高中英语01.知识讲解(6)

高考总复习：高二重点词汇二

知识讲解

重点单词：

assist

【点拨】assist vi. & vt. & n．帮助；援助；协助

assist sb. with sth. 帮助某人做某事

assist at/in sth. 参加某事物

The Athletic Department is looking for students to help assist staff during the Fall2016，Winter2016-17and Spring2017semesters．(2016 高考四川卷)

运动部门正在寻找一些学生在2016秋季赛季、2016-17冬季赛季和2017年春季赛季帮忙。We all assisted in mending the roof. 我们都帮助修理屋顶。

assist sb. in doing sth. /to do sth. 帮助某人做某事

We asked him to assist us in designing a new bridge. 我们请他帮助我们设计一座新桥。

The students assisted the professor in doing the experiment. 学生们协助教授做实验。

with the assistance of 在……的帮助下

He can walk only with the assistance of crutches. 他只能靠一副拐杖走路。

e to sb.’s assistance 帮助某人

Despite his cries, no one came to his assistance. 尽管他喊叫，却没有人来帮助他。

【拓展】

assistance n．援助；帮助；补助

assistant n．助手；助理adj.辅助的；助理的

assistance to solve timetable conflicts (2016 高考江苏卷)

帮助解决时间安排的冲突问题

I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept assistance from. (2016 高考新课标乙卷)

我确信他最不愿意接受我的援助。

The manager put forward a suggestion that we should have an assistant．There is too much work to do. (2016 高考天津卷)

经理提出我们需要一个助理，有太多活要干了。

concentrate

【点拨】concentrate vt.集中；全神贯注

concentrate (sth.) on (doing) sth. 集中于；专心于……

be concentrated in/on/upon sth. 集中于，专心于

The author intends to tell us that great athletes need to concentrate on patience. (2016 高考江苏卷)

作者意图在于告诉我们伟大的运动员需要专注于耐心。

Our population is concentrated in the big cities. 我国人口集中在大城市里。

concentrate one’s attention/efforts/thoughts on... 把注意力/努力/思想集中到……

We should concentrate all our effort on improving education. 我们应该致力于改进教育工作。

concentration n.专心；专注

【拓展】下列短语和concentrate近义，短语中in, to 都是介词，后接名词或动名词。

focus/fix one’s attention on... 集中注意力于……

put one’s mind/heart in (into)专心于……

be absorbed in... 一心一意于……

apply oneself/one’s mind to... 专心于……

pay attention to 专心，注意……

inform

【点拨】inform vt. 告知；通知

inform sb. of/about sth. 告知某人某事

Please inform us of any change of address as soon as possible. 地址如有变更请尽快通知我们。inform sb. (that)... 通知某人

We regret to inform you that your application has been rejected.

我们很遗憾地通知你，你的申请未被接受。

keep sb. informed 使某人随时了解最新情况

Please keep me fully informed of any developments. 事态如有发展，请向我提供详情。

There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help，inform and share are not taught．(2016 高考江苏卷)

有很多理由相信，帮助、告知和分享的迫切要求还没有被告知。

inform students of their full flight details (2016 高考天津卷)

把详细的航班信息告知学生

【拓展】

informed adj.了解情况的；见识广的

case

【点拨】case n.情况；病例；案例

in case of... 假使……，万一……

in case 以防，万一

in any case 无论如何，总之

in this/that case 如果这样/那样的话，在这种/那种情况下

in no case 决不

in the case of 就……来说

as is often the case 这是常有的事

as the case may/might be 看情况，视情况而定

It is often the case that anything is possible for those who hang on to hope．(2016 高考江苏卷) 通常情况下，对于那些心存希望的人一切皆可能是事实。

In the former case，we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult．(2016 高考天津卷)

在前一个案例中，我们总是拖延一个任务，因为要么太没意思了，要么太难了。

But in that case, we will learn little about world. (2016 高考新课标甲卷)