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Unit 4
Click for a Friend
P2 Language Points
1. How would you feel if moving to a new town meant losing track of your friend (para 1)
如果搬到一个新城镇意味着与你的朋友失去联系,你会感觉如何?
moving to a new town: gerund as subject, often used to indicate regular and habitual actions, and the predicate verb often in singular form
动名词做主语表示经常性和习惯性的工作,并且谓语动词常用单数形式。
It作形式主语,动名词是逻辑主语,后置
动名词直接置于句首
Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
常见句式:
1) It is no good/no use/useless doing sth.
做…是没有好处/没用的。
2) It is a waste of time doing sth.
做…是浪费时间的。
3) It is a pity/fact/no wonder/adj. +that…
遗憾/事实/难怪/……的是……
It is a waste of time playing computer games.
玩电脑游戏是浪费时间。
keep/lose track of: to have/ not have information about what is happening or where sb/sth is
了解/不了解…的动态;与… 保持/失去联系
It is important to keep track of current affairs.
I’ve lost track of what is happening.
我不知道发生了什么事。
track v.: to follow the movement of sth 追踪
Modem methods of tracking polar bear populations…(2019全国卷I 语法填空)
追踪北极熊数量的现代方法
了解时事很重要。
practice
Traveling along the old Silk Road is an interesting and rewarding experience.
(2018北京)
沿古老的丝绸之路旅行是一次有趣且有益的经历。
2. It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
3. I lost track of you, but I always heard about you.
我虽然和你失去了联系,不过经常会听到你的事情。
2.What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters (para 1)
如果从远方的朋友那里得到消息的唯一途径就是写信会怎么样?
What if the train is late
火车要是晚点会怎么样?
What if: what would happen if
要是…怎么样?
What about: used to make a suggestion=how about 怎么样?
What about having lunch at that new restaurant
去那家新餐厅吃中午饭怎么样
practice
1. What if they talked a long time about a painting you weren’t that interested in (2018 天津阅读B)
2. What about having a game of tennis this afternoon
要是长时间谈论一幅你不那么感兴趣的画会怎么样?
咱们下午打一场网球怎么样?
3. Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly. (para 1)
由于科技的进步,我们如何交朋友以及与他们交流的方式已经显著改变。
Thanks to sb/sth: used to say that sth has happened because of sb/sth 归功于;多亏Thanks to sb for sth: used to say that you are grateful to sb for sth 感谢某人做某事
I became interested in playing football thanks to a small accident.(2019全国卷I改错)
由于一次小事故,我对踢足球产生了兴趣。
Thanks for your help.
谢谢你的帮助
advance n. :progress or a development in a particular area of understanding 进步;进展
Scientists have advanced many theories about why human beings cry tear, none of which has been improved. (2016浙江)
科学家已经提出了许多关于人类哭泣时为什么流眼泪的理论,但还没有一个得到证明。
advance v. :
to suggest an idea, a theory 提出
to develop and improve 发展;进步
It doesn’t feel as alone as it may have before all the advances in technology. (2019全国卷II阅读C)
它并不像科技进步之前那样感到孤独。
拓展:
in advance (of sth):before the time that is expected; before sth happens
在…前面,预先;提前
If you want to get the book, you must pay for it in advance.
如果你想要这本书,你必须提前付款。
2) make advances in …:to make progress in
在…取得进步
In the near future, more advances in the robot technology will be made by scientists.
在不久的将来,科学家们将会在机器人技术方面取得更大的进步。
3) advanced adj. the most modern 先进的
practice
1. 由于英语这门语言,我们能从其它国家学到很多东西。
Thanks to the English language, we can learn a lot from other countries.
2. 谢谢你邀请我们参加你的生日聚会。
Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party.
3. 多亏了先进的技术,我们生活在一个较好的通信时代。
Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of better communication.
4. … stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. (para 2)
和那些我们想要保持朋友关系的人保持联系。
stay/keep/be in touch with sb 和某人保持联系(状态)
get in touch with sb 和某人保持联系(动作)
lose touch with sb 和某人失去联系(动作)
be out of touch with sb 和某人失去联系(状态)
Even when the two girls went to different colleges at the age of 18, they kept in touch through email and still stay best friends.
甚至当这两个女孩18岁去了不同的大学时,她们还通过电子邮件保持联系,仍然是最好的朋友。
practice
1. 我们大约有10年没和他联系了。
We have been out of touch with him for about ten years.
2. 我们好不容易才相互取得联系,因此,从现在开始我们必须保持联系。
It is not easy for us to get in touch with each other, so we must keep in touch from now on.
5. The digital age also enables us to find…(para 3) 数字时代使我们能发现…。
enable sb to do: to make it possible for sb to do sth 使某人做某事
be able to do: to have the skill, strength, knowledge etc needed to do something
能够做某事
It enables her to work hard. (2019全国卷II阅读B)
The coach is able to focus on the kids …. (2019全国卷II阅读B)
教练能够把注意力集中在孩子们身上…
这使她能够努力工作。
practice
听音乐能使我们放松。
Listening to music enables us to feel relaxed.
2. 我们应该能够应付各种困难。
We shall be able to deal with all sorts of problems.
6. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.(para 3)
无论我们的爱好是什么,即使生活在世界的不同地方,互联网都可以将我们这些有相同爱好的人联系起来。
All you need is a wi-fi connection. (para 2)
你只需要一个wi-fi连接。
connect
v.
connection
n.
connect v.
1) to join together two or more things使连接
让你更好地与他人建立联系。
2) to have a link with …. 与…有联系
…whether they should be given access to the computer it’s connected to (2019全国卷I阅读C)
他们是否有权使用它被连接到的电脑…。
… make you better able to relate and connect with others. (2019全国卷I阅读D)
3) connection n. 联系
in connection with… 与…有关
practice
Recently, people have begun studying the connection between the natural world and healing.(2019全国卷I七选五)
最近,人们已经开始研究自然世界和愈合之间的联系。
2. HUNCH is designed to connect high school classrooms with NASA engineers. (2019全国卷II阅读D)
HUNCH的设计目的是将高中教室和NASA的工程师联系在一起。
7. Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends….(para 8)
虽然科技改变了我们联系的方式…。
… the way we acquire friends…: attributive clause 定语从句,used as an attributive following the way
当way后面的定语从句中缺少状语时, 关系词用that/in which,也可以省略。
当way后面的定语从句中缺少主语或宾语时,关系词用that或 which,作宾语时可省略
practice
他向我们解释的那种方法很简单。
The way that/which he explained to us was quite simple.
2. 他向我们解释句子 方式不难理解。
The way in which/that he explained sentences to us was not difficult to understand.
Let the word fly
Let the word fly 板块是帮助学生学习一些一词多义、熟词生义的词汇。通过此环节,学生可以对一些常见词的用法、意思有一个全面的了解。在翻译过程中体会词汇使用的丰富多彩。
试着翻译下面的英文,注意单词up to的用法。
1. up to 取决于
—What shall we do tonight then
—It’s up to you, whatever you want.
—那我们今晚做什么
—由你决定,你想要什么。
2. up to 达到
Some positions require students to be 15 to 24 or up to 29 for persons with a disability. (2019全国卷I)
有些职位要求残疾人士的年龄在15至24岁或29岁之间。
3. up to 胜任
John was fired because he wasn’t up to his work.
约翰因为不能胜任工作而被解雇了。
4. up to 从事,忙于
Social Media tools let us see what our friends are up to...
社交媒体工具让我们看到我们的朋友在做什么
5. up to 直到……为止
She continued to care for her father up to the time of his recovery.
她继续照顾她父亲,直到他康复为止。
Work in pairs and make up sentences as many as possible with up to in English, then we’ll check which group is the most productive.
现学现用
Review
课时重点回顾
1. lose track of
2. What if…
3. thanks to…
4. communicate with
5. in advance
6. stay in touch with
7. connect …with…
8. keep in mind that
失去联系
要是…怎么样?
归功于;多亏
与…交流
提前
与…保持联系
把…和…联系起来
记住
Self-evaluation
Do you know the meanings of the following words and expressions Can you use them correctly
各个击破
lose track of What if…
Thanks to… communicate with
in advance stay in touch with connect…with… keep in mind that
I. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the phrases given.
lose track of thanks to
keep in mind connect…with…
communicate with
1. ____________ your help, we succeeded in completing all the programs.
2. She’s an actress I _____________ the theatre rather than films.
3. Stay there if you wish, but ____________ that the performance will begin in two minutes.
4. Tom’s work was so interesting that he ___________ time.
5. The novel is about a person who can’t _________________others.
connect with
Thanks to
keep in mind
lose track of
communicate with
II. Translate the following sentences into English.
早晨大声读英文将对你有好处。(动名词做主语) ___________________________________
___________________________________
2.如果她发现你把她的书丢了怎么办?(what if)
____________________________________
3. 多亏了大家的努力,才能按时完成任务。 (thanks to)
__________________________________
_________________________________
Reading English aloud in the morning will do you a lot of good.
What if she finds out that you’ve lost her book
Thanks to your hard work, we can finish the task on time.
4.只有团结一致,我们才能按时完成这项工作。(enable sb to do)
____________________________________
____________________________________
5.己所不欲,勿施于人。 (the way)
________________________________________________________________________
6.让我们保持联络。(stay in touch with)
____________________________________
Only teamwork will enable us to get the job done on time.
Don't treat others the way you don't want to be treated.
Let’s keep in touch.
Homework
Finish the exercises on the learning paper.
Review the phrases in the text and write a short passage within 100 words using at least 5 phrases learned in this lesson.
Thank you!