Unit 3 Language in use
★重点知识点解析
1. in need of 需要
【拓展】in(great) need “在危难中;在困境中”
【例句】
◆这个房子需要彻底打扫一下。
The house is in need of a thorough clean.
2. set off 出发;动身;启程
【归纳】=set out/start out 表示“出发/动身去某地时”,与for搭配
【拓展】与set有关的短语
set up 建立
set aside 省出;留出
set down 写下;记下
set back 使推迟;耽误
【例句】
◆你们准备什么时候出发去成都?
When are you going to set off for Chengdu
3. 基数词+more+名词 “另外……”
【归纳】=another+基数词+名词
【例句】
◆我想再吃两块蛋糕。
I want to have two more cakes/another tow cakes.
★重点语法解析
because引导的原因状语从句
【归纳】引导原因状语从句的连词有:because/since/as等;because语气最强。
【拓展】引导原因状语从句的其他连词:
since :“因为;既然”,表示显然的/已为人知的原因,语气比because弱,位于主句前;
as: 表示附带说明“双方已知”的原因,语气比since弱,位于主句前/主句后;
【例句】
◆这个男孩迟到了,因为他起晚了。
◆因为天气非常糟糕,我们不得不呆在家里。
◆你不在,所以我在你的书桌上留了张便条。
The boy is late because he didn’t get up early.
Since/As the weather is so bad, we have to stay at home.
As you went out, I left a note on your desk.
so that 引导的目的状语从句
【归纳】
so that 意为“以便,为了”,从句含有情态动词can/could, will/would, may/might等。
so that…=in order that…/in order to do sth.
【例句】
◆为了能赶上早班公共汽车,他今天早上起得很早。
He got up early this morning so that he could catch the early bus.
= He got up early this morning in order that he could catch the early bus.
= He got up early this morning in order to catch the early bus.
so 引导的结果状语从句
【归纳】so 意为“因此;所以”,主句表原因,从句表结果。
【提醒】so和because不能同时连用。
【例句】
◆因为艾米生病了,所以她今天没来。
Amy is absent today because she is ill.
Amy is ill, so she is absent.
【附课文中的语法示例】
Many people were dying because they did not get to the hospital quickly enough.
There were few doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own.
He wrote books so that they could learn about how he treated the sick.
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