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Section Ⅳ Using Language & Assessing Your Progress
THE TIME MACHINE(Adapted)
It was at ten o'clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career. [1] I gave it a last check, and sat myself in the leather seat. I pushed the starting lever on the main panel forwards an inch then immediately backwards again. Looking around [2],I saw my laboratory exactly as before. Had anything happened? I thought my mind had tricked me. Then I saw the clock. A moment before, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three!
[1]本句为强调句,强调时间状语at ten o'clock today。去掉It was 和that 之后,句子为At ten o'clock today the first of all Time Machines began its career。
[2]“Looking around”是动词ing短语作状语,look 与主语I 之间是逻辑上的主谓关系。
I drew a breath, gripped the lever and pushed it forwards. The laboratory went hazy around me. My niece came in to fetch something, maybe her handkerchief, apparently without seeing me. It probably took her a minute, but to me she moved like a rocket! I pushed the lever further. Night came as if a lamp was being turned out [3],and in another moment came the day [4].Tomorrow night came, then skipped to day, again and again, faster and faster still.
[3]画线部分是由as if引导的方式状语从句。
[4]“in another moment came the day”是介词短语前置引起的全部倒装句。主语是the day;谓语是came;介词短语in another moment作时间状语。
It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air.The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day. Around me I saw trees growing [5] like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.
[5]“saw trees growing”是“see+宾语+宾补”结构。growing 是动词ing 形式,作宾语补足语。grow 与宾语trees 之间是逻辑上的主谓关系且growing 表示动作正在进行。
I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! I had thought about the risk of stopping the Time Machine many times. So long as I travelled at maximum speed [6], it didn't matter. But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb! Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
[6]“So long as I travelled at maximum speed”是条件状语从句,So long as 相当于as long as, 意为“只要”。
I was stunned for a moment, and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome,” I said, “for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here!”,时间机器(改编版)
就在今天十点钟,第一台时间机器开始了它的职业生涯。我最后检查了一下,坐进皮椅,把主面板上的起动杆向前推进一英寸,然后再立即向后推。我环顾四周,看到我的实验室还是和以前一模一样。到底有没有发生什么?我以为自己的头脑迷糊了,然后瞄了一眼时钟,发现刚刚是十点过一分左右,现在已经快三点半了!
我吸了一口气,紧握操纵杆,将它往前推。周围的实验室变得模糊不清。我的侄女进来取东西,可能是想拿她的手帕,显然她并没看到我。她大概花了一分钟的时间,但我看她移动得就像火箭(那样快)!我继续向前推杆。夜幕降临,就像一盏灯熄灭一样,再一转眼,已到了白天。第二天夜晚降临,接着又跃进到白天。如此反复,越来越快。
时间旅行的奇异和不适很难用语言形容,感觉就像是被人推着,快速行驶在一条蜿蜒曲折的道路上。随着我的速度变得更快,实验室的墙壁消失了,我被留在室外。太阳和月亮看起来仿佛被人抛着划过天空,昼夜之分变得很快。我看见周围的树木如袅袅烟雾(升起)一般长高,瞬间就完成了生长、蔓延和死亡的过程。我看到高大的建筑拔地而起,然后宛如在梦中一般消失。整个地球表面都在我的眼前不断变化,时而消融,时而流动。算了一下,我正以每分钟数百年的速度被推着穿越时间。
我生出一股强烈的冲动,想要看看眼前随机闪过的事物!我不止一次想过停下时间机器的风险——只要我以最大速度行进,肯定没有问题;但是,如果中途停下,同个空间就会被其他东西占据,我们会被强力合在一起,像炸弹那样爆炸!我像个急躁的傻瓜一样,用力向后拉杆。一阵剧烈的晃动之后,时间机器翻转到旁边,我也被抛到了空中。
我昏迷了片刻,然后听到了雷声。此时正下着雨,我坐在机器旁边的泥里,喃喃自语道:“对穿越几千年时光来到这里的人来说,这真是极好的欢迎!”
[重点单词]
1. leather n.皮革[pl]皮衣;皮外套
2. inch n.英寸
3. backwards adv.向后;倒着;往回
4. fetch vt.(去)拿来;(去)请来
5. pace n.速度;步伐;节奏vt.&vi. 确定速度;调整节奏
6. urge n.强烈的欲望;冲动vt.催促;力劝;大力推荐
7. random adj.随机的;不可思议的
8. divide v.分开;分隔;除以→ division n.分开;分隔;差异;除(法)
9. explode vi.&vt.爆炸;爆破→ explosion n.爆炸
10. mud n.泥;泥浆→ muddy adj.泥泞的;混浊的
[重点短语]
1. turn out 关掉;熄灭;在场;结果是
2. fall away (逐渐)减少;消失
3. have an urge to do... 有强烈的欲望做……
4. take over 占上风;取而代之;接替
[重点句型]
1.It was at ten o'clock that...强调句型
2.as if/though 引导的方式状语从句
3.“It is+adj+for sb. +to do sth.” 句型
4.“及物动词+宾语+宾语补足语”句型
[词汇精讲]
1.(教材P6)In scifi stories, robots often become superior and take over.
在科幻小说中,机器人经常(比人类)更胜一筹,(在各方面)占上风。
take over 占上风;取而代之;接管,接手
◆[佳句感知]
In the second half of the basketball match, our class took over and finally made the score 9886.
在篮球比赛的下半场,我们班占了上风,最后把比分改写为98∶86。
I've taken over from Vanessa as head of the sales department.
我已接替瓦妮萨担任销售部的主管。
[归纳拓展]
◆[即学即练]
[完成句子]
①Would you like me to take over the driving for a while?
我替你开会儿车怎么样?
②Journalists took down every sentence of his speech.
记者们记下了他演讲中的每一句话。
③Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in .
这一章我读到一半才意识到我根本没有看懂。
④Her singing career took off after her TV appearance.
她在电视上亮相后,歌唱事业迅速发展。
⑤I can't take on any extra work.
我不能承担任何额外的工作。
⑥Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of my day.
会议和电话占据了我一天中很大一部分时间。
2.(教材P8)Night came as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment came the day.
夜幕降临,就像一盏灯熄灭一样,再一转眼,已到了白天。
turn out 关掉,熄灭;出席,在场;结果是,证明是;生产,制造
◆[佳句感知]
We had more people turn out for the conference this year than ever before.
今年出席我们会议的人比以往任何时候都多。
[归纳拓展]
turn up 调大;出现 turn down 调小;拒绝
turn to 转向;求助于 turn on 打开
turn off 关掉 turn in 上交;交还
◆[即学即练]
[完成句子]
①She turned down the job offer because she wanted more money.
她拒绝了那份工作,因为她想要更高的工资。
②Before this I should have smiled and turned her down .
在这之前,我本该笑着拒绝她。
③I don't know who to turn to .
我不知道向谁求助。
④I want to turn on the television.
我想打开电视。
⑤The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off .
灯光有点太刺眼了。你可以把灯关掉。
⑥I went back to the stationhouse to turn in my badge and gun.
我回到警局,交还了我的警徽和佩枪。
3.(教材P6)The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but soon there was division between night and day.
太阳和月亮看起来像是被抛起来滑过了天空,但很快就有了白天和黑夜的分界。
division n.分开;分隔;差异;除(法)
◆[佳句感知]
The children are learning to do division.
孩子们在学习做除法运算。
She has a fair division of time and resources.
她将时间和资源合理分配。
[归纳拓展]
divide vt.分开;分配;分隔;除,除以
divide...into...把……分成……
divide sth. between/among...
在……之间分配/分享某物
divide A by B A除以B
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[语法填空]
①He divided the sweets among the children who were divided into three groups.
②To avoid being affected, the student insisted that he should be separated from his roommates, who were noisy.
③The river forms the division (divide) between the old and new parts of the city.
[翻译句子]
④我们把工作分成了四份,每人做一份。(divide)
We divided the work into four parts, and each did one.
[易混辨析]
divide
表示“分,分开”,指整个分成若干部分,常与into连用。
separate
表示“隔开”,指把原来连在一起或靠近的物或人分隔开来,使其之间有一段距离,常与from连用。
4.(教材P8)As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air.
随着我的速度变得更快,实验室的墙壁消失了,我被留在室外。
fall away (逐渐)减少,消失;脱落
◆[佳句感知]
Because this project is taking so long to complete, people's excitement about it has really fallen away.
因为这个项目要花很长时间才能完成,所以人们对它的兴奋之情事实上已经消失了。
The paint is falling away from the sides of the house.
房子四周的油漆正在脱落。
[归纳拓展]
◆[即学即练]
[完成句子](用与fall相关的短语)
①On the bathroom ceiling, some pieces of plaster(灰泥)had fallen away/off .
②Despite a strong performance in the beginning, he fell behind in the second half of the race and finished last.
③How many times do I have to complain about falling over your toys before you finally clean them up?
④My birthday fell on a Monday this year, when we had a final exam.
[翻译句子]
⑤His supporters fell away as his popularity declined.
随着他的受欢迎程度的下降,他的支持者渐渐离他而去。
5.(教材P8)I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes!
我生出一股强烈的冲动,想要看看眼前随机闪过的事物!
urge n.[C] 强烈欲望,冲动 vt. 敦促,力劝,催促
◆[佳句感知]
I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before.
以前,我从没感觉到有学习任何手势语的强烈愿望。
Though having been urged to go to bed many times, the little boy kept on reading his book.
尽管已经多次被催促上床睡觉了,那个小男孩还在继续看书。
[归纳拓展]
have/feel an urge to do sth.有做某事的欲望/冲动
urge sb. to do sth.力劝某人做某事
urge that...极力主张……(从句用虚拟语气,即从句谓语用“should+动词原形”,should 可省略)
urgency n.[U]紧急,迫切
urgent adj.紧急的;急切的
be in urgent need of...急需……
It is urgent that...……是紧急的。(从句用虚拟语气,即从句谓语用“should+动词原形”,should 可省略)
urgently adv. 紧急地;迫切地
◆[即学即练]
[语法填空]
①Considering the great urgency (urge), this project is supposed to be completed as soon as possible.
②Every month a certain amount of money should be reserved so that we can depend on it in case of something urgent (urge).
③The WHO urged that all the countries (should) take (take) measures to prevent the spread of COVID19.
④Parents should actively urge their children to take (take) advantage of the opportunity to join sports teams.
[翻译句子]
⑤他力劝她要更加仔细地工作。(urge that)
He urged that she (should) work more carefully.
⑥我们迫切需要提高人们的环保意识。(urgent)
It is urgent that we (should) raise people's awareness of environmental protection.
[句式精析]
1.(教材P8)It was at ten o'clock today that the first of all Time Machines began its career.
就在今天十点钟,第一台时光机器开始运行了。
本句中it was...that...为强调句式
强调句型
为了突出句子中的某一部分,我们通常会使用强调句,英语中表示强调时有一个很重要的句型:It is/was...that/who...,可以强调除谓语以外的句子成分,如主语、宾语、时间状语、地点状语等;强调人时,用who和that 均可,其他情况用that。
It was they that/who cleaned the classroom yesterday.
昨天是他们打扫的教室。(强调主语)
It was in the small house that he spent his childhood.
他就是在这所小房子里度过了他的童年时代。(强调地点状语)
[温馨提示]
①要判断一句话是否是强调句,只需要把It is/was 和that/who 去掉,如果去掉后句子依然成立,即句子的结构和语义均完整,则该句就是强调句,反之就不是。
②It is/was not until...that..是一种特殊的强调句型。
It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realised she was a famous film star.
直到她摘下墨镜我才意识到她是一位著名的电影明星。
◆[即学即练]
[翻译句子]
①昨天我母亲就是在街上遇到了汤姆。
It was in the street that my mother met Tom yesterday.
②正是闪电造成了去年那场森林火灾。
It was lightning that caused the forest fire last year.
③直到我朋友告诉我,我才知道真相。
It was not until my friend told me that I knew the truth.
④是约翰的快速反应和急救知识挽救了她的生命。
It was John's quick reaction and knowledge of first aid that saved her life.
⑤直到12点我才上床睡觉。
It was not until 12 o'clock that I went to bed.
2.(教材P8)Night came as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment came the day.
黑夜来临了,就好像一盏灯被熄灭了一样,又过了一会儿,白天来临了。
as if/as though 引导的从句
as if/as though 意为“仿佛;好像”,引导方式状语从句或表语从句。所引导的从句既可用虚拟语气,也可用陈述语气。
①如果说话者对所说之事有明显的依据可能发生,那么则用陈述语气。
He talks as though he is drunk.
从他谈话的样子看,他喝醉了。(他真的喝醉了)
②如果所说之事只是一种假设、愿望、怀疑或推测,那么则用虚拟语气。若表示对现在的事实或状态的假设,则as if/as though 引导的从句用一般过去时,be动词一般用were; 若表示对过去的事实或状态的假设,则as if/as though 引导的从句用过去完成时;若表示对将来的事实或状态的假设,则as if/as though 引导的从句用“would/might/could+动词原形”。
She looks as though she were ten years younger.
她看起来好像年轻了10岁。
He talked about the war as though he had experienced if before.
他谈论起那场战争,好像他以前经历过似的。(以前没经历过)
It looks as if it might rain.
看上去好像要下雨。
◆[即学即练]
[语法填空]
①Don't handle the vase as if it were (be) made of steel.
②He looked around as if looking (look) for something.
③The little boy walks as if he were (be) an old man.
④He talked a lot about America as if he had been (be) there before.
⑤To the couple's great surprise, the house was in a mess as if broken (break) into.
3.(教材P8)Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread,and died in moments.
我看到周围的树木像烟雾一样向上生长;它们在转瞬之间生长、伸展枝叶,然后死亡。
“see+宾语+宾补”结构
“see+宾语+宾补”为固定用法,意为“看见某人/某物……”。宾补可以是:
①不带to的不定式(表示看到宾语做某事的全过程)
I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to experience a lot of joy.
我只是想看到这张票被很好地利用,并且让一个人体会到很多乐趣。(看到票被利用的全过程)
②现在分词(表示看到宾语正在做某事)
As a parent, I hated seeing my daughter playing her best, but still defeated.
身为父母,我讨厌看到我女儿尽自己最大的努力却仍然失败。(看到女儿正在尽最大的努力)
③过去分词(表示被动)
Back from his twoyear medical service in Africa, Dr Lee was very happy to see his mother taken good care of at home.
在非洲进行了两年的医疗服务回来后,李医生很高兴看到他的母亲在家里被照顾得很好。
(take good care of 与his mother 之间是逻辑上的被动关系)
[知识拓展]
除see以外,其他一些感官动词(或词组)也有以上用法,如hear, notice, watch, observe, listen to, look at等。宾补采用何种形式取决于宾语和宾补在语义上的逻辑关系。
◆[即学即练]
[语法填空]
①The teacher would like to see the homework finished (finish) tomorrow morning.
②I looked up and noticed a snake winding (wind) its way up the tree to catch its breakfast.
[翻译句子]
③布朗夫妇希望看到他们的女儿安定下来,结婚生子。
Mr and Mrs Brown would like/hope to see their daughter settle down, get married and have kids.
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.With the pace of life quickening, we have less and less spare time for entertainment.
2.As bike sharing becomes more and more popular, problems such as random (随意的) parking and dangerous riding keep showing up.
3.—What's the maximum (最大极限的) weight of luggage that I can take aboard the plane, sir?
—Thirty kilograms.
4.The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market on account of its superior (更好的) quality.
5.The car parts themselves are not expensive. It's the labour (体力劳动)that costs money.
6.The equipment was extremely complicated and was monitored by a central control panel (控制板).
7.I had to ask one of my friends to fetch (拿来)mail from this office as I was busy preparing for the party.
8.Stepping backwards (向后),Harry accidentally stepped on the foot of the woman behind him, who gave out an immediate scream.
Ⅱ.语法填空
1.Jack wasn't saying anything, but the teacher smiled at him as if he had done (do) something clever.
2.Your shoes are really muddy (mud)-take them off before you come in.
3.Fortunately, no workers were injured in the explosion (explode), but the building was completely destroyed.
4.We can randomly (random) select some students to make a survey on how they pass their spare time.
5.The local government urged that natural resources (should) be used (use) economically and wisely.
6. It was not until I was chosen as monitor of the class that I came to realize the importance of teamwork.
7.I'm longing to know who it is that is going to make a speech on behalf of us.
8.There was a time when I had an urge to grow (grow) all species of flowers in my garden.
Ⅲ.短语填空
pros and cons conflict with be superior to take over
turn out fall away so long as beside the point
1.It is natural for people to have such troubles and worries, but things may not turn out as badly as expected.
2.We had a heated discussion as to the pros and cons of the use of the mobile phones among students.
3. So long as we unite and help each other, we can overcome any difficulty.
4.He held firm opinions which conflicted with mine.
5.Attendances at his lecture are falling away , so he is thinking about how to make his lecture more interesting and attractive.
6.Since Ken took over the company from his father, the sales have increased.
7.Please don't say anything beside the point in your speech.
8.Our school team was clearly superior to others in the matches.
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