高中英语必修四第四单元知识点

Unit four Earthquakes

1. burst爆裂,突发

The square is bursting with tourists. 广场上到处都是游客。

I felt as if my heart would burst with joy. 我觉得自己高兴得心花怒放。

The police burst through the door. 警察破门而入。

There was a burst of laughter in the next room. 隔壁房间里突然爆发出一阵笑声。

联想扩展：

(1) burst in on…突然打断

He burst in on our conversation. 他突然打断了我们的谈话。

(2) burst into +n. 突然…

The speaker burst into angry speech. 演讲者突然讲粗话。

(3) burst out + doing突然…

The woman burst out crying like a child. 那个妇女突然像小孩一样哭了。

(4) burst to do sth. 迫切想做某事

I am bursting to tell you the news. 我迫不及待的想告诉你这个消息。

2. suffer

用法归纳：

A, 受苦 He suffered terribly when his mother died.

B, 受到损失 If I lost, my self-esteem will suffer.

C, 遭受He suffered no pain

联想扩展：suffer from

1、受…之苦 I suffered most from lack of rest.

2、患…病 I am suffering from a cold.

特别提示：

suffer表示“患…病”时，后面一般跟疾病名称。

_______ such heavy pollution already , it may now be too late to clean up the river .

A. Having suffered

B. Suffering

C. To suffer

D. Suffered

3. reach

用法归纳：

（1）到达

The started early, hoping to reach there before dark. 它们很早就出发，希望天黑前到达那里。

易混辨析：

reach; get; arrive 到达

reach后直接加地点； get加to再加地点；arrive后加at/ in再加地点，at 后加小地点；in后加大地点。如果表示地点的词是副词，get和arrive后都不能用介词。另外，只表示“到了”，不强调到什么地方用arrive。

（2）达到

The number of the students in our school will reach 2000 next year.

（３）用手或脚够到

Can you reach the book on the top of the shelf? 你能够到书架顶上的那本书吗？

特别提示：

reach还可以作名词，表示“用手或脚能够到的范围；管辖范围或臂展”。

Please pass me the salt, it’s out of my reach. 请把盐递给我，我够不到。

（4）传到某人手中/耳中

Your letter reached me yesterday. 我昨天收到你的来信。

The news reached me just now. 我刚刚听到那个消息。

（5）通向；延伸

Where does this road reach? 这条路通向哪里？

即时活用：

1、Most children stay at home until they ____ school age.

A. get

e

C. reach

D. arrive

2、Dear Jenny, thank you for your letter which ______ on April 1st.

A. arrived

B. arrived at

C. arriving

D. arrived me

3、It is _______that the letter will ____you this afternoon.

A. most like; arrive

B. likely; reach

C. mostly like; get

D. best like; reach

4. cover

（1）覆盖

The playground is covered by fallen leaves, we should clean it. 特别提示：

表示“覆盖”时，常用cover…with / by句型，并且译法比较灵活。

I am covered by dust. 我满身都是土。She covered her face with her hands. 她用双手捂着脸。

（2）包括；包含；涉及

The study of physics covers many subjects.

(3) 保护；掩护

The mother covered the baby from the falling ceiling.母亲保护婴儿不受下落的天花板的伤害。

（4）走完多少路；看完多少页书。

I can cover 100 Li on foot a day. 我一天不行能走100里。

How many pages have you covered? 你看完了多少页书？

（5）占多大面积

Our school covers an area of 60.000 square meters. 我们学校占地60000平方米。

特别提示：

表示“占多大面积”用…covers an area of +数词。

（6）采访

The chief editor sent a reporter to cover the event. 主编派了一记者去采访整个事件。

1、The farm is huge, lying between the valleys, and ____ an area of 15 square kilometers.

A. covered

B. being covered

C. covering

D. covers

2、This is a long hard winter, with everything _______ white.

A. covered

B. covered by

C. covering

D. covering with

3、This book is said to be a special one which ________ many events not found in other history books.

A. writes

B. covers

C.