9BU2
Integrated skills
【知识梳理1】studied Mathematics and Physics at a university (P29)
在大学学习数学和物理
Mathematics,名词,意为“数学”,其缩略形式为Maths。虽然词形中以s结尾,但并不是复数形式。
Surprisingly, maths was voted their favourite subject.
令人吃惊的是,数学被评为他们喜爱的科目。
【知识梳理2】married a French scientist called Pierre Curie in 1895 (P29)
1895年和法国科学家皮埃尔·居里结婚
1.marry,既可以做及物动词,也可以作为不及物动词,意为“结婚;嫁;娶;与……结婚”等。
(1)marry sb 嫁给某人,与……结婚
He married the girl next door.
他与隔壁的一个年轻女子结了婚。
(2)be/get married to sb 与某人结婚
They are to be married in June.
他们计划于六月份结婚。
(3)marry sb to sb 意为“父母把女儿嫁给某人”或“为儿子娶媳妇”
Her parents married her to a doctor.
她父母把她嫁给了一个医生。
(4)marry 做不及物动词时,往往用副词或介词短语来修饰。
She married very early.
她很早就结婚了。
[注意]
(1)marry一般不与介词with连用。
(2)marry和get married 都是非延续性动词,因此不能和表示一段时间的状语连用,We have been married for 14 years.
我们已经结婚14年了。
[经典例题]
(1)My grandparents ____________ for over 55 years and they love each other very much.
A. have been married B. got married
C. were married D. have got married
(2)I hear that his aunt ______ her husband eight years ago.
A. married to B. got married to
C. has married D. has been married with
(3)Her sister got married________ a handsome young man .
A. to B. with C. for D. at
(4)I want to know_________.
A. how long has your uncle married
B. how long it is since your uncle got married
C. how long your uncle had been married
D. how long your uncle has married
答案:ABAB
2.scientist,名词,意为“科学家”
I admired him as a true scientist and hard worker.
我钦佩他是一名真正的科学家和勤奋的工作者。
[拓展]science,名词,意为“科学”
What turns teenagers off science?
是什么使青少年们对科学失去了兴趣?
scientific,形容词,意为“科学的”
Our scientific research is second to none.
我们的科学研究不亚于任何人。
[巩固练习]用science的各种形式填空。
(1)My dream is to be a __________ when I grow up.
(2)New discoveries are being made all the time in the field of _________.
答案:(1)scientist (2)science
[经典例题]
(1)Ronald Amundsen is considered to be one of the greatest________in history because he was the first man to reach the South Pole (南极).
A. scientists B. composers C. writers D. explorers
答案:D
【知识梳理3】the discovery of radium (P29)
镭的发现
discovery,名词,意为“发现;被发现的事物”。其动词形式为discover,意为“发现”。
This discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
这项发现是对传统信念的冲击。
【知识梳理4】It was brave of him to go to a place that was unknown to humans at that time. (P30)
他很勇敢到一个当时人类未知的地方去。
unknown,形容词,意为“未知的;不出名的”。其动词词根为know,反义词为known,“出名的”,常见短语为be known to,意为“对……是未知的”。
A young unknown played the leading role.
演主角的是一个名不见经传的年轻人。
[经典例题]
(1)— I can’t get in touch with Johnson. Do you happen________his new telephone number?
— Sorry, I don’t have his new number.
A. to know B. knowing C. know D. to be known
(2)He was trying, for some ___________ reason , to count the stars.
A. important B. world-famous
C. unknown D. smart
(3)China, ________ one of the great four countries with ancient civilizations, is best-known ________ its great development in all the fields over the years.
A. as; as B. as; for C. for; as D. for; for
(4)Zhang Shaohan is __________Chinese people as a beautiful and popular singer.
A. known as B. proud of
C. famous for D. well known to
(5)The side effects(副作用)that the medicine has are______to us. More research is needed.
A. unknown B. unnecessary C. unusual D. uncommon
答案:ACBDA
【知识梳理5】She also pushed for the use of X-y machines, which are now widely used in hospitals. (P30)
她还推动了X光设备的使用,这种设备先已在医院广泛应用。
1.push,动词,意为“推;推动”,常见词组push for,意为“急切/强烈地要求;为……奋力争取”。
He tried to push the heavy door open.
他试图推开那扇沉重的门。
Turkey has continued to push for a solution.
土耳其仍继续奋力争取一个解决方案。
[经典例题]
(1) Steve Jobs was a great man who_________the use of digital music.
A. pushed to B. pushed for C. pulled out D. put in
(2)People living near the square are _________ new rules about square dancing.
A. paying for B. hearing of
C. pushing for D. leaving for
(3)Marie Curie ________ the use of X-ray machines, which are now widely used in hospitals.
A. put away B. put out C. pushed in D. pushed for
答案:BCD
2.widely,副词,意为“广泛地,普通地”。
The idea is now widely accepted.
这个思想现在已获得普遍接受。
[辨析]wide和widely
(1)wide用作副词主要表示“张大”“睁大”到最大程度,侧重指物体从一边到另一边的距离(联系其形容词用法),通常与wide, apart等连用。
The door was wide open . 门四敞大开。
(2)widely则主要表示距离远、范围大、地域广等,通常连用过去分词。
We advertised the concert quite widely.
我们为这次音乐会做了相当广泛的宣传
(3)在wide awake(完全醒着)这一习语中,一般不用widely。如:
I could not relax and still felt wide awake.
我不能放松,仍然觉得很清醒。
[巩固练习]
(1)The computer is ________(wide) used in our daily life. We can do many things with it.
答案:(1)widely