必修四Unit 2 Working the land知识点总结

Unit 2 Working the land

1、Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger.

由于他的研究，联合国正在使世界摆脱贫困。

thanks to由于；多亏

①I was late for school thanks to the traffic jam.

由于交通堵塞，我上学迟到了。

②Thanks to your help, I’ve made great progress in English.

多亏你的帮助，我在英语方面进步很大。

相关链接

because of，as a result of，due to，owing to，on account to

这些短语都有“因为，由于”的意思。

2、Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

用他的杂交水稻种子，农民种出比以前多一倍的粮食。

twice as ... as比……多一倍；是……的两倍

形容词原级as ... as的前面可以用倍数词（如half，a quarter，one-third，twice，three times）

①Their school is three times as large as ours.

他们的学校是我们学校的三倍。

②He drank one-third as much beer as I（drank）.

他喝的啤酒是我喝的三分之一。

③You bought twice as many books in the bookstore as I yesterday.

昨天你在书店买的书是我买的两倍。

相关链接

My father is three years older than mother.

=My father is older than my mother by three years.

我的爸爸比我的妈妈大三岁。

3、However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.

但是他很少想到要把钱花在自己的身上，或者享受舒适的生活。

care about在意；喜欢（=care for，like）有兴趣

①This young lady cares more about clothes than anything else.

这个女士喜欢穿着胜过其他一切。（最喜欢衣着）

②I care little about what you said at the meeting.

我不在意你在会上说了些什么。

4、And he would rather keep time for his hobbies.

他宁愿把时间花在自己的爱好上。

would rather do（than do）宁愿干；宁可干

would rather have done过去宁愿干但没干成

①We would rather stay at home than go to see such a film.

我们宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看这种电影。

②—Did you go to the party?

—Yes, but I would rather not have（gone there）. There were few I knew.

你昨天参加那个聚会了吗？

去了，但我宁愿不去，那儿的人我几乎都不认识。

5、He used to walk to his rice fields twice a day, but now he prefers to ride his motorcycle.

他过去一天两次走着去田头，现在更喜欢骑摩托车去。

used to do过去常常干be used to do被用来干

be used to doing习惯干get used to doing变得习惯干

①My parents used to go to work on foot.

我父母亲过去常常步行上班。（现在不是了，强调对比）

②This brush is used to paint the wall.

这把刷子是用来刷墙的。

③Most of us are used to the climate here.

我们大多数人已经习惯这儿的天气了。

④When did you get used to the food here?

你是什么时候开始习惯这儿的食物的？

6、Instead, organic farmers insist on changing crops every two or three years, for example, corn or wheat followed by peas or soybeans.

而有机耕作的农民们坚持每两到三年换种农作物。例如：种玉米或小麦后再改种豌豆或大豆。

insist on坚持要求，坚持要做

insist that sb（should）do sth坚持要求某人要做某事

①This young graduate insist on working in Tibet.

=This young graduate insist that he（should）work in Tibet.

这个年轻的大学毕业生坚持要到西藏去工作。

②They insisted on the whole family moving to Canada.

=They insisted that the whole family（should）move to Canada.

他们坚持全家人都搬到加拿大。

但是，若表示“坚持认为”，则不用以上结构。

The girl insisted that she was right.

这个女孩坚持认为她是对的。

语法：The –ing form as the subject & object（-ing形式作主语或宾语）

特别注意：动词原形在句子中不能用作主语或宾语，取而代之的是动词的-ing形式。

①造飞机比造火车难。

错：Make a plane is more difficult than make a train.

正：Making a plane is more difficult than making a train.

说明：第一个making为主语，第二个making是介词than的宾语。

②打扫街道是她的专职工作。

错：Clean streets is her full-time job.

正：Cleaning streets is her full-time job.（cleaning，主语）

③我们大多数人喜欢踢足球。

错：Most of us like play football.

正：Most of us like playing football.（playing，宾语）

练习

1、Find a sentence from the reading passage that means even a poor person can

have a wish.

“Wishing for things costs nothing.”

2、Rewrite the following sentences using –ing from as the subject.

EXAMPLE：It is necessary to get water from wet to dry places.

Getting water from wet to dry places is necessary.

①It is nice to help people in need of help.

Helping people in need of help is nice.

②It is not easy to grow super hybrid rice.

Growing super hybrid rice is not easy.

③It is not difficult to learn more about farming.