模块二unit2同步讲解与练习

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精讲典析

1. Act one 第一幕(page 22, line 1)

act 的用法

①它作名词时意为“行为”、“举动”或“幕”。例如：

This dreadful murder is surely the act of a madman. 这种令人惊骇的谋杀纯粹是疯子的行为。

The hero dies in Act 5 Scene 2. 男主角在第五幕第二场死去。

②它作动词时意为“扮演”、“表演”或“行动”。例如：

He acted his part well. 他扮演的那个角色很成功。

Many children act in TV shows. 有许多孩子在电视节目中进行表演。

Think before you act! 三思而后行！

2. Mom and Dad arrive back from vacation a day earlier than expected. 爸妈休假比预期提前一天回来。(page 22, line 2)

(1) 辨析：vacation, holiday, leave

① vacation 意为“休假”或“假期”时指时间可长可短的假期。表示“在度假”习惯用be on vacation。注意，vacation 前习惯用零冠词。例如：

I worked in a small beachside restaurant during the college vacation. 学院放假时，我在海滨的一家小餐馆里打工。

They are on vacation now. 他们现在正在度假。

②holiday 意为“休假”或“假期”时多指短期假期，与季节名词连用时，常用复数形式。例如：

We‟re going to Spain for our summer holidays. 我们打算去西班牙度暑假。

③ leave 多指“病假”或“事假”，表示“请假”习惯用ask for leave。例如：

Being ill, Daniel had to telephone his teacher to ask for leave. 因为生病了，丹尼尔不得不打电话给老师请病假。

(2) than expected 意为“比预期的”或“比预料的”，是一种省略结构，还Ô为tha n they‟re expected。因为是“被预期”，所以用过去分词。例如：

You did better in the exam than (you had been) expected. 你在考试中考得比预料的要好。

The project was finished later than expected. 这个项目比预期的要迟一点完工。

expect 为动词，意为“期待”、“预料”或“指望”。其后常接名词、代词、不定式和从句。表示“期待某人做某事”习惯用expect sb. to do sth.。例如：

They expect to finish the work by Friday. 他们期望到星期五完成工作。

We can‟t expect one to change the habit of lifetime in a short time.

我们不能期望一个人在很短的时间内改变他的习惯。

3. I can‟t wait to surprise the boys. 我迫不及待地要给孩子们一个惊喜。(page 22, line 5)

( 1 ) can‟t wait to do sth. “迫不及待要做……”，带有较强的感情色彩。例如：

I can‟t wait to get started again. 我迫不及待地想重新开始。

I can‟t wait to see their new baby. 我急着要看他们的新生儿。

有时也见用准否定副词hardly或其他类似的结构。例如：

I can hardly wait to see him again. 我迫不及待地想再次见到他。

The children can‟t wait for Christmas to come. 孩子们急切地盼着圣诞节到来。

I can hardly wait for my holiday! 我迫切地等着假期的来临。

( 2 )surprise 的用法

①它作动词时意为“使惊奇”或“使惊讶”。例如：

His anger surprised me—I had thought he was a calm person.

他的愤怒使我很惊讶——我原以为他是个冷静的人。

He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.

他由于被发现而非常吃惊，甚至都没有想起要逃跑。

②它作可数名词时意为“惊奇”、“惊愕”或“意外”。例如：

Don‟t tell him about the present—it‟s a surprise.

不要告诉他关于礼物的事—这是个惊喜。

③它作不可数名词时常用于to one‟s surprise 中，表示“使某人惊讶的是”。例如：

To the teacher‟s surprise, he failed in the exam again. 让老师感到惊讶的是，他考试又失败了。

④其形容词形式surprising 意为“令人惊讶的”，其主语通常为物，还可作定语修饰名词，表示事物的性质或特征；surprised 意为“感到惊讶的”，其主语通常为人，常用于短语be surprised at sth. 和be surprised to do sth.。例如：

He was extremely surprised at the surprising news! 听到这个令人惊讶的消息，他感到相当惊讶。

He was surprised to see the young woman who had just got off the train. 见到了刚下车的那位女士，他感到很惊讶。

4. You weren't supposed to come home until tomorrow! 你们本应该明天才回来的呀！(page 22, lines 9—10)

be supposed to 的用法

①它用于把本应该发生的事与实际发生的事进行对比，意为“本应该”。例如：

The sports meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we had to postpone it due to the bad weather. 运动会本应该在星期五召开，但是由于糟糕的天气不得不推迟。

②它表示“被认为是”、“被看作”或“据说”。例如：

Opening ceremony was supposed to be held on Monday morning. 据说开幕式在星期一上午举行。

5. What did you do with the money we left? 你们用我们留下的钱做了什么？(page 22, lines 14—15)

辨析：do with, deal with

① do with 意为“利用”、“处理”或“对待”(=do about)，表示“如何、怎样”处理时，常与what 连用。例如：

The new teacher didn‟t know what to do with the noisy class.

那位新老师不知道如何应付班上吵闹的学生。

② deal with 意为“处理”，但表示“如何、怎样”处理时，常与how 连用。例如：

The young father knows how to deal with children very well.

那位年轻的父亲非常了解如何和小孩相处。

What will you do with this matter?＝How will you deal with this matter? 怎么处理这些事呢？

6. The room is in a mess, with pizza boxes on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink. 房间里乱七八糟，比萨盒子在地板上，脏盘子在洗涤槽里。(page 22, lines 19—20)