牛津高中英语模块5Unit2词语

1、词语讲解figure可作动词和名词。作动词的含义有“计算”、“认为，认定”、“出现”等；作名词时为可数名词，意为“数字”、“算术”、“(重要的)人物，人士”、“轮廓，人影”、“身材，体形，身段”“(书中的)图，表”、“图形”、“(绘画或故事中的)人，动物”等。拓展 和figure相关的短语：figure out 算出；理解，明白figure on 指望，信赖； 计划，打算keep ones figure 保持身材苗条debate测试 单项填空。1. They _ about the plan for half an hour at the meeting and didnt reach an

2、agreement in the end.A. debated B. debate C. settled D. settle2. She _ that she should go.A. discussed B. argued C. debated D. voiced讲解 debate可用作动词和名词，意为“辩论、争论、考虑”等。 作及物动词时，后可接名词、代词、动名词，以及whether, where等引导的不定式或从句，不接that引导的名词性从句。如：He was debating whether to go for a walk or to visit a friend.他在考虑去散步还

3、是去访友。They are debating whether to take necessary actions against environmental pollution or not. 他们正在对是否采取必要措施防止环境污染展开讨论。 作不及物动词和名词C, U时，常和on, about, over等介词连用。如：We have been debating about current affairs. 我们最近正在就时事问题进行辩论。A fierce debate on the tax cut was going on. 1 / 3一场围绕着减税的讨论正在激烈进行中。Their fin

4、dings have failed to stop the debate over how best to treat the disease. 他们的发现并没有阻止有关该病症最佳治疗方案的争论。通过以上讲解可知，例题1应选A；例题2应选B。拓展 debater n. 参加讨论者，争论者debatable adj. 有争议的辨析 argue, debate, discuss, quarrel都含有“争论”之意，它们之间的区别在于：argue指一方坚持自己的意见、立场和观点,通过争论企图说服对方(argue with sb. about / over sth.)；debate多指公开的、在正式场

5、合举行的辩论或严肃的争论,双方各自陈述理由，交锋、往返的意味较强； discuss指为了解决问题或弄清对方的观点而进行的讨论、磋商； quarrel争吵、争论，含与人发生口角的意思。 disappoint vt. 使失望 I am sorry to disappoint you, but I cannot go. 很抱歉让你失望，但我不能去。 The book has disappointed me. 这本书使我失望。disappoint常和hopes、expectations连用，表示“破坏（计划）、使（希望）落空”。如： Im sorry to disappoint your hopes.

6、 害得你的希望落空，真抱歉。拓展 disappoint的名词是disappointment，形容词是disappointed (感到) 失望的和disappointing令人失望的。如：To my disappointment, he did not come. 令我失望的是他没有来。What disappointing news it is! 多令人扫兴的消息！ I was so disappointed when I heard that you could not come. 听说你不能来，我很失望。shame表示“羞愧、惭愧”时是不可数名词，表示“令人惋惜的事、令人遗憾的事”时是可数名

7、词。如：He hung his head in shame. 他羞愧地低下了头。She felt shame after she told the lie. 她撒谎后感到很羞愧。拓展 1. 与shame相关的句型和短语：What a shame! 真遗憾! 真可惜! 真不象话!to ones shame 令感到惭愧的是2. shameful和ashamed是shame派生出的两个形容词。shameful意为“可耻的”，用于物。如：I think his behavior was absolutely shameful.ashamed意为“感到羞愧/惭愧的”，用于人，后接of短语、不定式或that从句。如：He is ashamed of his fo