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Unit6 TV programmes
Integrated skills
1. TV viewing habits 看电视的习惯。
(1) view v.观看
[及物动词]此处的 viewing 是动词-ing 形式。
We have viewed the video recording of the incident.
我们已经看了该事件的录像。
In New Zealand, horses are mainly raised for viewing and racing.
在新西兰,饲养马主要是为了观赏和比赛。
【拓展】
[可数名词]景色;观点
The foreign tourists are amazed at the fine views of the West Lake.
外国游客惊叹于西湖的美景
His views on the subject were well known.
他对这个问题的看法众所周知。
I think most of them are silly.
我认为大多数电视广告很愚蠢。
(2) silly adj.傻的;愚蠢的
[形容词]同义词有 foolish 和 stupid 等,反义词有 clever 和 bright 等。
其比较级和最高级分别是 sillier 和 silliest。
What a silly mistake I made!
我犯了一个多么愚蠢的错误呀!
2. Watching TV ads is just a waste of time.看电视广告只是浪费时间。
(1) waste n.浪费
a waste of 浪费...
go to waste 被浪费掉
Staying up late to play computer games is really a waste of time.
熬夜玩电脑游戏真是浪费时间。
Many fruits and vegetables go to waste because they look ugly.
许多水果和蔬菜被浪费了,因为它们看起来很丑。
【拓展】
waste的其他用法:
作名词,废物;废料
We shouldn't put the waste from factories into the rivers.
我们不应该把工厂的废弃物排放到河流里。
作形容词,废弃的
Waste water should not be dumped into the river.
废水不应该被倒入河里。
作及物动词,浪费
waste sth. on sth./waste sth.(in) doing sth.在(做)某事上浪费....
Mum told me not to waste money on clothes I don't need.
妈妈叫我不要浪费钱买自己不需要的衣服。
You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him.
你试图向他解释是在浪费时间。
Study skills
1. Ms Hunter wrote hundreds of poems.亨特女士写了数百首诗。
(1) hundreds of 数以百计的
表示约数,后接可数名词复数,且其前不可用数词修饰。
There are hundreds of people in the street.
街上有数百人。
【拓展】
hundred 前有基数司或表示数量的限定词时,词尾不加-s,且不能与 of连用。
There are more than two hundred teachers in this school.
这个学校有 200 多名教师
Several hundred people have got cars in this town.
这个镇子里好几百人都有汽车。
Task
1. They tried to use a knife to open the backdoor of the minibus.他们试图刀打开中巴的后门。
(1) use sth. to do sth.用某物做某事
相当于 use sth. for doing sth.其被动结构为sth. be used to do sth.某物被用来做某事
I use my pen to write a letter.
= I use my pen for writing a letter.
我用我的钢笔写信。
This big box can bused to carry these books.
这个大箱子可以月来运这些书。
同步课时训练
一、单词拼写
1.The police said they would___________(提醒)t