高一必修一 第三单元知识总结

第三单元My First Ride on a Train

Period 1: Introduction, Reading and vocabulary (1.2)

1.means n. often pl. a method or way 方法，方式（属单复数同形）

e.g. The quickest means of travel is by plane.

All means have been tried.=Every means has been tried.

-Can I have a look at your stamp collection?

- By all means.(当然可以。)

mean v. 意欲，打算；adj. 卑鄙的，吝啬的

mean to do sth.打算做……；mean doing ……意味着……；mean to have done sth.=had meant to do sth. 原打算做某事实际未做。

phrases: by all means 当然；务必by no means 决不；并没有

the means of transport 交通方式；by means of 用，依靠

2.refer to

a. 提到；说起

e.g. Don’t refer to that matter again.

b. 参考；咨询；查资料

e.g, If you don’t know what this means, refer to the dictionary.

c. 有关；针对

e.g. The new law doesn’t refer to land used for farming.

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d. 提交……作决定或采取行动

e.g. You should refer this matter to the head office for a decision.

phrases:

refer to /turn to the dictionary

look sth. Up in the dictionary

refer to sth./sb.提到……，意指……，涉及……

refer to …as …将……称为……

When it comes to …当谈及/提及/涉及……时

e.g. Some people may know little about basketball , but when it comes to the Litte Giant

Yao Ming , they must be familiar with him.

3.ride vt.& vi. & n. 乘；骑；搭乘（ride, rode, ridden）

a. 用作名词：

go for a ride in a car 乘车出去兜风。

Can I have /take a ride on your bike?我可以骑你的自行车吗？

What a ride!多棒的旅程啊！

b. vt.&vi.

He jumped on his horse and rode away.

Can you ride a horse?

注：ride 用于骑马、骑自行车时，常用作vt., 即ride a horse; ride a bike;用于乘公共汽车时、乘火车时，常用作vi.，即ride on a bus; ride on a train.

4.drive vt.&vi. 驾驶；用车送；驱赶；迫使；飞跑；猛冲

drive 表示“驱使，迫使”，后面接宾补（to do ;adj.; adv; prep.phra. 不用现在分词）

phrase:

drive sb. mad. 使某人发疯；drive off/out 赶走；drive sb. away 把某人赶走；drive sb.into

a corner逼得某人走投无路

ride/drive

ride-乘。可以乘车辆，也可以乘其他工具（如马、自行车等）；指车辆时，是乘车而不是开车。

drive-驾驶，驱赶。宾语为车辆时，意为“驾驶”，是别的东西时，意为“驱赶”。当两者用作名词，表示一段车程时无区别，如：an hour’s ride=an hour’s dirve

5.distance

a. c.n.&u.n. 距离；间距

b. c.n.&u.n 远方；远处

c.u.n. (空间或时间的相距)

d.u.n.（人际关系的）冷淡，疏远

e.g. A good cyclist can cover distances of over a hundred miles a day.

At a distance of six miles you can’t see much.

Distance is no problem with modern telecommuciations.

phrases:

in the distance 在远处；在远方

from the distance 由远处

at a distance 在稍远处，在一定距离处

keep one’s distance from sb. /sth. 与某人/某物保持一定的距离

keep sb. at a distance 与某人保持一定距离

distance learning 远程教育

distant adj.遥远的

Period 2: Reading

1．Get off 下车

a. get (s

b.) off （使某人）出发

b. get off sth. 下班；不再讨论某事

c. get sth. off 邮寄某物；从某物上移去某物

e.g. We got off immediately after breakfast.

Her finger was so swollen that she couldn’t get the ring off.

I usually get off at 6:00 p.m..

Phrases: get on 上车get around 传播get away 逃离，离开办

get over 爬过，克服；熬过get in 进入；收获；收（税等）；get ride of 除掉，摆脱get through 通过；做完；看完get up 起床，起身get along/on with 进行；进展；与……相处get across 使……通过，（使）被理解

2．more than: over 超过；仅仅

e.g. Judging from his appearance, he is more than 40.

not more than 与no more than

not more than 不超过，顶多，相当于≤；no more than仅仅，只有，相当于＝。

Other phrases:

more …than… 与其说……倒不如说…… e.g. He’s more mad than stupid.说他笨，不如说他疯了。

no more … than… 与……同样不……（表示前后比较对象程度相当）

the more …, the more…越……就越……

more or less 或多或少

3．scenery, scene, view