M6u4 reading 知识点

单词短语用法总结：

1. protect 保护vt.---protective保护性的adj.---protection保护n.

2. threat威胁n.---threaten恐吓；威胁v.

The use of nuclear weapons is a threat to mankind.

核武器对人类是一个威胁。

The boss threatened to fire her.

老板威胁要开除她。

Threatened by his enemy, he had to leave the city where he had lived for a long time.

受到敌人的威胁，他不得不离开生活了很久的城市。

3. decrease 反义词increase

4. 濒临灭绝的endangered animals

5. die out 灭绝die of/from因…而死die for为…而死die off先后死去be dying for渴望

6. lose---get lost迷路了---at a loss不知所措，困惑

7. hunt for=look for=search for寻找

8. The two countries live together in peace. 这两个国家和平相处。

I smiled in relief after I heard I had passed the exam. 听说通过了考试，我如释重负地笑了。

You are in danger of catching a cold if you don’t take any medicine.如果你不吃药，就会有感冒的危险。

9. respond to = react to 对…有反应

10. burst into laughter= burst out laughing

11. mercy---merciful仁慈的merciless无情的without mercy无情地

这个仁慈的老人受到无情的对待。

This merciful old man was treated without mercy.

12. certain---副词certainly肯定地---反义词uncertain不确定的

His success is certain.

He is certain to succeed.

He is certain that he will succeed.

It is certain that he will succeed.

Sth is certain …是无需置疑的

Sb is certain to do sth 某人肯定会…

sb is certain that 某人相信

It is certain that 毫无疑问的是

13.区分protect… from（保护…不受）和prevent…from（阻止…做某事）Her sudden arrival prevented me from going out.

He protected his hands from the cold with gloves.

14. 区分contain和include

Contain指一个较大事物中所容纳的分离部分，有封闭于一个整体的感觉include指作为整体中的一个部分而被包括进去，常用―including+被包括的部分‖或者―被包括的部分+included‖

Our tour included a visit to New York.

This pill contains vitamins.

There are ten of us here, including three girls.=There are ten of us here with three girls included.

15.afftect=have an effect on对…有影响

16.掌握appreciate的中文意思

We appreciated that caring for children is an important job. 理解

Her ability are not fully appreciated by her boss. 赏识

We really appreciate all the help you gave us last weekend. 感激17. succeed in doing sth, fail to do sth

succeed---success—successful---successfully

18. secure—security安全

19.employ—employment雇佣---unemployment失业

20. harm—harmful有害的/ harmless无害的be harmful to = do harm to对…有害

21. bite – bit—bitten

22. come into being形成，产生（不用于被动语态和进行时态）

我们不知道世界时何时形成的

We do not know when this world came into being.

23.so that 有两个用法

①引导目的状语从句，表示“以便，为了”，可以与in order that互换，从句谓语动词中常用情态动词may; could等，主从句没有逗号隔开。

I spend more time learning English every day so that I can make greater progress this year.

②引导结果状语从句，表示“因此，所以”，此时可与‖so‖互换

She had not planned her time well, so that she did not finish her homework on time.