选修6unit2 words

1、Unit 2Useful words and expressions1. Others try to convey certain emotions. convey v. 表达；传达；运送 I cant convey how grateful I feel. I found it hard to convey my feelings in words. Please convey my best wishes to Mr. Li. A bus conveys the passengers from the train to the hotel.bring, carry, take, fetch

2、, get, convey, transport这这些动词均有些动词均有“带、拿、取带、拿、取”之意。之意。bring: 指从某处把人或物带到或拿到说话者所在指从某处把人或物带到或拿到说话者所在 的地点，强调方向，不着重方式。的地点，强调方向，不着重方式。carry: 指把物品从一个地方带到另一个地方，不指把物品从一个地方带到另一个地方，不 涉及方向，只强调方式。涉及方向，只强调方式。take: 指从说话人或说话人心目中所在处把某人或指从说话人或说话人心目中所在处把某人或 某物带离开，带到离说话者有一定距离的地某物带离开，带到离说话者有一定距离的地 方，与方，与bring的方向正相反，侧重方向

3、，不的方向正相反，侧重方向，不 着重方式。着重方式。fetch: 指一往一返，相当于指一往一返，相当于go and bring，去，去 取了东西或带人再返回到出发处。取了东西或带人再返回到出发处。get: 口语用词，与口语用词，与fetch基本同义，语气随便。基本同义，语气随便。convey: 指通过中间人传递信息，或以某种方指通过中间人传递信息，或以某种方 式把人或物送到目的地。式把人或物送到目的地。transport: 指使用车辆或机械设备把人或货物指使用车辆或机械设备把人或货物 从一处运载到另一处。从一处运载到另一处。2. The language is concrete but ima

4、ginative, and they delight small children concrete adj. 具体的，实在的；水泥的具体的，实在的；水泥的 n. 混领土混领土 Have you any concrete thoughts on how to deal with this difficulty? His plan is not yet concrete. That new concrete building is our office. This post is made of concrete.concrete, specific 这这两个形容词均含两个形容词均含“具具体体的

5、的”之意。之意。concrete: 指指通过指通过感官能看到通过指通过感官能看到、听、听 到到、触到的具体东西、触到的具体东西。其。其反义词是反义词是 abstract。specific: 侧重侧重指具体的细节指具体的细节，是与，是与general (一般的一般的)、vague (模糊的模糊的) 相对的相对的 具体。具体。delight 在句子中作动词，意思是在句子中作动词，意思是“ (使使)高兴，高兴，(使使)欣喜欣喜”。 He delighted the audience with his performance. She delights in her work. delight 作名词

6、意思是作名词意思是“高兴，快乐高兴，快乐” She clapped her hands in delight. He takes great delight in painting. To our delight, our football team won. 3. List poems have a flexible line length and repeated phrases which give both a pattern and a rhythm to the poem. flexible adj. 灵活的；可弯曲的；柔顺的灵活的；可弯曲的；柔顺的 Dancers need to

7、 be flexible. We need a foreign policy that is more flexible. The tube is flexible but tough. She has a flexible character.pattern n. 模式，式样，图案，典型模式，式样，图案，典型 Please cut out my overcoat according to this pattern. I dont like the pattern on the curtain. This hospital is a pattern of what a good hospita

8、l should be. 4. If we hadnt taken it easy, if为hadnt run out of energy. take it easy 轻松；不紧张；从容 Theres nothing serious; take it easy. I hope you learn to take it easy and not getangry at everyone. Take it easy. Well take care of everything. take your time 从容做，不慌不忙从容做，不慌不忙 It is better to take your tim

9、e at this job than to hurry and make mistakes. run out of = use up 用完；耗尽 We are running out of fuel. Were running out of our time. run out of 还可意为“从跑出” He was lucky enough to run out of the building when the earthquake happened.run out run out of 这两个短语都有这两个短语都有“用完用完”的意思，但用的意思，但用法不同。法不同。run out是不及物短语

10、，表示是不及物短语，表示“被用完；被耗尽；（人）把东西用完被用完；被耗尽；（人）把东西用完（或花光）（或花光）”，其主语通常是时间、金，其主语通常是时间、金钱、食物等无生命名；而钱、食物等无生命名；而run out of则是则是及物短语，表示主动，主语只能是人及物短语，表示主动，主语只能是人 。 The petrol is running out. = We are running out of petrol. Food supplies _ (已经吃完已经吃完) by the end of their last trip. 2. What if you were to _ (花完花完) mo

11、ney? What would you do? 3. They are _ (消耗尽消耗尽) oil and the plane has to land on the field.4. If we _ (没有用完没有用完) sugar, I wouldnt have gone to the shops. had run out run out of running out ofhadnt run out of Complete the sentences with run out or run out of.5. a poem made up of five lines. make up of

12、 由由 . 构成，由构成，由 . 组成组成 The Third World is made up of the developing countries. A cake is usually made up of sugar, eggs and flour. The United Kingdom is made up of Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.consist of 、make up of 、 compose of都可都可意为意为“由由构成构成”，区别在于：，区别在于：consist of不可用被动语态，而不可用被动语态，而

13、make up of和和 compose of 可以用被动语态。例如：可以用被动语态。例如： The house consists of 6 rooms. The medical team is made up of three doctors and a nurse. The book is composed of 25 units. Look at the two meanings for each word below. Choose the meaning that was used in the reading passage. Then make up a sentence wit

14、h the word having the same meaning.A: something that can bend or be bent easily B: person, plan etc that can change according to the situation A: to make jokes and laugh at someone in order to have fun B: to deliberately make an animal angry flexibleteaseendlessbranchconcrete A: very large amount or

15、 number B: something that seems to last forever A: a part of a tree that grows from the stem B: part of an organization A: definite and specific B: something used for building t h a t i s m a d e b y mixing sand, very small cement and water1. flexible Our plan is quite flexible.2. tease Dont take it

16、 seriously - hes only teasing. 3. endless The journey seemed endless.4. branch She reached up and picked a pear off a branch.5. concrete His plan is not yet concrete. Example sentences This poem doesnt _ (押韵押韵), which makes it difficult to recite. 2. Its very important for us to master sentence _ (句

17、型句型).3. The singer was deeply touched by the _ (热情热情) of the welcome she received. 4. You must practice each day for a _ (最低限度最低限度) of 30 minutes. I. Write the correct words.rhymepatterns warmth minimum 5. Most parents are willing to take their children to the _ (托儿所托儿所) where children are taken goo

18、d care of.6. Color is an important a_ to consider when choosing curtains.7. The book is popular with children, and has been t_ into five languages. nursery aspect translated 8. Dont take it seriously - hes only t_.9. Can you r_ the poem we learned yesterday afternoon without referring to the textboo

19、k?10. These buildings are made of c_ and steel. recite teasingconcreteII. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word. 1. Besides practical knowledge, a teacher is ready to provide his or her pupils with _ support.emotionaldread emotion repetition end translate warm2. Please _ what you are

20、required to do. I want you to know for sure before I take my leave. 3. Everyone would have screamed if they had noticed a snake crawling in. What a _ scene!dreadfulrepeatdread emotion repetition end translate warm4. I always enjoyed my English lessons at college, for I could sense the encouragement

21、from the teacher as well as the _which was conveyed by her words.warmthdread emotion repetition end translate warm5. I think her _of the article is much better than his.6. Her _ patience made her the best nurse in the hospital. translationendlessdread emotion repetition end translate warmA poem can

22、mean very different things to different readers, and all of these meanings may be different from what the author thought he _. For instance, the author may have been writing about a personal experience he thought quite _ to anything outside; yet for the reader the poem may become the _ of a general

23、situation, or connect to some private experiences of his own. express differ from due to mean unrelated be aware ofIII. Complete the article with words or phrases in their correct forms.meant unrelated expression A readers interpretation may _ the authors, yet be equally convincing, or even better. A poem may contain much more than the author _. Different interpretations of one poem are often _ the fact that poems mean much more than the ordinary things we say. express differ from due to mean unrelated be aware of differ from was aware of due to 1. H