Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.They are going to visit London for their wedding anniversary (周年纪念日). 2.I felt as if there was a weight on my chest, choking (使窒息) me. 3.The work was undertaken (承担) by members of the committee. 4.The sports meet was postponed (推迟) because of the bad weather.
5.I find it hard to convey (表达) my feelings in words but I still want to express my thanks. 6.A dozen ideas were considered before the architect (建筑师) decided on the design of the building.
7.The scientists are still working on inventing methods of reaching outer (外部的) space. 8.I didn't know its update interval (间隔) could even be one day. Ⅱ.拓展词汇
9.unfortunately adv.遗憾地,不幸地,可惜地→fortunately adv.幸运地→fortunate adj.幸运的→fortune n.运气,(尤指)好运
10.unbelievable adj.非常坏(或非常好,非常极端)的,令人难以置信的→believable adj.可信的,真实存在的→believe v.相信→belief n.信念
11.ownership n.所有权,产权→owner n.主人→own v.拥有 adj.属于自己的 12.enlarge vt. & vi.扩大,扩展,增大→large adj.大的
13.growth n.增加,增长;成长,生长→grow v.增长,增大;成长,生长 [巧记单词]
派生词 unfortunately enlarge growth →un-+fortunately →en-+large →grow+-th
Ⅲ.补全短语
1.pick up (开车)去接人;捡起;无意中学会 2.drop off 中途下客或卸货 3.lead to 导致
4.link up 联合,连接
5.at (...) intervals 每隔……距离或时间 6.accelerate the pace of 加速……的步伐 7.function as ... 起……作用
8.in honour of 为纪念……;为了向……表示敬意 9.choke off 阻塞,堵塞
10.be possessed by 由……控制/支配
1.[教材原句]Between 1918 and 1938, many new stations were constructed, the most famous of which were designed by an architect named Charles Holden.
在1918年到1938年间,很多新车站建了起来,其中最著名的车站是名叫查尔斯·霍尔登的建筑师负责设计的。
[句型点拨]“the+形容词比较级/最高级+of+关系代词”结构引导的非限制性定语从句。
[佳句赏析]I have read three books this month, the most interesting of which is the one written by Mo Yan.
本月我已读过三本书,其中最有趣的一本是莫言写的。
2.[教材原句]So, why not take a trip on the oldest underground system today? 那么何不今天乘坐世界上最古老的地铁观光一番呢?
[句型点拨]why not do ...?表示提出建议。
[佳句赏析]Why not turn to your English teacher for advice? 为什么不向你的英语老师征求意见呢?
1.(教材P49)They pick up and drop off people at different stops on the route. 它们在沿途不同的站点接送乘客。
★pick up(开车)接某人;学会,无意中学会(知识);接收(节目、信号);买到某物(尤指廉价或运气好);改善,好转;捡起
写出下列句中pick up的含义
①Here's a tip I picked up from my mother.无意中学会
②The bus picks up passengers outside the airport.(开车)接某人 ③We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.接收 ④We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction.买到 ⑤Trade usually picks up in spring.好转
★drop off下车,使(某人)下车;中途卸货;打盹儿,小睡 ⑥Get the driver to drop you off at the railway station. 告诉司机让你在火车站下车。
⑦You left your jacket, but I can drop_it_off on my way to work tomorrow. 你忘了拿你的夹克衫,不过我可以在明天上班的路上顺便捎给你。 ⑧I dropped off and missed the end of the film. 我打了个盹儿,错过了影片的结尾。 2.(教材P50)Horse-drawn buses, trams, cabs and carriages were used to convey people to
and around the city centre.
用马拉的公共汽车、有轨电车、出租车和四轮马车被用来把人们送到市中心和周围地区。 ★convey vt.输送,运送;传达,表达(想法、感情等) convey sth. to sb. 向某人表达/传送某物 convey sb./sth. from A to B 把某人或某物从A地运送到B地 convey one's feelings/meanings/sorrow ... 表达某人的感情/意思/悲伤…… ①We conveyed our goods from here to the market in an old truck. 我们用一辆旧卡车把货物从这里运往市场。
②At that moment words couldn't convey_my_sorrow. 在那一刻,语言无法表达我的悲伤。
③I wish to take this opportunity to ask you to convey my best regards to your mother. 我希望借此机会请你向你妈妈表达我最美好的祝愿。 3.(教材P50)However, new trains had to be de-veloped and the plan required raising a large
amount of money, so the digging was postponed until 1860.
然而,新火车需要研发,并且该计划需要筹集大笔资金,因此挖掘工作一直延迟到1860
年。
★postpone vt.延迟,延期 ①(2015·广东高考读写任务)Some students are lazy and it has become a habit for them to postpone their homework.
一些学生因懒惰养成了拖延作业的习惯。 postpone doing sth. 推迟做某事 postpone ... until/to/till ... 把……一直推迟到…… ②They always look for excuses to postpone_doing something. 他们总是找借口拖延做事。
③I shall postpone making a decision till/until I learn full details. 在未获悉详情之前我将从缓作出决定。
4.(教材P50)Sixteen years later, in 1884, the Metropolitan Railway Company and the Metropolitan District Railway linked up and provided underground service in the middle of the city.
十六年后的1884年,大都会铁路公司和大都会区铁路公司联合,为城市中部地区提供地铁服务。
★link up 联合,连接,对接
①Engineers can link up distant countryside by radio or telephone. 工程师们能用无线电或电话把遥远的乡村连接起来。
link up with 与……连接起来,与……联合link sth./sb. to/with sth. 把……与某物相联系
②We linked_up_with them for a charity concert last month. 上个月我们与他们联合举办了一场慈善音乐会。
③People often link Chinese Valentine's Day with/to Niulang and Zhinü. 人们常把七夕节与牛郎织女联系起来。
5.(教材P50) Because of the smoke from the steam engines, early underground lines needed large holes leading to the surface at regular intervals, so that people could get fresh air and would not choke.
由于来自蒸汽发动机的浓烟,早期的地铁线每隔一段距离就需要有通向地面的大孔,以便于人们能够呼吸到新鲜的空气而不至于窒息。
★choke vt.& vi.(使)窒息;(使)哽咽vt.塞满,堵塞 choke to death 窒息而亡 choke on sth. 被某物噎住 choke up 因感情激动而哽咽;阻塞 choke sth. (up) with sth. 用……把……塞满 ①Big mouthfuls often choke. 贪多嚼不烂。
②I was really choked_up when I saw her again. 当我再次看到她时我哽咽地说不出话来。 ③Her bag is often choked with junk food. 她的包里常常塞满垃圾食品。
6.(教材P51)Having seen the situation, a wealthy American businessman, Charles Yerkes, undertook the job of improving the system in 1902 by obtaining ownership of the many different lines and setting up the Underground Electric Railways Company of London.
见此情形,美国富商查尔斯·耶基斯于1902年买下了许多不同的地铁线路的所有权并成立了伦敦电力地铁公司,承担起了改善地铁系统的工作。
★undertake (undertook, undertaken) vt. & vi.承担,从事;承诺,答应
undertake to do sth. 确保做某事,保证做某事 undertake that ... 保证,确保 ①A university professor not only teaches, but also undertakes research work. 大学教授不仅要教学,而且还要承担研究工作。 ②They undertook to hand in their designs by Friday.
=They undertook_that they would hand in their designs by Friday. 他们保证在星期五之前交上他们的设计稿。 [语境串记] “承担”不一样的含义
He has undertaken this work for years, and he always undertakes to try his best to do it well every time he is assigned to undertake a new task.
他从事这项工作好几年了,每当他被安排去承担新的任务时,他总是承诺会尽自己最大的努力把它做好。
7.(教材P51)After World War Ⅱ ended in 1945, more people travelled on the underground, so the system was enlarged and more lines were added, including the Victoria Line, which was linked with other lines at almost every station.
1945年第二次世界大战结束后,更多的人乘坐地铁,于是该地铁系统被扩建,增加了更多的地铁线路,其中包括维多利亚线,它所有的站几乎都和其他线路相连。
★enlarge vt. & vi.扩大,扩展,增大;放大(照片) enlarge one's horizons 开阔眼界 enlarge one's vocabulary 扩大词汇量 enlarge the photograph/picture 放大照片 enlarge on/upon 详述,细说 ①A good way to enlarge your vocabulary is to read a daily newspaper very often. 扩大词汇量的一个好办法是经常看日报。
②I asked the photographer to_enlarge_the_picture. 我请摄影师把那张照片放大。
③I'm interested in your idea.Could you enlarge_on/upon your suggestion? 我对你的想法感兴趣。你能详细地解说一下你的建议吗? [联想发散] enlarge 是由前缀en- 加形容词large 构成的,类似的词还有哪些?有些词
加后缀-en 也可构成动词,这样的词有哪些? ①enable_ 使能够,使有机会 ②endanger 使危险
③encourage 使有勇气,鼓励 ④ensure 保证,确保 ⑤lengthen 加长 ⑥widen 拓宽 ⑦strengthen 加强
⑧sharpen 使变得锋利
8.Between 1918 and 1938, many new stations were constructed, the most famous of which were designed by an architect named Charles Holden.
在1918年到1938年间,很多新车站建了起来,其中最著名的车站是名叫查尔斯·霍尔登的建筑师负责设计的。
[用法分析]
句中the most famous of which were designed by an architect named Charles Holden 为非限制性定语从句,the most famous of which 属于“数词/代词/名词/+the +形容词比较级/最高级+ of + 关系代词”结构,该结构用法如下:
??关系代词:whom或which, 先行词指人时,关系代词用whom, 否则用which?替换结构:
of +关系代词+数词/代词/名词+the +
??形容词比较级/最高级
语法功能:引导限制性和非限制性定语从句
①We finally came to an old temple, the walls of which/of which the walls had fallen. 我们最后来到一座破庙前,它的墙壁已经坍塌。
②The book contains 50 poems, most_of_which were written in the 1930s. 那本书中收录了50首诗,其中多数创作于20世纪30年代。
③Gathering in front of the court were a lot of people, some_of_whom were witnesses of the accident.
法院的门口聚集了好多人,其中有一些是这起事故的目击者。 9.So, why not take a trip on the oldest underground system today? 那么何不今天乘坐世界上最古老的地铁观光一番呢? [用法分析]
“Why not do ...?”是“Why don't you do ...?”的省略形式,意为“为什么不做……?”,是表示建议的常用句型。
①Why don't you/Why not share your experience of learning English with me? 为什么不与我分享一下你学习英语的经验呢?
②Why_not_/Why_don't_you_discover what you enjoy and do that? 为什么不去发现你喜欢的事然后去做呢? [语法拓展]
表示“建议”的常用句型还有: Let's do ... 让我们做……吧。 Shall we do ...? 让我们做……,好吗? Would you like to do ...? 你想要做……吗? Will you please do ...? 请你做……,好吗? What (How) about doing ...? 做……怎么样? I suggest that sb. (should) do sth. 我建议某人做某事。 You'd better (not) do ... 你最好(不)做…… ③You'd better not_make such a silly mistake again. 你最好不要再犯这种低级错误。
④She suggested that the meeting (should)_be_put_off till next week. 她建议会议延期到下周。
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.Why not go (go) for a walk? It's a nice day. 2.As we know, language is one of the significant means for mankind to_convey (convey) thoughts and feelings.
3.The increasing number of cars on the road choked up with traffic. This was the reason why we couldn't get here on time.