21 unit 1泛读技能初养成

Unit

1 Laugh

out

loud!泛读技能初养成232．According

to

the

passage，Lin

Yutang

compared

the

presidentto

.A．the

manC．the

lionB．the

emperorD．the

tiger43．Which

is

not

the

function

of

humour

according

to

the

passage?It

can

entertain

people.It

can

make

living

and

working

with

others

easier.It

can

make

people

famous.It

can

bring

individuals

together.[答案]

1－3

CBC56[例

2] What

essential

piece

of

clothing

would

you

take?你会带哪件必不可少的衣服呢？7[知识拓展]be

essential

for/to...

对……来说是必要的It

is

essential

that...(should)

do...做……是必要的It

is

essential

(for

sb.)

to

do

sth.(某人)做某事是必要的8[即学即练]

单句语法填空(not

delay)②It's

essential

that

the

project

shouldanyfurther.①It's

essential

for

an

officer

to

have

that

respect.not

be

delayed9知识要点2(教材P5)make

sense

有意义；有道理；讲得通If

you

take

away

the

clauses，do

the

sentences

still

makesense?如果去掉从句，句子还能讲得通吗？[例

1] She

doesn't

talk

much，but

what

she

says

makes

sense.她讲话不多，但言之有理。[例

2] I

know

you

do，but

the

deal

has

to

makesense.我知道，但是交易应该有意义。10[知识拓展]make

sense

ofmake

nosensein

a

sense理解，明白没有道理；没有意义在某一方面；就某种意义来说决不是，绝非(置于句首用部分倒装)in

no

senseThere

is

no

sense

in

doing

sth.a

sense

of

humour/direction做某事没有道理/没有必要幽默感/方向感11[即学即练]

单句语法填空①Can

you

make

sense

of

what

he

said?②

In

a

sense，learning

the

law

is

like

learning

a

new

language.③There's

no

sense

in

talking (talk)

to

him

any

more.You'rewasting

your

breath.12[小片段助记]In

a

sense，humour

is

important

in

our

life，but

in

no

sense

shouldwe

play

jokes

on

the

disabled.We

should

make

sense

of

the

difficulties

ofthem.13知识要点3(教材P5)impress

vt.使钦佩；使留下深刻印象Watson

is

pleased

with

his

answer

which

he

thinks

willimpress

Holmes.沃森对他认为会给福尔摩斯留下深刻印象的回答很满意。[例

1] What

impressed

him

most

was

their

speed.最令他佩服的是他们的速度。[例

2] This

guy

desperately

wants

to

impress

you.这个人拼命地想给你留下印象。14[知识拓展](1)impress...on...

把……印在……上impress

sth.on/upon

sb.＝impress

sb.with

sth.使某人牢记某事be

impressed

by/with

sth.(2)impressive

adj.impression

n.对……印象深刻给人深刻印象的印象leave/make/create

a/an...impression

on

sb.给某人留下……的印象15[即学即练]

单句语法填空①The

girl

impressed

her

friends

with

her

generosity.②He

has

told

me

his

plans

and

he's

made

a

good

impression

(impress)

on

me.③He

had

given

a

mightily

impressive

(impress)

performance.16[小片段助记]Shenzhen

impresses

tourists

from

home

and

abroad.First，they

havea

good

impression

on

the

city's

road

and

traffic.Besides，the

cityimpresses

its

friendliness

and

hospitality

on

their

mind.Above

all，manyplaces

of

interest

in

this

city

are

very

impressive，such

as

Window

oftheWorld，the

Happy

Valley

and

so

on.17知识要点4(教材P6)deserve

vt.应受；值得We

all

deserve

a

second

chance，I

guess.我猜我们都应再得到一次机会。[例

1] What

have

I

done

to

deserve

this?我做了什么事应该得到这种待遇呢？[例

2] Youreallydeserveagoodbeating，younaughtyboy.你这个调皮孩子真该打。18[知识拓展]deserve

to

do

sth.deserve

to

be

done＝deserve

doingdeserve

consideration/attention应该做某事

值得被……

值得考虑/注意19[即学即练]

单句语法填空①Lang

Ping

deserves

to

be

honoured

(honour)

because

he

hasbecome

the

pride

of

China.②I

think

your

suggestion

deserves

considering/to

be

considered(consider)．③E­waste

deserves

to

bemade (make)

good

use

of.20[名师点津]与deserve

一样跟动名词的主动形式表被动意思的还有：need，want，require。21知识要点5(教材P9)spotn．斑点；缺点；场所vt.发现；认出Once，having

been

invited

to

dinner

at

a

university，hewas

put

on

the

spot

when

the

president

suddenly

asked

him

to

give

aspeech.又一次，被邀请到一所大学吃饭，当校长突然让他演讲时，他很为难。[例

1] The

most

beautiful

spot

on

the

river

is

the

Three

Gorges.长江上最美丽的地方是三峡。22[例

2] I

spotted

a

shooting

star

which，to

my

astonishment，wasbright

green

in

colour.我看见一颗流星，使我大为惊奇的是，它居然是鲜亮的绿色。23[知识拓展]on

the

spot在场；立即；当场满是……斑点be

spotted

with

sth.[即学即练]

单句语法填空①He

answered

the

question

on

the

spot.②His

shirt

was

spotted

with

oil.24知识要点

6

whisper

vi.&

vt.

低语，小声说；把(秘密等)悄悄传开

n．耳语，低语(教材

P9)

The

man

whispered

something

in

the

lion's

ear，afterwhich

the

lion

shook

its

head

and

walked

away

unhappily.那人在狮子耳边低声说了些什么，然后狮子摇摇头，不高兴地走开了。[例

1] She

sat

on

Rossi's

knee

as

he

whispered

in

her

ear.她坐在罗西的膝盖上，听他低声耳语。25[例

2] His

voice

died

away

in

a

whisper.他的声音渐渐变为了小声低语。26知识拓展]whisper

to

sb.与某人耳语据秘密传闻……It

is/was

whispered

that...in

a

whisper＝in

whispers＝in

a

low

voice耳语，低声说27[即学即练]

单句语法填空①I

could

hear

everyone

whispering (whisper)，“Who

in

ourschool

could

draw

that

well？”②It

was

whispered

that

he

would

soon

die

and

he

did.③They

sat

at

the

back

of

the

room，talking

in

whispers.28知识要点7(教材P10)conclude

vt.&

vi.

断定；结束；做出结论A

punch

line

concludes

a

joke

and

is

intended

to

makepeople

laugh.一句妙语总结一个笑话，意在使人发笑。[例

1] So

what

can

we

conclude

from

this

debate?那么从这场辩论中我们能得出什么结论？[例

2]

We

may

reasonably

conclude

that

the

meeting

has

beenpostponed.我们有理由可以断定，会议推迟了。29[知识拓展](1)conclude

with...conclude

from

sth.that(2)conclusion

n.以……结束

从……中断定结束；结论

最后；总之in

conclusionarrive

at/come

to/draw/reach

a

conclusion得出结论come

to

conclusion

that...jump

toconclusions所得结论是……匆忙下结论30[即学即练]

单句语法填空①Researchers

concluded

that

the

French

tend

to

stop

eating

whenthey

feel

full.②I

concluded

from

what

they

said

that

they

wanted

to

accept

theoffer.③In

conclusion

(conclude)，I

would

like

to

say

how

much

I

haveenjoyed

myself

today.④They

came

to

the

conclusion

that

it's

time

Chinese

footballshould

be

regulated.31[小片段助记]Jack

said

he

could

conclude

from

Jane's

expression

that

Jane

hadstolen

his

money.But

everyone

knew

Jack

always

jump

to

conclusionswithout

any

evidence

to

support

his

conclusion.In

conclusion，nobodywas

likely

to

believe

Jane

was

a

thief.3233例文The

artificial

intelligence

(AI)system

developed

atUniversity

College

London

and

set

to

be

piloted

in

NHS

hospitals

laterthis

year

will

screen

“at

risk”patients

so

doctors

can

take

early

actionto

prevent

death

or

serious

illness.Prof.Young

a

consultant

surgeon

atSouthendUniversityHospitalsaid：“Iamsoexcitedaboutthisformoftechnology.”34What

does

the

underlined

phrase

“screen”

in

Paragraph

2mean?A．Comfort.

B．Treat.

C．Spot.