Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 单元笔记

Unit 5
point out 指出 point out是“动词+副词”型短语。代词作宾语时，只能放在point与out 之间。
例句：This is a photo of my family. Can you point me out
The teacher pointed out many mistakes in my homework.
【拓展延伸】point to意为“指向”，所指的物体较远，point at意为“指着”，所指的物体较近。
begin v. 开始 begin作动词，同义词是start。常见用法有：
begin to to sth. = begin doing sth. 开始做某事
begin with 以······开始
to begin with 首先；起初
例句：He sat down at the desk and began/started to write.
She began/started teaching English at the age of 25.
The party began with a game.
To begin with, we have to consider the passengers' safety.
3.either adv. 也 either在此作副词，用于否定句句末。
(1) either还可作代词，意为“（两者中的）任何一个”。 You can keep either of the photos.
(2) either还可作限定词，意为“（二者之中）任一的”，修饰可数名词单数。
You can park on either side of the street.
Either plan is better than mine.
4.原文重现：With no light outside, it felt like midnight.
with 在此句中表伴随状态，通常构成“with +宾语+宾补”结构
其中宾补可由形容词、副词或介词短语充当。
例句：With the window open, he felt very cool. With our lessons over, we all went to play soccer.
make sure 确保；确认；查明
make sure + (that) 从句 确保······
make sure of (doing) sth. 确保（做）某事
例句：When we read a piece of news online, we'd better make sure it's true before sending it to others.
You'd better make sure of the time and address.
beat v. 敲打；打败
(1) beat在此处作不及物动词，意为“敲打”，其过去式为beat，过去分词为beaten。
Sid was beating at the door with his hand.
(2) beat还可作及物动词，意为“战胜；打败”。
In yesterday's game, Switzerland beat the United States two to one.
7.against prep. 倚；碰；撞
(1) against在此处作介词，意为“碰；撞”。
The child knocked his head against the tree.
(2) against作介词，还可意为“倚着；靠着”。
The worker put the ladder against the wall.
8.asleep adj. 睡着的
rise v. & n. 升起；增加；提高
10.fallen adj. 倒下的；落下的 也是fall的过去分词形式
fallen在此处作形容词，意为“倒下的；落下的”，仅用于名词前作定语。fallen leaves 意为“落叶”。
Autumn is a beautiful season with fresh air and fallen leaves.
11.realize v. 理解；领会；认识到
realize作及物动词，其后可接名词、代词或从句作宾语。
例句：He didn't realize his mistake.
Listening is important in learning English, but he doesn't realize it.
The man laughed when he realized what had happened.
【拓展延伸】realize 还可意为“实现”，主语一般是人，后面常接dream, goal等名词作宾语。
12.make one’s way 前往；费力地前进
make one’s way意为“前往；费力地前进”，常与介词to/towards连用，表示方向，后接表示地点的名词。
We slowly made our way to the mall through the crowd.
13.recently adv. 不久前；最近
recently作副词，可用于一般过去时（表示时间点）或现在完成时（表示一段时间）中。
We received a letter from him recently.
I have been very tired recently.
【拓展延伸】recent作形容词，意为“最近的”，修饰名词
Our way of life has changed a great deal in recent years.