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课件网) Language points P14-15 Unit 2 Exploring English 课文回顾： 1. Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble learning English 句意：你有没有问过自己，为什么人们学习英语总是有困难？ have trouble (in) doing sth. =have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难 例：人们理解不同的英语口音总是有困难。 Students often _____ different English accents. have trouble understanding 2. Neither is there pine nor apple in pineapple. 句意：菠萝里既没有松树也没有苹果。 neither ... nor... 既不……也不…… 该句是倒装句表强调，其表现形式为否定意义的词neither位于句首，句子用部分倒装。 例：她既不唱歌也不跳舞。 _____ she sing nor dance. Neither does 3. Speaking of travelling, are you going anywhere exciting this year 句意：说到旅游，你今年要去什么好玩的地方吗？ speak of 提起；讲述 speak about 说到（谈论） speak out 畅所欲言 speak for 代表某人讲话 speak up 大声点说 例：谈到费用问题，我买得起它吗 _____ cost, can I afford to buy it Speaking of 4. Even the smallest words can be confusing. 句意：即使是最小的单词也会令人困惑。 例：盒子上的使用说明令人费解。 The instructions on the box are very _____. confusing adj.令人困惑的；混乱的； 混淆的 confuse v. 使混乱，使困惑 confused adj. 感到困惑的 confusion n. 混淆，混乱，困惑 ｝ confusing用来修饰物 ,可以做定语或者表语 confused用来修饰人,常作表语 confusing 5. You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off! 句意：你也一定会对一种语言独一无二的错乱感到惊讶。在这种语言中，一幢房子被烧毁既可以用burn up也可以用 burn down。填表格即可以用fill in,也可以用fill out。警报只有在go off的时候才会响起！ wonder at 感到诧异；非常惊讶 例：她没想到自己竟会这样愚蠢。 She _____ her own stupidity. wondered at 例： 1. 这场火烧掉了价值50多万美元的古董。 The fire _____ more than ＄ 500，000 worth of antiques. 2.在那场大火中，学校大楼被烧毁。 The school building was in that _____ big fire. burn up/burn down 烧毁；烧成平地 fill in/ fill out 填写（表格） go off 爆发突然的响声 ｝ burn down“烧毁；火势减弱”，通常是指建筑物被完全烧塌。 burn up 也有“烧毁; 烧掉”之意，但一般不是指建筑物。 burned up burned down 6. And that is why when I wind up my watch, it starts, but when I wind up this passage, it ends. 句意：这就是为什么当我说手表wind up时，它会开始走，但当我说这段文章wind up时，它就结束了。 该句包含一个由why引导的表语从句（Predicative Clause），在全句中位于系动词is后，作表语。表语从句是名词性从句的一种，名词性从句还包括主语从句、宾语从句和同位语从句。 wind up 结束；上发条 That is why...意为“这就是为什么……”，指由于各种原因所造成的结果。 That is because...意为“这就是因为……”，指原因或理由。 例：那就是为什么我早早离开了。 _____ I left so early. That's why 1. If you try to learn too many things at a time, you may get _____. 2. Great care is taken to avoid _____ the two types of projects. 1. The fire has _____ to a spark ... ...
