高中英语必修四Unit3 Language-points in reading

...anduptonownobodyhasbeenabletodothisbetterthanCharlieChaplin.句中uptonow=uptillnow,表示“到现在为止”,常与现在完成时连用。如：Ihaven’tgotanylettersfromhimup

to

now.直到现在我还没收到过他的信。

LanguagePointsHerlifehasrunsmoothlyuptonow.她的生活到目前仍一帆风顺。【拓展】up

to达到……程度或数量be

up

to

sth能胜任某事;忙于某事或从事于某事be

up

to

sb该由某人做出决定;取决于某人

2.brightadj.明亮/阳光/生动/聪明/有前途的

brightenvt.使变亮,使生辉Hebrightened(up)whenheheardthegoodnews.

他听到这个好消息时喜形於色。Thesky/weatherisbrightening.

天空/天气转晴。

brightnessn.光亮/明亮/聪明3…sotheycouldfeelmorecontent

with

theirlives.1)content

adj.满足;满意;知足

常见搭配:

be

content

with

sth.

be

content

to

do

sth.

如：Areyoucontent

withyourpresentsalary?你对你现在的工资待遇满意吗？Sheisquitecontent

to

stayathomelookingafterherchildren.她呆在家里照顾孩子感到非常知足。inbetweenadv.在中间一个城镇连接另一个城镇,两者之间有一条路。Onetownendswherethenextbeginsandthere’saroadinbetween.今天下午我们有两节课,课间有些休息时间。Wehavetwolessonsthisafternoon,butthere’ssometimeforrestinbetween.区别:content;contented;satisfiedcontent与contented意思接近,指“虽然各种愿望没有实现,但人安于现状不再多求”,content一般作表语,而contented一般作定语;satisfied指“愿望、渴望或需求都得到了满足,因而心满意足了”。Shehasacontented

look.她显得满意的样子。2)content

n.所含之物,内容

如：IlikethestyleofthebookbutIdon’tlikethecontent.我喜欢这本书的文体,但我不喜欢它的内容。Wesatthere,______withwhatwelistenedto.satisfyingB.tosatisfyC.contentedD.content解析:本题考查动词用法。satisfied表示“感到满意的”,把A、B两项排除;content既是形容词,又是动词,becontentwith对……满足。D

3)content

vt.使满足(+with)e.g.Heranswerseemedtocontenthim.

她的回答好像令他满意。

3.NotthatCharlie’sownlifewaseasy!卓别林自己的生活并没有那么容易！

本句为not构成的倒装句。that为副词,修饰形容词easy。

在英语中,有时为了强调某一成分而将具有否定意义的副词置于句首构成倒装句,这样的副词有not,never,seldom,little,few等。本句可转换为:

Charlie’sownlifewasnotthateasy!又如：Onlyinthecountrycanyoulearnthe“trueEnglish”.

NeverhaveIseensuchaperformance.Nowherewillyoufindtheanswertothisquestion.Not

untilthechildfellasleepdidthemotherleavetheroom.

4.Youmayfindit

astonishing

thatCharliewastaughttosingassoonashecouldspeakanddanceassoonashecouldwalk.令人感到震惊的是,当查理会说话和走路的时候就被教唱歌和跳舞。1)it在句中作形式宾语,动词不定式tosee…theroad才是真正的宾语。当动词不定式作句子的宾语,同时有一个形容词同宾语在一起时，常用it作形式宾语。如：

I’llmakeitmybusinesstohelpher.

我会把帮助她作为我的责任。

Doyouconsideritwisetotellthemaboutit?2)astonish:v.

使(某人)吃惊,震惊,比surprise的语气要强。如:Theearthquakeastonishedme.地震使我惊慌失措。be

astonished

吃惊如：Shewas

astonishedtofindhewasdrunk.发现他喝醉了,她很吃惊。Iwas

astonished

at/bythenews.这消息使我大吃一惊。toone’sastonishment

令…惊异的是…To

our

astonishmentthesmallboyswamacrosstheriver.

令我们惊奇的是那小男孩居然游过了那条河。astonishing

adj.令人吃惊的

anastonishing

remark惊人之语astonishment

n.惊异;惊愕;惊奇in

astonishment

愕然,吃惊地如：Shestaredatmeinastonishment.她吃惊地瞪着我。5.Unfortunatelyhisfatherdied,leavingthefamilyevenworseoff

…worse

off:adj.(情况)更糟糕的,更贫困的Markhaslosthisjobandisworseoffthanever.

马克的工作丢了,情况比以前更糟。better

off

情况更好Hewillbebetter

offinhospital.

他住院留医的话,病情定会好转。I’veonlybrokenmyarm;otherpatientsarefarworseoffthanme.我只是胳膊折了,其他病人比我严重得多。Tomhaslosthisjobandisworse

offthanever.汤姆的工作丢了,情况比以前更糟。【拓展】badly

off

穷的;缺少的well

off

富有的7.Noonewaseverboredwatchinghim—hissubtleactingmadeeverythingentertaining.entertaining

adj.表示“使人快乐的;有趣的”Hetoldusanentertainingstoryyesterday.昨天他给我们讲了一个有趣的故事。Filmsshouldbeentertaining.【拓展】entertain

v.使感兴趣;使娱乐;招待entertainment

n.娱乐;款待;招待entertainer

n.(娱乐节目的)表演者

7.borev.使厌烦n.讨厌的人/麻烦事

Heboredusallbytalkingforhoursabouthisnewhouse.

boredadj.厌烦的，无聊的

boringadj.令人厌烦的

beboredwith…厌烦做...1.Thechildrenquicklygot/were_______withstayingindoors.2.Therewasa________expressiononherface.3.The________eveningmadethemall_______.boredboredboringbored11.Astimewentby…=Withtimegoingbyasconj.+句子：随着Asspringwarmsthegoodearth,allflowersbegintobloom.withprep.+（复合）宾语Weatherchangeswithseasons.goby

①(时间)过去，逝去②从……经过③遵循，以……来判断Astimegoesby,mymemoryseemstogetworse.Didyouseeaboygobyonabicycle?That’sagoodruletogoby.8.…becauseknownthroughouttheworld.throughout

prep.1)(表示地区)遍及,整个如：Thecompanyhasbranchesthroughoutthecountry.这家公司的分店遍及全国。2)(表示时间)整个,从头到尾如：Itrainedthroughouttheday.雨下了一整天。Heledapoorlifethroughouthislife.他一生过着穷苦的生活。throughout

adv.1)整个地,在所有各处,全部

e.g.Thehillwasgreenthroughout.那座山整个都是绿的。2)自始至终,到最后如：Sheremainedsilentthroughout.她从头到尾都保持沉默。9.Thetramp,apoor,

homeless

manwithamoustache,worelargetrousers,worn-out

shoes...1)homeless

adj.无家可归的

-less是表示否定意义的形容词后缀,加在某些名词的后面构成否定意义的形容词,类似的如：helpless无力的;无计可施的;无助的;无依无靠的careless粗心的;轻率的childless没有儿女的harmless无害的;无损害的;没有恶意的;无邪的ceaseless不断的;不停的countless

数不尽的;无数的tireless

不会疲倦的;不知疲倦的,不休止的2)worn-outadj.(衣类、机器等)磨破的;磨损的;用旧的如：

worn-outshoes穿旧的鞋精疲力尽的;憔悴的(一般不用在名词前)如：

Shelooksworn-out.

她看起来憔悴不堪。10.Thischaracterwasasocialfailurebutwaslovedforhisoptimismanddeterminationtoovercomealldifficulties.这个角色是社会生活中的失败者,但他的乐观精神和战胜困难的决心使他受到人们的喜爱。本句为but连接的并列句,but后的分句承前省略了主语thischaracter;toovercomealldifficulties为动词不定式短语作定语,修饰determination。本句可理解为:Thischaracterwasnotasuccessfulpersoninsociallife,butpeoplelovedhimbecauseofhisoptimismanddeterminationtoovercomealldifficulties.failure:

n.失败;失败者Theplaywasadeadfailure.

这场戏完全失败了。overcomev.(overcame,overcome)战胜;克服Therewillbenodifficultyintheworldthattheycannotovercome.

世界上任何困难他们都可以克服。11.Charliefirstpickedoutthelacesandeatsthemasiftheyarespaghetti.pick

out:

挑出;辨别出Myfatherhelpedmepick

outanewbook.

我父亲帮我选了一本新书。与pick有关的短语:pick

off摘取pick

oneself

up(倒下的人)站起来pick

up拾起,(车,船)搭载客人,驾车去接(人),接收(信号,广播、电视节目),学会(语言)pick

up

with在偶然机会认识(人)Thispicturewastakenalongtimeago.Iwonderifyoucan____myfather.(湖北2005)A.findoutB.pickoutC.lookoutD.speakoutBfindout(通过研究、努力)发现,找出；lookout向外看,当心,注意；speakout大声且清楚地说出。只有pickout意思合适。

12.Thenhecuts

offtheleathertopoftheshoeasifitwerethefineststeak.cut

off:

切断;断绝Astormcut

offpowertothewholeregion.

暴风雨切断了整个地区电力供应。Thetelevisionshowwascutoffbyaspecialnewsreport.电视节目被一条特别新闻报道打断了。Ihadmyhaircut

offandsoldit.我把头发剪掉卖了。Wewerecompletelycut

offfromtheoutsideworld.我们和外界完全隔绝了。【拓展】cut

across取捷径;走近路

cut

in插嘴cut

down减少;缩减

cut

up切碎cut

out切掉;割掉

cut

into

pieces切成碎片IwasjusttalkingtoMargaretwhenJackson_______.(湖南2005)A.cutinB.cutdownC.cutoutD.cutupAcutdown意为“砍倒”；cutout意为“剪掉;除去,省略,删去”;cutup意为“切碎”。Hewasinhospitalforsixmonths.Hefeltasifhewas______fromtheoutsideworld.A.cutoutB.cutoffC.cutupD.cutthrough解析:cutout意为“切下;删除”;cutoff意为“切断;使(人、城镇)孤立”;cutup意为“切碎”;cutthrough意为“穿越”;本句的意思是:他住院六个月感到似乎与外界隔绝了。B13.Heeatseachmouthfulwithgreatenjoyment.

他一口一口地嚼得津津有味。

Hetookamouthfulofthebittermedicineandmadeaface.他喝了一口苦药,做了个鬼脸。

IfeltsofullthatIcouldn’teatanothermouthful.

我太饱了,一口也吃不下了。

短语:

at

amouthful

一大口handful

一撮,一把

ahandfulofsand

一把沙子

cupful

一满杯

twocupfulsofmilk

两杯牛奶

spoonful

一匙;满匙twospoonfulsofsugar

两匙糖

houseful

满屋;一屋子

armful

(单臂或双臂)一抱之量

anarmfulofbooks

一抱的书14.Theactingissoconvincingthatitmakesyoubelievethatitisoneofthebestmealshehasevertasted!convincing用作形容词,在这里表示“使人信服的;令人心悦诚服的”。如：Hisanalyseswerealwayssoconvincing.他的分析总是那么令人信服。ThisisthemostconvincingevidencethatIcanfindtoprovemypoint.这是我所能找到的最令人信服的证据,以证明我的观点。【拓展】convince

vt．使相信;说服;使承认convinced

adj．

坚信不移的;有坚定信仰的convince

...of…使……确信……be

convinced

of确信;承认15.Chaplinproduced,directed,andwrotethemovieshe

starred

in.卓别林自制、自导、自编一些他自演的