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Module 3 Life now and then
1.wealthy adj.富有的;富裕的→wealth n.财富;财产
2.fear n.担心;害怕
3.double v.使加倍;把……增加一倍adj.(成)双的;两个……
4.seldom adv.很少地;不常
5.spare adj.空余的;备用的
spare time 业余时间;闲暇
6.deaf adj.聋的
7.tiny adj.微小的;极小的
8. electric adj. 用电的;电动的
9.light n.电灯
10.candle n.蜡烛
11.postman n.邮递员
post office n.邮局
12.cold n.寒冷;冷空气
in the winter cold在冬日的严寒里
13.heat n.高温;热度
in the summer heat在夏日的酷热里
14.full⁃time adj.专职的;全日制的
15.afford v.(有财力)买得起,付得起
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18.used to v.aux.(用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为,特别强调现在不那样了)过去
be used to...习惯于……
19.get ill生病
20.deal with处理;应对
21.speak up大点声说
22.more than不只是;多于
23.what’s more另外;而且;更重要的是
24.get married结婚
25.generally speaking一般而言,总的来说
26.all over the world全世界
27.think of sb.as...认为某人是……;把某人看作……
28.search online网上搜寻
29.find out发现,查明
30.thousands of成千上万的
31.as a result结果是;因此
32.a great deal大量,许多;非常
33.the number of...……的数量
1.We know more about medicine today,and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases.如今,我们对医学有了更多的了解,并且因为我们知道如何处理普通的疾病,所以我们对生病的恐惧也减少了。
2.More wealth sometimes means less health.有时越多的财富意味着越少的健康。
3.Remember to speak up!She’s a bit deaf now.记得说话大点儿声!她现在有点儿耳背了。
4....he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.……他经常在严寒酷暑时在外面一天工作十二个小时。
5.There were five children in my family,and looking after us was more than a full⁃time job.我家有五个孩子,照料我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦。
6.I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it,and what’s more,because I was a girl.我没有被送去上学,因为我的家庭负担不起,更重要的是,因为我是个女孩。
7.I’m happy to see she’s busy working every day,but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come to see me often.我很高兴看到她每天都忙于工作,但有时我感到孤独,因为她不能经常来看我。
8.Generally speaking,I think life is better today.总的说来,我认为今天的生活更好了。
9.Instead of the green,open countryside,people lived in very small houses,very close to each other,with no space for children to play.人们不是住在绿色、开阔的乡村,而是住在非常小的房子里,彼此靠得很近,没有供孩子们玩耍的空间。
10.And life was harder for children in those times.那个时候儿童的生活也更加艰难。
11.The modern car has changed life a great deal.现代汽车极大地改变了人们的生活。
12.Modern people are used to the idea that cars cause pollution,but the first cars actually made cities cleaner!现代人习惯性认为汽车会造成污染,但实际上第一批汽车却使城市更干净了!
考点1 fear的用法
1.fear作名词,意为“害怕;担心”。常用短语:for fear of...意为“以免……”;in fear of...意为“害怕……;担心……”。例如:
Shut the window for fear of catching a cold.关上窗户以免感冒。
The thieves are in fear of the police.小偷害怕警察。
2.fear还可作动词,意为“担心;害怕”,后接名词、代词、不定式或that从句,表示“害怕……”。注意,fear后接表示否定意义的宾语从句时,否定词通常不转移到主句。例如:
Cats fear big dogs.猫害怕大狗。
Don’t fear to tell the truth.不要害怕说实话。
She feared that she might not find him in his room.她担心在他的房间里可能找不到他。
I fear it won’t do much good.我担心这不会有太大好处。
3.fear的形容词形式为fearful,意为“可怕的;担心的”;其反义词为fearless,意为“大胆的;无畏的”。
考点2 辨析used to、be used to与be used to do sth.
短语
含义及用法
例句
used to
意为“过去常常”,表示过去的习惯性动作,而现在不这样了。其中的to是不定式符号,后面接动词原形。
I used to go to school by bike,but now I walk to school.我过去常常骑车去上学,但是现在我步行去学校。
be used
to
意为“习惯于”,其中的to是介词,后面接名词或动名词。若要强调从不习惯到习惯的过程,可以用动词get、become代替动词be。
He is used to looking after himself.他习惯自己照顾自己。
be used
to do
意为“被用来做某事”,是动词use的被动语态结构。
The knife is used to cut fruit.这把刀是用来切水果的。
考点3 seldom的用法
1.seldom为表示频率的副词,意为“很少地;不常”。在句中通常位于实义动词之前,be动词、情态动词及助动词之后。例如:
They seldom speak.他们很少发言。
I’ve seldom felt so happy.我很少感觉如此幸福。
2.seldom表示否定意义,在反意疑问句中,疑问部分要用肯定式,遵循“前否定,后肯定”的原则。例如:
Daming seldom goes to school by taxi,does he?大明很少乘出租车去上学,对吗?
考点4 tiny的用法
tiny作形容词,意为“微小的;极小的”。例如:
I felt scared in that tiny room.在那种小屋里我感到害怕。
辨析tiny、little与small
tiny
“微小的;极小的”,强调特别小,指无法与其他事物相比较的异乎寻常的小。
little
“小的;小巧的”,指在体积、数量、距离、年龄、身材等方面比正常的小,带有主观感情色彩,表示喜欢、可怜或讨厌,常与形容词nice、pretty、poor或silly搭配。
small
“小的;不大的”,多指面积、体积、规模、衣服尺寸等方面比正常的略小。
例如:
I put the present in a small box.我把礼物放在一个小盒子里。
The little dog followed the boy everywhere.那条小狗跟着那个男孩到处跑。
考点5 heat的用法
例如:
Everything seemed to shimmer in the heat.在高温下所有的东西都好像在发光。
I’ll heat up the dishes now.我现在去把饭菜热一热。(不及物动词)
Please heat me some milk.请给我热一些牛奶。(及物动词)
考点6 more than的用法
1.意为“多于;超过”,其后常接数词。例如:
Mary has been ill for more than a week.玛丽已经病了一个多星期了。
2.意为“不只是;不仅仅”,其后常接名词等。例如:
He is more than a father to her.他待她胜过父亲。
考点7 marry的用法
考点8 result的用法
例如:
As a result,he went bankrupt soon.结果,他很快就破产了。
He became blind as a result of the accident.他因为意外事故而失明。
The bankrupt of the company resulted from poor management.公司破产是由管理不善造成的。
The poor management results in the bankrupt of the company.管理不善导致这个公司破产。
Kate是你的好朋友,近几年她变化很大。请根据下表信息,写一篇80~100词的英语短文简要介绍一下Kate的成长变化。
过去
现在
个子矮,短发
个子高了很多,长发
打乒乓球、看电视、网上聊天
弹钢琴、看书、散步
外向
内向
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Kate is my friend. She has changed a lot in the past few years.
She used to be short and have short hair. Now she is much taller,and she has long hair.She used to play table tennis,watch TV a lot and chat with me on the Internet,but now she plays the piano and often goes for a walk.She also likes reading a lot.She used to be outgoing,but now she seems to be a little bit quiet.
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