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Unit2 Part3 知识讲解
UNIT2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
Part 3 Using Language, Assessing Your Progress & video Time
【知识讲解】
教材原句
Words such as predict, prediction, and forecast, are also used quite often when making predictions.像predict, prediction和forecast这样的词在进行预测时也经常使用。
1 predict vt.预测;语言;预料
搭配 It is predicted that…据预测……
Be predicted to do sth.预测作某事
In conclusion, no one can predict how much damage the radiation leak will cause to the environment.
总之,没有人能预测这次辐射泄漏将会对环境带来多大危害。
It was predicted that the temperature of the next month would continue to fall.
据预报,下个月的温度将继续下降。
The hurricane is predicted to reach the coast tomorrow morning.
飓风预计将于明天早晨登陆。
【单词积累】
单句语法填空
1. Sales were five percent lower than _________(predict).(所给词的适当形式填空)
【答案】predicted
【解析】
【详解】考查过去分词和省略。句意:销售额比预期低了5%。分析句子结构可知,空处指的被预期的,所以空处需用they were predicted,前后主语一致,且比较状语从句中含有be动词,所以they were省略,空处需用过去分词predicted。故填predicted。
2. No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can predict _______the unexpected will happen.(根据句意