Unit 5 Music Language Points2知识点讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

B2U5 Language Points 2 Period 5 Discovering Useful Structures & Listening and Talking 1. capable(adj.)有能力的；有才能的have the qualities or ability needed to do sth Though he was affected by gradual blindness soon after the performance, Henry was still capable of writing compositions and he found that creating music was a relief and cure for his illness. 尽管在表演后不久，亨利受到视力逐渐丧失的影响，但他仍然能够谱写曲子，他发现创作音乐能够减轻和治疗他的疾病。=Henry still had the capability to write/of writing compositions... (be capable of doing sth=have the capability to do/of doing sth = be able to do sth有能力做某事) the most capable leader最有能力的领导者be incapable of (doing) sth=be unable to do sth 没有能力做某事 ②gradual(adj.)逐渐的；渐进的 gradually(adv.) 逐渐地 2. relief(n.)（焦虑、痛苦的）减轻或消除；（不快过后的）宽慰、轻松或解脱 relieve(v.)-relieved(adj.) breathe a sigh of relief =sigh with/in relief如释重负地松了口气 To her relief, her younger brother recovered quickly after operation. 让她感到欣慰的是，她弟弟手术后恢复得很快。(to one’s relief 令某人欣慰的是 much to one’s relief/to one’s great relief 令某人非常欣慰的是) It was a great relief for me to find my family were all safe and sound. 发现我的家人都安然无恙，我感到极大的欣慰。(It is a relief for sb to do sth对某人来说，做某事是件令人宽慰的事。) the relief of stress/anxiety压力/焦虑的消除 relieve(v.) stress/anxiety消除压力/焦虑 feel relieved(adj.) 感到宽慰的/放心的 3. cure(vt.)治愈；治好（疾病）；解决（问题）；(n.)药物；治疗；（解决问题、改善糟糕情况的）措施 a cure(n.) for COVID-19/poverty医治新冠的疗法/解决贫穷问题的措施 There is no/a cure for AIDS.艾滋病没有/有治愈方法。(a cure for sth...的药物，疗法；...的措施，对策) cure him of cancer治好了他的癌症 cure his illness治好了他的病 (cure sth治好(疾病)；解决(问题);cure sb of sth治愈，治好(某人或动物)；矫正，改正(某人不良行为)) 词义关联：treat her for sunstroke with drugs用药物治疗她中暑 (treat sb for sth with sth（强调治疗过程）用...医治某人的病) The wound healed up./heal the wound 伤口愈合了。/使伤口愈合 (heal v.（使）康复；复原) 4. absorb(v.)吸收；吸引；理解；掌握；使全神贯注 absorbed in sth/sb被...吸引住；专心致志 When he got absorbed in his world of music, he felt as if he could “see” the beauty of the world around him, like he had in his previous life. 当他沉浸在他的音乐世界里时，他觉得自己仿佛能“看到”周围世界的美，就像他以前的生活一样。 absorb carbon dioxide吸收二氧化碳/absorb(=take in