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【暑假辅导班】2021年高一英语暑假精品课程(北师大版2019)
第12讲 必修一 Unit 3 Writing Workshop & Reading Club预习新知
核心知识点讲解
1. description n. 描述, 描写
*If you have a tape recorder, record your description of the event as it happens. 如果你有录音机的话, 在事件发生时记录下你对事件的描述。
*The park is beautiful beyond description.
这个公园美得无法形容。
*(2019·浙江高考)The Beatles were described as a British invasion by local and nationwide newspapers at that time. 当时, 当地和全国性的报纸都把甲壳虫乐队形容为英国的入侵。
【词块记忆】
(1)beyond description
难以形容
(2)describe
vt.
描述, 形容
describe. . . as. . .
把……描述成/说成
2. select vt. 挑选, 选拔
*For weeks I had been working on this, listening to Grandpa’s stories, selecting his favourite music and collecting photos from the family album.
我好几周一直忙于这(制作祖父的人生经历视频), 听祖父的故事, 挑选他最喜欢的音乐, 从家庭相册挑选他的照片。
*We’re going to select two students to represent our school. 我们要选两名学生代表我们学校。
*The group were carefully selected for the study because of their lifestyles.
根据他们的生活方式这组人员被精心挑选出来了。
*(2020·全国Ⅲ卷)It seemed like the perfect chance for natural selection to act on a population.
这似乎是自然选择作用于种群的最佳时机。
【词块记忆】
(1) select sb. to do sth.
挑选某人做某事
select. . . for. . .
为……挑选……
select sb. /sth. from. . .
从……挑选出某人/某物
select sb. as. . .
挑选某人作为……
(2)selection
n. 挑选, 选拔
(3)selective
adj. 选择性的, 认真挑选的
【易混辨析】
select
指从同类的许多东西中仔细辨别后选择, 挑选最合适的, 从而淘汰一部分, 侧重以客观为标准进行选择
choose
用法最广, 侧重于通过意志或判断的选择, 是最普通的用语
elect
表示“推举, 选举”接班人或职位
*You can choose a book from these.
你可以从这些书中选一本。
*We elected him monitor of our class. 我们选他当班长。
3. calm vi. &vt. (使)平静, (使)镇定
*Grandpa couldn’t believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to calm down. 祖父不敢相信自己的眼睛, 他们花了很长时间才冷静下来。
*I took a deep breath to calm myself down.
我深吸一口气以使自己平静下来。
*It is important to keep/stay calm in an emergency.
在紧急情况下保持镇静是很重要的。
【词块记忆】
(1)calm down
冷静下来
calm. . . down
(使)平静, (使)镇定
(2)calm
adj. 平静的, 镇静的, 沉着的
keep/stay/remain calm
保持镇静
【易混辨析】
calm
指天气、海洋的“风平浪静”, 还可指人的心情“平静”, 态度“安详”
still
“寂静的”“静止的”, 侧重指人静止不动
silent
“寂静的”“无声的”, 也可指人“沉默不语”
quiet
“安静的”“无声的”, 指环境安静, 没有吵闹声
*Keep still wh