第二单元知识点

Unit2 第二单元知识点汇总

1. because of 后边加名词或动名词短语

because 是连词, 所以后边跟句子

因为你的关心, 我发现生活充满了希望。

Because you are concerned about me, I find that life is full of hope.

Because of your concern, I find that life is full of hope.

因为雨下得很大, 那个男孩穿过树林，回家了。

Because it rained heavily, the boy went back home through the woods.

Because of the heavy rain, the boy went back home through the woods.

2. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.

even if =even though “即使”, 用来引导一个让步状语从句, 后面既可以用陈述语气, 也可用虚拟语气, 但是even if / though 引导的从句不用将来时。如:

Even if it rains tomorrow, we will leave for Beijing.

用if, as if, even if填空。

(1) _________ I had money, I wouldn’t buy it.

(2) _______ I had money, I would buy it.

(3) It looks __________ it is going to rain.

(even if 引导让步状语从句; if 引导条件状语从句; as if/ though “似乎是…”引导方式状语从句)

注意: (1) even if (= even though): in spite of the fact; no matter whether 即使; 尽管是连词词组, 用来引导让步状语从句; 若主、从句皆表示将来情况, 从句中可用一般现在时代替将来时。

(2) even if 从句所说的不那么肯定。

even though 从句是事实。

e.g: Even if he is poor, she loves him.

(=He may be poor, yet she loves him.)

(Even) though he is poor, she loves him.

(= He is poor, yet she loves him.)

When talking to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close __B_____ the actual distance is not shortened.

A. but

B. even if

C. so

D. because

3. come up 上来, 走近; 发芽; 被提出; 升起

①A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station.

②the sun comes up in the east.

③New shoots of bamboo will come up from around the roots of the old ones.

④Y our question came up at the meeting.

come about 出现; 发生

come across 偶然遇到；被理解

come around 恢复; 还原; 改变某人的意见或立场

come down 下降；崩塌；传承;

come out 成为众所周知; 发行或发表;

come over 过来; 偶然拜访

come up with 提出；想出；找到

The doctor came up with a cure for the disease.

4. So why has English changed over time?

那么, 英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢？

over 贯穿, 经过(一段时间)

e.g. Over the years, he has become more patient. 经过这些年, 他变得更有耐心。周末她会来杭州。

She will come to Hangzhou over the weekend.

圣诞节时你在家吗？

Will you stay at home over Christmas?

over 超过(=more than), 再三(again)

over 2 minutes over and over

5. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present.

当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础的,而现代英语不是。

1) base v.意为“以……为根据, 把基础设在……”, 常构成短语

base sth. on/upon sth。如：

这部小说是以事实为根据的。

This novel is based on fact.

[拓展]

base还可用作名词, 意为“底部, 基地, 基础”等。

2) more…than… 是…而不是…;与其说…不如说…; 中间接相同成分。

He is more a friend than a teacher.

与其说他愚蠢不如说他懒。

He is more lazy than stupid.

扩展: more than 不仅仅; 多于; 十分

e.g. He is more than a teacher in our school.

He made more than ten friends in this club.

She is more than beautiful.

rather than 而不是; less than少于；other than 除……之外

3) present

adj.当前的, 现在的(作前置定语)

Can you tell us something about the present situation?

出席的, 在场的(作表语或后置定语)

Our teacher was present at the meeting.

All the people present agree to my plan.

n.目前, 现在; 礼物

I can’t spare time because I am busy at present.

What present did you receive from your parents?

at present: now; at this time/moment

她现在很忙, 不能跟你谈话。

She’s busy at present and can’t speak to you.

vt.赠与, 赠给予, 给, 提出

present sb. with sth.或present sth. to sb.

把…交给, 颁发, 授予如:

Mother presented a gift to me just now

6. Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.

莎士比亚使用了比以往任何时候更为广泛的词汇量。

make use of 利用, 使用

make good / full use of 充分使用

make no use of sth. 没有利用

We could make good use of our resources.

我们应该充分利用好我们的资源。