高中英語選修八unit1詞匯精講課

1、高中英語選修八 Unit 1 A land of diversity 多元化的社會 核心考點詞匯精講課 主講：高偉老師,1. majority n. 大多數(shù)；大半 (1)a/the majority of. . . 大多數(shù) be in a/the majority構(gòu)成大多數(shù)/大部分 (2)major adj. 主要的 vi. 專修；主攻 major in主修 (3)minority n. 少數(shù)；少數(shù)派/人,The majority of people interviewed prefer TV to radio. 大多數(shù)接受采訪的人都喜歡看電視而不喜歡聽收音機。 My brother majo

2、red in two subjects in the university last year. 我哥哥去年在大學(xué)里主修兩門課程。 Young people were _ _ _ at the meeting. 這次會議年輕人占了多數(shù)。,in the majority,【考點提示】 (1)當(dāng)a/the majority of. . . 作主語時，謂語動詞的數(shù)與of后的名詞保持一致。 (2)當(dāng)the majority單獨作主語時，謂語動詞用單復(fù)數(shù)都可以。,2. occur vi. 發(fā)生；出現(xiàn) sth. occurs to sb. 某人突然想起某事 It occurs to sb. that-cl

3、ause某人突然想起 The report finds the most rapid decline in child labor has occurred in Latin America. 這份報告發(fā)現(xiàn)童工人數(shù)下降最快的地方是拉丁美洲。,Didnt it occur to you that he was lying? 你當(dāng)時沒想到他在撒謊嗎？ _ _ _ _ _ (他從未想到)that she would be so displeased.,It never occurred to him,【真題鏈接】 It never occurred to me _ you could succeed

4、 in persuading him to change his mind. A. whichB. whatC. thatD. if 【解析】選C?？疾楣潭ň湫汀t occurs/occurred to sb. that. . . 是固定句型，意思是：某人突然想起，其中that引導(dǎo)主語從句，故選C。 【點津】 occur 常與介詞to搭配，相當(dāng)于動詞happen，不能用于被動語態(tài)。,【考點連接】表示“某人突然想起”的表達方式還有哪些 ? 【拓展延伸】,想到的事情作 主語或it作形 式主語,sth. strikes sb. sth. comes to sb. It strikes sb. th

5、at-clause It hits sb. that-clause,人,sb. comes up with an idea/a thought,3. by means of. . . 用辦法；借助 I found my bike by means of a notice in the newspaper. 我借助于報紙上的一則通知找到了我的自行車。 【拓展】翻譯以下短語 by this means_ by no means_ by all means_,用這種方法,決不；一點也不,當(dāng)然可以，沒問題,【真題鏈接】 Can I come and have a look at your new ho

6、use? Yes, _! A. with pleasureB. I like it C. I quite agreeD. by all means 【解析】選D?？疾榻浑H用語。句意：我可以來看看你的新房子嗎？好的，當(dāng)然可以。A項：非常樂意；B項：我喜歡它；C項：我非常同意；D項：當(dāng)然可以，沒問題。,4. keep up堅持；維持；沿襲(風(fēng)俗、傳統(tǒng)等) You are all doing a splendid job; keep up the good work! 你們干得很出色；繼續(xù)好好干吧！ The high cost of raw materials is keeping prices u

7、p. 昂貴的原材料費用使價格居高不下。 We should not keep up old customs. 我們不該沿襲古老的風(fēng)俗。,【拓展】翻譯以下短語 keep up with_ keep to sth. _ keep off_ keep out_ keep on_ keep back_,跟上；并駕齊驅(qū),堅守；不違背(諾言、計劃等),避開；使不接近,使不進入；使留在外面,繼續(xù),隱瞞；扣下；留下,5. take in 包括；吸收 閱讀下列例句，寫出take in的漢語意思 I found it easy to take in what the teacher had taught. ( )

8、 If the skirt is too big, we can take in the waist. ( ) Fish take in oxygen through their gills. ( ) Dont let yourself be taken in by his tricks. ( ) This is the total cost of the holiday, taking everything in. ( ),理解,改小,吸收,欺騙,包括,【拓展】take for當(dāng)做；誤認為 take off脫衣服；(飛機)起飛；成功 take on呈現(xiàn)；雇用；承擔(dān) take up占據(jù)；從事；

9、繼續(xù)；拿起 take over接管 take back撤回；同意收回,【真題鏈接】 Some insects _ the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves. A. take in B. take off C. take on D. take out 【解析】選C?？疾閯釉~短語含義辨析。句意：一些昆蟲呈現(xiàn)出它們周圍環(huán)境的顏色，目的是為了保護自己。take in“吸收；改?。焕斫?；欺騙”；take off“起飛；脫衣服；擺脫；成名”；take on“雇用；呈現(xiàn)”；take out“拿出來”。根據(jù)句意可知C項正確。,6. elect

10、 vt. 決定做某事；選舉某人；選擇 She elected to become a lawyer. 她決定當(dāng)律師。 We elected James (to be/as) chairman. 我們選舉詹姆斯當(dāng)主席。,【歸納】elect to do sth. _ elect sb. (to be/as)+職務(wù)_ 【點津】 “獨一無二的”職務(wù)、官銜作同位語、補語、表語時，其前不加冠詞。,決定做某事,推選某人擔(dān)任某職務(wù),【辨析】理解下列區(qū)別并選詞填空,choose,指在兩個或多個之中選擇其一，可與 from或 between連用。,select,指在同類事物中選擇最好或最合適的, 一般有一定的目的

11、性。,elect,是指通過“選舉”選出。,7. apparent adj. 顯而易見的；顯然的；表面上的 It is apparent that. . . 是顯然的 apparently adv. 顯然地 _ _ _ _ she was going to die. 很顯然她將死去。 Certain problems were apparent from the outset. 某些問題從開始就是顯而易見的。,It was apparent that,8. team up with與合作或一起工作 He teamed up with his brother and pulled the car

12、out. 他與弟弟攜手將車拉了出來。 The two companies have teamed up with each other to develop a new racing car. 這兩家公司已經(jīng)合作開發(fā)一種新型賽車。,【拓展】補全以下短語 team _結(jié)對；合作 a team _. . . 一隊 _ a. . . team屬于隊 play _ a. . . team為隊效力,up,of,on,for,9. mark out畫線；標出界線 The students are marking out the tennis court. 學(xué)生們在畫網(wǎng)球場地。 【拓展】mark out f

13、or事先選定為 mark. . . with. . . 用做記號 make a mark做記號,(1)hire的用法 (2)indicate的意義以及與其他動詞的意義辨析 (3)表語從句的運用,1. There is a great deal of evidence _ that music activities engage different parts of the brain. A. remarkingB. indicating C. deliveringD. conveying 【解析】選B。句意：大量證據(jù)證明，音樂活動調(diào)動大腦的不同部位。indicate暗示；表明；remark評論；deliver投遞；convey表達；傳達。,2. He was _ as a salesman in Samsung Company, but was soon _ because of his frequent absence. A. employed；firingB. employed；fired C. hired；firingD. hiring；be