Unit 3
Life in the Future
Language points
Language Points Learning
aspect
impression
take up
surroundings
tolerate
lack
adjustment
Language Points Learning
8. lose sight of
9. sweep up (swept,swept)
10.主语+be+adj.+to do”句型
11. as though/if
12. speed up
13. Inside was an exhibition 完全倒装
14. there's a system where ...
1. aspect n. particular part or feature of sth 方面/层面
(教材P17)Below are some of the main aspects of life today.
下面是当今生活的主要方面。
1). We should consider the problem in all its aspects.
2). After 10 years of departure, he found his hometown had taken on a new aspect.
n. 外表,面貌
归纳拓展:in all (its) aspects
from every aspect
2. impression n.[C] 印象;感想;印记
(教材P17)first impressions第一印象
leave/make a/an ...impression on sb.
给某人留下……的印象
He left a good impression on me.
impress v.给...极深刻的印象;使感动;使铭记;铭刻
impress sth on / upon sb = impress sb with sth / sb
使某人对某物/某事有印象
e.g. He impressed us with his sincerity.
He impressed the need for immediate action on us .
What impressed sb. was that…最令某人印象深刻的
Sb. be deeply impressed with/by sb./sth.
某人被…深深感动
impressive adj.给人留下深刻印象的
3. take up拿起;接受;开始;继续;占用
(教材P17)I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year.
When does the new manager take up his job?
Sorry , I have taken up you too much time.
He wants to take up art in college.
He decided to take up photography as his career.
Do you intend to take up his offer of a job?
开始某项工作
占用(时间或空间)
选修
从事
接受
take的短语还有
take back撤销,收回(话)
take off起飞,脱掉,成名
take down 写下;拆除
take on雇佣;呈现;承担
take in 收留;吸收;欺骗
take over 占据;接任;接管
4. surroundings 环境; 周围的事物,用复数.
At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.
It took me a few weeks to get used to my new surroundings.
surrounding周围的adj
surround vt.围绕;包围;n.(物体的)边,周围
be surrounded by/with 被……包围着
Happiness is being surrounded by family and friends
The jail is surrounded by/with walls.
5. tolerate vt.容忍;忍受
At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.
短语:tolerate (doing) sth 容忍(做)某事
We simply cannot tolerate cheating in exams.
I cannot tolerate her rudeness.
tolerance n. 容忍;忍受
tolerant adj. 容忍的;宽容的
6. lack n.缺乏;短缺的东西v.缺乏;没有
Hit by a lack of fresh air, my head ached.
由于缺乏新鲜空气,我感到头痛。
lack: n. 缺乏, 不足
She showed a lack of humor.
(a) lack of…
The plant died for (a) lack of water.
vt./vi 缺乏,不足,没有
She lacked humor/common sense.
lack for
7. adjustment n.调整;调节
(教材P18)Just as I tried to make the necessary adjustment to this new situationWang Ping
appeared.
就在我努力地调整自己去适应新环境时,王平出现了。
make an adjustment to 对……做出调整
According to the present situation,he had to make an adjustment to his plan.
adjust v. 调整;调节
adjust (oneself) to sth/doing sth 适应于
It took me a few weeks to adjust to my new surroundings.
Can you adjust (yourself) to living alone?
8. lose sight of...看不见……;忽略;失去联系
(教材P18)However,I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.
但是,当我们到达一个看起来像是大市场的地方时,由于太多车子朝四面八方飞奔,我看不见王平了。
1. Suddenly I lost sight of my father in the crowd.
2. Don’t try to walk in a heavy snowstorm as you may lose sight of the road ahead.
3. We must not lose sight of the fact that learning English is very important.
4. I have lost sight of my best school friend over the years.
catch sight of 看见……
看不见
看不见
忽视
失去联系
9. sweep up (swept,swept)
横扫;打扫;一下抱起(某人);涌向;掠过
(教材P18)He was swept up into the centre of them.
他被卷入到这群车队中去了。
写出下列句中sweep up的含义
①He was left to sweep up the bits of paper and broken glass.
②The strong wind swept up the leaves off the streets.
③Mother swept the child up in her arms and rushed out of the burning house.
打扫
打扫
一下子抱起
核心句型
10.(教材P18)At first my new surroundings were difficult to tolerate.
【要点提炼】 本句是“主语+be+adj.+to do”句型,该句型中的形容词多为表示主语的性质、特征的词,如easy,difficult,hard,important等。
The story is very interesting to read.
The girls in our class are easy to get along with.
Sending messages to take part in the programme is not easy for the old to do.
归纳拓展:
①不定式和句子主语是逻辑上的动宾关系,但用主动形式表被动含义。
②不定式有时会带上自己的逻辑主语(for sb.)。
③不定式接不及物动词时,其后跟相应的介词。
11.(教材P18)The air seemed thin,as though its combination of gases had little oxygen left.
【要点提炼】 as though/if“好像;似乎”,引导方式状语从句。
归纳拓展:
①as though/if引导方式状语从句时,通常用虚拟语气,表示与事实不符或相反的情况;如果与事实相符,则用陈述语气。
②当从句主语与主句主语一致,且从句谓语又包含动词be时,从句主语和谓语中的动词be通常可省去。
She treats the orphan as if/though he her own son.
He behaved as if/though nothing .
You look as if you a good time.
He shook his head as if (he was) “Don't trust her”.
were
had happened
have had
to say
12. speed up加速
(教材P20)When we wanted the hovering carriage to speed up,we pressed hard on the driving pedal and bent over in the direction we wanted to go.
当我们想让气垫车加速时,我们就用力压下操纵杆并使它弯向我们想去的方向。
speed n.速度; v(使)加速,超速行驶
at a speed of 以……速度;
at full speed 以全速;
gain/pick up speed增加速度;
He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.
A truck weny by us at full speed.
Once outside the station,the train began to pick up speed.
核心句型
13.(教材P22)Inside was an exhibition of the most up?to?date inventions of the 31st century.
太空站里展出了31世纪一些最前沿的发明。
归纳拓展:
①表地点状语的介词短语+谓语+主语(名词)
②副词(now,then,there/here,up,down,away,in,out等)+谓语(go,come,run,walk,rush,fall等)+主语(名词)
③There+be(live,stand,lie等表示存在的动词)+主语
④表语+连系动词+主语(表语可以是:形容词、介词短语、现在分词、过去分词)
⑤such+be+主语
e.g. At the foot of the hill lies a beautiful lake.
①There across the river.
河上有一座石桥。
②Away one by one.
人们一个一个地离去了。
③Present at the meeting Professor White,Professor Smith and many other guests.出席会议的有怀特教授,史密斯教授还有许多其他客人。
④Such the facts,no one can deny them.
这些就是事实,没有人可以否认。
Stands a stone bridge
went the crowd
were
are
2.(教材P22)Well,now there's a system where the waste is disposed of using the principles of ecology.
好的,现在有一个利用生态学原理处理废弃物的系统。
归纳拓展:此句中的a system为抽象意义上的地点。类似的常见名词还有:point,stage,occasion,condition,case,situation,position,activity,race,job,family等。
①Their relationship has reached the point where they have to part with each other.
②They live in a family where they can express themselves freely.
一、用所给词的正确形式填空。
impressive
1. The desks and seats can ________ (adjust) to the height of any child.
2. Try to make some __________(adjust) of your differences so that you can work together without quarrels.
3. Those poor children had never had cheerful ____________ (surround).
4. They produced a strong _____________ (impress) on me.
5. The way he talks is really _____________ (impress).
be adjusted
adjustment
surroundings
impression
impressive
二、用方框内短语的适当形式填空(每个短语限用一次)。
1. Tom couldn’t buy that bike he wanted because of a _____________ money.
2. Though the train drove away, she stood there until she ____________ it.
3. After graduation, he wanted to _________ a job as a photographer.
4. Lisa was _____________ the pieces of paper and broken glass.
5. ______________ the policeman, the thief ran away as fast as he could.
take up, lack of, sweep up,?lose sight of, catch sight of?
lack of
lost sight of
take up
sweeping up
Catching sight of
1. This kind of plant will die in continuously
rainy ____.
A. condition B. surrounding
C. environments D. surroundings
2. I saw people coming ___ all directions to
attend the Kite Flying Festival.
A. to B. of C. in D. out
3. The secretary reminded me ___ there was
a meeting that afternoon.
A. of B. about C. that D. on
D
C
C
三、Choose the best answer.
4. Farmers can increase their corn crops three
times simply ___ watering their fields.
A. through B. with C. by D. in
5. There must be no life on the Mars for ___ of
air there.
A. lack B. lacking C. short D. empty
7. Catching _____ sight of their headteacher
coming, the students fell silence in ___ flash.
A. the; the B. /; a C. the; / D. /; /
8. He gives people the impression ___ all his life
abroad.
A. of having spent B. to have spent
C. of being spent D. to spend
C
A
B
A
Allen remembers everything exactly as if
it ___ yesterday.
was happening ?? B. happens?
C. has happened? D. happened
特别提示
从属连词as if, as though多表示一种假设,
因此从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气。
He treats me as though I were a stranger.?
他待我犹如陌生人。
D
四. 根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 我希望他们能接受这个挑战。(take up )
I hope that they take up this challenge.
2.大概过了10分钟,我就看不见那座桥了。(lost sight of)
About ten minutes later, I lost sight of that bridge.
3. 他被留下来清扫那些碎玻璃。 (sweep up)
He was left to sweep up the broken glass.
4. 她向我招了招手,好像认识我似的。 (as though)
She waved to me, as though she knew me.
翻译作业
1. 父亲使我铭记努力工作的重要性。(impress)
2. 他在2016年走上了教师岗位。(take up)
3. 我们学校不容许在考试中有作弊的现象。(tolerate)
4. 这个男孩在美丽的环境中成长。(surroundings)
5. 我们因缺乏能量无法继续走动。(lack)
6. 他出国后,我们就和他是去了联系。( lost sight of)
7. 学好英语并不难。
8. 他显得的认识我似的。(as if/ as though)
9. 汽车加速到每小时100千米。(speed up)
10. 那时老师来了。(完全倒装)
翻译作业例句
1. 父亲使我铭记努力工作的重要性。(impress)
My father impressed on me the value of hard work.
=My father impressed me with the value of hard work.
2. 他在2016年走上了教师岗位。(take up)
She took up her teaching post in 2016.
3. 我们学校不容许在考试中有作弊的现象。(tolerate)
Our school cannot tolerate cheating in exams.
4. 这个男孩在美丽的环境中成长。(surroundings)
The boy grew up in beautiful surroundings.
5. 我们因缺乏能量无法继续走动。(lack)
We can't walk any further for (a )lack of strength.
6. 他出国后,我们就和他是去了联系。( lost sight of)
We have lost sight of him since he went abroad.
7. 学好英语并不难。
It is not difficult to learn English well.
8. 他显得的认识我似的。(as if/ as though)
He acts as if he knew me.
9. 汽车加速到每小时100千米。(speed up)
The car speed up to one hundred kilometers per hour.
10. 那时老师来了。(完全倒装)
Then came the teacher.