(共20张PPT)
Unit 2 Robots
desire
(1)n. 渴望,欲望,渴求 后常接 for sth 或 to do sth 作定语。
对财富和权利的欲望导致了他的惨败。
His desire for wealth and power led him to his total failure.
(2)v. 希望得到,想要
sth
desire to do sth
sb to do sth
that 从句(从句谓语动词用虚拟语气)
他渴望成名。
我希望你们在一个星期之内完成这作业。
The President desired that the new Prime
Minister visited him.
He desired to be famous.
I desired you to complete the homework
within one week.
(should) visit
2. test out sth.=put sth. to the test
试验,考验
Their theory is going to be tested out.
他们的理论将会被进行试验。
test 指 检测 测验(智力,视力,物品质量)知识掌握程度
examine指 仔细观察以获得线索 进行研究;考试
check 指 核查以确保正确 (安全 质量满意)
3. persuade vt 说服
说服某人(不)做某事
persuade sb (not) to do sth
persuade sb into ( out of ) doing sth
persuade sb of sth 使某人相信某事
老师说服了那个男孩不要放弃学习。
The teacher persuaded the boy not to
give up his study.
persuade sb that…… 使某人相信
4. alarm n.警报,惊慌
The fire caused much alarm.
火灾引起很大的恐慌.
take alarm at… 对….感到吃惊
a fire alarm 火警
sound/raise the alarm 发出警报
When the fire broke out, the smart boy sounded the alarm.
vt. 使警觉, 使惊慌
I don’t want to alarm you, but there is a strange man in your garden.
我不想吓唬你, 不过你花园里有个陌生人。
be alarmed at … 被…吓了一跳
be alarmed for… 对…放心不下
be alarmed to do sth 做……感到恐慌
I was alarmed for her safety.
5.more...than...与其说……倒不如说……
She is more my friend than my teacher.
与其说这男孩笨倒不如说他懒。
The boy is more lazy than stupid.
more than多于;超过;不仅仅
not more than不超过
no more than仅仅=only
The young lady is ____ a beauty; she is ______ than pretty.
A. more than;more smart B.more than; smarter
C. not only;smarter D.no more than;
more clever
6. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.
sympathy 同情心,同感
feel/have sympathy for… 同情…
I felt much sympathy for the blind.
in smpathy with 同情;赞成
out of smpathy 出于同情
out of smpathy with 对…不同情;不赞成
7. favor
(1)n. 喜爱,恩惠
do sb a favor=do a favor for sb帮某人忙
ask sb a favor=ask a favor of sb请某人帮忙
return a favor 还人情
(2)n. 赞成,赞同
in favor of sb/sth 赞成,赞同
in sb's favor 对某人有利
我更喜欢夜间旅行,这个时候路上安静。
I favor travelling at night, when the roads
are quiet.
My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was______ it.
in honour of B. in memory of
C. in favor of D. in search of
Please_____ -- the box is too heavy.
A. do me a favor B. return me a favor
C. owe favor of D. show favor to me
8. pile 堆
pile in 蜂拥而进 pile up 堆起来
a pile of=piles of=a lot of 堆积如山的
I have a pile of work to do this evening.
今晚我有一大堆工作要做。
9. or rather 或者说,准确地说
What I want is the truth, or rather a series of truth.
我需要的是事实, 准确地说是一系列事实。
10.accompany v. 陪伴, 伴奏
accompany sb to do sth陪某人去做某事
accompany sth with/by sth与……同时存 在或发生
I must ask you to accompany me to the police station.
我得要求你陪我去趟警察局。
Strong winds accompanied by heavy rains.
狂风暴雨。
11.affair 暖昧关系, 事情, 私通
have an affair with sb.
跟某人有不正当的男女关系
She was having an affair with someone who has a wife (有妇之夫).
It’s not my affair. 这不关我的事。
affair 可指国家大事也可指个人私事恋爱事情
event 重大,非同寻常的事情
matter 需要考虑或处理的问题
incident 附带的小事情 事端 事变
accident 意外事故
12. She cried out “Tony” and then heard
him declare that he didn’t want to leave
her the next day and that he felt more
than just the desire to please her.
[点拨] 该句的主句包含两个并列的谓语,
即cried和heard。declare后接两个that引
导的宾语从句, 其中第一个宾语从句中的
that可以省略。
declare vt. 宣布;声明;表明;说明;宣称
declare +n. 宣告
declare+n.+(to be) n./ adj. 宣布…为…
The judge declared him (to be) the winner of the competition.
裁判宣布他为比赛的冠军.
They will declare the results of the election soon.
I declared this conference (to be) open.
我宣布这次会议开始.
declare +(that)从句 宣称;声称
She declared (that) she was right.
她宣称她是对的.
declare war on/ upon对…宣战
declare against 声明反对
declare for (in favour of) 声明赞成
13. envy vt. & n. 忌妒;羡慕
1)envy+sb.(for sth.)
2)envy at/of sth. 忌妒/羡慕某事
They envied us for our success.
他们羡慕我们的成功.
envy sb doing sth 羡慕某人做某事
out of envy 出于妒忌/羡慕
be green with envy 非常妒忌
be envious of sb/sth 满怀嫉妒
14.leave…alone 不管;不打扰;让…独自待着
不要动我的书.
Leave my book alone.
别以为我会让他自由自在。
Don’t think I will leave him alone.
leave behind 留下;忘带;遗留
leave out 省去;排除;遗漏
let alone 译为“更不用说”
A 1 year-old child can’t even speak, let alone recite poems.