Units 3—4
重点单词
【1】 strengthen vi. & vt. 加强,增强
The gale continued to strengthen throughout the night.
整个晚上狂风越刮越猛。
在一些词后+en构成动词,如:
quicken, weaken, soften, harden, sharpen, broaden, widen等。
在一些词前加en构成动词,如:
enrich, enlarge, encourage, endanger, enable, ensure等。
用strength的适当形式填空
①Aerobic exercise __________ the hearts.
②The bridge needs to be __________.
③His objections only __________ my resolve to open my own company.
①strengths
②strengthened
③strengthened
【2】 conclusion n. 结论;结束
Your information is inaccurate, and therefore your conclusion is wrong.
你的信息不准确,所以你的结论是错误的。
What conclusion did you come to?
你得出了什么结论?
bring sth. to an early conclusion 把事情早早地了结
bring…to conclusion 使……终结
draw a conclusion from 由……得出结论
reach/come to/arrive at a conclusion 得出结论
in conclusion 最后,在结束时
conclude v. 结束,完成
to be concluded 下期完结(用于杂志的连载文章等)
to conclude 总而言之,总之
①The police ______________________________ he was the criminal of the murder.
警察得出结论认为他是这桩凶杀案的凶手。
②The book ________________ a happy ending.
这本书以大团圆作为结局。
③He ________________________ with some amusing remarks.
他说了一些有趣的话结束他的演说。
①came to/arrived at the conclusion that
②concluded with
③concluded his speech
【3】 oppose vt. 反对;反抗
Father does not oppose the idea at all.
父亲丝毫不反对这个想法。
My mother is opposed to the new plan.
我妈妈是反对这个新计划的。
Many residents are opposed to the plan of building the motorway.
许多居民反对修建那条高速公路的计划。
oppose (doing) sth. 反对(做)某事
oppose to/against…反对……
be opposed to…反对……
opposite n. 相反,对面 adj. 相反的,对面的
opposition n. 反对,敌手,抵抗
No other deaf students had applied to a musical school before and some teachers ______ my admission.
A. supported
B. followed
C. required
D. opposed
D 从句子的前半部分看可知那样做引起了一些老师的反对。
【4】 possession n. 所有物;财产,所有,拥有 pl. 财产,财富
She was found in possession of dangerous drugs.
她被发现藏有危险药品。
According to facts in my possession, he can not possibly be guilty.
根据我所掌握的事实,他是不可能有罪的。
be in (the) possession of the House (议员)在辩论中获得发言权
come into the possession of sb. (=come into sb.'s possession) 被某人占有
come into possession of sth. 占有(获得)某物
get possession of 拿到,占有,占领
take possession of 获得,占有;购得;占据,占领
in one's/sb.'s possession (=in the possession of sb.) (某物)为某人所占有
Don't take the umbrella. It's ______ him.
A. in the possession of
B. in possession of
C. in the possessions of
D. in a possession of
A in the possession of (某物)为某人所有。
【5】
circumstance n. “环境,情形,情况”,常用复数形式,表明与某事件或某人有关的情况、环境、境况等。
I have told you the circumstances, so you must act accordingly.
我已将情况告诉你,所以你必须酌情处理。
in/under the circumstances 在这种情况下,由于情况如此
I wanted to leave quickly but under the circumstances(my uncle had just died) I decided to stay another night.
我本想快点离开,但在目前的情况下(我叔叔刚刚去世),我决定再呆一个晚上。
in/under no circumstances 意为“绝不”,相同意义的词组还有:in no way绝不;in no case 绝不;at no time 绝不;by no means 绝不
这些否定意义的短语用于句首时,要采用部分倒装。
Under no circumstances will I believe you.
无论什么情形,我都不会相信你。
At no time will China be a superpower.
中国绝不做超级大国。
By no means am I pleased with this behaviour.
我对这种行为丝毫不感到高兴。
①在这种情况下,不告诉他有关这次事故的情况似乎更好。
_________________________________
②你无论如何都不能借钱给保罗。
_________________________________
③她在那种情况下仍然把工作干得很出色。
__________________________________
①Under the circumstances, it seemed better not to tell him about the accident.
②Under no circumstances should you lend Paul any money.
③She did the job very well in the circumstances.
【6】 correspond vi. 通信;与……相当,一致;符合,常与介词to,with连用
If you correspond regularly, you won't be out of touch.
如果你们定期通信就不会失去联系。
The arms of a man correspond to the wings of a bird.
一个人的双臂相当于鸟的双翼。
The written record of our conversation doesn't correspond with what was actually said.
对我们交谈所作的文字记录与我们的原话不符。
correspondence n. 通信,信件;符合,一致;对应
correspondent n. 通讯记者
We've ______ each other for years but I've never actually met him.
A. written with
B. corresponded with
C. communicated to
D. competed with
B 句意:我们已互相通信多年了,可是我从未见过他本人。用correspond with表示“与……通信”;write 与to连用,表示“与……通信”; communicate与with连用;compete with与……竞争。
date back to/date from 追溯到,起源于;始自(某时期)。无被动式,通常用一般现在时态。
The temple dates back to the Ming Dynasty.
这座庙宇始建于明代。
My grandfather's hobby of collecting old coins dates from his childhood.
我祖父收集古币的嗜好是从孩提时代开始的。
①The Shaolin Temple, ______ has many legends and mysteries surround it, ______ AD 495.
A. which; dates back to
B. where; dates back to
C. which; dated back to
D. where; dated back to
②The building ______ Rome times has been rebuilt recently.
dates back to
B. date from
C. dating back to
D. dated from
①A 关系代词which引导一个定语从句,修饰temple。date back to通常用一般现在时态。
②C 分析句子结构可知这里要填的是非谓语动词;date from/date back to为主动形式表被动意义,故选C项。
【1】 Therefore, the next time you choose an outfit, you should not be arbitrary about what you pick.
因此,下次当你选择外套时,你不应该随心所欲地挑。
此处the next time 充当了时间状语从句的引导词,the next time you choose an outfit相当于when you choose an outfit next time。许多表时间的名词都可以用来引导时间状语从句,除the next time 之外,还有each time, the first time, the moment, the minute, the instant等。
He'd let me down more than once so the next time he asked me for a favour I gave him the brush-off.
他已不止一次为难我,因此下次他求我帮忙时,我也让他碰碰钉子。
The moment I heard the voice, I knew father was coming.
我一听声音,就知道是父亲来了。
①______ I toured Zhangjiajie, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
A. For the first time
B. At first
C. It was the first time
D. The first time
②I fell in ______ love with Amsterdam ______ very first time I visited the city. (2010南通期中)
A. /; the
B. /; a C. the; the
D. the; a
①D 句意:第一次我游张家界时,就被美丽的风景深深地吸引了。
②A fall in love with为固定短语;the first time+从句,相当于一个时间状语从句。
【2】 The son had left home to waste his time and money leading a life of luxury, but later mended his ways and came home.
儿子离开家,虚度光阴、挥霍金钱,过着奢华的生活。但后来改过自新,迷途知返。
句型中 to waste his time and money leading a life of luxury是不定式短语作目的状语,waste time/money (in) doing sth. 表示“浪费时间或金钱做某事”,与动词spend构成的句型相同。
Don't waste your time playing computer games. It is time that you made effort to study.
不要浪费时间玩电脑游戏了,该努力学习了。
My parents do not allow ______ time ______ nothing.
A. to waste; to do
B. wasting; to do
C. to waste; doing
D. wasting; doing
D 句意:我父母亲不允许浪费时间,无所事事。allow之后接动名词作宾语,waste的句型是waste time/money (in) doing sth., in可以省略。
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