Unit 1 Festivals around the world Words & Expressions Word
trick
【语境展示】阅读下面句子,并试着归纳trick的意思及用法。
1. He didn’t really lose his wallet — that’s just a trick.
2. Telling someone his shoe is untied is an old April Fool’s trick.
3. John taught me the trick of pouring wine without dropping any.
4. The magician performed some clever tricks.
5. She tricked Jim into marriage.
6. The man tricked her into marrying him by pretending he was rich.
【自我归纳】trick既可作名词,也可作动词。
★作名词,意为:①诡计,计谋,花招(句1);②________(句2);③窍门(句3);④戏法,把戏(句4)。
★作动词,意为“欺骗, 欺诈”, 常用于trick sb. into(doing)sth.结构(句5、句6)。
【拓展】
play tricks / a trick on sb. 捉弄某人,开某人的玩笑
trick sb. out of sth. 骗走某人某物
【即学即练】翻译下面句子。
1. 这些孩子们喜欢捉弄他们的老师。
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2. 他用诡计骗走了我的钱。
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3. 她施了个巧计诱我们相信她。
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参考答案
trick
【自我归纳】恶作剧
【即学即练】
1. These children loved playing tricks on their teacher.
2. He got the money from me by a trick.
3. She tricked us into believing her.
gather
【语境展示】阅读下面句子,并试着归纳 gather的意思。
1. Football fans gathered around the TV in the corner of the bar.
2. The workers gathered their luggage and left for the construction site.
3. The police have been gathering evidence against him.
4. The train pulled away slowly, then gathered speed.
5. I gather she won first prize, since she came out of the hall with a crowd of reporters following her.
6. She sat trying to gather her thoughts before making her speech.
【自我归纳】gather是动词,意为:① 聚集,集合(句1);② 收拢,归拢(句2);③搜集,收集(句3);④ 加快(句4);⑤ 推断,得出结论(句5);⑥ 集中(思想)(句6)。
【拓展】gathering n. 集会
【即学即练】 翻译下面句子。
1. 这位教授正在为他的下一本书收集资料。
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2. 雪球滚下山坡时速度越来越快。
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3. 姐妹三人决定轮流做东,在各自的家里举行家庭聚会。
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参考答案
gather
【即学即练】
1. The professor is gathering materials for his next book.
2. The snowball gathered speed as it rolled down the hill.
3. The three sisters decided to take turns to host family gatherings in their own home.
take place
【语境展示】 阅读下面句子,并试着归纳take place的意思及用法。
1. Halloween, which takes place every year on October 31, is an important event in many Western countries.
2. The Olympic Games take place every four years.
【自我归纳】 take place意为“________”,无________语态。
【辨析】 take place & happen
★ take place常指某事按规律、预先安排或计划而发生或进行。
★ happen常指客观事物或情况偶然、不可预料地发生,和不定式连用时,表示“碰巧发生”。如:
The next meeting will take place on Thursday.
The fire happened at midnight.
I happened to be out when my sister called.
【即学即练】 翻译下面句子。
1. 星期六晚上将举行舞会。
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2. 昨天我在去书店的路上碰巧遇到了彼得。
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参考答案
take place
【自我归纳】 发生,进行;被动
【即学即练】
1. The dance will take place on Saturday night.
2. I happened to meet Peter on the way to the bookstore yesterday.
set off
【语境展示】阅读下面句子,并从a-c中找出与1-3中的set off相符合的释义。
1. A group of boys were setting off fireworks in the street.
2. Jerry and I set off on foot for the beach.
3. Smoke from a cigarette will not normally set off a smoke alarm.
a. 动身,出发 b. 燃放(鞭炮等),使(炸弹等)爆炸 c. 使(警报)响起, 拉响(警报)
【自我归纳】
set off在以上各句中的意思分别为:
1→ ________; 2→________; 3→ ________。
【拓展】
set about开始,着手
set down 记下,写下
set up竖立,设立,创立
【即学即练】用含set的短语的正确形式填空。
1. If you want to catch that train we’d better ________ for the station immediately.
2. My brother was good at ________ his thoughts on paper.
3. A workman carrying out repairs ________ the fire alarm unexpectedly.
4. They want to ________ a special school to help disabled children.
参考答案
set off
【自我归纳】b; a; c
【即学即练】1. set off 2. setting down 3. set off 4. set up