Unit 4 Making the news
Ⅰ.常考单词必背
1．assist vt.& vi.帮助；协助
Two men are assisting the police in their enquiries. 有两个人正在协助警方进行对他们的询问。 [快速闪记]
assist sb with sth 帮助某人…… assist sb to do...帮助某人做…… assist sb in doing...帮助某人做…… assistant n．助手；协助；售货员
2．submit vt.& vi.①(常与to连用)(使)服从；(使)屈服 ②(常与to连用)提出；提交
She is a strong－willed person who never submits to failure.她是一个意志坚强的人，从不向失败屈服。
Please submit your reports to me before the deadline. 请在截止日期前将报告交给我。 3．eager adj.渴望的；热切的
I am eager to find a good English teacher for my daughter as I am anxious about her poor English. 我一直想给我女儿找个好的英文老师，因为我很担心她蹩脚的英语。 [快速闪记]
eagerly adv.热心地；急切地 eagerness n．[U]热切；渴望 4．concentrate v．专心；集中
We must concentrate our efforts on improving education.我们必须致力于改进教育工作。 [快速闪记]
concentration n．浓度；集中；浓缩；专心；集合 (1)concentrate on sth 集中精力做某事
concentrate one's attention on致力于……；把注意力集中在…… (2)focus on/fix on 集中……于…… 5．acquire vt.获得；取得；学到
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We must work hard to acquire a good knowledge of English.我们必须努力学习才能精通英语。 [快速闪记]
(1)acquire a habit of 养成……习惯
(2)同义词：earn，acquire，attain，gain，get，obtain，win 6．inform vt.告诉；通知
Bees fly in circles to inform their partners about food or danger. 蜜蜂跳圆形舞告诉同伴蜜源的位置或警告它们有危险。 [快速闪记]
(1)inform sb of sth 告诉某人某事；通知某人某事 keep sb informed (of)使某人随时了解…… be well informed about sth 对某事十分了解 (2)information n．[U]通知；情报；信息 collect/gather information搜集情报 a piece of information一则消息
7．meanwhile n．[C]其时；其间(＝meantime) adv.当时；同时
Mother went shopping；meanwhile，I cleaned the house.妈妈去买东西，与此同时，我打扫房间。 in the meanwhile/meantime在此期间；同时 8．accuse vt.指责；控告；指控 Why do they always accuse us so rudely? 为什么他们这么粗暴地指责我们？ [快速闪记]
accuse sb of (doing) sth 指控/指责某人(做)某事 ＝charge sb with (doing) sth accuse sb as...指控某人为……
9．demand n．要求；需求 v．要求；查问；需要 [快速闪记]
(1)demanding adj.要求高的；苛求的；强求的；费力的，吃力的 (2)同义词：ask，beg，demand，require，request
(3)demand for sth要求；demand sth from sb向……要求或索取；in demand所需要的，销路好的 (4)demand to do sth要求做某事；satisfy/meet one's demands满足某人的需求 (5)demand/require/request that sb (should) do sth 10．approve vt.批准；认可；通过 vi.赞成；赞同
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The minutes of the last meeting were approved. 上次会议记录已获得通过。 [快速闪记]
approve of sb/sth 赞成/同意某人/某事 approval n．[C] & [U]赞成；同意；批准 without approval未经许可 give one's approval to同意；批准 Ⅱ.高频短语必会
1．so as to (do sth)为了(做)…… 2．ahead of在 ……前面 Ⅲ.写作句式必学
1．Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.只有提很多不同的问题，你才能收集到你所需要的所有信息。
2．His discussion with his new boss，Hu Xin，was to strongly influence his life as a journalist.他与他的新上司胡欣的讨论对他的记者生涯将会产生重要的影响。
3．Meanwhile you have to prepare the next question depending on what the person says. 同时，你还要根据被采访的人所说的话准备下一个问题。
短文语法填空，然后背诵短文，熟记本单元的重点词汇。
An Amateur Journalist
Jane is a housewife，but __1__(delight)to work as an amateur journalist.It is a dilemma for her to rush between family and work，and it is also __2__(usual) for the News Department to depend on an amateur to cover crimes.But Jane is really gifted.It is __3__(admire) that she is seldom accused __4__ making mistakes.And，eager to become more __5__(profession)，she concentrates on her job and updates herself now and then.
Once she__6__(inform) of a new case，her normal working process is as follows：first，she makes __7__(appoint) with guilty people for interviews.So as to acquire accurate stories，she usually demands to record __8__ they say.Meanwhile，a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs.Second，she assesses whether they are deliberately hiding the truth.__9__ she is skeptical about their words，she will look into the case herself.Third，she writes thorough stories ahead of the deadline and submits it to the senior chief editor，who polishes and __10__ (approval) every section.Finally，her stories will be published in different editions of their magazine.
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答案 1.delighted 2.unusual 3.admirable 4.of 5．professional 6.is informed 7.appointments 8.what 9．If 10.approves
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2018版高考英语(人教通用)大一轮复习满分必背 必修五 unit 4 making the news
