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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.
wealthy /'welθi/
fear /fɪə/
used to
wealth /'welθ/
doulbe /'dʌbl/
seldom /'seldəm/
spare /speə/
spare time
deaf /def/
speak up
adj. 富有的;富裕的
n. 担心;害怕
过去
n. 财富;财产
v. 使加倍;把……增加一倍
adj. (成) 双的;两个……
adv. 很少地;不常
adj.空闲的;备用的
业余时间;闲暇
adj. 聋的
大点声说
Vocabulary
1.It's getting late. 天晚了。辨析:表示“变得”的用法
get + adj. (get 表示温度、时间、岁数的变化)It's getting cold.
turn +adj. (turn 表示颜色的变化)
eg: Leaves turn yellow in autumn.
go + adj. (go +表示变得糟糕的adj.)eg:He went deaf.
become(变成、成为) + adj./n.
eg: He had a long walk and became tired.
He wants to became a doctor when he grows up.
Language points
2. Nearly finished!
这里finished 是形容词,表示“完成了的,结束了的”。如:
I hope I’ll be finished before 5 pm.
我希望下午五点之前能完成。
Are you finished with that work?
你完成那份工作了吗?
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3. Mum, do you think that life is better today than in the past?
妈妈,你认为现在的生活比过去更好了吗?
本句用的是比较级,比较级的常用句型有:
(1) 比较级+ than, 表示“比……更……”
e.g. Health is more important than wealth.
健康比财富更重要。
(2) 比较级+and +比较级, 表示“越来越……”
e.g. The story gets more and more exciting.
这个故事越来越激动人心。
(3) the +比较级, the+比较级,表示“越……, 越……”
e.g. The more time you spend on it, the greater progress you will make. 你在这上面花费的时间越多,你的进步就越大。
常见的比较级的修饰语有:much, still, a little, a lot, even, far.
e.g. He worked much harder then.
那时候他工作更认真。
4. … there’s less fear of getting ill …
little少 less更少 least最少
fear n. 担心;害怕
They forgot all the fears at once.
他们一下子忘记了所有的恐惧 。
He was unable to speak at the meeting for fear.
因为害怕他没能在会上发言。
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for fear 唯恐,以免(发生危险)
He ran away for fear of being hurt.
他生怕受伤而逃跑。
in fear of … 担心;害怕
He goes in fear of his life.
他害怕会丧命。
There is no (not much / less) fear of … 某事不太可能发生
There is no fear of that kind of thing.
那种事不可能发生。
5. … and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ord