b8u5 Reading

Phrases
领„„到处看 把„„吓走 使„„一直„„ 关心, 在意 在途中 至多 至少 show sb around scare sth/sb away keep…doing care about on one’s journey (to sp) at most at least
---How do you ____ D we go to Beijing for our holidays? ---I think we’d better fly there. It’s much more comfortable. (2004福建高考) A. insist B. want C. suppose D. suggest
alternative road.
这条路阻塞, 我们只能走其他路。
n. 可能的选择; 选择对象;替换物
有几种方案可以代替我们的计划。 some alternatives There are __________________to our plan.
have no alternative but to do sth. 除了做某事别无选择
10. 强调句的基本句式： It is (was)+被强调部分+that (who)+句子其他
部分, 此结构强调的成分仅限于主语、宾语和状语。
It was your mother whom I met in the street．
我在街上碰到的是你的母亲。
It was in the street that I met your mother.
4. So we think it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold． 因此我们有理由认为他们不顾寒冷住在这些 洞穴里。 1) regardless of = in spite of 不管; 不顾 He climbed the building, regardless of the danger. 不管有多危险, 他还是爬上了大厦。 We will persevere regardless of past failures. 尽管以前我们失败过, 但仍要坚持下去。
认为
5. sharpen vt. 使锋利，尖锐；使强烈 The knife needs sharpening.
The tone of his letters has sharpened recently.
sharp adj. 锋利的, 尖锐的; 急转的, 陡峭;
突然的, 急剧
a sharp turn 急转弯
2 aware adj．意识到的, 知道的 通常用作表语 We should be aware that a lot of animals
are becoming endangered．
我们必须清楚地认识到许多动物正濒临
灭绝的危险。
be aware of st来自百度文库. 知道; 意识到
Though most smokers are aware of the dangers
cup down cut away cut in cut off cut through 砍倒; 削减 切掉; 剪掉; 跑开 插嘴; 突然插入; 超车 切断, 断绝 刺穿; 抄近路通过
7.keep+宾语+宾语补足语的结构
意为 “使„„处于某种状态(情况)”。
用作宾语补足语常见的词有
现在分词、过去分词、形容词、副词 以及介词短语。 He kept me waiting for half an hour. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
8 suggest vt. “暗示, 意味, 表明”
Her pale face suggests that she was ill.
她苍白的脸色表明她病了。
当suggest作“建议”讲时, 其用法为: suggest + doing I suggest her going home at once． 我建议她马上回家。 suggest + (that)… should do… I suggested (that) she (should) go home at once. 我建议她要马上回家。
我已经找了三天我丢的书, 但仍没找到。
She has been sweeping the street all day.
She is too tired.
她一整天都在扫大街, 她太累了。 We have been waiting for you for two hours. We don’t want to wait any longer. 我们已经等你两个小时了, 不想再等了。
2) interrupt vt. & vi.
① 打断; 中断
别打扰他, 他还没完成呢。 Don’t interrupt him for he hasn’t finished yet. __________________,
他的学习由于战争而中断。 were interrupted by the war His studies ___________________________. ② 打岔; 插嘴 It is rude to interrupt. “Don’t interrupt,” he said.
11. We have been excavating layers of ash
almost six metres thick, which suggests that
they might have kept the fire burning all winter.
我们一直在挖掘一层层的积灰, 几乎有六米厚,
didn’t he He must have arrived here last night,_________? 他一定昨晚就来这儿了, 不是吗? He must have arrived here,________________? hasn’t he 他一定来这儿了, 不是吗? haven’t they They must have arrived here, ______________?
区别: interrupt 和disturb
interrupt v. 打扰, 打断, 阻碍。常有 “使„„停止 (中断)”的意思。
His speech was constantly interrupted by applause.
disturb v. 打扰, 妨碍。常指失去了正常的状态 或导致困难产生。 Bad dreams disturbed her sleep.
2) assume vt. 假定; 设想
科学家们设想月球上没有动物。
The scientists assume that there are ______________________
no animals on the moon.
assume sb + to be + n. / adj. assume that 从句 假定
4) might have done
A: Where was your sister? I didn’t see
her at the party．
B: She might have gone swimming with some friends． B: 她可能和朋友游泳去了。
A: 你姐姐上哪儿去了? 聚会时我没见到她。
高二人教新课标版选修八
Unit 5
Meeting your ancestors
Reading
Pre-reading
Do you know about Zhoukou Dian? Where is it? What is famous for?
It is on the Longgu Mountain, Fangshan
of smoking, they won’t give up.
3. I’m sorry to interrupt you but how could they live here? 很抱歉打扰你, 我想问问他们是怎么在这里 生活的？
1) 句型“I’m sorry...but...”是口语中委婉的表达, “but”表示语义上的转折。 --- Are you free this weekend? --- I’m sorry, but l have lots of work to do． --- 周末有空吗? --- 对不起, 我有大量的事要做。
3）对过去的事进行推测, 用“must have done”。
The ground is wet. It must have rained last night.
地是湿的, 昨晚一定下雨了。
此时, 应注意反意疑问句的构成。如果句中有 表示过去的时间状语, 反意疑问句用“didn’t + 主语”; 如果句中无表示过去的时间状语, 反义 疑问句用 “haven’t/hasn’t+主语”。
= have nothing to do but do…
= have no choice but to do sth. e.g. 除了放弃那个计划, 我别无选择。 I have no alternative but to give up the plan. = I have nothing to do but give up the plan. = I have no choice but to give up the plan.
9. must作为情态动词可以表示肯定推测, 译作“一定, 肯定”, 只用于肯定推测。 1） 对现在或将来事实推测, 用 “must do”。 You must be hungry after a long walk． 走了很长的路, 你一定很饿。 2）对正发生或进行的事进行推测, 用 “must be doing”。 The light is on. He must be doing his homework now. 灯亮着, 他一定正在做作 业。
a sharp increase 急剧增加
6. cut up 切碎 工人将木头劈碎。 The worker cut up the wood _____________________________. 早期人类用石器切割动物。 used stone tools to cut up animals. Early man _______________________
District, Beijing. It is famous for Peking Man, a complete skull (头盖骨) of an ape-man (猿人) dating back 600,000 years.
北 京 原猿 图人 复
北京人头盖骨化石
Zhoukoudian Caves
这说明他们可能整个冬季都在烧火。
1) have been excavating 现在完成进行时,
意思是一直在挖, 表示过去发生的动作一直
不间断地进行到现在, 强调动作的继续。
I have been looking for my lost book for three
days, but I still haven’t found it．
骨针
1933年北京市房山县 骨针长8.2厘米,孔径
周口店龙骨山山顶洞出土。 0.31-0.33厘米。这是
中国已发现的时代最早
的骨针之一,其针身保存完好,针孔处破
裂,针尖锐利,表面有刮磨痕迹。针孔是用
尖状器刮挖而成。
1. alternative adj. 供选择的, 其他的
e.g. The way was blocked, so we had to go by
我是在街上碰到你母亲的。
It was she who had been wrong. 错的是她。
It is what you do rather than what you say
A matters. (2005天津高考) ____
A. that B. what C. which D. this
本题强调主语, 此时应用that来引导。