选修七unit1 language points

1.disabledadj.伤残的thedisabled表示“残疾人；伤残者”。如:Herlatestbookdiscussestheproblemsofthedisabled.她的新书论述残疾人的问题。Languagepoints[联想]disabilityn.伤残；无能；无力unableadj.不能的；不会的[小试]用disable,disabled,disability和unable的正确形式填空。1.Peoplecometoagreethatthe_______shouldalsobetreatedwithrespect.2.Peoplewith__________shouldnotbelookeddownupon.3.Hecamefromapoorfamilyandwas_______toaffordsoexpensiveaflat.4.Theunexpectedaccident_______herfromundertakingheavywork.disableddisableddisabilitiesunable2.trytodosth.与trydoingsth.trydoingsth.意为试着做某事,而trytodosth.意为努力做某事3.proudbeproudofsth.beproudtodobeproudthat作为歌手我很骄傲。Ifeelveryproudtobeasinger.Heisproudthatheisanexcellentteacher.4.Inotherwords,therearenotmanypeoplelikeme.换句话说,像我这样的人并不多。inotherwords意为“换句话说”inword在口头上inwords用言语来表达ina/oneword简言之,总之[考例]Yourperformanceinthedrivingtestdidn’treachtherequiredstandard—______,youfailed.(NMET1999)A.intheendB.afterallC.inotherwordsD.atthesametime[点拨]根据句中的“didn’treachtherequiredstandard”和“youfailed”，可知是“换句话说”，故选C。intheend最终，最后；afterall毕竟,终究；atthesametime同时。5.adapt(oneself)to使（某人自己）适合，如：WhenwemovedtoFrance,thechildrenadaptedtothechangeveryquickly.我们搬到法国后,孩子们很快就适应了这个变化。adapt...from...从......选取/改编Theplayisadaptedfromanovel.这部电视剧是由小说改编而成的。WhenhemovedtoCanada,thechildren__________________________（很能适应变化）adaptedtothechangeverywell.•adapt:指修改或改变以适应新条件•adjust:多指“调整,调节”使之适应•fit:多指“大小适合”，引申为“吻合”•suit:多指“合乎要求、口味、性格、情况”•match:指“大小、色调、形状、性质”等相配或相称辨析:adapt,adjust,fit,suit,match1).Youcan’tseethroughthetelescopeuntilitis________toyoureyes.2).Theshoes___mewell.3).Aredjacketdoesn’t______greentrousers.4).Nodish______alltastes.5).Youshould______yourselftothenewenvironment.adjustedfitmatchsuitsadaptExercise6.Mymottois:liveonedayatatime.我的座右铭是:一次活一天。attimes有时atonetime以前，曾经intimeof在......的时候innotime很快7.Iusedtoclimbtrees,swimandplayfootball.我过去常常爬树、游泳和踢足球。usedto表示过去经常的或持续的行为,现在已经不再发生。常用助动词did帮助构成否定句和疑问句。也可用usedn’t构成否定。usedto与wouldusedto指过去的状况,也可指习惯,现在并非如此，而would多指过去动作的反复,与现在无关。Hewouldgototheparkassoonashewasfree.Heusedtobeanaughtyboy.usedtodo,beusedtosth./doingsth.和beusedtodousedto表示过去经常发生的动作或存在的状态，但现在已不再发生或存在。beusedtosth./doingsth.表示“习惯于”beusedtosth.意为“被用来做某事”9.nearlyadv.1)almost差不多差不多两点了。it’snearlytwoo’clock.2)closely密切的Thematterconcernsmenearly.这件事和我密切相关。nearly与almost：二者意义相近,肯定句中可以换用。一般almost的差距比nearly要小。另外almost可用never,no,none,nothing,nobody等否定词连用,notnearly是“远不如”的意思。10.outofbreath上气不接下气关于breath的短语：aboveone’sbreath高声地catchone’sbreath喘息，屏息getone’sbreathagain恢复常态wasteone’sbreath白费口舌takebreath歇口气holdone’sbreath屏息11.accept与receiveaccept“接受,接纳”,指经过考虑,由主观意志来决定接受,动作者本身是主动的。receive“接到,收到”,指客观上收到。Hereceivedmanylettersyesterday.Iacceptedhisapologies.12.allinall总的来说Hehashisfaults,butallinallheisanhonestman.他有自己的缺点,但总体上看他还是诚实的。与all有关的短语：aboveall首先afterall毕竟allalone独自allatonce突然alltold总共forall尽管atall根本不,一点也不13.sitaround/about闲坐着Theirschoollifeisquiterelaxedandtheyhavetimetositaroundandgossip.他们的学校生活很轻松,还有时间坐在那里闲聊。