内容正文:
选择性必修一
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Words and Expressions
2019人教版
UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people from hunger.
— Yuan Longping
我毕生的梦想是让所有人远离饥饿。
——袁隆平
hybrid
/ˈhaɪbrɪd/
n.杂交植(动)物;
合成物;混合动力车
devote
/dɪˈvəʊt/
vt.把…献(给);
把…专用于;专心于
devote …to…
把…用于,献身,致力,专心
写作同义异构:
除了devote oneself to你还能想到哪些表示“专注于/致力于做某事”的表达?
be lost in
focus on
be absorbed in
be involved in
be engaged in
concentrate on
devote v. 把……献(给);把……专用于;专心于
1. A great person is someone who devotes his/her life to helping others.
伟人是把自己的一生致力于帮助别人的人。
2. You will never gain success unless you are fully devoted to your work.
除非你全身心投入工作,否则你将永远不会成功。
3. Her devotion to the research left her with very little free time.
她全身心投入研究,几乎没有空闲时间。
① devote oneself to (doing) sth. 献身于(做)某事;致力于(做)某事;专心于(做)某事
devote one’s life/time/money/energy to (doing) sth. 把某人的一生/时间/金钱/精力奉献于(做)某事
② devoted adj.忠诚的;深爱的;投入的
be devoted to... 对……忠诚;深爱……
a devoted father 一位尽职的父亲
③ devotion n.奉献;忠诚;深爱
表示“专心于,全神贯注于”的短语还有:be absorbed in, be lost in, be buried in, be occupied in, focus on, concentrate on, fix one’s attention on。
① (devote) to caring for his father, he didn’t go for a picnic with us.
②They devoted their spare time to (help) rebuild homes.
③His (devote) to work always earns him respect and praise from both his colleagues and students.
④If you have a job, and finally you’ll succeed.
如果你有一份工作,务必全身心投入,最终你会成功的。。
单句语法填空/完成句子
Devoted
helping
devotion
do devote yourself to it
随堂演练
shortage
/ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ/
n.不足;缺少;短缺
shorten vt. 缩短;减少
short adj. 短期的;短的,矮的;简短的
shortage n. 不足;缺少;短缺
1. The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage.
在树木缺水最严重的地区,大树的损失最大。
2. They were suffering because of a serious shortage of doctors and nurses.
由于医护人员严重短缺,他们备受病痛折磨。
3. The family was short of even the bare necessities of life.