Unit 4 Understanding ideas Language points 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Thanks to AI, I’ve got my own super-smart personal assistant built into my phone. ◆ assistant n.助手,助理 【词汇拓展】 assist v.　　　　　　　　帮助,协助 assist sb with sth 在某方面给某人帮助 assist sb in(doing) sth 帮助某人做某事 assist sb to do sth 帮助某人做某事 assistance n.[U] 帮助,协助,援助 with the assistance of 在……的帮助下 come to sb’s assistance 帮助某人 【易混辨析】assist/help/aid assist 意为“帮助;协助”,侧重指协助 help 意为“帮助”,为常用词 aid 一般是指“援助”一群人,尤指用金钱(接受帮助的人较广) Every recommendation she gives me is great since she can predict if I will like a particular restaurant. ▲ 此句中的she指代my super-smart personal assistant, 运用了 拟人的修辞手法 ▲ she gives me是省略了that或which的限制性定语从句，修饰 recommendation ▲ since引导原因状语从句 ▲ if引导宾语从句 ◆ recommendation n.推荐;建议 【词汇拓展】 recommend v.　　　　　　　　推荐;建议;劝告 recommend doing sth 建议做某事 recommend sb to do sth 建议某人做某事 recommend that sb (should) do 建议某人做某事(从句用虚拟语气) recommend sb sth 向某人推荐某物 recommend sth to sb 把某物推荐给某人 recommend sb as... 推荐某人为…… And as they won’t be susceptible to human error, they’ll certainly be a lot safer. ◆ susceptible adj.易受影响的 【词汇拓展】 be susceptible to　　　易受……的影响 be susceptible of 能经受某事物;有某种能力 susceptible population 易感人群 Young people are the most susceptible to advertisements. 年轻人最容易受广告的影响。 Is your statement susceptible of proof? 你的说法能加以证实吗? Still, I do think that developments in AI will on the whole make doing day-to-day things a lot easier. ▲ 此句为含有that引导的宾语从句的复合句 ▲ 主句 I do think中的助动词do表示强调，如: So you did come after all. He does speak well. ▲ 从句是“主+谓+宾+宾补”结构： that developments… will … make doing … a lot easier 主语 谓语 宾语 宾补 ▲ still adv. in spite of what has just been said or done 虽然如此，尽管那样，然而 eg The weather was cold and wet. Still, we had a great time. ▲ on the whole in general 总的看来 eg On the whole, I’m in favour of the idea. ▲ day-to-day adj. involving the usual events or tasks of each day 日常工作的；例行的 eg She has been looking after the day-to-day running of the school. 3. The technology