高二英语上学期重点句式

高二英语

Unit 1

词组

be on fire; be similar to sth.; have.., in common; be known for; work on; be/get engaged to sb.; in fact; go on with; dream of/about; give lectures; in the late / early 197Os;answers to questions;

a number of; on the other hand; turn out; be happy with; make differences; learn from; be satisfied with; be described as; all the time; from time to time; believe in; experiment with

句子选背

1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety – nine percent perspiration.

2. Some things need to be believed to be seen.

3. Most of us probably feel sad and give up our dreams and hopes for the future.

4. There did not seem much point in working on my PhD----1 did not expect to survive that long.

5. In fact, things were going well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl.

6. In order to get married, I needed a job, and in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.

7. Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married a girl.

8. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of.

9. His disease has disabled him and he has to speak through a computer.

10. Since then, Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe.

11. Scientists, on the other hand, know that their job is never finished and that even the best theory can turn out to be wrong.

12. Scientists observe what they are interested in.

13. To explain what they have seen, they build a theory about the way in which things happen and the causes and effects.

14. The only trouble is that my speech computer gives me an American accent.

15. It is not necessary to be a great scientist to make a difference in this world.

16. It was only later that the world recognized his greatness.

17. Both Zhang Heng and Galileo are known as scientific pioneers who helped us better understand the world.

18. Knowing who we are means knowing how we think and what we like to do.

19. Only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference.

Unit 2

词组

compare to; would rather do; relate to; rather than; get sb. to do sth; bring ...back to; even though; adapt to; be addicted to; draw attention to …"; on all sides; comment on; current affairs; be concerned about; be crowded with; retire from.....; burn down; fall in love with; get noticed; agree with; go up; for once ;suffer from ;look up to ;change one's mind.

句子选背

1. Newspapers and other media do more than simply record what happens. Experienced editors and reporters make informed decisions about what events to report, how to report them and why.

2. The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than the interviewers in order to let us know about their work and how the news we read is made

3. The editor’s job is to keep the newspaper balanced and interesting to the readers.

4. A reporter begins by contacting the people to be interviewed and then prepares questions.

5. My favourite article is the one I wrote about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China.

6. To write this story, I had to contact famous museums around the world and interview both Chinese and international experts in the field.

7. Even though I have interviewed many famous people, the story I like best is about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life after having studied abroad.

8. If you could write any article you want, what would you write about and why.'?

9. I want to write about people who you seldom read about, for example people who have AIDS or who are addicted to drugs.

10. We shouldn't ignore what happens even if it is difficult for people to accept some stories.

11. The media can often help solve problems and draw attention to situations where help is needed.

12. The result is a better understanding of the world on all sides, leading to a future world where people from all countries are respected and different views and opinions are tolerated.

13. More than ninety responsible and caring citizens made their voices heard today.

14. The citizens, all of whom love nature and our planet, demonstrated outside the city’s worst polluter.

15. Brave and strong, the activists talked to workers outside the factory and left a positive message about protecting the earth.

16. The peaceful meeting ended when the company sent out a group of angry men armed with sticks to fight with the citizens.

Unit 3

词组

look around; go against; modern-looking; in a hurry; glance at; take examples; act as; fill up with; join..., to...; set aside; such as; be covered with/by; prefer.., to...; remind sb of sth; compare.., with...; be different from ;on the other hand; in the choice of ;think of ; focus on; succeed in; turn into

句子选背

1. Modern houses are large and comfortable. It is also convenient to live close to your work.

2. I wouldn't feel happy living in a block of apartments.

3. Every great culture in the past had its own ideas of beauty expressed in art and architecture.

4. They wanted their buildings constructed in a way to look unnatural.

5. Developing countries want to build the most modern-looking buildings as the first step towards