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Unit 13 We’re trying to save the earth.
Section B 2a-2e
Look at the title and the pictures in 2b.
Can you guess what the passage is about?
2a
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
It is about how people can think of
creative ways to use things that are
no longer wanted.
2a
Read the passage and complete the chart below.
Rethink, Reuse, Recycle!
Do you often throw away things you don't need anymore?
Have you ever thought about how these things can actually
be put to good use? Nothing is a waste if you have a creative
mind.
Para.1
回收,再利用
“扔掉、丢弃”=throw out
throw away是“动词+副词”型短语。名词作其宾语时,
放在away之前或之后均可;代词作其宾语时,
须放在throw和away之间。
2a
Para.1
keep away远离 stay away不在家,外出
go away离去,出去 take away拿走,带走
run away逃走,离开 put away收起来
2a
Para.1
2a
put sth. to good use意为“好好利用某物”,相当于make good use of sth.。本句用了该短语的被动形式,即 sth. be put to good use。
例: We can put these books to good use.我们可以好好利用这些书。
These glasses can be put to good use.这些玻璃杯可以被好好利用。
Para.1
2a
Para.2
You have probably never heard of Amy Hayes, but she is a most
unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish. The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that were pulled down. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate in front of her house is made of rocks and old glass bottles. Amy recently won a prize from the Help Save Our Planet Society The president said, "Amy is an inspiration to us al.“。
probably副词,意为”也许大概,可能”常用作状语,可位于句首,也可位于句中,即实义动词之前,助动词、情态动词或连系动词之后。
pull down拆毁,毁掉
upside down意为‘'上下颠倒;倒转”,既可作副词,也可作形容词
probably常用于句中, maybe相当于perhaps, 常用于句首。另外probably比may be和perhaps 表达的可能性大。
例: She will probably come next week.她很可能下周来。Maybe/Perhaps you are right.或许你是对的。
2a
Para.2
a most unusual woman意为“一个很不寻常的女性”。“a+ most+adj.+n.”是-个固定结构,意为“一个很非常.......此处most不表示最高级含义。例: This is most useful tool.这是一件非常有用的工具。She is most beautiful girl. 她是一个非常漂亮的女孩儿。
2a
Para.2
She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out