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Unit 3 Faster, Higher, Stronger
词句精讲精练
词汇讲解
1. popular
popular作形容词,意为“流行的;受欢迎的”。be popular with意为“受……欢迎”。例如:
This kind of sweater is very popular. 这种毛衣非常流行。
She is a popular teacher in our school. 她是我们学校一位很受欢迎的老师。
His songs are popular with young people. 他的歌很受年轻人的欢迎。
2. hard
(1)hard作形容词时,意为“困难的;硬的;勤奋的;严厉的;苛刻的”。例如:
It’s hard to study English. 学习英语很难。
(2)hard作副词时常用来表示程度,意为“努力地;猛烈地;剧烈地”。例如:
I work hard at school. 我在学校努力学习。
They worked hard to succeed. 他们努力工作,以求得成功。
【拓展】
work hard at……,意为“努力于……”,例如:
He is working hard at English. 他正在努力学习英语。
注意:
hardly是表频率的副词,意为“几乎不;几乎没有”,相当于almost not,并非hard的副词形式。例如:
There is hardly any coffee left.= There’s almost no coffee left. 几乎没有剩余的咖啡了。
3.be good at
be good at意为“在……方面擅长”,介词at后面常接名词、代词或动词-ing形式,同义短语为do well in。例如:
She is good at English and Chinese. = She does well in English and Chinese. 她擅长英语和汉语。
【拓展】
(1)be good for意为“对……有好处,对……有益处”,介词for后接名词或代词。其反义词为be bad for,意为“对……有害处”。例如:
Junk food is not good for our health. 垃圾食品对我们的健康没有好处。
Smoking is bad for you. 吸烟对你有害。
(2)be good to意为“对……好”,其反义短语为be bad to“对……不好”。介词to之后一般接表示人的名词或代词。例如:
She is very good to us. 她对我们很好。
The boss is bad to his workers. 那个老板对他的工人们不好。
(3)be good with意为“和……相处得好;擅于和……相处”。例如:
Are you good with children? 你和孩子们相处得好吗?
4.joke
(1)joke作动词,意为“开玩笑”。常见的短语有:joke around 开玩笑、胡闹;joke with sb.与某人开玩笑。例如:
I was only joking. 我只是开玩笑。
Don’t joke around too much, or someone will be angry. 不要开太多玩笑,否则有人会生气。
(2)joke还可以用作可数名词,意为“玩笑”。常见的短语有:tell jokes讲笑话;play a joke on sb.开某人的玩笑。例如:
Tom likes telling jokes and he often plays a joke on me. Tom喜欢讲笑话,并经常开我的玩笑。
5.compare
(1)compare作动词,意为“比较,对照”,常与with连用。例如:
Compare your answers with those at the back of the book to see if they are right.
把你的答案同书后面的答案对照一下,看看是否正确。
My handwriting can not be compared with my father’s. 我的书法不能与我父亲的相比。
If you compare the two books, you will see that this one is better.
如果你比较一下这两本书,你会发现这一本好一些。
(2)compare作动词,还用作比喻意义,意为“比作”。例如:
Man’s life is often compared to a candle. 人