内容正文:
Book 3 Unit 6 Disaster and hope
Language points
1. Picking up a free newspaper at the Tube station, I see the title “Hot! Hot! Hot!”
pick up 拿起;捡起
判断以下pick up 的意思
1. Pick up your socks. They’re on the floor.
2. I’ll pick my book up at your place. Are you gonna be home?
3. Someone’s calling you. Are you gonna pick up?
4. Can you pick up some milk on the way home?
5. I’ll pick you up at school. Meet me at the front gate.
6. Alright class, let’s pick up from last time.
7. Where did you pick up your English?
捡起
拿回;取回
接电话
买
用交通工具接某人
从上次结束的地方开始
不费力地学会某种语言
2. Today, the temperature in London is expected to reach 30
plus degrees!
今天,伦敦的汽温预计将达到30多度。
expect vt. to think that something will happen because it
seems likely or has been planned 预料,预期,期待
eg I expect to be back within a week.
我预计一周之内回来。
The company expects to complete work in April.
公司预期在四月份完工。
expect to do sth 预期做某事;期待做某事
expect sb/ sth to do sth 预期某人/ 某物做某事;期待某人/某
物做某事
expect sth from/ of sb 期望从某人身上得到某物
expect that…预期……
【归纳】
expectation n. 预料;预期,期待,盼望;指望
expected adj. 预料的;预期的
unexpected adj. 未预料到的;意外的
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) I enjoyed the film we saw last night. It was far more
interesting than __________ (expect).
2) The players _________ (select) from the whole country are
expected _________ (bring) us honour in this summer game.
expectation
selected
to bring
It ___________(expect) that all the works will be completed in 2023.
is expected
It is expected that... 预计……
类似的句型还有:
It’s said / reported/ believed/ considered/ hoped/ well-known ... that
3. It’s just typical that my journey is on one of the oldest lines, as well as one of the deepest. It’s the hottest on the whole Tube system.
我通常上班所走的路线刚好是地铁里最老、最深的一条线。那也是整个地铁系统里最热的一条线。
It is +adj + that 属于主语从句
It is important/necessary/hopeful/obvious that...
本句中as well as one of the deepest后省略lines。
此处as well as连接的是两个平行的名词短语,因为这两个平行名词短语的