A school named “Qianqiu Middle School” has been set up ______ the teacher, Tan Qianqiu, who lost his life in saving the students in the earthquake.
A. in honor of
B. in case of
C. in need of
D. in favor of A 根据句子的意思可知，“千秋中学”是“为了纪念”在地震中为了保护学生而牺牲的谭千秋老师而建立的。 3、 be in agreement with… 与……符合，和……一致，同意 ◆On this point, I am in complete/entire agreement with you.
在这一点上我完全同意你的意见。 ◆Finally my parents nodded in agreement.
最后我父母点头同意了。 ◆The main verb has to be in agreement with the subject in person and number.
谓语动词要在人称和数方面和主语保持一致。 (1) 与agreement连用的词还有reach/come to/arrive at an agreement on… 就……达成协议； keep/break the agreement 遵守约定/毁约。 (2) 动词agree的用法如下： agree that… 认为，同意…… agree to do… 同意做…… agree with sb.'s words / sth. 同意某人的话/与某人的话相符，一致 agree to a plan / a proposal / the arrangement, etc. 同意计划/建议/安排 agree on the time / date / place / price, etc. 在……方面达成一致 ◆We agree that the article is worth reading. 我们认为这篇文章值得一读。 ◆The boss agreed to raise the workers' pay by 5%. 老板同意给工人涨5%的工资。 ◆Generally I agree with you, but not everything. 大体上我同意你说的，但并不是每一点都同意。 ◆The boss agreed to the terms under the pressure of the workers. 在工人的压力下，老板同意了这些条款。 ◆This is the point on which I don't agree. 我不同意这一点。 (3) disagree / disagreement为agree / agreement的反义词，意为“不同意”。
I don't think they will agree ______ you ______ this point.
A. with; to
B. to; on
C. with; on
D. on; with C 根据句子的意思可知，第一空“同意某人(的观点)等”；第二空“在某一点上达成一致”。 4、 toy with sth. 戏弄，摆弄(＝play with) ◆Please listen to the teacher carefully and don't keep toying with your pen.
请认真听讲，不要总是摆弄你的钢笔。 ◆If mankind toys with nature in this way, we may be on our way to producing a reallife monster.
如果人类用这种方式戏弄自然，我们就离生产现实版的魔鬼不远了。 4、 push ahead/forward with 毅然推行(计划，改革等) ◆The government is pushing ahead with the new reform policy.
政府正毅然推行政策改革。 ahead of
①在……前面；先于
ahead of time 提前 He finished his work ahead of the others. 他比别人先完成了工作。 ②领先；超过 She was well ahead of the rest of the class. 她在班上名列前茅。 go ahead 向前走；先走；(口语)请吧 — May I use the telephone? ——我可以用一下电话吗？ — Sure, go ahead. ——当然可以，请用吧。 M5·Unit 3
Science and nature（1） 1、 adopt vt. 收养；采用 ◆She adopted a child whose parents were dead.
她收养了一个父母双亡的孩子。
◆The government decided to adopt the plan.
政府决定采纳这个计划。
◆We adopted several measures to deal with the disease.
我们采取了一些措施来对付这种疾病。
adoption n. 采纳，采用，收养 adopted adj. 领养的，采纳的 adapt 改编；使适应 用adopt或adapt的适当形式完成句子 ①Our school ____________ a new teaching method lately.
②They are not my real parents; I am ________. ③He tried hard to ________ himself to the new conditions. ④Since the ________ of the new working method, production has gone up. ①has adopted/adopted ②adopted ③adapt ④adoption 2、 exact adj. 确切的，精确的； 精确无误的，精密的 ◆It was difficult to tell her exact age.
很难看出她的准确年龄。 ◆She is in her midthirties — thirtysix to be exact.
她三十五六，准确地说是36岁。 ◆The scholar is an exact thinker.
这位学者思维缜密。 exactly adv. 准确地 ◆You haven't changed at all — you still look exactly the same.
你一点也没变，还是和从前一模一样。 exactly speaking＝to speak it exactly 准确地说 ◆Exactly speaking, I really don't like cloning.
准确地说，我不喜欢克隆。 类似的还有：strictly speaking, frankly speaking, honestly speaking, broadly speaking等。 3、 favour ①n. 帮助，恩惠；赞同，支持；偏袒，偏爱 ◆Could you do me a favour and pick up Tom from school tomorrow? 明天你能帮我个忙去学校接汤姆吗？ ◆The suggestion of closing the factory has found favour with many local people. 关闭这个工厂的建议已经得到许多当地人的支持。 ◆As a mother, she showed no favour to any child. 作为母亲，她没有偏袒任何一个孩子。 3、 favour ②v. 较喜欢，选择；优惠，特别照顾，偏袒；有助于，有利于 ◆Our teacher favours Mary. 我们的老师偏爱玛丽。 ◆Fortune favours the brave. 幸运眷顾勇者。
◆The warm climate favours many types of tropical plants. 温暖的气候对多种热带植物有利。
favourable adj. 有利的；给人印象好的；赞同的，支持的；优惠的 favourite adj. 特别受喜爱的 n. 特别喜爱的人或事；得到偏爱的人 in favour (of sth./sb. ) 支持，赞同 in sb.'s favour 对某人有利 ask a favour of sb. 请某人帮个忙 do sb. a favour帮某人一个忙 I am all in favor of equal pay for equal work. 我完全赞成同工同酬。 用favour的适当形式翻译下列各句。 ①你偏爱哪个颜色？
________________________________________________________________________ ①Which colour do you favour? / What is your favourite colour?
②学生赞成改革。 ________________________________________________________________________ ②The students were in favour of reform.
③他将这视为极大的恩惠。 ________________________________________________________________________ ③He regards this as a very favour. ④谁是你特别喜欢的作家？ _______________________________________________________________________ ④Who is your favourite writer? 4、 anxiety n. ①焦虑，挂念 [U] [C][(＋about/for)]
◆The mother was filled with anxiety about her daughter's health.
母亲为女儿的健康忧心忡忡。 ②焦虑的原因；令人焦虑之事 [C][(＋to)] ◆That is a great anxiety to me.
那是一件使我深感焦虑的事情。 ③渴望 [C][(＋for)][＋tov.] ◆Their anxiety to go was obvious.
他们想去的急切心情是显而易见的。 anxious adj. 焦虑的，挂念的(＋about/at/for) 对……感到焦虑 I'm anxious about her safety. 我对她的安全担心。
The week of the flood was an anxious time for all of us.
闹水灾的那一星期是使我们大家都焦虑不安的日子。
4、 intention 目的；企图；意图 ◆I have no intention of disclosing (打探) your privacy.
我不想打探你的隐私。 ◆It is our intention(purpose, aim)
to help the poor children who can't afford their education.
我的本意是帮助那些不能够支付教育费用的贫困儿童。 ◆He has decided to go abroad to study with the intention of improving his English and finding a better job when he returns.
他抱着提高英语，回来后找一份更好的工作的念头而决定出国学习。 ◆We helped him with good intentions.
我出于好意帮助他。 intend vt. 想要；打算 6、 legal
adj. ①与法律有关的，法律的 ◆I want to choose legal profession if I am accepted by the university.
如果我被大学录取了，我想要选择法律专业。 ◆If our interests are endangered, we had better take/seek legal advice.
如果我们的利益受到威胁时，我们最好寻找法律咨询。 ②法律允许的，合法的 Cloning human embryos is not legal (illegal) in many countries.在许多国家克隆人类胚胎是违法的。
legally. adv. 合法地 illegal adj. 非法的 6、 consequence n. ①[C]结果，后果后接(for) sb./sth.
◆Nobody can tell what the consequences may be.
没有人能说出可能的后果。 ②[C]重要(性), 重大 ◆This matter is of great consequence to all of us.
对于我们来说这件事非常重要。
as a consequence 所以，因此 as a consequence of 因为 as a result 所以，因此 as a result of 因为
Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional ______.
A. consequence
B. independence
C. competence
D. intelligence C 句意为：教师必须不断更新知识来保持他们的专业能力。consequence 后果；结果； independence 独立； competence 能力，技能； intelligence 智力，才智。 8、 majority n. 大多数，大部分，多数票 ◆The majority were / was against the plan.
多数人不赞成这个计划。 ◆The resolution was passed by a large majority.
这个决议以多数票通过。
1.一般可以说： the majority of the books / eggs / people 等， 不可以说：the majority of the milk / land / time等； 2.majority作主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数；若强调团体中的个体，谓语动词用复数；majority构成的the majority of短语后面可以接单数或复数名词，其谓语与该名词的数保持一致。 ◆The majority of criminals are young people.
大部分的罪犯是年轻人。 the majority of sb./sth. 指多数人/物，大部分人/物。 the majority of the woman / people。
a majority of 指(投票时的)多数。 The party I support has won by a majority of 264 votes (投票). / The bill (议案) was carried by a majority of 34 (301 to 267).
1、 in general / generally speaking
一般来说，从整体上讲 ◆It's true that he sometimes doesn't obey the rules, but in general, he is a promising boy.
他确实有时不守规矩，但从整体上来说，他是个很有前程的孩子。 ◆In general, the more expensive something is, the better the quality is.
一般来讲，某件东西越贵，它的质量就越好。 英语中in ＋ (抽象)名词，常相当于该名词的副词意义的短语还有：in silence 安静地； in comfort 舒服地； in particular 尤其； in public 公开地； in earnest 认真地。 2、praise sb. for… 因……而赞扬某人 ◆The Secretary of the United Nations praised China for its quick reaction in case of emergency.
联合国秘书长表扬了中国在紧急情况下的快速反应。 ◆Newman was praised for his excellent performance in the game.
由于在比赛中表现出色，Newman 受到了表扬。 【注意】in praise of… 赞扬，表扬…… ◆They organized a class meeting in praise of his heroic deeds.
他们组织了一次班会以表扬他的英勇事迹。 (1) 英语中for可以与许多词连用，表示原因，“因……而……”，如：thank…for…， excuse…for…， forgive…for…， apologize to sb. for…， criticize…for…， scold…for… (2) 英语中in ＋ n. ＋of结构的短语还有in honor of, in favor of, in need of, in want of, in celebration of等。