(共29张PPT)
“…To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and
if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired ”
“对一个人来说,没有什么比他们的生命更加珍贵了,而且如果他们把生命托付给了我,我怎么能拒绝那种信任呢?”
if引导的条件状语从句
现在分词短语作伴随状语
nothing is + (形容词)比较级 + than …
没有什么比……更加…… (表最高级)
eg To me, nothing can be more important than a healthy body.
对我来说,没有什么比健康的身体更重要。
句中their相当于his or her。在现代英语中,人们对诸如 person、 somebody、 anyone这类性别不明的指代,除了宽泛地使用 he or she、 him or her或 his or her外,更多时候会结合语境选用复数概念进行指代,即使用 they/them/their。
eg Let’s keep our voices low — someone is taking their (/ his or her) naps in the classroom.
我们说话低声些,有人在教室里午休呢。
If anyone finds my glasses, could they (/ he or she) let me know
如果有哪位看到我的眼镜了,麻烦告诉我好吗
【语境运用】用合适的代词完成句子。
The truth is that the only way to help someone is to make _______ aware of _______ own power and ability to heal _________ (oneself).
their
them
themselves
2. These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard choices.
林巧稚这一席话使我们得以窥见这位非凡女性的内心世界,并了解是什么支撑她度过充满艰难抉择的一生。
carry sb through sth: to help someone to manage during an illness or a difficult period 帮助某人渡过难关
eg My confidence, together with the skills you taught me, carried me through the exams.
我的信心,加上您教给我的技巧,帮助我通过了考试。
【拓展】
carry on with sth. 继续做某事
carry on 继续;参与
carry away 带走
carry out 实行; 执行; 完成
carry off 运走; 带走; 获得(奖项)
【语境应用】用适当的副词或介词填空。
1) Turn off the water supply before carrying _____ repairs.
2) Mr Dean carried _____ his business until he retired.
3) He carried _____ most of the prizes for swimming.
4) I hate it when she calls me at work —I’m always too busy
to carry _____ a conversation with her.
on
out
on
off
汉译英。
5) 这本书帮助我度过了艰难时期。
The book has carried me through the hard times.
6) 他的勇气使他战胜了病症。
His courage carried him through his illness.
3. At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the majority of girls, she chose to study medicine.
18岁的时候,她没有像大多数女孩一样走上婚姻这一条传统道路,而是选择了学医。
majority n. most of the people or things in a group 大部分;大多数
eg The majority of students find it quite hard to live on the amount of money they get.
大多数学生都觉得很难靠他们得到的那点钱生活。
【归纳】
the majority of … 大多数, 大半
be in the/a majority 占大多数
【拓展】
minority n. 少数,小部分
major adj. 主要的
vi. 主修; 专门研究
major in 主修
the majority/minority + 单数/复数谓语动词 (由句意而定)
e.g. The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking.
2) “the/a majority of+名词”用作主语,其谓语动词的数应与名词的数保持一致。
e.g. The majority of my patients come to me from other cities.
Only a minority of British households do not have a car.
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) For one thing, I hope to gain a bit more knowledge of gardening so that it can help me to major _____ the gardening after attending college.
2) An agreement seems to be impossible because the majority of the committee members _____ (be) against it.
in
are
3) The _________ (major) of them take an online language
test before starting their programme.
majority
4. …her brother complained, thinking of the high tuition fees.
一想到高昂的学费,她的哥哥就抱怨……
complain vi. & vt. to say that you are annoyed, not satisfied, or unhappy about something or someone 抱怨;发牢骚
【归纳】
complain (to sb) of/about sth 向某人投诉/抱怨某事
complain (to sb) that... 抱怨……
【拓展】
complaint n. 抱怨;投诉;不满
make a complaint against 对……投诉
make a complaint (to sb) about/of sth 向某人抱怨/投诉某事
作原因状语
【语境应用】根据提示完成句子。
1) She _______________ (和我们抱怨) that no one had been at the airport to pick her up.
2) If you wish to make a ________________ (complain) about that, you should see the manager.
3) I’m writing to _______________ (投诉) the bad service of your hotel.
4) 我要就噪音问题提出投诉。(complaint)
I’d like to ____________________ the noise.
complained to us
complaint
complain about
make a complaint about
5. She responded, “I’d rather stay single to study all my life!”
她回答,“我宁愿一辈子不嫁人,也要学医!”
respond vt. to say or write something as a reply 回答;回复
vi. to do something as a reaction 做出反应;回应
常与介词to连用
e.g. When mother asked Peter if he would go to the party, he responded that he wouldn’t.
Mary responded (to my letter) with a phone call / by calling me.
response n. 反应;回答;回复
常用结构:in response (to) 作为对……的回答
make no response 没做任何回答
e.g. In response to these customers’ complaint, the company can respond to those angry customers with an open letter, instead of making no response.
【语境运用】用适当的介词填空。
1) He responded ________ her question ________ walking out of the room.
2) When I said hello to Lisa, she responded ________ a smile.
3) ________ response to their invitation, we wrote a letter to them.
to
by
with
In
6. Dr Lin, however, rejected the offer.
然而,林医生谢绝了邀请。
reject vt. to refuse to accept, believe in, or agree with something 拒绝接受;不录用
e.g. Mr. James rejected the suggestion that it was time for him to retire.
One of my favourite students was rejected by this university.
rejection n. 拒绝接受;否决
eg He never asked her to marry him out of fear of rejection.
他因为怕被拒绝,所以从未向她求婚。
【语境运用】用reject的正确形式填空。
1) The football coach ________ him for the first team yesterday.
2) What are the reasons for his ________ of the plan
rejected
rejection
7. At times she was even seen riding a donkey to faraway villages to provide medical care.
有时人们甚至会看到她骑着毛驴到遥远的村庄给人看病。
see + sb. + doing sth., 动词-ing形式充当宾语补足语,用来补充说明宾语的动作和情况。相同用法的词还有:hear, watch, notice, feel等。
e.g. We often see her dancing in front of the public.
We saw the teacher making the experiment.
I heard an English song being sung by a little girl when I passed by her room yesterday.
faraway adj. 遥远的,主要用作前置定语,修饰名词。
eg We enjoy his stories of all the faraway countries he has visited.
我们喜欢听他讲所有他去过的遥远国度的故事。
而 far away短语则不同,除用作状语外,还可作后置定语,对名词进行限定。
eg We could hear the sound of water not far away.
我们听得见不远处水的响声。
Sam lives far away from his school.
Sam住的地方离他的学校很远。
8. She was more interested in tending patients, publishing medical research on care for women and children…
她对照料病人,发表妇幼医护方面的医学论文……更感兴趣。
tend vt. to look after someone or something 照顾;照料
vi. to be likely to behave in a particular way 倾向;趋于
e.g. The nurse tending the patient in the hospital is one of my classmates.
We tend to get cold winters and warm, dry summers in this part of the country.
【归纳】
tend to do sth 易于做某事;往往会发生某事
tend to/toward sth 趋向, 倾向
tend to sb /sth (=look after) 照顾, 照料
【拓展】
tendency n. 倾向、趋势 (其后多跟动词不定式)
【语境应用】用tend的适当形式填空。
1) Readers also _______________ articles that were exciting or funny.
读者们也往往分享让人激动或有趣的文章。
2) He always has a _________ to Latin music.
他对拉丁音乐一直情有独钟。
3) His views _________________ (趋向于) extremes.
4) Sofia was in the bedroom ___________________ (照顾她的儿子).
tended to share/
have a tendency to share
tendency
tend to/towards
tending his son
publish vt. 1) to arrange for a book, magazine etc to be written, printed, and sold 出版,发行
2) to make official information such as a report available for everyone to read 公布,公开,宣布
e.g. This company publishes children’s books.
The names of the winners of the competition will be published in June.
University teachers are under pressure to publish.
publisher n. 出版商,发行商
publishing n. 出版业,出版界
9. Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”, having delivered over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.
句意:林巧稚虽然从未结婚,但她被誉为“万婴之母”,她一生中共接生五万多名婴儿。
though引导的让步状语从句
因……而被人们熟知
现在分词短语作原因状语
having delivered是现在分词的完成式,表示动作先于谓语动词的动作发生。
10. Dr Lin did not retire until the day she died, 22 April 1983.
not…until 直到……才……
定语从句
同位语,修饰the day
句意:林医生一辈子奋斗在工作岗位,直到1983年4月22日她去世的那一天。
11. …to elect someone to replace the secretary.
……选举一个人来代替秘书。
replace vt. to start doing something instead of another person, or start being used instead of another thing 取代;接替;更换
e.g. We’ll have to replace all the furniture that was damaged in the flood.
【拓展】
replacement n. 替换物;更换
e.g. Robot hands are a replacement for human hands.