Unit 2 Onwards and Upwards Understanding ideas+Developing ideas 词汇语法知识点讲解及练习课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Language points Part One Understanding ideas We Regret to Inform You... ①regret to do对要做的事感到遗憾(还未做) regret doing 后悔做过…(已经做完) ②inform v.通知,告知 inform sb.of sth. 告知某人某事 ③dread v.畏惧,惧怕 ④response n.回答,答复;回应 respond v. 回答,回应 ⑤spend some time (in) doing sth.花费一些时间做某事 spend some time on sth. 在某事上花一些时间 ⑥rarely adv.很少,难得 rare adj.罕见的,稀有的 ⑦reject vt.拒绝 rejection n.拒绝,否决 1 “We regret① to inform② you...” These are the words that every writer dreads③receiving, but words every writer knows well. The response④ from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it, their hearts sinking when they reach that final sentence. You may have spent⑤years giving up your weekends and free time to write your life’s work, yet still this is often not enough.Everyone knows that success rarely⑥ happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced rejection⑦.  regret to do sth. 很遗憾要做某事 regret doing sth. 后悔做了某事 regret that... 后悔/遗憾…… with great regret 非常遗憾 to one’s regret 令某人抱歉/遗憾的是 1. I don’t regret __________her. 我不为帮助她而后悔。 2. I regret ______(tell) you that you didn’t get the first prize. 很遗憾告诉你没有获得一等奖。 to tell helping inform sb.of/about sth.　 告诉某人某事;通知某人某事 inform sb.that/when/how... 通知某人…… keep sb.informed (of) 使某人随时了解(……) information n.消息;情报;信息 1. Please keep me _____________(inform) when you get the dress. 2. (2022·浙江高考)Travelling to conferences, lectures, workshops, and the like—frequently by plane—is viewed as important for scientists to get together and exchange ____________(inform). informed information dread doing sth.　 害怕做某事 dread sb.doing sth. 害怕某人做某事 dread that... 害怕…… with dread 恐惧地 She is dreading ______(go) back home alone. He looked at me _______ dread. going with 此句是and连接的并列句。在后一个分句中,their hearts sinking 是独立主格结构作伴随状语。when引导时间状语从句。 dread doing sth 惧怕做某事 one’s heart sinks 心情沉重 “We regret① to inform② you...” These are the words that every writer dreads③receiving, but words