Unit 8 Green Living Lesson 1考点解析 学案

Unit 8 Green Living-Lesson 1 Roots and shoots
核心考点解析
【核心词汇】
maintaining the balance between human and nature (Page 28)
保持人与大自然的平衡
【词汇精讲】
balance用作名词,意为“平衡”,常用于固定搭配中。

The girl lost her balance and fell off the balance beam.
女孩失去了平衡,从平衡木上摔了下来。

Though she is very successful,she finds it hard to keep a balance between her businesses and her family life.
尽管她很成功,但她发现很难保持事业和家庭生活的平衡。

【词汇拓展】
(1)keep a balance between A and B 在A和B之间保持平衡
keep/lose one’s balance某人保持/失去平衡
a sense of balance平衡感
(2)balanced adj.平衡的,均衡的
a balanced diet均衡的饮食
a balanced life均衡的生活
You need a peaceful mind to live a balanced life.
你需要平和的心态才能过均衡的生活。

...drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up.(P age 31)
……掉了一块垃圾却懒得捡起来。

【词汇精讲】
bothered用作形容词,意为“担心的;烦恼的”,常用于“not be bothered to do sth”结构中,意为“懒得做某事”。

It is a small matter;don’t get so hot and bothered.
这是小事,不要这样忧虑不安。

I am not bothered to get involved in his business.
我懒得去管他的事情。

【词汇拓展】
hot and bothered忧心忡忡
bother sb with sth为某事打扰或麻烦某人
bother about/with sth为某事烦恼
bother to do sth费心做某事
I don’t want to bother you with my problem.
我不想让你因为我的问题而担心。

It’s not worth bothering with an umbrella;the taxi is just outside.
不必打伞;出租车就在外面。

Why bother to go to Italy and Denmark,when there are so many nice places here?
这里有这么多好地方,为什么还要费劲去意大利和丹麦呢?
Are you sure the station is on your way?I don’t want to give you any bother.
去火车站你真的顺路吗?我不想给你添麻烦。

The organisation is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation,and shoots seem small and weak,but they can break open brick walls to reach the light.(Page 31)
这个组织被称为“根与芽”,因为树根在地下缓慢移动,形成坚实的地基,嫩芽看起来又小又弱,但它们可以冲出砖墙,到达光明。

【词汇精讲】
foundation用作名词,意为“基础;地基”。

The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby.
爆炸震撼了附近房屋的地基。

These stories have no foundation.
这些故事纯属虚构。

【词汇拓展】
lay the foundation打地基
found vt.创立;建立
founder n.创办人,创始者
It is by acting together,in this exciting way,that we can involve thousands-millions-of people,and this is what is going to change the world.(Page 31)
正是通过共同行动,以这种令人兴奋的方式,我们可以让成千上万的人——数百万人——参与进来,这就是改变世界的力量。

【词汇精讲】
involve用作动词,意为“参与;包含”,还可以表示“需要;涉及”。

We want to involve as many people as possible in the celebrations.
我们希望尽可能多的人参加庆典。

The test will involve answering questions about a photograph.
考试将包括回答一些关于一张照片的问题。

This project involves a lot of complex technical problems.
这个方案牵涉许多复杂的技术问题。

The survey involved 496 city residents.
调查涉及496名市民。

【词汇拓展】
involve sb doing sth需要某人做某事
get/become involved in参与;卷入;与……有关联
involve oneself in 参与;卷入;与……有关联
Some people tried to stop the fight but I didn’t want to get involved in thei r fight.
有人设法阻止打斗,但我不想牵涉进去。

The job involves me travelling all over the country.
这份工作需要我在全国各地跑。

recycle used batteries (Page 28)
回收利用废旧电池
【词汇精讲】
recycle用作动词,意为“再利用,回收利用”。

To protect the environment,more governments are requiring people to recycle
materials.
为了保护环境,更多的政府要求人们循环利用材料。

So please remember these words:reduce,reuse and recycle.
所以请记住这些词:减少、再利用和回收。

Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper.
丹麦的纸张回收率近85%。

【词汇拓展】
recycled paper再生纸
recycling n.回收利用
roots and shoots (Page 30)
根与芽
【词汇精讲】
shoot用作名词,意为“芽,苗;嫩枝”,还可以用作动词,意为“射中;射击”。

Two weeks after we’d planted the seeds,little green shoots started to appear.
我们播种后两周,绿色的小嫩芽就开始长出了。

The next morning I found the shoots standing up straight,not a bit damaged.
第二天早上我发现秧苗挺立着,一点也没损坏。

He shot at the bird,but didn’t shoot it.
他向那只鸟射击,但是没有射中。

【词汇拓展】
(1)shoot at sth/sb向……射击
shoot sth/sb射中某人/物
shoot的过去式,过去分词为shot。

(2)shot除了作为shoot的过去式,过去分词,还可以作为名词,意为“射击,枪声;射门,击球;注射”。

Someone took a shot at the car.有人朝轿车开枪。

Throughout the first two games,her team did not get one serious shot on goal.
在前两场比赛中,她的队伍都没有进行一次严格意义上的射门。

He had a shot yesterday because he caught a cold.
他因为感冒昨天打了一针。

【核心句式】
Well,say you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth,leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up.(Page 31)
比方说你刷牙的时候让水哗哗地流,外出的时候不关灯,或者掉了一块垃圾却懒得捡起来。

【句式剖析】
本句中的“leave the tap running”和“leave a light on”都属于leave复合结构。

The teacher left little Tom standing all the time.
老师让小汤姆一直站着。

【句式拓展】
“leave+宾语+宾语补足语”结构,意为“使……处于某种状态”。

常在此结构中用作宾语补足语的有:现在分词、过去分词、名词、形容词、介词短语。

Don’t leave her waiting outside in the rain.
别让她在外面的雨中等待。

Don’t leave y our work unfinished.
工作不要半途而废。

His father died,leaving him an orphan.
他爸爸去世了,他成了孤儿。

Leave the door open,please.
请让门开着吧。

The air was polluted,leaving many people in danger.
空气被污染了,使得很多人处于危险中。

Video games can be a poor influence if it is left in the wrong hands.
如果操作不当,电子游戏就会产生不良影响。