高中英語必修四Unit3 Language-points in reading

...anduptonownobodyhasbeenabletodothisbetterthanCharlieChaplin.句中uptonow=uptillnow,表示“到現(xiàn)在為止”,常與現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)連用。如：Ihaven’tgotanylettersfromhimup

to

now.直到現(xiàn)在我還沒收到過他的信。

LanguagePointsHerlifehasrunsmoothlyuptonow.她的生活到目前仍一帆風(fēng)順?！就卣埂縰p

to達(dá)到……程度或數(shù)量be

up

to

sth能勝任某事;忙于某事或從事于某事be

up

to

sb該由某人做出決定;取決于某人

2.brightadj.明亮/陽光/生動/聰明/有前途的

brightenvt.使變亮,使生輝Hebrightened(up)whenheheardthegoodnews.

他聽到這個(gè)好消息時(shí)喜形於色。Thesky/weatherisbrightening.

天空/天氣轉(zhuǎn)晴。

brightnessn.光亮/明亮/聰明3…sotheycouldfeelmorecontent

with

theirlives.1)content

adj.滿足;滿意;知足

常見搭配:

be

content

with

sth.

be

content

to

do

sth.

如：Areyoucontent

withyourpresentsalary?你對你現(xiàn)在的工資待遇滿意嗎？Sheisquitecontent

to

stayathomelookingafterherchildren.她呆在家里照顧孩子感到非常知足。inbetweenadv.在中間一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)連接另一個(gè)城鎮(zhèn),兩者之間有一條路。Onetownendswherethenextbeginsandthere’saroadinbetween.今天下午我們有兩節(jié)課,課間有些休息時(shí)間。Wehavetwolessonsthisafternoon,butthere’ssometimeforrestinbetween.區(qū)別:content;contented;satisfiedcontent與contented意思接近,指“雖然各種愿望沒有實(shí)現(xiàn),但人安于現(xiàn)狀不再多求”,content一般作表語,而contented一般作定語;satisfied指“愿望、渴望或需求都得到了滿足,因而心滿意足了”。Shehasacontented

look.她顯得滿意的樣子。2)content

n.所含之物,內(nèi)容

如：IlikethestyleofthebookbutIdon’tlikethecontent.我喜歡這本書的文體,但我不喜歡它的內(nèi)容。Wesatthere,______withwhatwelistenedto.satisfyingB.tosatisfyC.contentedD.content解析:本題考查動詞用法。satisfied表示“感到滿意的”,把A、B兩項(xiàng)排除;content既是形容詞,又是動詞,becontentwith對……滿足。D

3)content

vt.使?jié)M足(+with)e.g.Heranswerseemedtocontenthim.

她的回答好像令他滿意。

3.NotthatCharlie’sownlifewaseasy!卓別林自己的生活并沒有那么容易！

本句為not構(gòu)成的倒裝句。that為副詞,修飾形容詞easy。

在英語中,有時(shí)為了強(qiáng)調(diào)某一成分而將具有否定意義的副詞置于句首構(gòu)成倒裝句,這樣的副詞有not,never,seldom,little,few等。本句可轉(zhuǎn)換為:

Charlie’sownlifewasnotthateasy!又如：Onlyinthecountrycanyoulearnthe“trueEnglish”.

NeverhaveIseensuchaperformance.Nowherewillyoufindtheanswertothisquestion.Not

untilthechildfellasleepdidthemotherleavetheroom.

4.Youmayfindit

astonishing

thatCharliewastaughttosingassoonashecouldspeakanddanceassoonashecouldwalk.令人感到震驚的是,當(dāng)查理會說話和走路的時(shí)候就被教唱歌和跳舞。1)it在句中作形式賓語,動詞不定式tosee…theroad才是真正的賓語。當(dāng)動詞不定式作句子的賓語,同時(shí)有一個(gè)形容詞同賓語在一起時(shí)，常用it作形式賓語。如：

I’llmakeitmybusinesstohelpher.

我會把幫助她作為我的責(zé)任。

Doyouconsideritwisetotellthemaboutit?2)astonish:v.

使(某人)吃驚,震驚,比surprise的語氣要強(qiáng)。如:Theearthquakeastonishedme.地震使我驚慌失措。be

astonished

吃驚如：Shewas

astonishedtofindhewasdrunk.發(fā)現(xiàn)他喝醉了,她很吃驚。Iwas

astonished

at/bythenews.這消息使我大吃一驚。toone’sastonishment

令…驚異的是…To

our

astonishmentthesmallboyswamacrosstheriver.

令我們驚奇的是那小男孩居然游過了那條河。astonishing

adj.令人吃驚的

anastonishing

remark驚人之語astonishment

n.驚異;驚愕;驚奇in

astonishment

愕然,吃驚地如：Shestaredatmeinastonishment.她吃驚地瞪著我。5.Unfortunatelyhisfatherdied,leavingthefamilyevenworseoff

…worse

off:adj.(情況)更糟糕的,更貧困的Markhaslosthisjobandisworseoffthanever.

馬克的工作丟了,情況比以前更糟。better

off

情況更好Hewillbebetter

offinhospital.

他住院留醫(yī)的話,病情定會好轉(zhuǎn)。I’veonlybrokenmyarm;otherpatientsarefarworseoffthanme.我只是胳膊折了,其他病人比我嚴(yán)重得多。Tomhaslosthisjobandisworse

offthanever.湯姆的工作丟了,情況比以前更糟?！就卣埂縝adly

off

窮的;缺少的well

off

富有的7.Noonewaseverboredwatchinghim—hissubtleactingmadeeverythingentertaining.entertaining

adj.表示“使人快樂的;有趣的”Hetoldusanentertainingstoryyesterday.昨天他給我們講了一個(gè)有趣的故事。Filmsshouldbeentertaining.【拓展】entertain

v.使感興趣;使娛樂;招待entertainment

n.娛樂;款待;招待entertainer

n.(娛樂節(jié)目的)表演者

7.borev.使厭煩n.討厭的人/麻煩事

Heboredusallbytalkingforhoursabouthisnewhouse.

boredadj.厭煩的，無聊的

boringadj.令人厭煩的

beboredwith…厭煩做...1.Thechildrenquicklygot/were_______withstayingindoors.2.Therewasa________expressiononherface.3.The________eveningmadethemall_______.boredboredboringbored11.Astimewentby…=Withtimegoingbyasconj.+句子：隨著Asspringwarmsthegoodearth,allflowersbegintobloom.withprep.+（復(fù)合）賓語Weatherchangeswithseasons.goby

①(時(shí)間)過去，逝去②從……經(jīng)過③遵循，以……來判斷Astimegoesby,mymemoryseemstogetworse.Didyouseeaboygobyonabicycle?That’sagoodruletogoby.8.…becauseknownthroughouttheworld.throughout

prep.1)(表示地區(qū))遍及,整個(gè)如：Thecompanyhasbranchesthroughoutthecountry.這家公司的分店遍及全國。2)(表示時(shí)間)整個(gè),從頭到尾如：Itrainedthroughouttheday.雨下了一整天。Heledapoorlifethroughouthislife.他一生過著窮苦的生活。throughout

adv.1)整個(gè)地,在所有各處,全部

e.g.Thehillwasgreenthroughout.那座山整個(gè)都是綠的。2)自始至終,到最后如：Sheremainedsilentthroughout.她從頭到尾都保持沉默。9.Thetramp,apoor,

homeless

manwithamoustache,worelargetrousers,worn-out

shoes...1)homeless

adj.無家可歸的

-less是表示否定意義的形容詞后綴,加在某些名詞的后面構(gòu)成否定意義的形容詞,類似的如：helpless無力的;無計(jì)可施的;無助的;無依無靠的careless粗心的;輕率的childless沒有兒女的harmless無害的;無損害的;沒有惡意的;無邪的ceaseless不斷的;不停的countless

數(shù)不盡的;無數(shù)的tireless

不會疲倦的;不知疲倦的,不休止的2)worn-outadj.(衣類、機(jī)器等)磨破的;磨損的;用舊的如：

worn-outshoes穿舊的鞋精疲力盡的;憔悴的(一般不用在名詞前)如：

Shelooksworn-out.

她看起來憔悴不堪。10.Thischaracterwasasocialfailurebutwaslovedforhisoptimismanddeterminationtoovercomealldifficulties.這個(gè)角色是社會生活中的失敗者,但他的樂觀精神和戰(zhàn)勝困難的決心使他受到人們的喜愛。本句為but連接的并列句,but后的分句承前省略了主語thischaracter;toovercomealldifficulties為動詞不定式短語作定語,修飾determination。本句可理解為:Thischaracterwasnotasuccessfulpersoninsociallife,butpeoplelovedhimbecauseofhisoptimismanddeterminationtoovercomealldifficulties.failure:

n.失敗;失敗者Theplaywasadeadfailure.

這場戲完全失敗了。overcomev.(overcame,overcome)戰(zhàn)勝;克服Therewillbenodifficultyintheworldthattheycannotovercome.

世界上任何困難他們都可以克服。11.Charliefirstpickedoutthelacesandeatsthemasiftheyarespaghetti.pick

out:

挑出;辨別出Myfatherhelpedmepick

outanewbook.

我父親幫我選了一本新書。與pick有關(guān)的短語:pick

off摘取pick

oneself

up(倒下的人)站起來pick

up拾起,(車,船)搭載客人,駕車去接(人),接收(信號,廣播、電視節(jié)目),學(xué)會(語言)pick

up

with在偶然機(jī)會認(rèn)識(人)Thispicturewastakenalongtimeago.Iwonderifyoucan____myfather.(湖北2005)A.findoutB.pickoutC.lookoutD.speakoutBfindout(通過研究、努力)發(fā)現(xiàn),找出；lookout向外看,當(dāng)心,注意；speakout大聲且清楚地說出。只有pickout意思合適。

12.Thenhecuts

offtheleathertopoftheshoeasifitwerethefineststeak.cut

off:

切斷;斷絕Astormcut

offpowertothewholeregion.

暴風(fēng)雨切斷了整個(gè)地區(qū)電力供應(yīng)。Thetelevisionshowwascutoffbyaspecialnewsreport.電視節(jié)目被一條特別新聞報(bào)道打斷了。Ihadmyhaircut

offandsoldit.我把頭發(fā)剪掉賣了。Wewerecompletelycut

offfromtheoutsideworld.我們和外界完全隔絕了?！就卣埂縞ut

across取捷徑;走近路

cut

in插嘴cut

down減少;縮減

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意為“砍倒”；cutout意為“剪掉;除去,省略,刪去”;cutup意為“切碎”。Hewasinhospitalforsixmonths.Hefeltasifhewas______fromtheoutsideworld.A.cutoutB.cutoffC.cutupD.cutthrough解析:cutout意為“切下;刪除”;cutoff意為“切斷;使(人、城鎮(zhèn))孤立”;cutup意為“切碎”;cutthrough意為“穿越”;本句的意思是:他住院六個(gè)月感到似乎與外界隔絕了。B13.Heeatseachmouthfulwithgreatenjoyment.

他一口一口地嚼得津津有味。

Hetookamouthfulofthebittermedicineandmadeaface.他喝了一口苦藥,做了個(gè)鬼臉。

IfeltsofullthatIcouldn’teatanothermouthful.

我太飽了,一口也吃不下了。

短語:

at

amouthful

一大口handful

一撮,一把

ahandfulofsand

一把沙子

cupful

一滿杯

twocupfulsofmilk

兩杯牛奶

spoonful

一匙;滿匙twospoonfulsofsugar

兩匙糖

houseful

滿屋;一屋子

armful

(單臂或雙臂)一抱之量

anarmfulofbooks

一抱的書14.Theactingissoconvincingthatitmakesyoubelievethatitisoneofthebestmealshehasevertasted!convincing用作形容詞,在這里表示“使人信服的;令人心悅誠服的”。如：Hisanalyseswerealwayssoconvincing.他的分析總是那么令人信服。ThisisthemostconvincingevidencethatIcanfindtoprovemypoint.這是我所能找到的最令人信服的證據(jù),以證明我的觀點(diǎn)?！就卣埂縞onvince

vt．使相信;說服;使承認(rèn)convinced

adj．

堅(jiān)信不移的;有堅(jiān)定信仰的convince

...of…使……確信……be

convinced

of確信;承認(rèn)15.Chaplinproduced,directed,andwrotethemovieshe

starred

in.卓別林自制、自導(dǎo)、自編一些他自演的