人教版英语选修六第五单元知识点

U6(选修六)

1 volcano n. pl. volcanoes

an active volcano活火山

an extinct volcano死火山

a dormant volcano休眠火山

volcanology火山学

volcanologist火山学家

pianist

physicist

novelist

2. erupt

1)（火山）爆发，喷发

Mount Vesuvius hasn’t erupted for a good many years.维苏威火山已经多年没有爆发了。

2)（搏斗，暴力事件，噪音等）突然发生，爆发

Violence in street can erupt for no apparent reason.

街头暴力可以在没有明显原因的情况下爆发。

erupt into laughter/shouting/crying, etc.突然大笑/叫喊/大哭

He erupted into laughter without any reason. 他毫无理由地大笑起来。

3. alongside

alongside: with “和”

It’s a pleasure to wo rk alongside such men. 与这样的人一起工作是一件乐事。

beside “在...旁边”

The boat pulled up alongside the dock.

adv. 在旁边;沿着;靠拢着;并排地

The police car pulled up alongside. 那辆警车在旁边停下

4 equipment n.

配备,装备

The complete equipment of the new hospital will take a year.

把这个新医院的设备配齐要化一年时间。

equip v.装备,使有准备使能够做某事

Equip ourselves with knowledge

Equip the army with modern weapons

5. Sometimes working indoors…, I’m never bored.

bored (人)厌烦的

boring （物）令人厌烦的

I am bored with the same old routine day after day.

The book is boring.

bore v. (尤指无聊的长话)使(人)厌烦

I am sorry I spoke for so long很抱歉说了这么长时间；

---I hope I didn’t bore you.希望你没有厌烦。

bore sb. to death 使某人厌烦得要命

He is always asking the same question, which bores me to death.

他老是问同样的问题，真是烦死我了。

bore n.令人厌烦的人,令人厌烦的事

Doing housework is a real bore. 做家务真是令人烦透了。

6. appoint vt.

任命,指派appoint sb. as/to be

They appointed him (to be) manager. 他们任命他为经理。

约定,指定;安排

Our visitors arrived at the appointed time. 我们的来宾在约定的时间到达了。

appointment n.

(尤指正式的)约会 +with+to-v

I have an appointment with them in the evening. 今晚我与他们有个约会。

7. evaluate 评估，评价

I cannot evaluate his ability without seeing his work. 没见过他的工作，我无法评估他的能力。evaluation n. 评估，评价

They made an intensive evaluation of the health

care program.

8. burn to the ground 完全(楼房等)烧毁

He has no place to live in because his house has been burnt to the ground.

他无处栖身因为他的房子被烧掉了。

与burn搭配的常用词组有：

①burn away烧掉

Half of the candle had burnt away. 蜡烛已烧掉一半了。

②burn down 渐渐烧完

The room grew colder as the fire burnt down. 随着炉火逐渐减弱，屋里越来越冷。

③burn sth. down 把……烧得精光

Don‘t f orget to turn off the gas----you might burn the house down.

别忘了关煤气，不然会把房子烧掉。

④burn up 烧得更旺

He put more wood on the fire to make it burn up. 他往火里续了些木柴，让它烧得旺些。

⑤burn sth. up 把……烧掉

He has burnt up all the garden rubbish. 他已把花园里的垃圾全烧掉了。

9 However, the eruption itself is really exciting to watch and I shall never forget my first sight of one.

然而火山喷发本身的确是很壮观的，我永远也忘不了我第一次看见火山喷发时的情景。

在“主语+be+形容词+不定时”句型中，有时主语是不定时结构的逻辑主语，这时应用主动形式表示被动含义。适合于此结构的形容词比较多，最常用的有amusing, dangerous, difficult, easy, important, nice, pleasant 等

当上述形容词在句子做宾语补足语，后接不定时，不定时也用主动形式表被动意义

That question is difficult to answer.

Chicken legs are nice to eat.

I found him easy to get along with.

They don’t think the game interesting to play.

10 Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn’t take much notice.

由于我已经在夏威夷经历过好几次地震，所以我并没过多注意。

Having……分词短语在句中作状语，表示动作发生在主句动作take notice之前。

Having cleaned the classroom, the students went to the playground to watch the football match.