【词汇讲解】英语Unit4Globalwarming

【词汇讲解】英语Unit 4 Global warming
重点单词精析
1. 【课文原句】It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere causing the global temperature to go up. (P26)
【点拨】tend vi. 趋向，易于；tend to do sth 往往会做某事，易于做某事；tend towards sth 有……的趋势，倾向于。

tend vt. 照顾，照料；tend (to, on) sb 照料某人。

【例句】Boys tend to be bigger than girls. 男孩往往比女孩个子大。

Old people tend to get fat. 老年人容易发胖。

She tends to get angry when others disagree with her. 别人不同意她的看法时，她很容易生气。

He tends towards selfishness. 他有自私自利的倾向。

Doctors and nurses tended the injured. 医生和护士照料伤者。

They employed him to tend to the baby. 他们雇用他照料婴儿。

【拓展】tendency n. 倾向；have a tendency to do sth有做某事的倾向。

如：
Jean’s nice but she has a tendency to talk too much. 简人倒是不错，就是往往很唠叨。

2. 【课文原句】On the other hand, there are those, like George Hambley, who are opposed to this view, believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air. (P27)
【点拨】oppose vt. 反对，与……对抗/ 较量；opposed adj. 反对的，对立的（不用在名词之前）；be opposed to 反对，与……相对。

【例句】Mother opposed the idea at once. 妈妈立即反对这个想法。

You should oppose force with reason. 你们应当以讲理来对抗武力。

He is opposed by two other candidates. 他遭到了另外两位候选人的反对。

I’m strongly opposed to your going abroad. 我坚决反对你出国。

Black is opposed to white. 黑与白形成对比。

【拓展】as opposed to而非……。

如：
I am here on business as opposed to a holiday. 我在这里是办公事而不是度假。

3. 【课文原句】Glance quickly at the magazine article and answer the questions. (P27)
【点拨】glance vi. 一瞥，迅速看一眼，快速阅读。

glance at / over 看一下，瞥一眼；glance round 环顾四周。

【例句】He glanced at the envelope and recognized his dad’s handwriting. 他瞥了一眼那个信封，认出是他爸爸的笔迹。

He walked into the room, glanced round, saw nobody that he knew, and left again at once. 他走进屋里，环顾一下四周，发现没有他认识的人，马上又离去。

【拓展】glance n. 一瞥，扫视。

have / take a glance at 看一眼；at a glance 一眼，只看一眼；at first glance 乍一看。

如：
I know him at a glance. 我一看就认得他了。

At first glance the problem seemed very easy. 乍一看，问题似乎很简单。

【词汇讲解】英语Unit 4 Global warming
重点单词精练
一、单项填空。

1. We sometimes tend ______ that the ocean bottom is made up of smooth plains.
A. towards thinking
B. to think
C. to thinking
D. thinking
2. I am opposed to ______ shopping with others.
A. making Ｂ．going C. taking D. doing
3. She ______ shyly at him out of the corners of her eyes.
A. searched
B. glared
C. glanced
D. watched
4. She was sick last night and he had to ______ her.
A. tend over
B. tending after
C. tend to
D. tending on
5. His political opinions tend ______ the left.
A. towards
B. in
C. on
D. /
6. Many members of the council ______ the building of the luxury houses in the centre of the city.
A. opposed
B. opposed to
C. as opposed to
D. opposed against
7. My mother ______ the new plan.
A. oppose to
B. is opposed to
C. as opposed to
D. is opposed
8. She ______ the road to see if he was coming.
A. glanced
B. looked
C. glanced round
D. saw along
left on the bus.
2. It happened in the late afternoon, ______ the evening.
3. When I am tired, I ______ make mistakes.
三、根据汉语完成下面的句子，每空一词。

1. 人们往往认为这个问题不会影响到他们。

People ______ ______ ______ that the problem will never have an effect on them.
2. 提议中的新机场将会受到当地居民的强烈反对。

The proposed new airport will ______ ______ ______ by the local residents.
3. 他俩一见钟情。

The couple fell in love with each other ______ ______ ______.
4. 我看了一下手表，想不到已近午夜了。

I ______ ______ my watch and was surprised to see that it was nearly midnight.
【词汇讲解】英语Unit 4 Global warming重点单词精练参考答案：
一、1—5 BBCCA 6—8 ABC二、1. Glancing round 2. as opposed to 3. tend to
三、1. tend to think 2. be strongly opposed 3. at first glance / sight 4. glanced at。