Unit 4
Grammar
Noun clauses as the subject . 名词性从句作主语
Learning target:
To master the structure of Noun clauses as the subject.
Learning procedure:
Step 1. practice before class
Translate the following sentences into English.
Group 1.
杰克的哥哥是个优秀的工程师。
Group 2.
对于如何渡过这个周末，你们有什么计划吗？
Group 3.
导致这个事故发生的原因是司机的粗心。
Group 4.
如果你的狗是干净的，你就可以带它进来屋内。
Step 2. while—study
1. self—observation
作句子主语的从句叫主语从句。主语从句通常由从属连词that，whether，if和连接代词what，who，which，whatever，whoever以及连接副词how，when，where，why等词引导。that在句中无词义，只起连接作用；连接代词和连接副词在句中既保留自己的疑问含义、又起连接作用，在从句中充当从句的成分。例如：
What he wants to tell us is not clear. 他要跟我们说什么，还不清楚。
Who will win the match is still unknown. 谁能赢得这场比赛还不得而知。
It is known to us how he became a writer. 我们都知道他是如何成为一名作家的。
Where the English evening will be held has not yet been announced. 英语晚会将在哪里举行，还没有宣布。
Step 3. self—experience
Finish the following sentences:
Group 1:
____________________________________________ depended on luck. 他还活着全靠运气。
Group 2
_______________________________________ depends on its author. 书销售如何取决于作者本人。
Group 3.
______________________________________________________ remains to be proved. 这一计划是否可行还有等证实。
Group 4.
如今找一份好工作是很不容易的
——————————————————————————————— is not easy nowadays.
Step 3. self—digestion
1. ________that they found an unusual plant in the forest.
A. It is said B. They are said C. It said D. It says
2. _____ caused the accident is still a complete mystery.
A. What B. That C. How D. Where
3. It worried Mary a lot _____ she would pass the college entrance examination.
A. whether B. if C. that D. how
4. Shanghai has taken on a new look. It isn’t like _____ it used to be .
A .what B. how C. that D. which
5. ____ is no possibility ______ Bob will win the first prize in the match.
A. There, that B. It, that C. There, whether D. It, whether
6. Little Tommy was reluctant to tell the schoolmaster ____ he had done the day before.
A .that B. how C .what D. where
7. The old man smiled when he saw how pretty _____ up to be during the past few years.
A. had his daughter grown B. would his daughter grow
C. his daughter would grow D. his daughter had grown
8. Have you seen Mary lately My boss wants to know _______.
A. how she is getting along B. how is she getting along
C. what she is getting along D. what is she getting along
9. ____surprised me most was _____such a little girl of seven could play the violin so well.
A. That; what B. What; that C. That; that D. What; what
10. These wild flowers are so special I would do ______ I can to save them.
A. whatever B. which C. that D. whichever
11. _____ helped to save the drowning girl is worth praising.
A. Who B. Anyone C. Whoever D. The person
12. Eat _____ you like and leave the others for _____ comes in late.
A. any; who B. every; whoever C. whichever; whoever D. either; whoever
13. ____ she couldn’t understand was _____ fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lessons.
A. What; why B. That; why C. What; because D. Why; that
14. It was ____ he said ___ disappointed me.
A. What; that B. That; that C. What; what D. That; what
15. It was ordered that all the soldiers _______to the front.
A. should send B. must be sent C. should be sent D. must go
16. The true value of life is not in ______, but _______.
A. which we get; what give we B. what we get; what we give
C. which do we get; what do we give D. how we get; that we give
17. We are all for your proposal that the discussion _______.
A. be put off B. was put off C. should put off D. is to be put off
18. Go and get your coat．It's ____ you left it．
A. where B. there C. here where D. where there
19. Sarah hopes to become a friend of ______ shares her interests.
A. anyone B. whomever C. whoever D. no matter who
20. You can’t imagine ______ when they received these nice Christmas presents.
A. how they were excited B. how excited they were
C. how excited were they D. they were how excited
Keys:
Step1.
1. Jack’s brother is a excellent engineer.
2. do you have any plans for how to spend this weekend
3. it was the driver’s carelessness that caused the accident.
4. you can take you dog in the room as long as it is clean.
Step 2.
1. That he was still alive.
2. How well the book is sold.
3. whether the is practical
4. Finding a good job.
Step3.
1---5 A A A A A 6---10 C D A B A 11----15 C C A A C 16---20 B A A C B
Step 4. self—assessment
I have learned the grammar Noun clauses as the subject:
A．Not good enough. B. Just so so. C. Pretty good. D. Perfect! Yeah!
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4Unit 4
Listening and speaking
Learning target:
To be able to understand simple dialogues and express my own ideas
Learning procedures:
Step 1. practice before class:
Translation:
Group 1:
必须采取措施保护环境免受污染。
Group 2.
人们应该把不让塑料袋变成垃圾视为自己的职责。
Group 3.
阅览室里不准大声说话。
Group 4.
和我的公寓相比，我叔叔的房子就像是个宫殿。
Keys:
1. Measures must be taken to protect the environment from being polluted.
2. people should take it as their responsibility that don’t let plastic bags become rubbishes.
3. Speaking aloud in the library is not allowed.
4. compared with my flat, my uncle’s house is like a palace.
Step 2. while—study
1. self—experience
listen to the tape and filling in the missing words.
Group 1 and 3.
First we had to get into ______________, they are very ____________ and _____________ all the oxygen we need to breathe. The suit also has __________ and __________ water so it can warm us if it’s too cold or ____________ us if it is too hot in _____________. It is very heavy.
We use small _____________ to move around. To go left we ___________ the right engine and to go right we push the left ____________. We have to go very ____________ because we don’t ____________ anything. We can fly around like _____________ .
Group 2 and 4.
When we leave, we go into a __________ room,. We have to ___________ gravity boots to ___________ there. We close the door ____________ us and then we open the door to ___________. Then our gravity boots stop ___________ and we can ___________ out of the door.
We used some _____________ tools that was _____________ round our waists. That way we didn’t ___________ them. We did a good ______________. The ____________ works fine now.
Keys:
Group 1,3: spacesuits, thick, carry, hot ,cold, cool, space.
engines, push, one, slowly, weigh, feathers.
Group 2,4: small, wear, walk, behind, space, working, fly.
Special, tied, lose, job, telescope.
2.Self—observation
Read this passage
A woman got on a bus, holding a baby. The bus driver said, “that’s the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen.”
With great anger, the woman dropped her fare into the fare box and took an aisle seat near the back of the bus. She was so angry that she kept cursing the driver all the way and couldn’t calm down. A gentleman seated next to her sensed that she was agitated and asked her what was wrong.
“the bus driver insulted me,” she said angrily. The gentleman sympathized and said, “why , he’s a public servant and shouldn’t say things to insult passengers.”
“you are right” she said. “I think I’ll go to him and teach him a severe lesson!”
“that’s a very good idea,” said the gentleman, “now, let me hold your monkey!”
2. self—digestion:
:
1) retelling:
(1).retell the story, begin with: one day when I was on a bus, and I found got on the bus too…….
(2).retell the story, begin with: I am a gentleman, one day when I was in a bus…….
(3).retell the story, begin with: I am a bus driver, one day a woman got on my bus……
3. self--discussion:
(1).what do you think of the woman
(2).what do you think of the gentleman
(3).what do you think of the driver
4. self--development
(1). If you were the woman, what would you do in this situation
(2). If you were the driver knowing the woman would come to criticize you, what would you do
(3). If you were the gentleman knowing that you’d made a mistake, what would you do
(4). If you were a stand-by witnessing everything, what would you do or say in this situation
Step 3. post—study
Group 1 and 3
1. do you think it is a funny story Why or why not
Group 2 and 4.
2. have you ever seen any passenger quarrelling with a bus diver Please tell us your experience.
Step 4.
Self—assessment:
1. have you behaved bravely enough in this class
2. What have you mainly learnt in this class
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2Unit 4, Module 3:
Writing
Learning target:
Learn to make some sentences and then write a composition.
Learning procedures:
Step1: practice before class:
Sentences translation:
Group 1:
迈克一回来，我就会告诉你。
Group 2.
他穿着白衣服，这让他看起来更像医生。
Group 3.
英语是广泛应用的语言。
Group 4.
他是个所有人爱戴和尊敬的老人。
Keys:
1. I will tell you as soon as Mike comes back.
2. He wears white clothes, which makes him look more like a doctor.
3. English is a widely—used language.
4. He is a man who admires and respects all the old.
Step 2. while—study
1. self—observation:
在写作中，你可能用到主语从句，下列是主语从句的常见例子，请仔细观察：
（1）That he finished writing the composition in such a short time surprised us all.
（2）Whether we will go for an outing tomorrow remains unknown.
（3）Who will be our monitor hasn't been decided yet.
2. self—experience:
翻译填空：
group 1 & 3:
（1） ________________________________________________ (我们为谁而学习) is a question of great importance.
（2）______________________________________________ (是什么导致了这个事故) remains unknown.
（3）______________________________________ (你所做的一切) is right.
Group 2 & 4.
(4）_________________________________ (谁的手表弄丢了) is unknown.
（5）_____________________________________ （我们所需要的）is time.
（6）__________________________________ (他所提到的那个人) is a good doctor.
3. self—digestion
读写任务.
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
January 10, 2008
Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter to reflect some problems I came across recently and appeal to the improvement of the service industry.
This weekend I bought an English dictionary in a bookstore near my home since its cover is elaborately designed. But when I went home and carefully, I found that several pages of the dictionary have been cracked and befouled. What is worse, the misprints spread everywhere in the dictionary and seriously affect my comprehension. Since there was such damage and misprints to the dictionary, I went to the bookstore to require for a replace. But to my surprise, the staff of the bookstore turns down my request rudely and even denied the poor quality of the dictionary.
Today’s fast-paced and market-oriented economy calls for much higher standard for service industry. However, to my regret, many of the commercials fail to achieve this standard and the quality of the staff needs to be improved. It’s self-evident that the poor quality of practitioners in the service industry will not only deeply disappoint customers but also hamper the development of our country’s economy. As a result, I expect your newspaper to appeal to the service industry to attach more importance to the service improvement.
Thank you for you attention!
Sincerely yours
Mary
[写作内容]
1．以约30个词概括这封信中，作者与书店交涉的经过；
2． 假如你是书店的经理John Harder, 请你以约120个词就以上顾客提出的问题给顾客一封回信，并包括下面要点：
(1) 我们接受顾客的批评，并同情顾客的感受；
(2) 我们同意上门道歉，并带另一本新的词典给顾客；
(3) 我们同意顾客对改进服务的观点，并将努力改进服务。
[写作要求]
1．作文中可使用实例或其它方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接 引用原文中的句子；
2．信中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。信的开头已为你写好。
[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
Dear Mary,
Thank you for your letter, which the editor sent to me yesterday. In your letter, _________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
John Harder
The Manager
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3Unit 4
The first period: warming up and reading
Learning Target:
Words and expressions astronomy, atmosphere, system, violent, solid, explode, carbon, dioxide, oxygen, surface, planet, harmful, development, spread, method, depend, solar system, in time, prevent... from, depend on
Sentence patterns 1. What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe.2. They were in time to produce the carbon, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases, which were to make the earth’s atmosphere.3. What many scientists believe is that the continued presence of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases and acids into the oceans and seas.4.So whether life will continue on the earth for millions of years to come will depend on whether this problem can be solved.
Learning procedures:
Step 1:practice before class
Translation-practice
Group 1.孩子们盼望着父母亲能平安回来.
Group 2: 他现在不是烟民，因为去年他已戒了烟。
Group 3: 如此频繁地更改时间表，看来是不合逻辑的。
Group 4: 请原谅我未经允许就进来了。
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Step 2: While-study
1. self-observation
group 1. What was there on the earth before life could begin
Group 2. Why did animals first appear in the seas
Group 3. Why did green plants help life to develop
Group 4. Why were mammals different from other animals
2. self-experience
group 1&3:
find out the following words in the text and explain them in your own words, then translate them into Chinese:
astronomy________________ atmosphere____________ system_______________ violent__________________ solid__________________ explode_____________ carbon__________________ dioxide_________________ oxygen______________ surface__________________ planet_________________ harmful______________ development_______________ spread________________ method_______________
Group 2 &4.
Write down the corresponding English words:
大气_______________ 猛烈的_____________ 爆炸，爆发 _______________
氧气_______________ 行星_______________ 天文学_______________
系统_______________ 固体_______________ 碳_______________ 表面_______________
3．Self-digestion
Group 1 &3:
Read the text carefully, then fill in the missing words according to your understanding.
The explosion of the earth p________ water v________, which turned into water when the earth c________ down. Water allowed the earth to d________ harmful gases into the o______ and seas. That made it possible for life to begin to d_________. The arrival of small plants en_______ the development of early s________ and all sorts of fish. Many millions of years later the first green p_______ began to appear on land. Later land animals appeared. Some were i_______. Others, called a__________, were able to live on land as well as in the sea. When the plants g______ into forests, r________ appeared for the first time.
Group 2 & 4
Read the text carefully, then choose the right words to complete the following passage:
( animals disappeared group different produced bodies spread covered)
Later, dinosaurs developed. They became the most important ________ on the earth for millions of years. After they _________, mammals became more important. They were the last ________ of animals and they were__________ because they _________ their young from within their ________. Small clever animals, with hands and feet, appeared and ______ all over the earth. As time went by, they ________ the earth and have become the most important animals on the planet.
4.discussion:
What events happened to the following times
1) Several billion years after the “Big Bang”:
2) between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago
3) many millions of years later.
4) for more than 140 million years
5) 65million years ago
6) about 2.6 million years ago
5. Self-development
Group 1 & 3:
Put the order of development of life into a timeline, use the reading passage to help you.
(1). Insects and amphibians appeared
(2). Dinosaurs appeared
(3). The earth became a solid ball.
(4). Small plants grew on the water .
(5). reptiles appeared
(6). Plants began to grow on dry land.
(7). The earth was a cloud of dust
(8). Water appeared on the earth.
(9). Shellfish and other fish appeared.
(10). The universe began with a “Big Bang”
(11). Clever animals with hands and feet appeared.
(12). Mammals appeared.
Group 2 & 4:
Think about what you have read and discuss these questions in pairs.
1. Why was the earth different from the other planets
2. Why did the lp0ants grow before the animals came
3. Why is it wrong to show films with dinosaurs and people together
4. What problem is caused by human beings
Step 3 Post-study
Choose the best answer:
完形填空（ 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Carol’s husband was killed in a car accident last year.
Jim, only 52, was 1 home from work. The other driver was a teenager who had 2 a lot. Jim died at once. The teenager was in the 3 for less than three hours.
It was Carol’s fiftieth birthday, and Jim had two plane tickets to Hawaii in his pocket. He was going to 4 her. However, he was killed by a drunken driver.
“How have you 5 this ” I asked Carol, a year later.
6 welled up（涌出） in her eyes. I thought I had said the 7 thing, but she said, “It’s all right. I want to 8 you. The day I married Jim, I promised I would never let him leave the house in the morning 9 telling him I loved him. He made the same 10 . It got to be a joke between us, and as we grew older it got to be a(n) 11 promise to keep.
“I remember running down the driveway, saying ‘I love you’ just before he drove out of my 12 , or driving all the way to his office just to put a(n) 13 saying ‘I love you’ on his car. It was a funny 14 .
“We made a lot of 15 trying to say ‘I love you’ before noon every day of our married life.
“The morning Jim 16 , he left a birthday card in the kitchen and then left 17 . I heard the engine starting. Oh, no, I thought. I 18 out quickly and knocked on the car window 19 he rolled it down.
“Here on my fiftieth birthday I, Carol Garret, want you, Mr James E. Garret to 20 that ‘I love you!’
“That’s how I’ve survived, knowing that the last words I said to Jim were, ‘I love you!’”
1. A. walking B. arriving C. driving D. riding
2. A. drunk B. eaten C. talked D. done
3. A. school B. hospital C. office D. prison
4. A. surprise B. interest C. disappoint D. frighten
5. A. learned B. survived C. existed D. explained
6. A. Excitement B. Happiness
C. Joys D. Tears
7. A. sad B. extra C. wrong D. violent
8. A. tell B. depend C. cheer D. believe
9. A. with B. besides C. after D. without
10. A. idea B. choice C. promise D. mistake
11. A. hard B. easy C. silly D. harmful
12. A. reach B. sight C. house D. office
13. A. announcement B. note
C. advertisement D. picture
14. A. game B. activity C. challenge D. test
15. A. methods B. stories C. memories D. troubles
16. A. married B. worked C. returned D. died
17. A. gradually B. quietly C. angrily D. gently
18. A. cried B. ran C. watched D. looked
19. A. but B. when C. though D. until
20. A. say B. prove C. know D. admit
Keys:
Step 1. 1. The children expected their parents came back safely.
2. He is not a smoker now, because he gave up smoking last year.
3. It is not logical to change the timetable so frequently.
4. please forgive me for coming in without permission.
Step 3:1--5 CABAB 6--10 DCADC 11--15 ABBCC 16--20 DBBDC
Step 4 self-assessment
本节课我掌握得较好的方面是：
还需加强学习的方面是：
我自己初定的整改措施是：
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6Unit 4 Using Language: Reading
Learning Target:
Words and expressions exist, presence, telescope, disappoint, disappointed, publish, publishing, gravity, force, gradually, cheer, float, mass lessen, weightlessly, cabin, exhaust, exclaim
Sentence patterns 1. When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us but it will not be as strong a pull as the earth’s.2. Walking does need a bit of practice now that gravity has changed.3. We watched, amazed as fire broke out on the outside of the spaceship the earth’s gravity increased.4. Seen from space, the earth appears to be a water ball.5. But the answers have always seemed well beyond our reach, until now.6. Huge questions remain to be answered, before we can hope to have a complete picture of the universe we live in.
Learning procedures:
Step 1. practice before class
Translation:
1. Group 1&3
2. 走了很长的一段路，他完全累倒了。
Group 2&4
2．我们所参观的这个博物馆是全市最大的。
Step 2. While—study
1. Self—observation
Group 1&3
Write down another form of the following words:
(1) violence –-- adj: ________________ (2) harm----adj ________________
(3) develop----n ________________ (4) depend----adj ________________
(5)disappoint----adj ________________ (6) publishing--- v ________________
(7) present--- n ________________ (8) gradual----adv ________________
Group 2&4
Translate the following phrases:
In time: take care of:
Depend on: now that:
Prevent…from… all sorts of:
Cheer up get the hang of
Be different form break out
2. self-experience
Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
Group 1
What happened to us when the rocket rose into the air
Group 2.
Why is the spaceship not falling back to the earth like an apple drops to the ground
Group 3.
In Li Yangping’s opinion, what they shall feel when they get closer to the moon
Group 4.
What happened outside the spaceship when we come near the earth
3. self-digestion
Read the passage carefully, then fill the missing words into the blanks.
Group 1 and 3
Before we left, Li Yangping ____________ to me that the force of __________ would change three times on our ___________ and that the first change would be the most __________. Then we were off, as the ____________ rose into the air, we were __________ back into our seats because we were trying to ___________ the pull of the earth’s ___________. It was so hard that we caoud not say anything to each other, ____________ the weight _________ and I was able to talk to him.
Group 2 and 4
Leaving the moon’s ___________ was not as painful as leaving the ____________. But returning to the earth was very ____________. We watched, ___________ as fire broke out on the outside of the spaceship as the earth’s gravity ____________ . again we were pushed hard into our ___________ as we came back to land. “that was very exhausting but very__________ too.” I said, “now I know much more about gravity! do you think we could __________ some stars next time ” “of course,” he _________, “which _________ would you like to go to ”
4.discussion:
discuss with your partner together and fill in the forms.
Group 1& 3
On the earth In space On the moon
The way gravity changed
Group 2 & 4.
On the earth In space On the moon
The weight changed
Step 3. post-study
Part 1. choose the best words or phrases.
in time, take care of, depend on , now that, prevent…from…, all sorts of, cheer up, get the hang of, be different from, break out
1． Will you be home _____to see the children before they go to bed
2． _______ you are grown-up, you shouldn’t rely in your parents.
3． When the war ______, they were forced to leave their motherland.
4． Children ________ their parents for everything.
5． What ________you ________ joining us last night
6． Oh, _________, Tom, life will still go in.
7． _________ strange sounds met the ear.
8． The two boys ________ each other in their tastes.
9． Press this button when the light goes on ---you’ll soon _________ it.
10. We must ________books borrowed from the library.
Part 2. complete the following sentences:
1.
2. 健康取决于均衡的食物、新鲜的空气和充足的睡眠。
Health _________ _________ balanced food, fresh air and enough sleep.
3. 什么也不能阻止她那样做。
There was nothing _________ _________ her _________ _________ so.
4. 科学家们认为地球之所以不同是因为地球表面的水中有小植物出入故。
_________ _________ is that the earth was different _________ _________ the arrival of small plants growing in the water in its surface.
5. 她不但是个摄影师，而且还是个天才的音乐家。
She is a talented musician _________ _________ _________ being a photographer.
6. 天气逐渐好转。
_________, the weather improved.
Step 4 assessment
Words and expressions I found these words useful:I found these expressions useful:
structures I have learned about:I’d like to know more about:
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4Unit 4
Language study
Learning target:
To know the usage of more words and expressions:
Learning procedures:
Step 1. practice before class
Translation:
Group 1.
很多年以后，去月球将成为人们度假的普遍选择。
______________________________________________________________________________
Group 2.
这些产品首次引进市场就获得了成功。
Group 3.
在森林里迷路了一个星期的两个学生最终被警察营救了出来。
Group 4
这是我所见到的最严重的疾病。
Step 2. while—study
1.) self—observation
1. Last month I was lucky enough to have a chance to make a trip into space with my friend Li Yanping, an astronomer.
上个月我有幸得到一个机会同我的朋友，一位宇航员李彦平一道去太空旅行。
enough的用法:
(1）用作代词：作主语或宾语。
You have done more than enough.
你已做得够多了。
I have had enough. Thank you.
我吃的已经够多的了，谢谢。
（2）形容词作定语：enough用在名词前、后都可以,一般放在前面。
I have enough time to do the work.
我有足够的时间做此项工作。
中英互译：
He couldn’t run quickly enough to catch up with the cat.
这孩子到上学的年龄了。
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2 . Then we were off.
随后我们就启程了。
be off = set off 出发；动身
I am off today.
我今天不用上班.
中英互译：
We are off today. ____________________________________________________________
那些旅客已经动身了：
与off相关的短语:
set...off 送行
kick off 踢球
jump off 跳下
give off 散发
show off 炫耀
shut off 关闭
get off 下车
take off 脱下
turn off 关闭
pay off 付清；还清
3. When we get closer to the moon, we shall feel its gravity pulling us but it will not be as strong a pull as the earth’s.
当我们更接近月球时，就会感到月球的引力在拉我们。但是，月球的引力不像地球的引力那么大。
get close to
靠近，接近，指动态变化
be close to
距......近，指状态
译：
The school is close to the post office.
与get相关的短语:
get along：相处融洽，进展等
get down to:
开始认真对待，开始认真考虑。
get on 上车
get through：
到达；通过，捱过；办完，花光
（钱、时间等）。
get to 到达
get over：
克服（困难，偏见等），从（病、损失等中恢复过来等。
get up 起床
4. But when I tried to step forward I found I was carried twice as far as on the earth and fell over.
1). “A + be + 倍数 + as +形容词原级 + as + B”.
This tree is three times as tall as that one.
这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。
His father is twice as old as he.
他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。
2). “A + be + 倍数 +形容词比较级 + than + B ”
The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.
长江差不多比珠江长两倍。
The number of students in our school is three times larger than that in theirs.
我们学校的学生数量比他们学校的多三倍。
3). “A + be + 倍数 + the +名词 (size, length, amount) + of + B”
The newly broadened square is four times the size of the previous one.
新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。
5. ... “walking does need a bit of practice now that gravity has changed.”
......既然引力改变了，走路也的确需要练一练了。
now that同since相似，语气较弱，强调人们已知的事实。
Now that you are busy, let me do it for you.
既然你忙, 就让我给你做吧。
Now that everyone is here let’s start work．
现在人都齐了, 咱们开始干吧。
6. We watched, amazed as fire broke out on the outside of the spaceship as the earth’s gravity increased.
break out
它与happen, take place, come out等词的用法一样，是不及物动词，不能带宾语，不能用于被动语态。
1) 战争爆发
The American Civil War broke out in 1861.
美国内战爆发于1861年。
2) 发生争吵
A quarrel broke out between them.
他们之间发生了争吵。
3) (火灾)发生
A fire broke out in his house last
night.
昨晚他家里失火了。
与break相关的短语:
break down
打破; 毁掉; 破除; 坍塌; 坏掉
break in
破门而入; 打断
break away from
脱离政党; 打破陈规
break through
突围; 突破; 冲垮; 克服
break up
打碎; 拆散; 分裂; 分解
break one's word/promise
食言; 说话不算数
2) self—experience
1. —Will you go swimming with me this weekend
—______.
A. All depend B. It depends
C. It depends on D. All depends on
2. I was about to knock on the door when it was opened ______.
A. from inside B. within C. in D. from within
3. The happy news quickly ______ through the whole village.
A. was spread B. were spreading
C. spread D. had been spread
4. We can’t continue to pretend that the problem of homelessness doesn’t ______ in this city.
A. exist B. live C. be D. survive
5. The hall was already full, and hundreds of ______ fans were turned away at the door.
A. disappointing B. disappointed
C. disappoint D. disappointment
6. The club women gathered ______ clothes for people in the tsunami-hit countries.
A. a mass of B. mass of
C. a large number of D. amount of
7. We should try our best to ______ those people after the disaster.
A. break out B. cheer on
C. break up D. cheer up
8. At last, I made up my mind to speak the truth ______of the whole class.
A. in the present B. at the present
C. in the presence D. at the presence
9. He wants to see changes in the company and I am sure he will, ______.
A. on time B. at a time C. at one time D. in time
10. They had a ______ quarrel and John stormed out.
A. violent B. cruel C. much C. harmful
11. The government has to close those small factories to prevent the water of the river ______.
A. polluting B. from polluting
C. being polluted D. polluted
12. ______ I’m well again, I can go on with my work.
A. Even if B. As though C. Ever after D. Now that
13. Some of the doctors are paid almost ______ as the nurses.
A. twice as much B. much as twice
C. as much twice D. as twice much
14. ______ anyone should want to kill her was unbelievable.
A. Whether B. That C. What D. If
15. ______ the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids puzzled people for centuries.
A. Whether B. What C. How D. Where
Keys:
Step 1.
1. Many years in the future, going to the moon will be people’s common choice for spending holidays.
2. The product got a great success when it was put into market for the first time.
3. The two students who got lost in the forests for two weeks were finally rescued by the police.
4. This is the most severe disease I have ever seen.
Step 2: self-experience:
BACAB, ABCDA, CDABC
Step3: self—assessment
I have learnt the following words and phrases quite well:
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