Unit 5 Working the Land 单词讲义-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 5　Working The Land 一 重点单词 1 典型例句 He devoted himself to writing. 他专心写作。 思维拓展 (1)devote time/effort/money...to... 为……付出时间/努力/金钱 devote oneself to...献身于……；专心致力于…… devoted adj. 忠实的；深爱的 devotion n．挚爱；关爱；关照；奉献 (2)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 He is devoted to his career and his devotion to protecting environment has won our respect. 他对事业很忠诚并且他对保护环境的献身赢得了我们的尊敬。 2 典型例句 There is no shortage of (＝There are plenty of) things to do in the town. 城里不愁找不到活儿干。 思维拓展 food/housing/water shortages 食物 / 住房 / 用水短缺 a shortage of funds 资金不足 short adj.不足的；缺少的；短缺的 fall short of sth.未达到；不符合 be short of缺乏，短缺 in short总之；简言之 3 典型例句 (1)vt.出产(作物)；产生(收益、效益等) The research has yielded useful information. 这项研究提供了有用的资料。 (2)vi.屈服；让步 After a long siege, the town was forced to yield. 经过长时间的包围，这座孤城被迫投降。 (3)vi.放弃；缴出 He refused to yield up his gun. 他拒绝缴枪。 (4)n.[C，U] 产量；产出；利润 This will give a yield of 10% on your investment. 这会给你的投资带来10%的利润。 思维拓展 yield (to sth./sb.) 屈服；让步 yield sth./sb. (up) (to sb.) 放弃；缴出 yield to sth.被……替代；为……所取代 a high crop yield 作物丰收 a reduction in milk yield 牛奶产量的降低 4 典型例句 It took many hours to convince the court of his guilt. 花费了许多个小时法庭才相信他有罪。 思维拓展 convince sb.of sth.使某人相信某事 convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事 be convinced of sth.相信某事 be convinced that相信某事 convincing adj.令人信服的 助记：con­(＝thoroughly，完全地)＋vinc(＝conquer，征服)＋e→完全征服对方→使信服 5 attain vt.(经过努力)获得；得到；达到(年龄、水平、状况等) 典型例句 He attained success through hard work. 他通过努力取得了成功。 思维拓展 attainable adj.可获得的；可达到的 attainment n．达到；成就 6 典型例句 Internet connections through conventional phone lines are fairly slow. 通过传统的电话线连接的因特网速度有点儿慢。 7 典型例句 His assumption proved to be correct. 他的假设被证明是对的。 思维拓展 make an assumption 假设；认为 on the assumption that...在假定……的情况下 assume vt.假定；设想；承担 assume that...假设…… 8 典型例句 He struggled to overcome his shyness. 他努力克服自己的羞怯。 思维拓展 be overcome with被(感情)所控制，受到情绪的极大影响 Bill was overcome with grief. 比尔悲痛欲绝。 9 典