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Module 9 Great inventions
Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet?
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典例1 (广东中考) If you want to know more about space, please
___ the book A Brief History of Time.
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A.look through B.look around
C.look after D.look down upon
【解析】 句意:如果你想了解更多关于太空的知识,请浏览一下《时间简史》这本书。look through"快速阅读;浏览";look around"游览,参观";look after"照顾";look down upon"看不起"。由句意可知选A。
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教材原句 Can we imagine life without paper or printing? 我们能想象没有纸和印刷术的生活吗?(教材P74)
&2& imagine v. 想象;设想
讲 imagine作动词,用法有:
imagine +n.想象某物
imagine (sb./sb.'s) doing sth.想象(某人)做某事
imagine+that/what/who从句
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▶These days it is difficult to imagine a world without books.现在很难想象一个没有书的世界(是什么样子的)。(选自杭州中考)
▶I can just imagine him saying that! 我确实能想到他那么说!
▶Can you imagine that we could build a beautiful city with rubbish? 你能想象我们可以用垃圾建造一个美丽的城市吗? (选自凉山州中考)
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&3& printing/ˈprɪntɪŋ/ n. 印刷
讲 作不可数名词。
▶The fifteenth century saw big progress in printing technology in the west.十五世纪,西方的印刷工艺有了很大的进步。(选自广东中考)
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▶They printed 30,000 copies of the book. 这本书他们印了3万册。
▶Our company has just bought a colour printer. 我们公司刚买了一台彩色打印机。
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教材原句 In those days,books were only produced one at a time by hand. 那时候,书是靠手工制作的,一次只能制作一本。(教材P74)
&4& at a time每次;一次
▶She ran up the stairs two at a time.她一步两阶地跑上楼梯。
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拓 与at a time构成相似的其他常见短语:
at times 意为"有时;间或",相当于
sometimes,表示频率。
at one time 意为"曾经;一度",常用于一般过
去时。
▶He helps me cook at times.他有时帮我做饭。
▶She was a famous singer at one time.她曾是一位著名的歌唱家。
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&5& by hand用手;靠手做
▶All these toys are painted by hand. 所有这些玩具都是用手上色的。
▶Do you like writing by hand or with a keyboard?你喜欢用手写字还是用键盘打字?(选自北部湾经济区中考)
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典例2 (眉山中考) 根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
当茶叶可采摘时,人们手工采摘后再送去加工。
When the leaves of the tea plant are ready, they are picked ____
______ and then are sent for processing.
by
hand
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教材原句 ①As a result,there were not many books,and they were expensive. 因此,书籍的数量不多,价格也贵。(教材P74)
②A trade in books resulted,and more people learnt to read. 图书贸易开始产生,更多的人开始读书。(教材P74)
&6& as a resul