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Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit 1 He lives the farthest from school.
① What happened?
考点1
happen /'hæpən/ v. 发生
(1)sth.+happened+ 时间/ 地点状语 某时/ 某地发生了某事
(2)sth.+happened to sb./sth. 某人/ 某物发生某事
(3)happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事
(4)It happens/happened+ that... 碰巧……
e.g. The matter happened in America. 这件事发生在美国。
I hope nothing happened to them. 我希望他们没事。
I happened to meet a friend in the street yesterday.
昨天我碰巧在街上遇到了一位朋友。
It happens that we have the same birthday.
我们俩恰好是同一天生日。
② There was a road accident,…
考点2
accident /æksɪdənt/ n. 交通事故;意外事件
a traffic accident 交通事故
have an accident 出事故
by accident 偶然地;意外地
e.g. What a terrible accident!
多么可怕的一起交通事故啊!
I met an old friend of mine by accident.
我偶然遇到了我的一位老朋友。
③ But nobody was late, except me.
考点3
except /ɪksept/ prep. 除……之外
except
(从整体中)减去,前后事 物是同类。
except for
说明整个基本情况之后,对 细节加以纠正。
besides
除……之外(还)
but
着重在整体,一般放在 nothing 等否定词后。
e.g. Nobody failed the exam except me.
除了我,没人不及格。
Your composition is very good except for a few mistakes.
除了几处错误之外,你的作文非常好。
Besides being a singer, he is a great dancer.
他除了是位歌手,还是位优秀的舞蹈家。
She’s nothing but a child. 她只不过是个孩子。
④ Maybe I should go to school by taxi.
may be
may 是情态动词,be 是动词原形, 两者构成完整的谓语形式,主语与 其形成主谓结构,意为 “也许是、可 能是”。
maybe
副词,“也许、可能”,在句中作状 语,相当于 perhaps,常位于句首。
考点5
by taxi 乘出租车
e.g. We plan to go to Beijing by taxi.
=We plan to take a taxi to Beijing.
我们计划乘出租车去北京。
交通方式的表达:
by+ 交通工具
in/on+ 限定词 + 交通工具
take + a/the+ 交通工具
walk/ride/fly/drive + to + 地点名词
⑤ That’s a good choice, but it’s a bit dangerous.
考点6
choice/tʃɔɪs/ n. 选择
e.g. It’s difficult for him to make a choice. 他难以作出选择。
He has no choice but to go with them.
除了和他们去以外,他别无选择。
make a choice 作出选择
have no choice 别无选择
动词形式为 choose, choose to do sth. 选择做某事
⑥He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.
考点7
far /fɑː/ adv. 远;遥远 adj. 远的;遥远的
far 的固定搭配
far away 远离 so far 到目前为止
how far 多远 the Far East 远东
far from... 远离……, 不与具体数词连用。
e.g. If winter comes, can spring be far be