必修四 unit4 Body Language ----language points

1. represent
[寓词于境] 阅读下列句子，注意represent的意思和用法。

1) The rose represents England.
2) He represented our school at the meeting.
3) He represented himself as a wealthy man, but in fact he was a poor man.
4) Let me try representing my idea to
you in English.
[自我归纳]
represent作__词, 意为“__________”(句1)、
“______________” (句2), 后多跟名词或代词等; represent oneself as意为“假称是、装作”(句3)；另外还可意为“__________” (句4), 多用于短语represent sth. (to sb.)，意为“(向某人)陈述、说明、阐述”。

[拓展] representative作名词，是可数名词，意为“代表”；作形容词，意为“有代表性的、典型的”。

[即学即练] 翻译下列句子。

1. 鸽子通常象征着和平。

The dove usually represents peace.
2. 他假装自己是英语专家。

He represented himself as a English major.
3. 我想向你说明一下我迟到的原因。

I wanted to represent the reason why I was late.
2. After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously.
[考点] curiously副词“好奇地”, 其形容词为curious。

[考例] People have always been curious ________ how living things on the earth exactly began. (辽宁2006)
A. in
B. at
C. of
D. about
[点拨] 本题考查了be curious about sth.
结构。

curious adj.
= eager to learn or know
be curious about sth. 对……好奇
be curious to do sth. 急于……
out of curiosity出于好奇
e.g. As a little girl, she was curious
about the origin of human beings.
The tourists were surrounded by
the curious children.
3. …closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain.
= …, Julia Smith from Britain closely following.
closely, close
4. Tony approached Julia, touched her
shoulder and kissed her on the cheek.
verb + sb. in/ on/ by +the 身体部位
(1) 阅读下列句子，注意approach的用法。

1. Someone is approaching our car.
2. She approaches everything in a new way.
3. Summer is approaching.
4. The approach of the exam is making
him nervous.
5. Let’s try another approach.
6. All approaches to the city are cut off.
[自我归纳] approach作____ 动词, 意为“_________”(句1)、“_________________” (句2)；也可作______动词, 意为“__________________”(句3); 还可以作___词, 意为“_____”(句4)、“_____” (句5)、“_____”(句6), 作“方法”、“通路”、“入口”讲时, 多与介词to连用。

[即学即练] 用approach的适当形式填空。

1. The dog is ___________ my little child.
2. With the _________ of winter, the
weather grows colder.
3. They ___________ the birds quietly
and watched them.
4. It is one of the best __________ to
studying English.
(2) touch vt.
a. 触摸, 接触, 触及, 轻触
e.g. I told you not to touch my things.
b. touch sb./ sth. (with sth.)
感动(某人)触动某人(某人的感情)
e.g. Her miserable experience touched us
all deeply / touched our hearts.
她的不幸经历让我们深受触动/ 触动
了我们的心弦。

c. 接触，联系n.
•get / keep in touch with sb.
与……取得/保持联系
•be in/ out of touch (with sb.)
与……有/无联系
e.g. We’ve been out of touch for years.
5. introduce sb. to sb. 把某人介绍给某人
introduce sth. into… 采用；引进
e.g. Please allow me to introduce Mr. Smith.
Potatoes were first introduced into
Europe from South America.
introduction n.介绍，引进
e.g. Yao Ming is a person needs no
introduction.
拓展：a letter of introduction介绍信
make a self-introduction 作自我介绍
make introduction to each other
互相介绍
6. apologize v. 道歉
e.g. I must apologize that if I offended
you I didn’t mean to.
我必须向您道歉, 如果冒犯了您, 我不
是有意的。

拓展：apology n. 道歉，认错，愧悔
•apologize to sb. for sth. / doing sth.
•make an apology to sb. for (doing) sth.
•accept / refuse an apology
e.g. I’m afraid I was rather bad-tempered yesterday, I think I should apologize to you for it./ I think I owe you an apology.
恐怕我昨天的脾气不怎么好, 我认为应该向你道歉。

7. Not all cultures greet each other the
same way, nor are they comfortable
in the same way with touching or
distance between people.
各种文化背景下的人相互问候的方式
不尽相同，身体接触和相互间距的程
度也不尽相同。

此句中, not all意为“并非全都……”表示部分否定。

英语中有一些表示“全体”或“完全”意义的总括词, 如all, every (及everybody, everything 等)，both, always, quite, wholly, entirely, altogether, completely等，含有这些词的否定句并非表示全部否定，而表示部分否定。

如：
e.g. Not all explanations are correct.
并不是全部的解释都正确。

部分否定
区分：All explanations are not correct.
所有的解释都是不正确的。

全部否定
e.g. Not everything in the book is caught
by me.
我不能完全掌握书中的内容。

Everything in the book is not caught
by me.
书中所有的内容我都不能掌握。

Not both children are clever. 部分否定
并不是两个孩子都聪明。

Both children are not clever. 全部否定
这两个孩子都不聪明。

8. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using unspoken “language” through keeping physical distance, actions or posture (1) that引导的是方式定语从句。

The way that/ in which/或不用关联词
(2) using引导的是状语, v-ing做状语。

express vt.(用语言，神色，动作等）
表达，表示（感情，意见）
express sth. ( to sb.)
e.g. The guests express their thanks
before leaving.
I can’t express to you how grateful I
am for your help.
你对我的帮助，我感激不尽。

express oneself (清楚地)表达自己的意思
e.g. He is still unable to express himself
in English.
他仍然不能用英语表达自己的意思。

express作n.快车（=express train)
e.g. That evening they saw her get on the
No.12 special express to London.
那天晚上他们看见她上了开往伦敦
的12次特快车。

也可指(邮局, 铁路, 公路等部门提供的) 速递, 速运
e.g. send goods by express 特快货运
expression n. 表达，表情
e.g. a happy expression 愉快的神情
spoken English 口语
written English 书面语
English-speaking countries
讲英语的国家
9. However, people from places like
Spain, Italy or South American countries
approach others closely and are more
likely to touch them.
阅读下列句子，注意likely的意思和用法。

1. The weather is likely to be fine.
2. He is likely to be late.
3. It is likely that he will succeed.
[自我归纳]
1.possible 常常用于下列结构:
It is possible for sb. to do sth.
It is possible that 从句主语不能是人
2. probable: 常用于结构：
it is probable +that 主语不能是人, 几
乎不能说it is probable to do sth.
[即学即练] 根据提示，完成下列句子。

1. It is very likely (很有可能) that it
will rain.
2. We are very likely to make mistakes
(我们很可能犯错误) when we learn
English.
3. _I am likely to_ (我有可能) finish the
likely 意为“可能的、有希望的、预料的”; 常用结构有: be likely to do sth
(句1、句2) 和It is likely that ...(句3)
work within a week.
10. general adj.
1). 普遍的，全面的
A matter of general concern/ interest
普遍（公众）关心/感兴趣的事情
e.g. Air-conditioner is in general use now.
2). 总的，整体的
in general 大体上, 通常, 总的来讲
e.g. In general, he is a good guy.
generally speaking 一般而言, 总的来说
e.g. Generally speaking, this may be true.
Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.
类似用法的有：frankly speaking
honestly speaking
11.avoid vt. 避开，避免
常用结构：avoid (sth / doing)
e.g. I think she is avoiding me.
我想她在躲着我。

Try to avoid accidents.尽量防止事故。

He avoided answering my questions.
他避而不答我的问题。

IV. 根据提示完成下列句子(每空一词)。

1. As soon as her son came up to her, she kissed him on the cheek(吻了一下他的面颊).
2. We looked (a) round / about (我们环顾四周), but we found nothing strange.
3. _It looked as if (看起来好像) there was something wrong with him.
4. It doesn’t seem ugly to me; _on the contrary (恰恰相反), I think it’s very beautiful.
5. _Please put up your hand first (请先举手) before you ask your teacher questions in class. likely, like
closely, close
short, shorts。