重点单词讲解

1、1. wonder【点拨】wonder可作名词，意为“奇观；奇迹”时是可数名词。如：The Three Gorges Dam is a wonder of the world.【拓展】wonder还可作动词，意为“想知道”时用作及物动词，相当于want to know，后面常常跟由when，where，why等引导的宾语从句，从句的语序要用陈述句语序。如：The teacher wonders why the little girl doesnt like learning maths.【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。(1)那个国家有许多伟大的奇迹。That country h

2、as a lot of great _.(2)张先生想知道飞机什么时候起飞。Mr Zhang wonders _.2. discussion【点拨】discussion作名词，它是由动词discuss加后缀-ion而构成的，意为“讨论；商讨”。如：There will be a discussion about the differences between the two words in our class this afternoon.【运用】根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。How many students joined in the _(discuss) last Sunda

3、y?3. though【点拨】though作连词，意为“虽然；尽管”，常用来引导让步状语从句，从句可放在主句前或主句后，但不能与but或however出现在同一个句子中。如：Though he was tired, he went on working.Lucy often helps me with my English, though she is very busy.【运用】从题后所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(  )Grace is going to give much money to charity, _ she is not rich enough. (

4、2013 乌鲁木齐)A. if              B. unless        C. since          D. though4. reply【点拨】reply可作动词，意为“回答”。用作及物动词时，通常用于引出直接引语，也可接宾语从句；用作不及物动词时，如后面需要接宾语，要加介词to。如：Mary

5、 replied that she loved collecting stamps.David replied to his mothers letter this morning.【链接】answer作动词时，也有“回答”的意思，后面需要接宾语时，不加介词。如：Jenny couldnt answer the teachers question just now.【运用】根据句意从括号内选择恰当的单词填空。Mrs Green asked her son a question, but he didnt _(answer / reply) to her.5. nearly【点拨】nearly作

6、副词，意为“几乎；差不多”。 nearly前面可以用not来修饰，构成not nearly，意为“远非；绝不是”。如：I was nearly killed in the accident last week.He has 500 yuan, but that is not nearly enough for the trip.【运用】将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。(1)她差不多和你一样高了。_(2)天气绝没有上周那么暖和。_6. remain【点拨】(1)remain作不及物动词时，可表示“逗留”。如：How long are you going to remain here?They rema

7、ined in Beijing until June.(2)remain作不及物动词时，还可意为“留下”。如：After the wind, only some leaves remained. 【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。 (1)你准备待在乡下吗？Are you going to _?(2)五个苹果，拿走三个，还剩下两个。      Take three apples from five apples and _. 答案1. (1) wonders   (2) when the plane takes off 2. discussion3. D4. reply5. (1) She is nearly as ta