Unit7 A Christmas Carol
1. want 作名词用,与它有关的词组:
In want of 需要…
(=in need of)
For want of 因缺乏…
In support of 支持…
In defense of 保卫…
In honor of 纪念…
In favor of 赞成…
In exchange for 交换…
In memory of 纪念…
In justice to 对…公平
In the place of 代替…
In possession of 拥有…
In touch with 接触,与...联系
In praise of 赞扬…
In search of 寻找…
Want 作动词用时应注意的一点:
作“需要”解时,主语为物,后往往跟动名词V-ing。
Exercises:
1.) At that time, they were short money, that is, they were need of money.
A. with; at B. for; for
C. by; with D. of; in
2.) Some doctors were sent to the front where medical workers were
A. in great need B. in great need of
C. needed great D. needed in
3.) People build a monument those who died for the country.
A. in need of B. in praise of
C. in memory of D. in search of
4.) _Your schoolbag wants , Tom.
_Yes, it does. And it is also what I want to have for long.
A. to be washed; it washed
B. washing; washed
C. being washed; to be washed
D. washing; it washed
2. “happen to”用法:
1.) happen to do sth.(主语常为人),意为“碰巧”“恰好”
我到你家时,你正好出去了。
(You happened to be out when I came to your home.)
2.) It (so) happens +that-clause“碰巧”“恰好”
①碰巧他是们英语老师。
②如此碰巧的是他也往那边走。
(①It happens that he is a teacher of English.
②It happened that he was going that way, too.
3.) Sth. happen to sb./sth.“某人/某物出事了或发生了…情况”
①小心别让那个孩子出任何事。
Be careful not to let anything happen to that child.
②当他正往家走时,他发生了意外事故。
When he was on the way home, something happened to him.
Exercises:
1.) He hasn’t come yet. What do you consider to him
A. to happen B. happens
B. has happened D. happening
2.) I think what happened him is serious.
A. to B. on C. of D. at
3.) I happened when he phoned me.
A. to take a bath B. to be taking a bath
C. to have taken a bath D. taking a bath
3. do sb. good 归纳拓展:
(= do good to sb.)
do sb. wrong =do wrong to sb.
do harm to sb.
do a favor for sb. = do sb. a favor
do a good deed.
4. 倍数的表达法:
1.)…倍数+比较级+than …
2.)…倍数+as+adj.(adv.)+as…
3.)…倍数+the size (height/length/width…) of +…
Translation:
(1)目前我们班的男同学是女同学的三倍。
(2)我的喝水瓶比她的大两倍。
(3) This pig is the weight of that one.
补充:
4.)…倍数+what-clause
The production now is three times what it was ten years ago.
5.)主语+谓语+by+倍数。
与去年相比,我们的煤产量增长了3倍。
Compared with that of last year, our coal output has increased by 3 times.
6.) …倍数+that of …
In this area the grain output is five times that of before liberation.
5. bring in 获利,赚(钱)
bring about=cause 产生,引起
bring back 使回忆
bring down 使下降、降落
bring out 生产,制造
bring up 教育,养育(大)
提出……问题
Ex:
1.) Science has many changes in our lives.
2.) There photos the day of my childhood.
3.) Our country has taken action to the prices of product.
4.) His investment him 100 dollars.
5.) After their parents went abroad, they were by their grandparents.
6. foolish adj. 常指没有头脑、智力不足,缺乏常识,没有判断力。
silly adj. 常指头脑简单、不懂世事的愚蠢,含有单纯或低能之意;也指随心所欲说话而表现出来的愚蠢。
stupid adj. 指天生迟钝,缺乏正常的智力或理解力,或者指接受能力差。
① It is of you to run away from home.
② It is to drive without fastening one’s seatbelt.
③ He asked me not to make such
mistakes again.
(suggested answers: ①foolish ②silly ③stupid)
7. constant “不断的,经常的”(强调始终如一,经常出现,常指事物事物习惯性地反复出)
continuous “不停的,连续不断的”(强调中间不停顿,指时间和空间上不间断)
continual “连绵不断的,频繁的”(表示时断时续地发生)
eg:
1.) He became a customer of bookshop.
2.) The brain needs supply of blood.
(Keys: 1.constant 2. continuous)
8. gain (v.) 指经过付出巨大努力之后而获得东西,强调所得之物能够造成的优势。
win (v.) “赢得”常指在竞争、比赛、争论、战斗中击败对手而赢得胜利。
earn (v.) 经过艰苦努力所得的报偿。
get (v.) 常用词,可指以各种方式获得所需或不需之物。
obtain (v.) 一般用词,指经过长时间努力或奋斗而薛利所需之物,强调愿望得到满足。
Ex:
1.) I must something to eat before I go out.
2.) She worked hard to the degree.
3.) From that time on, I a new life.
4.) We wished to first-hand information.
5.) He the first prize in the competition.
(suggested keys: 1.get 2.earn 3.gained 4.obtain 5.won)
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