Unit 1 Honesty and responsibility
Extended Reading
学习目标
1. 掌握本节生词、短语及句型的表达与运用。
2. 通过课堂练习,对课文内容有更深入的了解。
知识运用
1. disappointed
词性_________ 意思___________
be disappointed (not) to do sth. 因(未)做某事而失望
be disappointed at/by/with sth. 对某事感到失望
be disappointed with/in sb. 对某人感到失望
be disappointed (that)… 对……失望
disappointment n. 失望;使人失望的人(或物)
disappoint vt. & vi.(使)失望
disappoint one's expectations 让某人的期望破灭
to one's (great) disappointment=(much) to one's disappointment 令某人(非常)失望的是…
练习:As the twins looked around in ___________ (disappoint), their father appeared.
2. pretend
词性_________ 意思___________
pretend to be +n./adj. 假装……
pretend (not) to do sth./to be done 假装(不)做某事/假装被……
pretend to be doing sth. 假装正在做某事
pretend to have done sth./to have been done 假装已经做了某事/假装已经被……
pretend (that)… 假装……
练习:The salesgirl pretended not ___________ (hear) me and went on chatting with a lady in blue.
3. mercy
词性_________ 意思___________
at the mercy of 任……处置,任由……摆布
out of mercy 出于怜悯
have mercy on... 宽恕/怜悯……
show mercy to…宽恕/怜悯……
ask/beg for mercy 请求/乞求宽恕
without mercy 无情地,毫不留情地
It's a mercy that...……真是万幸。
练习:She is a kind-hearted woman and often ______________(怜悯) people who are in trouble.
4. fault
词性_________ 意思___________
be at fault有过错,应当负责
find fault with… 挑……的错,找……的茬
faultless adj. 完美无缺的
faulty adj.有错误的
练习:Old Tommy is such a stubborn person that he never accepts that he has been ______ fault.
5. threaten
词性_________ 意思___________
threaten to do sth. 威胁要做某事
threaten sb. with sth. 用某物威胁某人
I threaten (that)… 威胁……
threat n.威胁,恐吓;凶兆;构成威胁的人(事)
pose a threat to 对……造成威胁
练习:Our neighbour threatened __________ (call) the guard if we didn't stop the noise.
句型梳理
重点句式 not...without...
(教材原句P12)A man cannot be perfected without trials.
一个人不经考验是不可能完美的。
句式分析:本句中的not...without...意为“没有……就不能……”,是一个双重否定结构,表示肯定。双重否定常用not,never,nothing加介词without或具有否定意义的派生词来表示。
[例1] She never goes anywhere without her laptop computer.
她身边总是带着笔记本电脑。
[例2] At that moment I knew if I set my mind to something,nothing is impossible.
在那一刻我意识到如果我下定决心做一件事,一切皆有可能。
[知识拓展]
(1)常见的双重否定结构还有:
no(not)...no(not)... 没有……没有……
no/never...without... 没有……不……
nothing...not/no... 没有……不……
(2)常见的否定形式表示肯定意义的结构还有:
can not/never...too... 越……越……;无论……也不过分
can't wait to do sth. 迫不及待地做某事
can't help doing sth. 情不自禁地做某事
[即学即练] 单句语法填空/完成句子
①Hearing the word,he can not help laughing(laugh).
②Hard work results in success and you can achieve nothing without making any effort(你没有做出努力就不能实现任何事情).
③You can not be too careful(你再怎么小心也不过分) while crossing the busy street.
答案
知识运用
1. appointment 2. reliable3. buying/to buy 4. suspects
阅读探究
1. The store used to be “Big Joe” Brady’s restaurant, where the two men had agreed to meet.
2. Bob had wanted to head for the West to make his fortune.
3. Around 10:20 p.m.
4. Bob realized this when he saw the man’s face in the bright light of the drugstore.
5. When Bob struck the match to light his cigar..