Unit 2 Working the land 知识点导学案 
1. struggle with与……斗争 
struggle ______ 为争取……而斗争 
struggle ________与……斗争;为反对……而斗争 
struggle to do sth. (=make great efforts to do sth.)________________ 
struggle to one’s feet ___________________ 
比较:struggle/fight 
_________指较长时间的、激烈的斗争,往往指肉体及精神上的战斗。 
_________意为“搏斗,打斗,打架”,表示“斗争”时,包含体力和勇猛的因素。 
The working people have never stopped their struggle unfair treatment. 
 A. against B. for C. from D. to 
①我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。 
We should help those who are still . 
②他们得和各种各样的困难作斗争。 
They had to . 
2. expand 
In ten years the city’s population expanded by 12%. 
易混辨析 
expand/extend/spread/stretch 
expand 意为“展开,扩大”,不仅指尺寸的增加,还可指范围和体积的扩大。 
extend 意为“伸出,延伸”,指空间范围的扩大,以及长度,宽度的向外延伸,也可指时间的延长。 
spread 意为“传播;蔓延;铺开”。一般指向四面八方扩大传播的范围,如传播(疾病),散布(信息)等。 
stretch 意为“伸展(身体等),拉长;连绵”,一般指由曲变直,由短变长的伸展,不是加长。 
选词填空(expend/extend/spread/stretch) 
①The fire soon to the nearby houses. 
②The tourist season from May till October. 
③A balloon when it is blown up. 
④The cat out in front of the fire. 
 3. equip 
vt. & vi. 配备;装备 
常用结构: 
equip sb./sth. ______ 用……武装某人;用……装备某物 
equip sb./sth. ______ 为……而武装某人;使得某人具有做某事的能力 
we’ll equip our office with computers. 
Your training will equip you for your future job. 
(1)单项填空 
All classes of this school are with modern . 
A. equipped; equipment B. equipped; equipments 
C. equipping; equipments D. equipping; equipment 
(2)完成句子 
①The soldiers were well (装备) weapons. 
②This library (为……而装备) atomic research. 
③Our classroom (装备有) a computer . 
4. regret 
________________= regret having done 后悔做了某事 
regret to do遗憾将要做某事 
regret to say/tell/inform ___________/_______/_______ 
with regret 遗憾地 
Tom regretted telling his parents the thing. 
I regretted to tell you you hadn’t passed the driving test. 
He told me with regret that he couldn’t come to the party. 
They failed to pass the exam last time. I regretted them. 
A. to be not able to help B. not being able to help 
C. being not able to help D. not be able to help 
①I now regret (leave) school so young. 
②I regret (inform) you that your contract will not be renewed. 
 (我非常抱歉), I am unable to accept your invitation. 
5. reduce 
reduce sth. ____ 减少到…… 
reduce sth._____ 减少了…… 
be reduced to 沦落为…… 
The poor boy is reduced to begging. 
她的体重减少了5公斤。She her 5 kilos. 
6. thanks to 
由于;多亏(有时用作反语);因为 
Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning. 
Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled. 
表示“因为,由于”的短语还有: 
____________,__________________, on account of,due to,as a result of。 
单项填空 
①It was your timely help that we accomplished the task on time. 
A. Because B. thank C. thanks to D. as 
② the new policy, we are now having a happy life. 
A. Thanks to B. Because C. For D. Thanks for 
7. rid ...of 
be/get rid of 摆脱 
rid oneself of debt ____________ 
同义句转换 
Could you rid yourself of the bad habit of smoking? 
Could you the bad habit of smoking? 
8. would rather 
Would rather____ sth than ____ sth 
Would rather (that) sb. did/had done 
——I spent too much money on travelling 
——I’d rather________________________(你没有) 
George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he_____more on its culture. 
A. focus B. focused C. would focus D.had focused. 
9. Work 
____________________耕种土地 
使工作,使运转。He works his wife too hard. 
经营。He works a big plantation. 
10. If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to try growing? 
If so ___________ if not____________ 
If any 如果有的话 
_____ ______如果曾经有的话 
______ _______ 如果可能的话 
_______ _______如果必要的话 
11. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. 
The _____/______/__________/______/______/_____ ...+n. + to do sth. 
第一个/最后一个/最好的一个/唯一的/恰好的/合适的……做某事的人/物”。 
He is always _____ _____ _____ ______ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______. 
他总是第一个来并且最后一个离开。 
He is the right person to Mary’s birthday party. 
A. to invite B. to be invited 
C. invited D. being invited 
12. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 
倍数表达法: 
A+be+x times+as+adj.+as+B 
A+be+x-1 times+比较级+than+B 
A+be+x times+(由某些形容词变化而来的)n.+of+B 
This river is four times as wide as that one. 
= This river is _____ ______ ______ ______ that one. 
= This river is _____ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ ______. 
My uncle’s house in the downtown are is much smaller than ours, but it is twice______expensive. 
A. as B.so C. too D. very 
13. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 
我喜欢她为我唱歌。 
______ _______ ______when she sings a song for me. 
他发现学好一门外语不是容易的。(过去时) 
______ ________ _______ _____ _______ ______ _____ a foreign language well. 
14. lead to 
The car accident led to his being killed. 
All roads lead to Rome. 
The discovery of new evidence led to_____________ 
A. The thief having caught B. catch the thief 
C. the thief being caught D.the thief to be caught 
联想拓展 
Lead sb. __________________ 引导某人做某事 
Lead the way 带路,带头 
result _____ 导致 
result ______ 由……导致 
15. build up 
逐步建立;逐渐增强;加强;树立;积累 
The company has built up a fine reputation. 
Their words built up my confidence. 
看到你的词汇量在逐渐增长我很高兴。 
I’m very glad to see that your vocabulary is . 
16. focus on 
Today we’re going to focus on the question of homeless people. 
他把相机对准了远处的高楼。 
He his camera the huge building in the distance. 
17. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals. 
_____________________ 无……的;免于……;摆脱…… 
Eg. This medicine can keep you free from pain. 
set sb. free _____________ 
get sth. for free______________ 
18. over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming. 
In/during/ over the past/ last +时间, 句子用_____________时态。 
19. recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-term use of these fertilizers can cause damage to the land and, ever more dangerous, to people’s health. 
——Why do you look so tired? 
——Well, I______________________(paint) the house and I must finish the work tomorrow. 
20. crops such as peas or soybeans put important minerals back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. 
He cut off the wire, preventing a big fire. 
______________自然而然的结果 
___________意料之外的结果 
He hurried to the school, only _____________(find) nobody there. 
Many people moved to New York,________(make) it the largest city in the USA. 
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