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Book3 Unit 2
Words and expressions
1. carry sb through sth: 帮助某人渡过难关
eg My confidence, together with the skills you taught me, carried me through the exams.
我的信心,加上您教给我的技巧,帮助我通过了考试。
汉译英。
1) 这本书帮助我度过了艰难时期。
The book has carried me through the hard times.
2) 他的勇气使他战胜了病症。
His courage carried him through his illness.
2 complain vi. & vt. 抱怨;发牢骚
【归纳】
complain (to sb) of/about sth 向某人投诉/抱怨某事
complain (to sb) that... 抱怨……
【拓展】
complaint n. 抱怨;投诉;不满
make a complaint against 对……投诉
make a complaint (to sb) about/of sth 向某人抱怨/投诉某事
【语境应用】根据提示完成句子。
1) She _____________ (complain)to us that no one had been at the airport to pick her up.
2) If you wish to make a _________ (complain) about that, you should see the manager.
3) I'm writing to __________ (complain) about the bad service of your hotel.
4) 我要就噪音问题提出投诉。
I’d like to _________________ about the noise.
complained
complaint
complain
make a complaint
3. majority n. 大部分;大多数
eg The majority of students find it quite hard to live on the amount of money they get.
大多数学生都觉得很难靠他们得到的那点钱生活。
【归纳】
the majority of … 大多数, 大半
be in the/a majority 占大多数
【拓展】
minority n. 少数,小部分
major adj. 主要的 vi. 主修; 专门研究
1) the majority和the minority单独用作主语时,若强调整体,谓语动词用单数形式;若强调个体,谓语动词则用复数形式;但其后表语是复数时,谓语动词通常也要用复数。
2) “the/a majority of+名词”用作主语,其谓语动词的数应与名词的数保持一致。
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) For one thing, I hope to gain a bit more knowledge of gardening so that it can help me to major _____ the gardening after attending college.
2) An agreement seems to be impossible because the majority of the committee members _____ (be) against it.
in
are
完成句子。
3) The _________ (major) of them take on online language
test before starting their programme.
4) ______________________ in favor of the suggestion.
多数人赞成这个提议。
majority
The majority was/were
4. tend vt. 照顾;照料 vi. 倾向;趋于
eg The nurse tending the patient in the hospital is one of my classmates.