Unit 5 Lesson 15 A Famous Writer重难点知识讲解及基础练习（含答案）

Lesson 15 A Famous Writer
重难点知识讲解
1. The idea came to her during a train ride in 1990． 在 1990年一次乘火车的旅途中，这个想法突然进人她的脑海。
【解析】come to sb. 意为“突然想起、记起”。例如：
I’ve forgotten her name, but maybe it1l come to me later．
我忘了她的名字，但也许一会儿就想起来了。
2. That period of my life was a dark one and I had no idea that there was going to be…那是我生命中一段黑暗的时光，我不知道接下来将会……
【解析】have no idea 意为“不知道”。例如：
I’ve no idea where she's gone． 我不知道她去哪儿了。
3. Failure meant I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that I really mattered to me…..失败意味着我不再自欺欺人。我就是我。然后开始把我所有的精力都投入到对我来说唯一真正重要的工作中去……
【解析】pretend 作动词意为“假装，伪装，佯装”，作形容词意为“假装的”。例如：
Let's pretend we're on the Moon. 我们假装自己是在月球上吧。
other than 意为“除了”。例如：
I don't know any American people other than you. 除了你，我不认识别的美国人。
direct all one's energy into (doing) stb. 意为“把所有精力都放在…上”。例如：
I want to direct all my energy into my own projects. 我想要把全部的精力都放在自己的项目上。
基础练习
一、翻译下列短语。
1. 大规模地，彻底地___________________________________________________
2.按一切习惯标准来说_________________________________________________
3.突然进入脑海_______________________________________________________
4. 独自抚养她的女儿__________________________________________________
5. 不知道____________________________________________________________
6. 继续做另一件事____________________________________________________
7.停止做某事_________________________________________________________
8.除了_______________________________________________________________
9.把所有精力都放在…上_______________________________________________
10. 对某人来说很重要_________________________________________________
11 释放，使获得自由___________________________________________________
12. 与…相关的_______________________________________________________
二．将词汇与正确的释义连线。
1. raise A. to start to live apart from your husband or wife
2. pretend B. to aim something in a particular direction or at a particular person, group etc.
3. separate C. to look after your children and help them grow
4. direct D. to be important, especially to be important to you personally or to have a big effect on what happens
5. matter E. to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not
三、根据中文提示完成句子。(每空一词）
1.如果我们不看这部电影对我来说真的没有影响，反正我已经看过了。
It doesn't really _____ _____ _____ if we don't see the film-I've seen it already anyway.
2他的心脏病发作可能与他去年的车祸有关。
The heart attack could be _____ _____ his car crash last year.
3. 我不知道妈妈去哪儿了。
_____ _____ _____ _____ where my mum has gone.
4. 我忘了她的电话号码了，但是也许我一会儿就想起来了。
I've forgotten her telephone number, but maybe it ______ _____ _____ _____ later.
5. 除了汉语和英语，我不会说其他任何语言。
I can't speak any other languages _____ _____ Chinese and English.
四、连词成句。
1. came to, during, in 1990, the idea, her, a train ride (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
2. had to, no job, she, raise, alone, had, and, her daughter (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
3. and, had no idea, was, there was going to be..., a dark one, I, that, that period of my life
_____________________________________________________________________
4. a direct result, she, it, of, thinks, her, is, early failures (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
5. in 2007, its, completed, her, final book, Harry Potter series, with, was (.)
_____________________________________________________________________
五、用方框中所给单词或短语的正确形式补全短文。
raise matter to come to complete dark
have no idea separate publish direct pretend
J. K. Rowling is famous for her Harry Potter series. The idea of the first novel 1. _____ her during a train ride in 1990. The next few years were difficult for her. In December of 1990, her mother died. Then in 1993, she 2._____ from her husband and her first short marriage ended. She had no job and had to 3. _____ her daughter alone. At that time, she was very poor and life was quite difficult for her. And she said that period of her life was a 4. _____ one and she5. _____ that there was going to be... She thought she was the biggest failure she knew. However, as we all know, she became extremely successful after the Harry Potter books were published. And she thinks the success is a 6. _____ result of her early failures. Because the failure made her stop 7._____ to herself and then she began to direct all her energy into finishing the only work that really 8. _____ her. Her Harry Potter series 9. _____ with its final book in 2007. Three years later, a Harry Potter theme park opened in the United States. Her first book for adults 10. _____ in 2012. Now, she has also remarried and has three children.
参考答案
一
1. on an epic scale 2. by every usual standard 3. come to sb.
4. raise her daughter alone 5. have no idea 6. go on to do sth. 7. stop doing sth.
8. other than 9. direct all one's energy into (doing) sth.
10. matter to sb. 11. set free 12. related to it
二
1. C 2. E 3. A 4. B 5. D
三
1. matter to me 2. related to 3. I have no idea
4. will come to me 5. other than
四
1. The idea came to her during a train ride in 1990.
2. She had no job and had to raise her daughter alone.
3. That period of my life was a dark one and I had no idea that there was going to be...
4. She thinks it is a direct result of her early failures.
5. Her Harry Potter series was completed with its final book in 2007.
五
1. came to 2. separated 3. raise 4. dark 5. had no idea 6. direct
7. pretending 8. mattered to 9. was completed 10. was published