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Unit 4 Inventions
1. advertisement n.
=public notice offering or asking for services, goods, etc. 广告
译:
史密斯小姐最近在本地报纸登了一则广告。
Miss Smith recently placed an advertisement in the local newspaper.
同根词:
(1) advertise v. (为….)做广告;登广告
eg: I shall advertise for someone to do it.
(2) advertiser n. 广告商;广告人员
eg: Here is a list of the advertisers.
这是一张广告客户的名单
(3) advertising n. 广告活动;广告业
eg: This radio station does not carry any advertising.
2. funny adj. 滑稽的,好笑的=interesting
fun n. 不可数名词
(fun与funny经常在语法填空互相变)
have fun doing sth 做某事有乐趣
【运用】根据汉语提示完成句子, 每空一词。
1. 我给我的妹妹讲了一个有趣的故事。
I told my little sister a ______ story.
2. 和朋友去海滩非常有趣。
It is great ____ to go to the beach
with friends.
funny
fun
3. create v. =make=produce 创造;创作;产生
creation n. 制造;创作 creative adj. 创造性的;有创造力的
creator n. 创造者;创作者
eg: It is really great for the radio producer to create a show like this.
译:政府计划为年轻人创造更多的就业机会。
1. The government plans to create more
jobs for young people.
译:这种诗歌是十九世纪的一个美国诗人创作的。
2. This kind of poem was created by an
American poet in the 19th century.
【总结】create作______, 意为 “创造; 创作”。可指上帝、自然等 “创造”某物, 作家塑造人物形象或创作作品等。
【拓展】create的名词形式是creator “创造者”和creation “创造; 创作”。
动词
【运用】根据句意用create的适当形式填空补全句子。
3. Do you know who _______ that
famous song
4. He is the _______ of all good and
beautiful things.
5. Life is the source of literary _______.
created
creator
creation
拓展:类似的以-or (表示”…者”) 结尾的词
collector 收藏家 educator 教育家 visitor 访问者
actor 演员 操作者 director 导演
inventor 发明家 conductor (乐队)指挥 survivor 幸存者
9. invent v. =make up; think of; or produce for the first time to produce or design it that has not existed before
=发明;创造;虚构
inventor n. 发明家; invention 可数n. 发明
如:He likes inventing lots of useful things in daily life.
译: 谁发明了蒸汽机
1. Who invented the steam engine
译: 古代的中国人发明了算盘。
2. The ancient Chinese invented the abacus.
I. 根据句意及图片提示写单词, 补全句子。
1. The ______ is perhaps one of the
greatest inventions in the world.
wheel
2. Now almost every family has a
_________.
telephone
telephone n. 电话
(a machine used for talking to somebody else over long distances, using wires or radio)
telephone v. 打电话 telephone sb=call sb 给某人打电话
6. comfortable adj. 使人舒服的;舒适的=nice and soft;
安逸的;充裕的
反义词:uncomfortable adj. 使人不舒服的;不舒服的 comfort v. & n. 安逸;舒服
eg: 这个沙发不是很舒服。
The sofa is uncomfortable.
3. In ancient times, people used ________
to carry passengers.
carriages
10. practical adj. 有用的;适用的;实际的=useful practice n. /v. 练习 practice doing sth 练习做某事
practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧
practise v. 练习
eg: He lacks practical experience. 他缺乏实践经验。
11.since 从……以后; 自……以来
我自从上个星期二以来就没见过她。
1. I have not seen her since last Tuesday.
他离开学校以后一直在一家银行工作。
2. He has been working in a bank since
leaving school.
【总结】since是______, 意为 “从……以后”; “自……以来”, 后跟过去的时间状语或动作,与完成时连用。
介词
【拓展】since还可以作连词, 意为 “因为; 由于; 既然”。例如:
Since you can’t answer the question, perhaps we’d better ask someone else.
既然你无法回答这个问题, 我们最好再问问别人。
12. distance n. 距离;间距;路程;远处;疏远; (时间的) 间隔,长久
distant adj. 遥远的;冷漠的;冷淡的;远离的;远隔的
eg: Planes can fly a long distance in a short time.
飞机能在很短时间内飞很长的距离。
13. develop v. =increase or become larger or more complete=produce 开发;研制;发展;冲洗(胶片)
eg: 我们必须尽最大努力发展国民经济。
We need do our best to develop the national economy.
try/do one's best to do sth.
尽力做某事
developed country 发达国家
developing country 发展中国家
【拓展】develop常构成短语 “develop into …”, 意为 “发展成为……”。
例如:
The small village has developed into a big city.
这个小山村已发展成为一个大城市。
【运用】根据汉语提示完成句子, 每空一词。
1. 科学家们正在研制治疗癌症的新药。
Scientists ___ __________ new drugs
to treat cancer.
2. 这场辩论逐渐变成了激烈的争吵。
The argument _________ ____ a
bitter quarrel.
developed into
are developing
14. daytime n. 白天=day
during the day=in the daytime 在白天
eg: The cat often sleeps in the daytime.
15. dust 不可数n. 灰尘
(凡是那些很细小的东西一般都是不可数名词,如sand 沙子, soil等)
16. copy v. 抄写 (copy-copied)
copy down=note down=write down=put down 写下
eg; Please copy down what I have told you just now.
17. correctly adv. 正确地 incorrect adj. 错误的=wrong
correct adj. 正确的 (这两个单词也经常互相变形) V. 订正
eg: I can answer the question correctly.
18. traffic n. 交通 refer to all the vehicle on the road
traffic jam 交通堵塞
traffic accident 交通事故
19. accident 可数n.(交通)事故
refer to something unpleasant happened especially on the road by accident 偶然=by chance
20. special adj. 特殊的 =unusual=not ordinary
21. introduction n. 引言;导言;介绍;采用;引进;新采用的东西
Eg: The book has an excellent introduction. 这本书有一段精彩的引言。
同根词: (1) introduce v. 介绍
eg: Tim, may I introduce you to my uncle
(2) self-introduction n. 自我介绍
eg: She will make a self-introduction. 她将会做自我介绍。
22. instead of 代替;作为…..的替换=in place of
eg: We should use cloth bags instead of plastic bags for shopping.
eg: I will go to Shenzhen instead of Tim.
23. keep in touch with sb=stay in touch with sb.
与某人保持联系
eg: He often keeps in touch with his friends.
24. in the daytime=during the day 在白天
eg: Cats usually sleep in the daytime.
25. keep off 使…不接近=stay/keep away from
26. at the same time=meanwhile 同时
27. right away=at once=immediately 立刻,马上
短语收藏夹 Phrase collection
Unit 4 短语聚会
1. at the start of 在……的开始
2. since then 自那以来
3. across the world 全世界
4. keep in touch with 与……保持联系
5. in the daytime 在白天
6. keep ...off
使……不接近 (或不接触、远离)
7. at the same time 同时
8. begin to do sth. 开始做某事
9. allow sb to do sth. 允许某人做某事
10. live a … life 过……生活
11. millions of ... 数百万的……
12. be able to do sth. 有能力做某事
【操练场】
根据句意从上面选择适当的短语并用其正确形式填空, 补全句子。
1. _________, he has developed another
bad habit.
2. We can not see stars _____________.
3. Wherever you go, ________________
me, please.
Since then
in the daytime
keep in touch with
4. Please ______ me ___ introduce my
cousin to you.
5. I need an umbrella to _____ the rain
___ my things.
6. The children are very excited
_____________ the race (比赛).
allow
to
keep
off
at the start of
7. That cute robot can sing and dance
_______________.
8. He is very rich, but he ______ simple
____.
life
at the same time
lives a
重点句型讲解部分
2. Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the first practical telephone in 1876.
亚历山大·格雷姆·贝尔在1876发明了第一批可用的电话之一。
1)invent动词,发明。Do you know who invented computers?你知道谁发明的电脑吗?invention 名词,发明。inventor 名词,发明家。
2)invent与discover的区别:invent发明以前从未有的东西,比如发明新的工具,方法。discover发现已经存在,但不为人知的东西。Gilbert discovered electricity,but Edition invented the electric light bulb.
3. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long distances.
自那以后,人们已经能越过远距离彼此说话了。
1)over翻越,越过。Eg: He jumped over the wall.
1) over, across与through的区别:
over,指越过一段距离或读过一段时间。The birds fly over the town.
across横过,穿过,只某一平面或物体上的一边过到另一边,从表面穿过。The students are walking across the street.
through,穿过,通过,只从某处或某物中间通过或穿过,从空间,内部穿过。Once a man walking through a forest, when he met two men.
有一次一个男人正在森林里行走,这时他遇到了两个人。
2)distance即是可数名词也是不可数名词。
Keep a safe distance between cars.
拓展:at distance 隔一段距离,in the distance 在远处,from a distance 从远处,out of distance离…太远。
4. They allow people to keeping touch with each other anytime, anywhere. 它们容许人们在任何时候,在任何地点彼此保持联系。
allow,允许,allow sb to do sth允许某人去做某事。
allow doing sth 允许做某事
Eg:My parents don't allow me to go out at night.
I suppose that people could only……我认为人们只能……
1)suppose认为,猜想,想象。Eg:I suppose he is not yet thirty. 我猜他还不到30岁。
2)be supposed to 应该。Eg:Teachers are supposed to know a lot. 老师应该知道的多。
keep the dust off your shoes. 使你的鞋子远离灰尘。
1)dust不可数名词,灰尘,尘土。
Eg:There is a lot of dust on the table. 桌子上有很多灰尘。
2)keep…off使……不接近……eg:Keep off the grass
1))keep的用法:
1)))keep sth保存某物,保管某物。Eg:How long can I keep the book? 我可以保留这本书多长时间?
2)))keep+形容词表示保持某种状态。Eg:The shop keeps open twelve hours a day.
3)))keep sb doing sth使某人不停地做某事。Eg:Don't keep talking.
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