Unit 4 Developing ideas Language points 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

1. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. 第二天一早我就要去西部赚大钱了。 Paraphrase: The next morning I was going to leave (New York) for the West as planned, with the aim of making a large sum of money. make one’s fortune: to become very rich 发大财，赚大钱 eg Jack made his fortune in car sales. 【拓展】  make a/one’s fortune  发财 seek one’s fortune  外出寻找发财机会 try one’s fortune  碰运气 be worth a fortune 值一大笔钱 cost a fortune 要花一大笔钱 tell one’s fortune 给某人算命 have the good fortune to do sth. 有幸做某事 3 【语境应用】汉译英。 1) 许多年轻人去上海寻找发迹的机会。 Many young people went to seek their fortune in Shanghai. 2) 梵高的任何一幅作品都值一大笔钱。 Any painting by Van Gogh is worth a  fortune. 2. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be. 我们认为二十年后, 我们俩应该有各自的命运，也应该各自都发了财, 不管它们将会是什么。 We could also say: We thought that af