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Unit 1
2024
Language Points
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1. promote vt. 促进;提升;推销;升级
promote development/ growth/ understanding
promote sb. to (be)… 提升某人为……
be promoted to. . . 被提升为……
____________ n. 提升,晋级;促销活动
promotion
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) The organisation works ___________________ (促进友谊) between nations.
2) There was a __________(promote) in the supermarket and they were giving away free glasses of milk.
to promote friendship
promotion
Economic development is necessary if we want to improve society. There comes a time _______ the old must give way to the new, and it is not possible to _________ (保存) everything from our past as we move towards the future. Finding and keeping the right __________ (平衡) between progress ______ the protection of cultural sites can be a big challenge.
when
preserve
and
balance
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2. There comes a time when… 有一个……的时代/时光
这是一个可以从互联网上获得大量信息的时代。
___________________ people can get a lot of information from
the Internet.
This is a time when
【拓展】
There was a time when... 曾经有一度......
曾经有一度,我很痴迷于电脑游戏。
There was a time when I was crazy about computer games.
3. give way to 让步;屈服
面对顾客的投诉,公司最终还是让步了。
The company finally___________ the customer’s complaints.
gave way to
放弃
分发,捐赠;泄露
屈服于;向……让步
发出(光、热、气味等)
分发
give up
give away
give in (to sb)
give off
give out
【拓展】
1) When they saw that they were surrounded(包围) by the enemy, they __________.
2) That weekend, we went to a nearby neighborhood and __________ a lot of money to the people there.
3) The bad apples ________ a bad smell.
4) The argument went on for hours because neither side would ___________.
5) Tom ____________ handbills(传单) on the street all morning.
gave up/ in
gave away
gave off
give in
gave out
4. balance vt. 使平衡 n. 平衡
lose one’s balance 失去平衡
keep one’s balance 保持平衡
keep a balance between A and B 在A和B之间保持平衡
【语境应用】
1) 她拐弯时骑车太快,失去平衡摔倒了。
She cycled too fast round the corner, ______________and fell off.
2) 你应该保持好学习和运动之间的平衡。
lost her balance
You should keep a balance between