unit 4 language points

1、Unit 4 Earthquake Reading Language points1 imagine vt.想象想象 认为某事可能发生或存在认为某事可能发生或存在 imagination n. 想象想象 imagine doing sth. 想象做某事想象做某事他是一个充满想象的人He is a man full of imagination.I cant imagine _around the world on foot.(travel)travelling2 right away 立刻 马上at onceimmediately我们必须马上开始这项工作We must begin the wo

2、rk right away.right nowin no timeshake sbs hand /shake hands with sb 握手握手/ shake ones head摇头摇头3.shake shook, shaken 摆动摆动 ,摇动摇动 I was shaking like a leaf (= very nervous) before my exam.He is He is shaking hands withshaking hands with Tim Tim4 rise vi. (指日月星辰等的指日月星辰等的)升起，上升升起，上升 rose risen n.增加增加 增长增

3、长 起伏起伏raise vt. 抬高抬高 提高提高 养育养育 饲养饲养e.g The sun rises at seven oclock.e.g He rose from his chair and began his speech.e.g There has been a sharp rise in the number of people out of work.e.g His job is raising chickens.Practice They _ their arms and waved to us with joy.A rose B raisedBsmelly : smell+

4、 y = adj. smell n./v (smelt/ smelled)5. A _ gas came _ _ the cracks.smellyout of n. + y adj.health + y healthywealth + y wealthywind + y windy6 burst vi.vt. burst burst 使某物爆炸，胀破，爆破burst in/into a room /building etc.突然进入（房间等）burst into sth.突然爆发burst out doing sth.突然开始做某事他没有敲门就突然进入房间e.g He burst into

5、the house without knocking.e.g The plane crashed and burst into flames.飞机坠毁起火了e.g All of them burst out laughing/crying /singing他们全都突然笑起来/哭起来/唱起来e.g All of them burst into laughter/tears/songburst into sth. = burst out doing 突然起来7 But the one million people of the city, who thought little of these e

6、vents, were asleep as usual that night.think little of these events 对这些情况几乎没有什么去考虑、没当一回事think little of think nothing of think badly/poorly /ill of think well/much / highly/a lot/ a great deal of 对看法不好，评价很低不重视，忽视认为没什么对重视 高度评价校长对你的进步评价很高e.g The headmaster thinks highly of your progress.e.g To tell yo

7、u the truth, I _ Tom, who is very lazy and never knows what to do .think poorly of 8 It seemed as if the world was at an end. 世界似乎到了末日。世界似乎到了末日。as if = as though 好像It seems/seemed as if sb/sth似乎没有人知道发生过什么事。e.g It seemed as if no one knew what had happened.看来这个问题没有解决的办法了。e.g It seemed as if there is

8、no solution to this problem.9. at an end:结束，终结（作表语）结束，终结（作表语） We were very happy when the work was at an end.Compare: at the end of by the end of in the endat the end of 用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它用于表示具体事物或场所的场合，它也可以用来表示比喻意也可以用来表示比喻意; by the end of 用于表示时间的场合，用于表示时间的场合，“到到结束结束的时候的时候”；in the end 意思意思“最后、终于最后、终于”

9、。 练习：练习：1) . His father will return home _ this year.2) . He will be a scientist _.3) . How many English words had you learned _ last term?at the end ofin the endby the end of10 In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.在可怕的15秒钟内，一座大城市就沉沦在一片废墟之中。lie lay lain 处于某种状态 躺，平躺，平卧 平放e.g The whol

10、e city has lain waste for many years.整个地区多年来一直荒芜在那里。e.g lie on your back/side/front 仰卧/侧卧/俯卧e.g Clothes were lying all over the floor.地板上到处都堆放着衣服。lie lied lied lying 说谎说谎 撒谎撒谎lie to sb. 对某人说谎tell a lie /lies 说谎别对我撒谎e.g Dont lie to me.e.g You could see from his face that he was lying.从他的表情上可以看出他在撒谎。1

11、0. lie 10. lie 与与laylay的区别的区别口诀口诀:规则的规则的“撒谎撒谎”，不规，不规则的则的“躺躺”，躺，躺过就过就“下蛋下蛋”。 (lie当当“说谎说谎”用，它的过去式用，它的过去式和过去分词都为和过去分词都为lied，而当，而当“躺躺”用时，它的过去用时，它的过去式为式为“下蛋下蛋”即即lay) 11分数的表示法分数的表示法分子分母基数词序数词分子大于一，分母用复数分子大于一，分母用复数三分之一三分之一one- third五分之三五分之三 three- fifthsTwo thirds of the land is covered by forest.One fifth

12、 of the students in this class are girls三分之二的地面为森林所覆盖三分之二的地面为森林所覆盖这个班里五分之一的学生是女生这个班里五分之一的学生是女生12 The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.the number of 的数量 谓语用单数a (great/large/small) number of 大量 谓语用复数e.g The number of tasks is fairly small this year.今年的任务量不多。e.g A g

13、reat number of people have written to express their support.许多人已书面表达了他们的支持。e.g The number of deaths _(have)risen to fifty.has我们要努力减少交通事故。博物馆每年要接待来自世界各地的许许多多的参观者。e.g We must try hard to reduce the number of traffic accidents.e.g This museum will receive a large number of visitors from all over the wo

14、rld every year.13. Thousands of families were killed and many children were left without parents.leftThousands of五万学生五万学生fifty thousand students数以万计的学生数以万计的学生 tens of thousands of students75%的人口的人口75% of the population四分之一的土地四分之一的土地one fourth of the landa quarter of the land one million Two-thirds O

15、ne-third Seventy-five percent Ninety percent Ten thousand One hundred and fifty thousand Half a million 90% 10,000 10,000,000 150,000 75% 1/3 500,000 2/3C CHHF FE EB BA AD DGG14. hurt injure wound 指肉体上，也可指精神上的指肉体上，也可指精神上的伤害也可为伤害也可为“疼痛，痛苦疼痛，痛苦”指由于意外或事故而受伤指由于意外或事故而受伤指外伤，如枪伤刀伤指外伤，如枪伤刀伤剑伤剑伤He fell off t

16、he bicycle and his arm.He got in the fighting.My knees and my feet hurt too.injuredwoundedhurt15. rescue n. 搭救；解救搭救；解救The rescue team reached the mines at once after the accident happened.v. 解救；救出解救；救出He rescued the man from drowning.15. trap trapped v. 困住困住They were trapped in the burning hotel. 不是

17、所有希望都破灭了。不是所有希望都破灭了。allnot = not all该句为部分否定该句为部分否定表示全部肯定的表达：表示全部肯定的表达： all, both, everyone, everybody, everything以及以及“every+名词名词”；表示全部否定：表示全部否定： no one, none, nobody, nothing, notany, 已以已以及及“no+名词名词” 但当但当not出现在含有表示全部肯定的不定代词的出现在含有表示全部肯定的不定代词的句子中，不管句子中，不管not在什么位置，都表示部分否定。在什么位置，都表示部分否定。 16 All hope was

18、 not lost.= Not all hope was lost.不是所有的孩子都被留下了。不是所有的孩子都被留下了。不是所有的孩子都吵闹。不是所有的孩子都吵闹。Not all the children are left.(= Only some of them left early.)Not all the children are noisy.(= Some of the children are not noisy.) All the students do not agree to the plan.= Not all the students agree to the plan.17. To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 people were rescued from the coal mines.To the north ofrescuedto/ on/ in Japan is _ the east of China. Taiwan is _ the southeast of China.