Part 1 New words and expressions
1. equal v. 等于
A equals B與...相匹敵
None of us can equal her, either in beauty or intelligence.
___她才貌雙全,無人可比。
Mary is quite equal to John in brains.
___Mary 和John一樣聰明。_______
在何種情況下,一加一等于一?
When does one plus one equal one?
2.vicar n. 牧師 近義詞__ father, minister, priest __
3.raise vt. 募集,籌(款)
我們為紅十字會籌集了一筆五千鎊的資金。
__we raised five thousand pounds for the Red Cross.
請判斷下列句子中raise的含義:
This book raised my interest in the study of history.___提高興趣____
She raised her sister out of sleep.____叫醒_____
The old witch said she could raise the dead.____起死回生____
His words raised a blush on her cheeks.___臉紅___
I'd like to raise a new question before the meeting is over.____提出___
4. cause n.原因,事業
He found that damage to certain genes was a cause of cancer.
某些基因受損是癌癥的一個起因。(cause=reason)
A primary school teacher who gives his or her all to the cause of education is a precious asset.
一個全心投入教育事業的小學老師是難能可貴的。
他愿意把自己全身心都投入到共產主義事業。
He is willing to give his all to the communist cause.
5. have sth done 1).找某人來做某事have the church clock repaired
你通常在哪里剪頭發的?__Where do you often have your hair cut?
某人所遭受到的意外某種情況——主語必須是發出動作的人
He had his wallet stolen.
他又一次在打籃球時把腳踝搞骨折了。
He had his ankle broken again when he was playing basketball.
6. wake up with a start 驚醒 wake __woke___ ___waken___
Ted猛然驚醒過來,摸索著找電燈開關。(feel for)
Ted woke up with a start and felt for the light switch.
Ted woke up with a start, feeling for the light switch.(分詞作狀語)
7.strike (v)__ struck struck
He was struck by a heavy blow.___他被重重一拳打倒。_______
The big waves struck the rocks of the bank.____大浪拍擊著海岸邊的巖石。
The old tree was struck by lightning.____閃電把那棵老樹擊倒了。
Sun strikes him, warming him sleepy. 太陽照在他身上,暖洋洋的令其昏昏欲睡。
It strikes me that he's right a tough nut to crack.
他給我的印象是:他這個人不好對付。
My heart struck rapidly as I heard someone come in.
___當聽到有人進來時,心跳加速。______
The clock was striking the hours, loud enough to wake up the dead.
___那鐘敲打的聲音都能把死人叫醒了。
8. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.
1)be armed with sth--裝備著。。。
Those who teach the deaf and dumb must be armed with patience.
__那些教聾啞人的人必須充滿耐心。_____
2)分詞作伴隨狀語的用法:Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock,
1)主語一致 2)ed表被動,ing表主動 3)狀語可以表示:原因、結果、伴隨
把此兩句改寫成一般的狀語從句:
The vicar was armed with a torch, and he went up into....(基本版)
用現在分詞或過去分詞填空
1. Dina covered her face with her hand, __crying__ (cry).
2.Rain fell again, __making______(make) the streets impassable.
3.__Defeated____(defeat), he didn’t feel discouraged.
4._Standing____(stand) at the fire-place, the President listened to her carefully.
5.He waved his hand, __ interrupting ____(interrupt) our conversation.
6. ___ interrupted ___(interrupt) by his secretary, the VP was extremely unhappy.
7. Never__ seen __ (see) on the planet earth before, the stone may be from another planet.
8. The path is narrow and uneven, __ leading ____(lead) to the deep forest.
印刷術首先在中國發明,后來傳到了歐洲。
Printing was first invented in China, then it was introduced to Europe later.
最早在美國發現的這種病毒,很快傳布到了全世界。
First discovered in the US, the virus soon spreaded to the whole world.
從太空中看,地球是個非常美麗的藍色星球。
Looked/Seen/Observed from the space, the earth is a very b--blue planet.
他站在山頂,俯視著美麗的城市夜景。
He stood on the top of the hill, overlooking the b--city night view.=Standing on the top of the hill, he overlooked the ...
我坐在咖啡館,小口(sip)喝著卡布基諾,讀著雜志。
I sat in the coffee shop, sipping the Cappuccino and reading a magazine.
Sitting in the coffee shop, I was sipping the Cappuccino and reading a magazine.
9. figure:n 數字;人物;價格;(人的)體形;畫像
We cannot do business at your figure._ 我們不能以你們的價格成交。
Ms Hu, 56, is a rare figure in a state-controlled media sector. She encouraged investigative reporting, rejected advertorials and challenged censorship
56歲的胡女士是一位國家控制的媒體領域中很少見的一位人物:她贊成調查性的報告,拒絕廣告軟文,質疑審查制度。
Only 65% of Indian adults can read—a pitiful figure.
僅僅只有65%的印度成年人能夠閱讀——一個可憐的數字。
She always complains about her weight, but in my eyes, she has a beautiful figure and doesn't need to lose any weight.
_她總是抱怨自己的身材,但在我看來她身材很好,而且不需要減肥。
Figure skating consists of single skating(man and ladies), pairs sk-ating and ice dance.
花樣滑冰有單人滑、雙人滑、冰上舞蹈
10. You certainly did give me a surprise! 強調句用法復習
He went to Jenny's birthday party in his best suit last night.
五個部分分別強調:
強調he: It is/was he who went to J's bp in his best suit last night
強調went to: He did go to Jenny’s birthday party in his best suit last night.
強調Jenny's birthday party: It was/is J's BP that he went to in his best suit last night.
強調in his best suit: It is in his best suit that he went to JBP last night.
強調last night: It is last night that he went to JBP in his best suit.