Unit 1 Know yourself Reading 课件(共71张PPT)
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(共71张PPT)
Unit 1 Know yourself
Period 2 Reading
A.reading
Reading
People who are happy with their jobs
Millie has read an article on Sunshine Daily.
A.对自己的工作感到满意的人
米莉在《阳光日报》上读了一篇文章。
It introduces four people who are outstanding in their fields in Sunshine Town.
Here is the article.
它介绍了阳光小镇四位在各自领域表现出色的人。
这是文章。
“Wu Wei is a born artist,” said his best friend.
“He is quiet and doesn’t like to talk much, but his work shouts!”
“吴伟是一个天生的艺术家，”他最好的朋友说。
“他很安静，不喜欢说话，但他的作品很吵！”
Wu Wei, the young artist, has impressed the whole country with his creative work.
年轻艺术家吴伟的创作给全国留下了深刻印象。
His sculptures for Sunshine Town Square have won high praise from the art community.
他为阳光城广场创作的雕塑赢得了艺术界的高度赞誉。
他说：“我想与人们分享最好的艺术，所以我总是在寻找更好或不同的东西。这本身就很有趣。”。
“I want to share the best art with people, so I’m always searching for something better or different. This in itself is great fun,” he said.
Su Ning , manager
Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago and started to work for the sales department in a big company.
苏宁，经理五年前，苏宁放弃了会计的工作，开始在一家大公司的销售部门工作。
“I’m active and energetic, and I love working with people. However, in my last job, I could only work with numbers day after day.
“我很活跃，精力充沛，我喜欢与人共事。然而，在我的上一份工作中，我只能日复一日地与数字打交道。
That made me unhappy. ” Su Ning is now the general manager of the company.
这让我很不高兴。”苏宁现在是公司的总经理。
“Life is like a race. You either take the lead or fall behind. I’m ready to take on new challenges any time,” she said.
“生活就像一场比赛。你要么领先，要么落后。我随时准备迎接新的挑战，”她说。
Liu Hao, engineer
Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the high-speed railway connecting Sunshine Town to Tianjin.
刘浩，工程师刘浩是连接阳光镇和天津的高速铁路的总工程师。
“To us, a miss is as good as a mile. We can’t afford to make any mistakes,” said Mr Liu. “All of us know that it’s necessary to pay attention to every detail. ”
“对我们来说，一次失误等于一英里。我们不能犯任何错误，”刘先生说。“我们所有人都知道，有必要关注每一个细节。
“He’s serious and well organized,” one of his team members said. “He always works to high standards, but he’s modest and easy to work with. ”
“他很认真，组织得很好，”他的一名团队成员说。“他总是以高标准工作，但他很谦虚，很容易共事。”
Fang Yuan , doctor
Fang Yuan, head of Sunshine Hospital and a pioneer heart surgeon, is kind and patient.
方媛，医生方媛是阳光医院的院长，也是一位开创性的心脏外科医生，她善良而有耐心。
“As a doctor, you can’t be too careful,” she said. “Carelessness will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients. ”
“作为一名医生，你再怎么小心也不为过，”她说。“粗心不仅对我们自己，对病人也是一场灾难。”
“She’s always willing to work extra hours,” said another doctor. In fact, Doctor Fang often does operations for about ten hours a day.
“她总是愿意加班，”另一位医生说。事实上，方医生经常每天做大约十个小时的手术。
She has devoted most of her time to her work. All the people in the town respect her.
她把大部分时间都投入在了工作上，镇上所有的人都尊敬她
B. Jobs and personalities
B1. Millie wants to make sure that she knows the meanings of some words in the newspaper article.
米莉想确保她知道报纸文章中一些单词的意思。
Help her match the first parts on the left with the second parts on the right to make complete explanations. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
帮助她将左边的第一部分与右边的第二部分进行匹配，以便做出完整的解释。在空白处写下正确的字母。
1. A creative person a. has lots of energy.
2. An active person b. does not talk much about his/her abilities.
3. An energetic person c. can produce something new or a work of art.
4. A modest person d. can plan his/her work well.
5. An organized person e. enjoys taking part in different activities.
6. A patient person f. can wait without getting angry.
c
e
a
b
d
f
Help her check the sentences below. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.
1. Wu Wei’s friend does not think that his work is very good.____
B2. Millie wants to tell her classmates about the four people.
F
2. Wu Wei’s sculptures are famous all over the country. _______
3. Su Ning was once happy with her job as an accountant. ______
T
F
4. Su Ning changed her job five years ago. _______
5. Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the new bridge. _______
6. Liu Hao’s team members find it difficult to work with him. _______
T
F
F
7. Fang Yuan thinks doctors should be very careful. _______
8. Fang Yuan spends most of her time on her work. _______
T
T
Help her find the words on pages 8 and 9 to complete her notes below.
B3. Millie is summarizing the newspaper article.
Job Personality
Wu Wei (1)_________ Quiet, does not like to (2)_________
Creative—his work shouts
Enjoys searching for something better or (3)_________
an artist
talk much
different
Su Ning (4)__________ Active and (5)_________
Loves working with (6)_________
Ready to take on (7)______________
a manager
new challenges
detail
energetic
Liu Hao (8)__________ Pays attention to every (9) _________
Serious and well (10)_________
Always works to high (11)_________
Fang Yuan (12)_________ Kind and (13)_________
Very (14)_________ at work
Willing to work (15)_____________
an engineer
organized
standards
a doctor
patient
careful
extra hours
people
C. Your personalities
Then think about what job you want to do in the future and see if your personality matches the job requirements.
Your personality:
_______________________________________________
C1. Write a short description of your personality.
What job do you want to do
_______________________________________________
Do you think your personality is suitable for the job
_______________________________________________
Write a short description of your partner’s personality. Then discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with each other.
Your partner’s personality:
________________________________________________
C2. Work in pairs.
考点精讲
①“Wu Wei is a born artist,” said his best friend.
/b n/ adj. 天生的
e.g. My sister is a born singer. 我姐姐是一个天生的歌手。
a recently born idea 一个最近产生的想法
born 还可作bear 的过去分词。
出生的，产生的
考点1
As we all know, everyone is __________ (天生的) with the ability to learn.
born
中考在线1：
②His sculptures for Sunshine Town Square have won high praise from the art community.
/pre z/ n. 赞扬，表扬
His latest movie has won high praise from the critics.
他最新的影片得到了评论家们的高度赞扬。
The headmaster praised the boy for his courage.
校长赞扬这个男孩的勇气。
praise是及物动词，后面直接加宾语。
praise sb. for sth.
因某事表扬某人。
考点2
Wu Wei, a young artist, has received high _______ from
the art community for his sculptures. [宿迁]
pride B. praise C. promise D. progress
【点拨】考查名词辨析。句意：吴伟，一位年轻的艺术家，他的雕塑受到了艺术界的高度赞扬。pride 骄傲，自豪； praise 赞扬，称赞；promise 承诺；progress 进步。由句意可知选B。
B
中考在线2
③Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago and started to work for the sales department in a big company.
Don’t give up. I believe you will succeed.
别放弃。我相信你会成功的。
动副结构，代词放中间。
考点3
We have already given up the plan.
我们已经放弃了那个计划。
My father gave up drinking last year.
我父亲去年戒酒了。
give up后可接名词或
动名词，意为“放弃某事或放弃做某事”
My brother often _______ his spare time to help me with my spoken English. [淮安]
A. puts up B. gives up
C. opens up D. tidies up
B
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give in 屈服，让步
give away 赠送；捐赠
give off 发生，放出
（气味、热、光等）
give out 分发，散发
中考在线3
【点拨】本题用词语辨析法。句意：我哥哥经常放弃业余时间来帮助我学英语口语。put up 举起，张帖；give up 放弃；open up 打开，开发；tidy up 整理。由句意可知选B。
④... I could only work with numbers day after day.
一天又一天
Day after day, the scientists worked hard in the laboratory.
科学家们日复一日地在实验室中努力工作着。
考点4
辨析： day after day与day by day
day after day 意思是“一天又一天”。深层含义是“把日子看成连续的”，有“时间长久”的含义。
day by day 意思是“一天天地”，深层含义是“把每天看成个别的，独立的”，意味着“每天都有同样的情况发生或重复”，而且含有“逐渐转变”的意思。
辨析： day after day与day by day
e.g. Day after day no message arrived.
日子一天天过去了，但仍杳无音讯。
My husband is getting well day by day.
我丈夫的健康状况一天天地好转了。
day by day 在这句话里含有逐渐变好，以至于最后完全康复的含义
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⑤You either take the lead or fall behind.
/li d/ n. 领先地位；榜样；主角；扮演主角的演员
She was the lead of that film. 她是那部电影的主角。
Tom is in the lead now. 汤姆现在处于领先地位。
处于领先地位；带头
作动词，指引，引导，领路
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考点6
The guide led us through the forest.
向导带我们穿过森林。
She volunteered to take the lead in carrying out the assignment.
她自愿带头执行这项任务。
lead 常用词组：
lose the lead
失去领先地位，落在后面
the male/ female lead
男/ 女主角
⑥Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the high-speed railway connecting Sunshine Town to Tianjin.
vt. 连接
This railway connects London and Edinburgh.
这条铁路连接伦敦与爱丁堡。
考点6
Will you connect this wire to the television
你能把这根电线和电视机连上吗？
Please connect the hose with/to the faucet.
请把胶皮管套在水龙头上。
connect 常用词组：
connect...with
把……和……联系
connect...to/with把……和……相连接
The Chinese language has become a bridge to _______
China _______ the rest of the world. [连云港]
connect...to B. translate...into
C. compare...with D. separate...from
A
中考在线4
【点拨】考查动词短语辨析。句意：中文已经成为连接中国与世界其他地区的桥梁。connect...to…“把……与……连接”；translate...into...“把……翻译成……”；compare...with...“把……与……比较”；separate... from ...“把……与……分开”。由句意可知选A。
⑦“To us, a miss is as good as a mile.
与……一样好；和……几乎一样；无异于；简直是
We can’t afford to make any mistakes,” said Mr Liu.
as good as
考点7
—Is he as good as her at chess
他下棋也像她下得一样好吗？
—There’s no comparison. 根本不能比。
He as good as says I’m a liar.
他无异于说我是个撒谎者。
名人名言：Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
—Mum, could you buy me a dress like this, please
—Of course. We can buy ______ one than this, but
_______ it.
a better; better than
B. a worse; as good as
C. a cheaper; as good as
D. a more important; not as good as
C
中考在线5
【点拨】考查形容词比较级、原级用法。句意：—妈妈，你能给我买一件这样的连衣裙吗？—当然可以。我们能买一件比这件更便宜的，但是质量和它一样好的连衣裙。由句中than 可知第一空为比较级，根据but 可判断两句之间的关系是转折关系，分析四个选项，只有C 项能讲得通。
/ 'f d/ v. 买得起； 给予，提供
Can we afford a new car
我们买得起一辆新车吗？
He can’t afford the time for it.
他抽不出时间来做此事。
考点8
He says he really can’t afford to wait another day.
他说他确实一天也不能再等了。
afford 与 can，could 或be able to等连用，表示负担得起某事或某物的费用、损失、后果等，或表示能抽出时间等，后面通常可接名词、代词、不定式等(多用于否定句或疑问句)。
We can’t ___________ (承担得起) to wait any longer to take action in order to improve our environment.
句意：我们承受不起继续等待了，为了保护环境，我们必须马上行动。根据汉语提示，用动词afford。由前面的can’t 可知，这里用动词原形，故填afford。
afford
中考在线6
⑧All of us know that it’s necessary to pay attention to every detail.
pay attention to 注意
to为介词，后接名词、代词或动词的-ing形式。
attention 前面 可用much, (a)little, some，no, more 等词修饰。
考点9
We should pay attention to the weather report before we travel.
在旅游之前我们应该关注天气预报。
We should pay much attention to protecting forests.
我们应该多注意保护森林。
pay attention to 中的attention 是
不可数名词，意为“注意，专心”，
李明做每件事情时总是关注细节。
Li Ming always ___________________________ details when he does everything.
【点拨】由句意可知，空格上应填“关注”，用动词短语pay attention to 或 care about。根据主语和always 提示，句中动词用第三人称单数形式。故填 pays attention to /cares about。
pays attention to/cares about
中考在线7
⑨Carelessness will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients.
n. 粗心
She assumed an unusual carelessness of manner.
她假装一副不同寻常的粗心大意的样子。
carelessness 是由 形容词careless 加后缀-ness 构成的名词, 为 不可数名词。
考点10
构词法记单词：有些形容词加上后缀-ness 构成名词。
kind—kindness 善良 ill—illness 疾病
happy—happiness 高兴
sad—sadness 悲伤
dark—darkness 黑暗 rude—rudeness 粗鲁
care n. 小心；谨慎
carefulness n. ← careful adj. → carefully adv.
小心；仔细 小心的；仔细的 小心地；仔细地
↓ ↓ ↓
carelessness n. ← careless adj. → carelessly adv.
粗心 粗心的；不仔细的 粗心地；漫不经心地
↑
拓展：与carelessness 相关词汇
⑩She has devoted most of her time to her work.
vt. 把……贡献；把……专用于
He devoted his life to literature.
他把他的一生奉献给了文学。
devote...to... 意为“把……奉献给……”。to为介词，其后可接名词、代词或动词的-ing 形式。
考点11
My teacher devoted his life to teaching.
我的老师把他的一生献给了教育事业。
Don’t devote too much time to this question.
别在这个问题上花太多时间。
All the people in the town respect her.
vt. 尊重，尊敬
I respect his courage. 我敬佩他的勇气。
The students have the greatest respect for their history teacher.
学生们非常尊敬他们的历史老师。
have respect for... 意为“尊敬……”
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考点12
课堂小结
Unit 1 Know yourself
Period 2 Reading
A.reading
Reading
People who are happy with their jobs
Millie has read an article on Sunshine Daily.
A.对自己的工作感到满意的人
米莉在《阳光日报》上读了一篇文章。
It introduces four people who are outstanding in their fields in Sunshine Town.
Here is the article.
它介绍了阳光小镇四位在各自领域表现出色的人。
这是文章。
“Wu Wei is a born artist,” said his best friend.
“He is quiet and doesn’t like to talk much, but his work shouts!”
“吴伟是一个天生的艺术家，”他最好的朋友说。
“他很安静，不喜欢说话，但他的作品很吵！”
Wu Wei, the young artist, has impressed the whole country with his creative work.
年轻艺术家吴伟的创作给全国留下了深刻印象。
His sculptures for Sunshine Town Square have won high praise from the art community.
他为阳光城广场创作的雕塑赢得了艺术界的高度赞誉。
他说：“我想与人们分享最好的艺术，所以我总是在寻找更好或不同的东西。这本身就很有趣。”。
“I want to share the best art with people, so I’m always searching for something better or different. This in itself is great fun,” he said.
Su Ning , manager
Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago and started to work for the sales department in a big company.
苏宁，经理五年前，苏宁放弃了会计的工作，开始在一家大公司的销售部门工作。
“I’m active and energetic, and I love working with people. However, in my last job, I could only work with numbers day after day.
“我很活跃，精力充沛，我喜欢与人共事。然而，在我的上一份工作中，我只能日复一日地与数字打交道。
That made me unhappy. ” Su Ning is now the general manager of the company.
这让我很不高兴。”苏宁现在是公司的总经理。
“Life is like a race. You either take the lead or fall behind. I’m ready to take on new challenges any time,” she said.
“生活就像一场比赛。你要么领先，要么落后。我随时准备迎接新的挑战，”她说。
Liu Hao, engineer
Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the high-speed railway connecting Sunshine Town to Tianjin.
刘浩，工程师刘浩是连接阳光镇和天津的高速铁路的总工程师。
“To us, a miss is as good as a mile. We can’t afford to make any mistakes,” said Mr Liu. “All of us know that it’s necessary to pay attention to every detail. ”
“对我们来说，一次失误等于一英里。我们不能犯任何错误，”刘先生说。“我们所有人都知道，有必要关注每一个细节。
“He’s serious and well organized,” one of his team members said. “He always works to high standards, but he’s modest and easy to work with. ”
“他很认真，组织得很好，”他的一名团队成员说。“他总是以高标准工作，但他很谦虚，很容易共事。”
Fang Yuan , doctor
Fang Yuan, head of Sunshine Hospital and a pioneer heart surgeon, is kind and patient.
方媛，医生方媛是阳光医院的院长，也是一位开创性的心脏外科医生，她善良而有耐心。
“As a doctor, you can’t be too careful,” she said. “Carelessness will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients. ”
“作为一名医生，你再怎么小心也不为过，”她说。“粗心不仅对我们自己，对病人也是一场灾难。”
“She’s always willing to work extra hours,” said another doctor. In fact, Doctor Fang often does operations for about ten hours a day.
“她总是愿意加班，”另一位医生说。事实上，方医生经常每天做大约十个小时的手术。
She has devoted most of her time to her work. All the people in the town respect her.
她把大部分时间都投入在了工作上，镇上所有的人都尊敬她
B. Jobs and personalities
B1. Millie wants to make sure that she knows the meanings of some words in the newspaper article.
米莉想确保她知道报纸文章中一些单词的意思。
Help her match the first parts on the left with the second parts on the right to make complete explanations. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
帮助她将左边的第一部分与右边的第二部分进行匹配，以便做出完整的解释。在空白处写下正确的字母。
1. A creative person a. has lots of energy.
2. An active person b. does not talk much about his/her abilities.
3. An energetic person c. can produce something new or a work of art.
4. A modest person d. can plan his/her work well.
5. An organized person e. enjoys taking part in different activities.
6. A patient person f. can wait without getting angry.
c
e
a
b
d
f
Help her check the sentences below. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.
1. Wu Wei’s friend does not think that his work is very good.____
B2. Millie wants to tell her classmates about the four people.
F
2. Wu Wei’s sculptures are famous all over the country. _______
3. Su Ning was once happy with her job as an accountant. ______
T
F
4. Su Ning changed her job five years ago. _______
5. Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the new bridge. _______
6. Liu Hao’s team members find it difficult to work with him. _______
T
F
F
7. Fang Yuan thinks doctors should be very careful. _______
8. Fang Yuan spends most of her time on her work. _______
T
T
Help her find the words on pages 8 and 9 to complete her notes below.
B3. Millie is summarizing the newspaper article.
Job Personality
Wu Wei (1)_________ Quiet, does not like to (2)_________
Creative—his work shouts
Enjoys searching for something better or (3)_________
an artist
talk much
different
Su Ning (4)__________ Active and (5)_________
Loves working with (6)_________
Ready to take on (7)______________
a manager
new challenges
detail
energetic
Liu Hao (8)__________ Pays attention to every (9) _________
Serious and well (10)_________
Always works to high (11)_________
Fang Yuan (12)_________ Kind and (13)_________
Very (14)_________ at work
Willing to work (15)_____________
an engineer
organized
standards
a doctor
patient
careful
extra hours
people
C. Your personalities
Then think about what job you want to do in the future and see if your personality matches the job requirements.
Your personality:
_______________________________________________
C1. Write a short description of your personality.
What job do you want to do
_______________________________________________
Do you think your personality is suitable for the job
_______________________________________________
Write a short description of your partner’s personality. Then discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with each other.
Your partner’s personality:
________________________________________________
C2. Work in pairs.
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①“Wu Wei is a born artist,” said his best friend.
/b n/ adj. 天生的
e.g. My sister is a born singer. 我姐姐是一个天生的歌手。
a recently born idea 一个最近产生的想法
born 还可作bear 的过去分词。
出生的，产生的
考点1
As we all know, everyone is __________ (天生的) with the ability to learn.
born
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②His sculptures for Sunshine Town Square have won high praise from the art community.
/pre z/ n. 赞扬，表扬
His latest movie has won high praise from the critics.
他最新的影片得到了评论家们的高度赞扬。
The headmaster praised the boy for his courage.
校长赞扬这个男孩的勇气。
praise是及物动词，后面直接加宾语。
praise sb. for sth.
因某事表扬某人。
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Wu Wei, a young artist, has received high _______ from
the art community for his sculptures. [宿迁]
pride B. praise C. promise D. progress
【点拨】考查名词辨析。句意：吴伟，一位年轻的艺术家，他的雕塑受到了艺术界的高度赞扬。pride 骄傲，自豪； praise 赞扬，称赞；promise 承诺；progress 进步。由句意可知选B。
B
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③Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago and started to work for the sales department in a big company.
Don’t give up. I believe you will succeed.
别放弃。我相信你会成功的。
动副结构，代词放中间。
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We have already given up the plan.
我们已经放弃了那个计划。
My father gave up drinking last year.
我父亲去年戒酒了。
give up后可接名词或
动名词，意为“放弃某事或放弃做某事”
My brother often _______ his spare time to help me with my spoken English. [淮安]
A. puts up B. gives up
C. opens up D. tidies up
B
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give in 屈服，让步
give away 赠送；捐赠
give off 发生，放出
（气味、热、光等）
give out 分发，散发
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【点拨】本题用词语辨析法。句意：我哥哥经常放弃业余时间来帮助我学英语口语。put up 举起，张帖；give up 放弃；open up 打开，开发；tidy up 整理。由句意可知选B。
④... I could only work with numbers day after day.
一天又一天
Day after day, the scientists worked hard in the laboratory.
科学家们日复一日地在实验室中努力工作着。
考点4
辨析： day after day与day by day
day after day 意思是“一天又一天”。深层含义是“把日子看成连续的”，有“时间长久”的含义。
day by day 意思是“一天天地”，深层含义是“把每天看成个别的，独立的”，意味着“每天都有同样的情况发生或重复”，而且含有“逐渐转变”的意思。
辨析： day after day与day by day
e.g. Day after day no message arrived.
日子一天天过去了，但仍杳无音讯。
My husband is getting well day by day.
我丈夫的健康状况一天天地好转了。
day by day 在这句话里含有逐渐变好，以至于最后完全康复的含义
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⑤You either take the lead or fall behind.
/li d/ n. 领先地位；榜样；主角；扮演主角的演员
She was the lead of that film. 她是那部电影的主角。
Tom is in the lead now. 汤姆现在处于领先地位。
处于领先地位；带头
作动词，指引，引导，领路
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The guide led us through the forest.
向导带我们穿过森林。
She volunteered to take the lead in carrying out the assignment.
她自愿带头执行这项任务。
lead 常用词组：
lose the lead
失去领先地位，落在后面
the male/ female lead
男/ 女主角
⑥Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the high-speed railway connecting Sunshine Town to Tianjin.
vt. 连接
This railway connects London and Edinburgh.
这条铁路连接伦敦与爱丁堡。
考点6
Will you connect this wire to the television
你能把这根电线和电视机连上吗？
Please connect the hose with/to the faucet.
请把胶皮管套在水龙头上。
connect 常用词组：
connect...with
把……和……联系
connect...to/with把……和……相连接
The Chinese language has become a bridge to _______
China _______ the rest of the world. [连云港]
connect...to B. translate...into
C. compare...with D. separate...from
A
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【点拨】考查动词短语辨析。句意：中文已经成为连接中国与世界其他地区的桥梁。connect...to…“把……与……连接”；translate...into...“把……翻译成……”；compare...with...“把……与……比较”；separate... from ...“把……与……分开”。由句意可知选A。
⑦“To us, a miss is as good as a mile.
与……一样好；和……几乎一样；无异于；简直是
We can’t afford to make any mistakes,” said Mr Liu.
as good as
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—Is he as good as her at chess
他下棋也像她下得一样好吗？
—There’s no comparison. 根本不能比。
He as good as says I’m a liar.
他无异于说我是个撒谎者。
名人名言：Doing is better than saying. 行胜于言。
—Mum, could you buy me a dress like this, please
—Of course. We can buy ______ one than this, but
_______ it.
a better; better than
B. a worse; as good as
C. a cheaper; as good as
D. a more important; not as good as
C
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【点拨】考查形容词比较级、原级用法。句意：—妈妈，你能给我买一件这样的连衣裙吗？—当然可以。我们能买一件比这件更便宜的，但是质量和它一样好的连衣裙。由句中than 可知第一空为比较级，根据but 可判断两句之间的关系是转折关系，分析四个选项，只有C 项能讲得通。
/ 'f d/ v. 买得起； 给予，提供
Can we afford a new car
我们买得起一辆新车吗？
He can’t afford the time for it.
他抽不出时间来做此事。
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He says he really can’t afford to wait another day.
他说他确实一天也不能再等了。
afford 与 can，could 或be able to等连用，表示负担得起某事或某物的费用、损失、后果等，或表示能抽出时间等，后面通常可接名词、代词、不定式等(多用于否定句或疑问句)。
We can’t ___________ (承担得起) to wait any longer to take action in order to improve our environment.
句意：我们承受不起继续等待了，为了保护环境，我们必须马上行动。根据汉语提示，用动词afford。由前面的can’t 可知，这里用动词原形，故填afford。
afford
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⑧All of us know that it’s necessary to pay attention to every detail.
pay attention to 注意
to为介词，后接名词、代词或动词的-ing形式。
attention 前面 可用much, (a)little, some，no, more 等词修饰。
考点9
We should pay attention to the weather report before we travel.
在旅游之前我们应该关注天气预报。
We should pay much attention to protecting forests.
我们应该多注意保护森林。
pay attention to 中的attention 是
不可数名词，意为“注意，专心”，
李明做每件事情时总是关注细节。
Li Ming always ___________________________ details when he does everything.
【点拨】由句意可知，空格上应填“关注”，用动词短语pay attention to 或 care about。根据主语和always 提示，句中动词用第三人称单数形式。故填 pays attention to /cares about。
pays attention to/cares about
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⑨Carelessness will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients.
n. 粗心
She assumed an unusual carelessness of manner.
她假装一副不同寻常的粗心大意的样子。
carelessness 是由 形容词careless 加后缀-ness 构成的名词, 为 不可数名词。
考点10
构词法记单词：有些形容词加上后缀-ness 构成名词。
kind—kindness 善良 ill—illness 疾病
happy—happiness 高兴
sad—sadness 悲伤
dark—darkness 黑暗 rude—rudeness 粗鲁
care n. 小心；谨慎
carefulness n. ← careful adj. → carefully adv.
小心；仔细 小心的；仔细的 小心地；仔细地
↓ ↓ ↓
carelessness n. ← careless adj. → carelessly adv.
粗心 粗心的；不仔细的 粗心地；漫不经心地
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拓展：与carelessness 相关词汇
⑩She has devoted most of her time to her work.
vt. 把……贡献；把……专用于
He devoted his life to literature.
他把他的一生奉献给了文学。
devote...to... 意为“把……奉献给……”。to为介词，其后可接名词、代词或动词的-ing 形式。
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My teacher devoted his life to teaching.
我的老师把他的一生献给了教育事业。
Don’t devote too much time to this question.
别在这个问题上花太多时间。
All the people in the town respect her.
vt. 尊重，尊敬
I respect his courage. 我敬佩他的勇气。
The students have the greatest respect for their history teacher.
学生们非常尊敬他们的历史老师。
have respect for... 意为“尊敬……”
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