高中英语选修六Unit2 poems单元知识点

Unit2 poems1.convey vt. 1)输送, 搬运, 运输（from …to …）传达, 表达(感情,意见, 思想)表明,说明( convey + clause)convey sth. to sb. 向某人传达/运送某物convey sth./sb. to some place. 把某物/人送到某地convey one’s feelings/thanks to sb. 向某人表达某种感情/谢意The train conveys both goods and passengers.I found it hard to convey my feelings in words .He tried to convey how urgent the situation was.易混辨析convey/transfer/transportconvey 指将物/人从一地运送到另一地，或指语言，信息等的传递。

transport 基本含义是运送。

但该词通常局限于用交通工具运送货物和人transfer 主要指工作地点的变换、住所及物体的转移，还可以指旅途中交通工具的变换，如转车、转船等。

也可指把财产转让给他人。

2.concrete adj.具体的n.混凝土；凝结物. e.g. You need to offer concrete evidences to support your idea.It is easier to think in concrete terms rather than in the abstractConcrete is very strong and is used in many modern buildings.3.contradictory adj. 引起矛盾的；好反驳的vt. Contradict n. contradictionThe evidence seems contradictory to our findings.His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.All evening his husband contradicted everything she said.4.flexible : adj.灵活的；可弯曲的adv: flexibly n: flexibilitye.g. (1) The government needs a more flexible approach to education.(2) We can be flexible about your starting date.(3) Computers offer a much greater degree of flexibility in the way work is organized5.pattern n.模式，方式，形式The illness doesn’t seem to follow its usual pattern.2）n.图案She wore a dress with a pattern of roses on it.(3) n.模范；榜样The company set a pattern for others to follow.(4). pattern sth on/after sth 模仿,效仿This is a new technique patterned on Japanese ideas.6.take it easy.take. . . by surprise 突袭，使…大吃一惊take. . . seriously 认真对待take it for granted 认为理所当然take it easy = take things easyThe doctor told me to take it easy and not to worry too much.7. run out (of ) 用完；耗尽( vt.), 失效；过期If he hadn’t run out of money , he would have bought it. My passport has run out.run out/ give out (燃料,食物,钱等)run out of exhaust / use up 筋疲力尽E.g. I was exhausted by the hard training.I was used up after the argument.8. be made up of =make up 组成,构成Girl students make up 40% of the student number.make up 编造；化装；弥补(同事) make up for sth. 弥补(用其它方式,以平衡)make out 理解，辨认出make it 获得成功；准时到达make for sth. 向……移动；促成……be made of 由……制成（看出原料）be made from 由……制成（看不出原料）9. tease :v. 取笑；招惹；戏弄Don’t get upset . I was only teasing.She used to tease me about my hair.Don’t tease the cat by pulling its tail.拓展延伸laugh at sb. 嘲笑某人make fun of sb. 愚弄某人play jokes on sb. 开某人的玩笑play tricks on sb. 捉弄某人10.end: v/n 末端,尽头,结束endless: adj. 无止境的,无穷无尽的ending: n. 结局,结尾at the end of(be) at an endbring sth to an endin the endget hold of the wrong end of the stickmake both ends meetend in +n. 以……为告终end up + prep./v-ing/ adj. 达到某种状态end up with…以……为结束E.g. (1) end in tears/ failure/ divorce(2) end up in prison/ apologizing/ dead(3) end up with an English song11. in particular = especiallyIt was a good concert—I enjoyed the last song in particular.Was there anything in particular that you wanted to talk about?This disease mostly affects women, especially women over 50.12.transform vi. & vt. 转化；转换；改造Transform…into 改变为；转变为They have transformed their rooms into a hotel.The situation has been greatly transformed13. eventually adv 最后；终于=finally1)I was eventually granted an exit visa.2)Eventually these feelings could be held in no longer.3). She hopes to get a job on the local newspaper and eventually work for “The Times”. 14.bare adj 赤裸的, 勉强的, 起码的,空的,没有…的(of)barely: adv. 勉强,仅仅fight with one’s bare handsbarefoot/ bare footed bareheadedthe bare necessities of lifea bare cupboardThe room is bare of furniture.e.g. I barely passed my math class last semester.He was barely able to pay the tent last month.15. appropriate: adj. 适合的；合适的[(+to/for)]1). The movie is appropriate for children aged 12 and over.2). She picked up a dress appropriate for the occasion.归纳总结be appropriate for 对……合适it is appropriate for sb. to do sth. 适合某人做某事16.exchange n. & v. 交换；交流；互换exchange sth. with sb.in exchange for 交换exchange sth. for sth. 用某物换某物e.g. He changed his old car for a new one.Solids can change into liquids.17. sponsor n.赞助人；主办者vt.赞助；发起Have you found out the sponsor of our basketball match?The bank had offered to sponsor him at university.18.is likely to likely adj & adv. 可能的；可能地It’s likely that …;Sb. be likely to do sth….Sth be likelyIt’s probable that……sth be probableIt’s possible that. . .it’s possible (for sb.) to do sth. . .Sth be possible19. hold on 等一下；别挂电话；继续，坚持；抓住，握住(to/onto)1). Hold on a minute ! Isn’t that your brother’s car over there?2)It was hard to keep the business going, but he held on.3). Hold on to the rope.拓展延伸hold back 阻挡；隐瞒,抑制,hold down 压制，控制hold off 推迟，拖延；hold out 伸出，坚持,维持hold up 延误；举起, 经受得住20.inspire vt. 激发；鼓励；启发n. inspiration 灵感,好办法, adj. inspired 获得灵感的,超凡的inspiring 振奋人心的,激励人的Be inspired by 受……的鼓励Inspire sb to + n 鼓励某人(做)某事Inspire sb to + doInspire sb with + n 激起某人的(感情,思想)Inspire + n + in + sb21. try out :试验；尝试；测试(on在…上)（1）Toy manufacturers use employees’children to try new products out.= Toy manufacturers try out new products on their employees’children.try out for= try for 参加……选拔拓展延伸leave out 省去；遗漏；不考虑make out 理解；辨认出work out 体育锻炼；算出；制定出set out 出发；开始break out 爆发turn out 结果是；证明是22.let out 发出；泄漏（1）Don’t let out the plan to the press（2）He let out the bird from the cage.拓展延伸let down 放下；使失望；let alone 更不用提；更别说let go 放开；松手let it go 算了；放手23.load v. 放入；装载1)At sunset, he came down the hill with his load of firewood.2)I have a full load of work.3)Knowing he was safe was a load off my mind.4).I started loading the boxes into the truck.5).Our site is loaded with hundreds of ads on each page.6). The comment is loaded with emotion.。