Unit 1 Section ⅠStarting out & Understanding（Word教参）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册（外研版2019）

Section Ⅰ　Starting out & Understanding ideas—Comprehension [对应学生用书P2] 1．boyhood n．(男性的)童年时期，少年时代→boy n．男孩 2．ambition n．追求，理想→ambitious adj.有野心的；有雄心的 3．historical adj.(有关)历史的→history n．历史→historic adj.历史上著名(或重要)的；可名垂青史的 4．detective n．私家侦探→detect v．发觉；查明→detection n．发觉 5．ultimately adv.最后，最终→ultimate adj.最后的 1．in the face of面临，面对 2．take action采取行动 3．long to渴望 4．kill off杀死；消灭 5．in place在适当的位置；适当的 6．by contrast相比之下 7．devote oneself to致力于，献身于 8．focus on集中(精力)于 9．get enough of受够了，厌倦 10．take a leaf out of以……为榜样，模仿…… 11．be based on根据，以……为基础 12．be compared to与……相比 1．句型公式：as引导非限制性定语从句 教材原句：As many of us already know，having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality. 翻译：正如我们许多人已经知道的那样，为未来制定恰当的计划并不能保证它们会成为现实。 2．句型公式：on doing一……就…… 教材原句：On leaving high school，he joined a local Kansas newspaper as a trainee reporter. 翻译：高中一毕业，他就加入堪萨斯州当地的一家报社当实习记者。 [对应学生用书P3] Facing the Future For many of us, it's something we already have experienced.One moment，we are lying comfortably in bed, about to fall into a deep sleep①.The next, our eyes are open and we find ourselves wondering or even worrying about② possibly the most important issue of our lives—the future.Will we get into③ the school of our choice? What will we be doing in ten years' time? Can we become the person we really want to be? In the face of④ such questions, how should we approach the future？❶Can we take action⑤ to shape it, or should we just accept whatever comes our way⑥？ ❷As many of us already know, having plans in place for the future is no guarantee that they will become reality⑦.❸In this respect, some people are more fortunate than others, as can be illustrated by comparing the lives of two famous authors, born 40 years apart. Although they shared the same ambitious⑧ and energetic approach⑨to life, their careers unfolded in contrasting ways⑩. The American author, Ernest Hemingway, born in 1899, was from early boyhood⑪ single­minded⑫ in his ambition to write.Onleaving high school, he joi