She devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.

她把一生都献给了中国妇女和儿童的医疗事业。

devote… to… 献身于…

The old man has devoted all his life to teaching. 那位老人把一生献给了教育事业。

She devotes all her spare time to looking after her sick mother.她把所有的空余时间都花在照顾生病的母亲上。

特别提示：devote… to…句型中的宾语多用(all) one’s life; (all) one’s time; one’s effort / effo rts。

即时活用：

1、Although the working mother is very busy, she still _____a lot of time to her children.

A. devotes

B. spends

C. offers

D. provides 答案：A

2、_____ two years to ________after the sick woman, she badly needed a holiday.

A. Devoting herself; look

B. Devoted; looking

C. Devoting; looking

D. Devoted; looked 答案：B

3、We should devote ______ the people in the earthquake area.

A. us to help

B. us to helping

C. ourselves to helping

D. ourselves to help 答案：C

4、She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.她花了几年时间观察并且记录他们的日常活动。

observe vt. & vi. 注意到；看到；观察用法归纳：

（1）跟名词或代词

Did you observe anything strange? 你发现有什么奇怪的地方吗？

We observed a curious phenomenon that day. 那天我们发现了一个奇怪的现象。

（2）跟复合结构

Did you observe a man enter the building? 你看到一个人进入这栋大楼吗？

The policeman observed a car running on the left of the road and stopped it.警察注意到一辆车行驶在路的左边就把它挡住了。

特别提示：observe后跟复合结构时，一般跟省略了to的不定式或现在分词。但需要特别注意，被动句中不定式的to不能省略，另外，如果作宾语补足语的不定式是to be结构，to不能省略。

即时活用：

1、I observed two men in raincoat ______ the hall. A. enter B. entering C. entered D. to enter 答案：B

2、He ____ that it had turned cloudy. A.observed B. watched C. felt D.notice 答案：A

5、She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.

她主张应该让野生动物在野外生活，而不能用于娱乐或广告。

argue vt. & vi. 争论；辩论用法归纳：

（1）argue with sb. about / over sth. = argue about / over sth. with sb. 关于某事和某人争论

What are you arguing about? 你们在争论什么？

I will not argue over the matter with you any more. 我将不再和你争论这个问题。