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Unit 3
Unit 3
Faster, higher, stronger
1. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny courts of the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by attaching a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.
这与美国男子职业篮球联赛赛场上明亮的灯光和闪亮的球场相距甚远;正是在这条路上,斯蒂芬的祖父把一块塑料贴到电线杆上,做了一个简易篮球筐。
a far cry from: very different from something 与……有很大差别;完全不同
e.g. This spot was a far cry from the village where she grew up.
这个地方与她长大的村庄大不相同。
That autobiography was a far cry from what happened in his life.
那自传内容和他的真实生活相差甚远。
…it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket…是it was… that…强调句型,强调了地点状语。
被强调部分
强调句结构:It + be + 被强调的部分 + that / who + 句子的其他部分
强调句可以用来强调句子的主语、宾语和状语等,但不能强调谓语动词。
当被强调部分是人时,可以用who也可以用that;
当被强调部分不是人时,用that。
e.g. It was she who / that gave me the money.
就是她给了我钱。(强调主语)
It is tea that I like to drink, not coffee.
我喜欢喝的是茶而不是咖啡。(强调宾语)
It was from that time on that I became a true soldier.
正是从那个时候起,我才成为一名真正的战士。
(强调状语)
e.g. Attach the coupon to the front of your letter.
把优惠券附在信的正面。
I attach great importance to this research.
我认为这项研究十分重要。
He is greatly attached to his children.
他非常喜爱他的孩子。
attach…to: to fasten or connect one object to another
系;绑;贴;固定;连接
attach importance/ value to… 认为……重要/有价值
be attached to 喜欢;附属于……
attachment n. 附件,附属品;喜爱,爱慕
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) Attach a recent photograph ________ your application form.
2) I am very much _________ (attach) to that old car.
3) With a label _________ (attach) to each piece of luggage, it is easy for passengers to recognize their own luggage.
4) Please be sure to check the __________ (attach) in my e-mail.
to
attached
attached
attachment
2. You see, with every shot, the weak plastic backboard gave way.
你瞧,每次投篮,不牢固的塑料篮板都摇摇欲坠。
e.g. The floor’s rotten and is likely to give way.
地板烂了,可能会塌。
Despite growing pressure, the Minister of State refused to give way. 尽管压力越来越大,国务大臣仍然拒绝让步。
give way: to break because of too much weight or pressure
倒塌,向下垮
to stop trying to fight or resist sth. 让步,妥协
give way to 向……让步;被……取代
give off 发出(气味、光、热、声音等)
give out 发出(光、热、信号等);分发;用完
give in 投降;屈服,让步
give away 赠送;分发
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) The old house _____________ (倒塌) and many people were trapped under the ruins.
2) The headmaster ____________________ (颁发奖品) to the winners at the sports meeting.
3) Scientists have found that all kinds of plants _____________ (释放出) VOCs(挥发性有机物) when being attacked.
4) Bicycles are environmentally friendly because they won’t _________________ (排放废气).
5) He is such a determined person that he will never ____________________ (屈服于任何困难).
gave way
gave away the prizes
give out
give off waste gas
give in to any difficulties
3. The bumps and rocks that lined the road under the basket caused the ball to bounce in all directions.
篮筐下的小路凹凸不平,布满了石块, 篮球也因此弹向四面八方。
e.g. The car hit a bump on the road.
汽车撞到了路上一块凸起之处。
I lined the bottles up on the sideboard.
我把餐具柜上的瓶子排好了。
bump n. a small raised area on a surface 隆起之处
line sth (up): to arrange things in a line 排好某物
e.g. The boy was bouncing his ball against the wall.
男孩在对着墙打球。
The boy likes to bounce up and down on the bed.
那男孩喜欢在床上蹦蹦跳跳。
Her hair bounced when she walked.
她走路时,头发在上下晃动。
bounce v. to move up or away from a surface after hitting something (使)弹起,(使)反弹,(使)弹跳
to move quickly up and down as you move上下晃动
to move up and down 上下跳动,蹦跳
e.g. The ball has plenty of bounce, and goes up very high after it hits the ground. 球弹性很好,触到地面后能够反弹到很高。
Try to catch the ball on the second bounce.
争取在球第二次弹起时就把它接住。
Exercise is great. I feel like there's a new bounce in my step.
运动真好,我感觉到自己的脚步轻快有力起来。
bounce n. the action of moving up and down on a surface
跳起,弹回,反弹
the ability to move up and down on a surface, or that surface's ability to make sth move up and down 弹性,弹力
a lot of energy that someone has 活力,精力,朝气
【语境应用】根据汉语意思补全下列句子。
1) 这些球已经没有多少弹性了。
There’s not ________ ________ left in these balls.
2) 孩子们在床上蹦蹦跳跳,把床弄坏了。
The children had broken the bed by ________ ________ ________.
3) 他遭遇过很多挫折,但他似乎总能很快地振作起来。
He’s had a lot of problems, but he always seems to ________ ________ pretty quickly.
much bounce
bouncing on
it
bounce back
4. Only shots perfectly aimed at its centre went into the heavy, thick basket.
只有完美地瞄准中心,篮球才能进入厚重的篮筐。
过去分词短语作定语
整句话的谓语动词
e.g. The pitcher aimed at the upper half of the strike zone.
投手对准了击球区的上半区。
aim v. to choose the place that you want to hit or reach and carefully point your object towards it 瞄准,对准
多接介词at 或 for
5. In this way, practising day in and day out helped Stephen sharpen his skills.
如此日复一日地练习,斯蒂芬的篮球技术变得炉火纯青。
e.g. Day in and day out, he gave the same excuse for his laziness.
他日复一日地以同样的借口为他的懒惰开脱。
day in and day out: day after day, continuously 日复一日
sharpen v. to improve or cause to improve 使提高,使改进
to make something sharp or sharper (使)变锋利
sharpen one’s skills 提高某人的技能
sharpen (sth) up 提高,改进
e.g. This exercise will help students sharpen their reading skills.
这个练习将帮助学生提高阅读能力。
He needs to sharpen up before the Olympic trials.
在奥运会选拔赛之前,他需要进一步提升自己。
This knife needs sharpening.
这把刀需要磨了。
sharp adj. 锋利的;敏锐的;急剧的;剧烈的
sharply adv. 急剧地;严厉地
sharpener n. 磨削的工具(如铅笔刀、磨刀器等)
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) I hope this course will help me ________________________ (提高我的计算机技能).
2) If the company doesn’t _____________________ (改进) soon, it will go out of business.
sharpen my computer skills
sharpen up
6. But Stephen carried on. 但斯蒂芬继续坚持打球。
e.g. She will still carry on though facing a lot of criticism.
尽管面临许多批评,她仍将坚持下去。
We must carry on hoping for the best.
我们必须继续抱最好的希望。
The doctor told her to carry on with the treatment.
医生告诉她要继续治疗。
carry on: to continue;to keep 继续,坚持
carry on doing sth 继续做某事
carry on with sth 继续某事
carry out 进行,开展;实行,执行
carry through 把……进行到底,完成
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) You’ll have an accident if you _______________________ (继续那样开车).
2) Each of you will be required to plan and __________________ ____________________ (开展一项摄影专题).
3) Her bravery has given him the will to ____________________ (继续) his life and work.
carry on driving like that
carry out a photography project
carry on with
7. He finally ended up playing college ball at a small, little-known school, Davidson College, not too far from where he lived.
终于,斯蒂芬在规模不大且鲜为人知的戴维森学院成了一名大学篮球赛的球员,这所学院离他家不算远。
e.g. You could end up running this company if you play your cards right.
你要是处理得当,最终这个公司能归你掌管。
end up doing sth: to come to be in a particular situation or state after a series of events, especially when you did not plan it 最后处于
e.g. If you do that, you’ll end up with egg on your face.
你要是做那件事,你就会以耻辱告终。
If he carries on driving like that, he’ll end up dead.
如果他继续这样开车,早晚得死于非命。
end up with 以……结束(后接表示具体事物的名词)
end up in 以……结束(后接表示抽象概念的名词或地点名词)
end up as 最终成为……(后接表示职位或身份的名词)
end up + 形容词
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) If you don’t know what you want, you might end up _______ (get) something you don’t want.
2) Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just end up ______ sweet dreams.
3) You will end up ______ debt if you carry on spending money like that.
4) His brother got rapid promotion and ended up ______ a manager in a company.
getting
with
in
as
8. His creativity and perseverance made him Davidson’s star player.
斯蒂芬凭借自己的创造性和毅力成了戴维森学院的明星球员。
make+宾语+宾语补足语
(1) make+宾语+名词:使/让某人/某物成为……
e.g. We made him chairman of our English Association.
Most pop singers make music their career.
(2) make+宾语+形容词:使某人/某物变得……
e.g. The Internet makes our lives easy and convenient.
(3) make+宾语+不带to的不定式:(迫)使某人做某事
e.g. The teacher made him stay after school.
(4) make+宾语+过去分词:使某人/某物被……
e.g. His remarks made him highly respected.
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) The movie _________________ (使他成为一个明星) overnight, which was beyond his expectations.
2) People in the West ________________ (使它成为一个常规) to buy Christmas presents for their relatives and friends.
3) They didn’t know the native language, so they couldn’t __________________________ (使自己被理解).
4) Our English teacher often _________________ (让我们复述) the texts, which is beneficial to our English study.
made him a star
make it a rule
make themselves understood
makes us retell
9. After receiving the Most Valuable Player award for two years in a row, Stephen explained his philosophy,…
在连续两年获得“最有价值球员”奖后,斯蒂芬阐释了他的人生观……
e.g. He won the competition three times in a row.
他连续三次赢得比赛。
The teacher told the students to stand in a row.
老师让学生们站成一排。
in a row: one after another, without anything different happening in between 连续地
a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line
成一条直线;成一行/一列/一排
10. I never really set out to change the game…What I wanted to do was just be myself…
我从未想过要改变比赛……我只想做我自己……
e.g. We set out to find the truth behind the mystery.
我们开始着手揭开谜团背后的真相。
what引导的主语从句,what在从句中作宾语
set out to:to start doing sth or making plans to do sth in order to achieve a particular result 开始做某事,着手进行
set off 出发,动身;使爆炸,引爆;引起,激发
set up 建立,创立;建起,竖立
set aside 留出,拨出(金钱、时间等);把……搁到一边,暂不考虑
set out for… 动身前往……
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) They set out ___________ (discover) a cure for cancer.
2) At midnight, they set ________ fireworks to welcome the new year.
to discover
off
3) The school has set ________ a special class to help those slow learners.
4) Hearing the news, they immediately set out _________ the railway station.
up
for
11. Inspiring others to believe in themselves, Stephen Curry is living proof that what other people think of you does not have to influence what you become.
斯蒂芬 库里激励着所有人去相信自己,他也生动地证明了 别人对你的看法并不一定会影响你成为什么人。
现在分词短语作状语
that引导同位语从句,解释说明先行词living proof
what引导主语从句, 在从句中充当think的宾语
what引导宾语从句, 作influence的宾语,what在从句中作宾语
e.g. The news that we are having a picnic tomorrow is not true.
我们明天要去野餐的消息不是真的。
The fact that the money has gone does not mean it was stolen.
钱不见了这一事实并不意味着它被偷了。
that引导同位语从句时,常跟在某些抽象名词(fact, hope, desire, thought, suggestion, idea, news, problem, possibility, chance, doubt, question等)后,用于解释说明前面名词的具体内容。
e.g. She is living proof of the saying that life begins at fifty.
她是个活生生的例子,证明了生命始于50岁这一说法。
living proof: someone whose existence or experience proves something 活生生的例子
a far cry from
give way
day in and day out
follow in one’s footsteps
carry on
end up doing sth
beyond one’s expectations
in a row
set out to do sth
living proof
与……大不相同
倒塌,向下垮
日复一日
仿效某人
继续
以做某事而告终
超出某人的预期
连续地
着手做某事
活生生的证明