Book 9 Unit 1 Reading Language points[上学期]

课件16张PPT。ahead1) He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.a short distance in front of someone
or something The river is eight miles away dead ahead
straight/dead ahead (=straight in front)
?2)You have a long trip ahead of you.
? Problems may lie ahead.in the future the years/days/months etc ahead
?We do not foresee any major changes
in the years ahead.
3) Can you tell me ahead of time if you're coming?before an event happens [=?in advance]: 4) Coleridge was in many ways far ahead of his time.ahead of your/its time (=very advanced or new,
and not understood or accepted) approximateadj. an approximate number, amount, or time is
close to the exact number, amount etc,
but could be a little bit more or less than it
[=?rough]:
?What is the approximate number of students
in each class? The plane will be landing in a___________ 20 minutes.
adv :approximately
?v. to be close to a particular number
approximate to
?This figure approximates to a quarter of the UK's
annual consumption.
to be similar to but not exactly the same as
something
approximate to
?Your story only approximates to the real factsratherfairly or to some degree: I was rather surprised to see him with his ex-wife. Abigail's always been rather a difficult child. It was a nice house, but rather too small
for a family of four.
The task proved to be rather more difficult
than I had expectedwould rather ... than ... I'd rather ______(die) than ______(apologize)
to Helen. I'd rather you ______( not go) out alone rather than instead of:
I think you'd call it a lecture rather than a talk.
Rather than go straight on to university why not
get some work experience first?I, rather than you, _____ to blame. or rather
used before correcting something that
you have said, or giving more specific information:
?
We all went in Vic's car, or rather his father's.not ... but rather ...
used to say that one thing is not true but
a different thing is true:
?
The problem is not their lack of funding, but rather
their lack of planning.as well as doing something
?The organization gives help and support to people
in need, as well as ______(raise) money for
local charitiesWhy don't you come along as well? as well may/might/could (just) as well
used when you do not particularly want to do
something but you decide you should do it:
?
I suppose we may as well get startedThe company admitted that
it had been a tough year.a very tough, hard-wearing
cloth very strict or firm The men who work on the oil
rigs are a tough bunch. My mother was very
tough on my sister.not easily broken
or made weaker: difficult to do or
deal with physically or emotionally
strong and able to deal
with difficult situations: toughdifficult to do or deal with: The company admitted that it had been a tough year. The family has had a tough time of it
these last few months.have a tough time (of it)
(=face a lot of difficult problems) My mother was very tough on my sister.
It's time to get tough with drunk driversvery strict or firm extremevery great in degree: It is necessary to use extreme caution
with chemicals.on the extreme edge of the cliff
extreme west/end/left etc the part furthest
to the west, nearest the end etc:
?extreme right-wing nationalists extreme opinions, beliefs, or organizations,
especially political ones, are considered by
most people to be unacceptable and unreasonable n.extremeAdvertisements seem to go from
one extreme to the other.
(=change from one extreme thing to something
totally opposite).in the extreme to a very great degree:
This kind of experiment seems cruel in the extreme.to extremes
if someone does something to extremes,
they do it to a point beyond what is normal or
acceptable She had gone to extremes to avoid seeing him.accomplish1)We have accomplished all we set out to do.to succeed in doing something, especially
after trying very hard [=?achieve]: adj.accomplished2) a highly accomplished designer an accomplished writer, painter, singer etc
is very skilfulmotivationA good teacher has to be able to motivate
her students.to make someone want to achieve something
and make them willing to work hard in order to
do this motivate somebody to do something a.motivatedpolitically/economically/financially etc motivated
done for political, economic etc reasons: come through到达
Have your examination results come through yet?
你的考试结果收到了没有？
做应做的事
John has come through with the money.
约翰设法弄到了钱。
经历过…仍活着；经历；脱险
The old man was 90 years old and lucky to come through his operation.
"老人已经九十岁了,手术后能活下来真是幸运。