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Unit 3 Getting along with others
Extended Reading
Key words and phrases
1. seek (sought,sought) vi.试图;寻找;争取 vt.寻求;寻找
seek (for) sth./sb. 寻找某物/某人
seek to do sth. 试图做某事
seek one’s fortune 寻找成功致富之路;闯世界
seek (one’s) advice/help 征求(某人的)意见/寻求(某人的)帮助
seeker n. 找寻者;追求者
❶Finally I will go back to China and seek a teaching job at a Chinese university.
最后我会回到中国并在中国的一所大学寻找一份教书的工作。
❷The book inspires confidence in students who wish to seek their own answers.
对于那些想亲自寻求答案的学生,这本书会激发他们的自信。
❸They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
他们怎么也找不到一个藏身的地方。
即学即练 单句语法填空
①The highly qualified secretary is busy ________ (seek) employment.
②I think it’s time we ______________ (seek) legal advice.
③Moscow is seeking ________ (slow) the growth of Russian inflation.
seeking
sought/should seek
to slow
It’s time (that)+clause句型
此句型为虚拟语气句型,表示“现在某人该做某事了”。含有该事早该去做而未做,现在去做似乎都为时已晚的意思。
that可省略,time可由high,about修饰, 从句中的谓语动词有两种形式,或者用动词的过去式(be用were);或者用shoud +动词原形(should不能省略)。
2. escape vi. & vt.(从危险或糟糕的处境中)逃离,逃避,摆脱 vt.避开,避免;被遗忘 n.[C,U]逃离;逃脱;逃跑;逃避 [C](气体、液体等的)泄漏
escape from... 从……中逃脱
escape (doing) sth. 逃避(做)某事
have a narrow escape 死里逃生
make one’s escape 逃跑
❶A wicked person cannot escape punishment.
邪恶的人逃脱不了惩罚。
❷You are just trying to escape from reality by playing video games.
你玩电子游戏不过是试图逃避现实。
❸He narrowly escaped being killed.
他险些丧命。
即学即练 单句语法填空
①Some naughty boys wanted to escape ___________________ (punish).
②Who was it that helped him escape ________ the enemy’s prison?
完成句子
③In the accident, he was very lucky to escape ___________________ (死亡).
④We had to break the door to _________________ (逃离火灾).
⑤You were lucky to _________________ (死里逃生).
being punished/punishment
from
(from) death/being killed
escape (from) the fire
have a narrow escape
3. be meant to do sth.注定要做某事;旨在/目的是做某事;(尤因某人的吩咐或根据职责)必须或应该做某事
与mean相关的用法
mean vt. (meant, meant)意思是;意欲,打算;意味着
adj. 吝啬的;刻薄的
mean to do sth. 打算做某事
mean doing sth. 意味着做某事
had meant to do sth. 本打算做某事而没做
mean that... 意思是