Unit One
Tales of the unexplained(一)
【单元重点词汇】
1.occur vi.__________________
2.villager n
3.discount n________________
4.human being n.
5.laughter n_________________
6.link vt.&n._______________
7.appropriate adj._____________
8.________________
vi.应在(某处);适应
vt.&vi.&n.攻击;进攻
10.______________编造,捏造,杜撰;构成
1 n.(一)打;十二个;十来个vt.不予考虑;解雇;解散
1 take charge of _____________________
2.belong to___________________
3 show up__________________________
4.look into___________________
5.step up___________________________
6.make up____________________
7.make one’s way to____________________
【单元重点句式】
1.Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10.45 p.m.
目击者也说,当晚10点45分他们看见贾斯廷朝自己家的方向走去。
2.Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.
1 puzzled adj.困惑的,茫然的
be puzzled about对……迷惑
puzzle n.谜;疑问;v.迷惑;使困惑
be in a puzzle不知如何是好
puzzle over/about苦思冥想
People are puzzled about the situation in Thailand.
人们对泰国的局势感到迷茫。
This morning,when I was walking on the street,I saw that two travelers were reading a map,looking puzzled.
今天早晨,当我在街上走的时候,我看到两个旅行者正在看一份地图,看上去很困惑。(北京·情景作文)
2 assume vt.假定设;认为
[应试指导] assuming, suppose, supposing, provided, providing,given等用作连词引导条件状语从句
assume sb./sth.to be...认为某人事……
assuming that...假设……引导条件状语从句
It is assumed that...人们认为……
assumption n.假定;设想;承担;掌握
on the assumption that...假定……
Let us assume it to be true.
让我们假定这是真实的。
It is generally assumed that stress is caused by too much work.
普遍认为,压力系工作过重所致。
3 occur vi.发生happen;存在exist;出现;想法产生come into one’s mind
[多词一义] occur,happen,come about,take place
sth.occurs to sb.某人突然想起……;某人发生某事
It occurs to sb.that.../to do...某人突然想起……
Didn’t it occur to you that he was lying?
你当时没想到他在撒谎吗?
The crash occurred only minutes after the plane took off.空难在飞机起飞几分钟后就发生了。
思考表示“某人想起……”的短语还有:
_______________________________________________________________________________
[夯实基础]
用puzzle的适当形式填空
He looked a little _______.
②His letter poses a number of ________ questions.
③I am ___________ about what he said
(2)If there wasn’t the hard work of the dustbin,can you imagine what our environment will be like?
(用assuming和can you imagine作插入语改写句子)
()People assume that what they do has little effect on the environment.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(用it作形式主语改写句子)
我想起了一个主意。(一句多译)
An idea ________________________________ me.
②An idea_____________________ my mind.
③I__________________________ an idea.
【拓展演练】
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.The present situation is
,and we are all
about what will happen in the days to come.
A.puzzled;puzzling
B.puzzling;puzzled
C.puzzling;puzzling
D.puzzled;puzzled
2.145 people were missing
the crash of the French Airbus.
A.in spite of
B.along with
C.due to
D.rather than
3.I’ll go to American to strengthen my English
it isn’t too expensive.
A.except
B.provided
C.assumed
D.unless
4.To make members of a team perform better,the trainer first of all has to know their
and weaknesses.
A.strengths
B.benefits
C.techniques
D.values
5.It took us several hours to make the old man
of the safety of traveling by air.
A.believed
B.convinced
C.reminded
D.persuaded
6.—Mary’s been offered a job in a university,but she doesn’t want to take it.
—
?It’s a very good chance.(2017·天津,4)
A.Guess what
B.So what
C.Who cares
D.But why
7.—Is Bob still performing?
—I’m afraid not.He is said
the stage already as he has become an official.
A.to have left
B.to leave
C.to have been left
D.to be left
8.
small,the company has about 1,000 buyers in over 30 countries.(2017·天津,5)
A.As
B.If
C.Although
D.Once
9.Practicing Chinese kung fu can not only
one’s strength,but also develop one’s character.
A.bring up
B.take up
C.build up
D.pull up
10.It suddenly occurred to him
he had left his keys in the office.(2017·江西,25)
A.whether
B.where
C.which
D.that
.写作素材(关于未解之谜)
提示:黑体部分用本单元词汇表达,并且请使用there exists...结构。
35.世界上存在着很多神秘的事情。
36.最近几年,有些人目睹了类似UFO的东西。
37.事实上,存在很多难以解释的、令人困惑的,甚至令人惊奇的现象。
38.人们相信有外空间生物存在的可能性。
39.需要人们做出调查。
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