高中英语选修六--Unit 4

单词1．consume v．消费，消耗；吃完；喝光Each year Americans consume a high percentage of the world's energy.每年美国人都消耗掉世界能源的很大比例。

This will consume his health, destroy his temper.这将损害他的健康，毁坏他的情绪。

How many rice did you consume last year?去年你们吃了多少大米？拓展：consumer n．消费者，用户，消费品consumer goods (家用)消费品consumers' association 消费者协会consumption n. 消费(量)，消耗(量)time­consuming adj. 耗费时间的consuming adj. 消费的；强烈的例句：The ancient consumer city was now turned into a modern industrial base. 这个古老的消费城市今天已经变成了一个现代化的工业基地。

It's vital to impress the consumer with a good advertising campaign.进行广告宣传，使消费者熟悉产品，是至关重要的。

He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.他不得不减少吃肉。

Basketball is his consuming passion.篮球令他着迷。

练习：用consume的适当形式填空①We should adopt the ____________ suggestion.②Industrialized countries are _____________ 70% of the world's energy.③We have measured the car's fuel _____________.④She _____________ the big cake.Consumers’consuming consumption consumed2．subscribe vt.&vi.(1)捐助；捐赠He subscribed a large sum of money to charities.他向慈善团体捐赠了一大笔钱。

(2)签署(文件)；签(名)He subscribed his name to the contract.他在合同上签了名。

(3)同意No one but mad people would subscribe to such views.只有疯子才会同意这样的观点。

(4)订阅If you subscribe to the newspaper, it'll be delivered to your door.如果你订阅报纸，它会直接给你送到门上的。

subscribe to...订阅(报纸或杂志)；同意，赞同……；向……捐款subscribe for... 认购(股票)subscription n. 订阅费；订购款；订购subscriber n. 订阅人，订户，订购者【完成句子】①I ____________ ________ a monthly magazine.我订阅了一份月刊杂志。

②The magazine is trying to get more readers ________ __________.该杂志正大力发展新订户。

③The number of ________ ___________ increased last month.上个月电话用户数增加了。

④We ________ ________ an animal protection society.我们定期捐款给一个动物保护基金会。

⑤Chengdu firms will also ________ ________ 4,500 shares, with the financial concept.公司还将认购成都商行4 500万股股份，具备金融概念。

1.Subscribed to2.to subscribe3. Phone subscribers4. Subscribe to5. Subscribe for3．quantity n．量，数量，数额，数目He prefers quantity to quality when food is concerned.就食物而言，他讲究量不讲究质。

Quantities of food and tents were sent to Japan from China.大量的食品和帐篷被从中国运到日本。

in quantity大量地quantities of＋不可数名词/可数名词复数＋复数谓语动词a quantity of＋不可数名词/可数名词复数＋单数谓语动词Quantities of water were wasted in our daily life.大量的水在我们的日常生活中被浪费。

A large quantity of bear is needed urgently here.这儿急需大量的啤酒。

【单项填空】①________increases every year as natural habitats disappear.A．The amount of endangered speciesB．The quantity of endangering speciesC．The number of endangered speciesD．The majority of endangering species解析句意：随着自然界动物居所的消失，濒危物种的数量每年也在增加。

endangered species 意为“濒危物种”，endangered表示被动，不能换成endangering, 因为ing形式表示主动。

the amount of 修饰不可数名词，所以A项不对；the quantity of和the majority of虽可修饰可数名词，但其中的endangering不合语法，所以选C项。

②________food are stored in the tunnel in winter.A．Large quantities of B．A great manyC．A large number of D．Quite a few解析large quantities of后面既可跟可数名词的复数又可跟不可数名词。

句意：冬天大量的食物储藏在坑道里。

答案 A4．tend(1)vi. 趋向；易于；往往会Fares tend to go down in the autumn and rise again at Christmas.交通票价秋季时趋于下降，而圣诞节期间又开始回升。

My family tend to be quite long­lived.我家族的人大都相当长寿。

(2)vt.&vi. 照顾；照料Tend to your own affairs.去管你自己的事吧。

Mom was usually busy tending (to) my younger sisters.妈妈通常要忙于照顾我的妹妹们。

tend to do sth往往……；趋向于……tend ( to) sb/sth 照顾……；看护……tend towards 有……倾向tendency n. 倾向；趋势His views tend towards the extreme.他的观点趋于偏激。

【完成句子】①She ________ ________ get angry when others disagree with her.别人不同意她的看法时，她很容易生气。

②A shepherd ________ ________the sheep.牧羊人照顾羊群。

③There is a growing ________ for people to work at home instead of in offices.人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。

④Modern furniture design ________ ________ simplicity.现代家具设计越来越简单。

⑤He ________ ________ selfishness.他有自私自利的倾向。

1. Tends to2. Tended to3. Tendency4. Tends to5. Tends towards5．consequence n．[C]结果；后果；影响Don't be uneasy about the consequences.不必为后果忧虑不安。

He is a man of consequence in the Labour Party.他是工党中举足轻重的人物。

(1)as a consequence＝in consequence 结果，因此in consequence of＝as a consequence of 由于；因为……的缘故be of much/any/little/no consequence 很/有点/不大/不重要answer for the consequences 对后果负责take the consequences of 承担……责任(2)consequent adj. 作为结果的；随之发生的consequently adv. 因而；所以We hadn't enough money to pay our bus fare，and in consequence we had to walk.我们没有足够的钱买车票，所以只能步行。

More than 200 people in Thailand lost their lives in consequence of/as a consequence of flood.由于洪水，在泰国有200多人失去了生命。

Your opinion is of little consequence to me.你的意见对我而言不重要。

You have to take the consequences of the accident.你必须承担这次事故的责任。

He had been ill for a long time and consequently he was behind in his work. 他病了很久，因此耽误了功课。