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Unit1 Know yourself
Reading
1、 “Wu Wei is a born artist,”said his best friend.“吴伟是天生的艺术家。”他最好的朋友说。
1. born adj.天生的 指天生具有某方面的才能
(1) a born singer天生的歌手
(2) a born artist天生的艺术家
2. 动词born
(1) born是bear的过去分词
(2) be born 出生(be常用于过去式)
Amy was born in Jiangsu in 2006.Amy在2006年出生在江苏。
(3) be born with天生具有
Everyone is born with swimming.每个人生来就会游泳。
2、 Wu Wei ,the young artist,has impressed the whole country with his creative work.年轻的艺术家吴伟用他的创意作品给全国人民留下了深刻的印象。
1. impress v.给...留下印象
(1) impress sb. by/with sth.某物给某人留下(深刻的)印象
She impressed us with her kind.她的善良打动了我们。
2. impression n.印象
(1) make a good impression留下好印象
(2) first impression第一印象
3. impressive adj.给人深刻印象的
3、 His sculptures for sunshine town square have won high praise from the art community.他为阳光城广场创作的雕塑赢得了艺术界的高度赞扬。
1. praise n.赞扬,表扬
(1) win high praise (from...)赢得(...的)高度赞扬
她的表演得到了观众的高度赞扬。
Her performance has won high praise from the audience.
(2) be full of praise赞不绝口
(3) receive praise from...受到...的赞扬
(4) in praise of 歌颂...,称赞...
4、 …so I'm always searching for something better or different.…所以我总是在搜寻更好的或不同的东西。
1. search for 搜寻,寻找
2. search for与search的区别
(1) search for+sb./sth.搜寻某人/某物,侧重于集中注意力搜寻
I’m searching for something interesting.我正在搜寻一些有意思的东西。
(2) search+地点名词 搜查某地/search+sb搜某人的身
The police are searching the restaurant.警察正在搜查这个餐厅。
5、 Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago…苏宁五年前放弃了会计的工作…
1. give up 放弃
可单独使用也可接名词、代词或动词-ing作宾语。
若接代词作宾语,代词要放在 give 和 up中间。
give up doing sth.放弃做某事
My father said he would give up smoking.我父亲说他要戒烟。
English is very important. You should never give it up.
英语很重要,你永远不应该放弃它。
2. 含give的常用短语还有:
give away 赠送;捐赠
give off 发出,放出(气味、热、光等)
give back 归还
give out 分发;散发;用完,耗尽
6、 Su Ning is now the general manager of the company.苏宁现在是公司的总经理。
1. [形容词]通常在名词前作定语
(1) the general manager总经理
(2) general knowledge常识
2. in general总的说来;大体上
放在句首时,通常用逗号与后面的内容隔开。
7、 You either take the lead or fall behind.你要么领先,要么落后。
1. [并列连词]
连接相同的句子成分,表示对两种事物或情况的选择(两者取其一)。连接两个并列成分作主语时,谓语动词要遵循"就近原则”,即谓语动词和or后的成分在人