1、Unit 4 Global warmingLanguage points教案核心词汇1. subscribevi. 同意;捐赠;订阅vt. (签署)文件;捐助常用结构:subscribe to . 同意,赞许;(在文件等下面)签名,署名subscribe sth. to . 捐助subscribe to/for . 订阅;订购(书籍等)He did not subscribe to my proposal. 他不赞同我的建议。He subscribed a large sum to the relief fund. 他向救济基金捐赠巨资。He subscribed his name to a
2、petition. 他在请愿书上签名。2. tendvt. & vi. (常与to连用)有某种倾向;有的趋势;走向;趋向;朝向;照管,照料;看护People under stress tend to express their full range of potential.处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。He tends to pitch the ball too high.他往往把球掷得过高。Prices are tending upward. 物价在上涨。The woman stayed at home to tend her child. 那个妇女呆在家里照料她的孩子。3. op
3、posevt. 反对; 反抗;对抗;(与to连用)使反对,使相对Many members of the council opposed the building of the luxury houses in the centre of the city.许多议会议员反对在市中心建造豪华型住宅。My mother is opposed to the new plan. 我妈妈是反对这个新计划的。Many residents are opposed to the plan of building the motorway.许多居民反对修建那条高速公路的计划。常用结构:as opposed to
4、(表示对比)而,相对于易混辨析:oppose/object/resistoppose 为常用词,指“对某人、某事采取积极行动来反对”,强调动作,尤指“反对一种观念、思想、计划等”。 object 常指“用言论或论据等表示反对”, 强调“个人嫌厌”和“由于与个人有关,因此提出反对意见”。resist指“积极地反抗、对抗”;“用武力阻止的前进”。 4. consequencen.C结果;后果;影响Im quite willing to accept the consequences. 我完全愿意承担后果。You should know the consequence of not studying
5、 hard.你应该知道不用功学习的后果。This had the unexpected consequence that he got fired.这件事有了意外的后果,那就是他被革职了。常用结构:as a consequence (of .)=in consequence (of .)=as a result (of .) 结果;因此;由于的原因联想拓展consequent adj.(+on/upon) 因而起的;随之发生的consequently adv. 结果;因此;必然地 5. averageadj. 平均的;普通的n. 平均;平均数The average age of the boy
6、s in this class is fifteen. 这个班男生的平均年龄为十五岁。It was an average piece of work.那是一件普通的作品。The average man is not interested in this subject. 普通人一般对这个题目不感兴趣。常用结构:on average 平均地;通常 above/below average 高于/低于平均数/水平an average of . 的平均数up to average 达到平均数The average of 4 and 8 is 6. 4 和8的平均数为6。Two students are
7、 absent each day on average.平均每天有两个学生缺席。6. blamev. 埋怨,责备常用结构:be to blame 应受谴责,应负责任blame something on sb. 把归咎于blame sb. for sth./doing sth. 因而责备某人City residents also blame migrant workers for the sharp rise in the urban crime rate.城市居民还责怪民工造成了城市犯罪率的大幅度上升。They blamed the failure on George. 他们把失败归咎于乔治。
8、Blame me if I dont. 我要是不这样做,随你怎么办好了。联想拓展blameful adj. 该受责备的,有过错的 blameless adj. 无可责难的,无过错的 blameworthy adj. 该受责备的重点短语1. come about发生;产生How did this dangerous state of affairs come about?这种危险的事态是怎么发生的?联想拓展关于come的其他短语:come across 偶然发现;被理解;提供come into being 发生;产生;出现;形成 come into power 开始执政;当权;当选 come i
9、nto effect/force 开始生效;开始实行 come into existence 形成;产生;开始存在 come into fashion 开始流行 come off (头发、牙齿、纽扣)脱落;离开 come on 上场;开始;赶快;加油come out 出来,发芽;出版;说出;洗掉come to know/realize/understand 开始了解到/意识到/明白 come up with 找到(答案);拿出(一笔钱等)2. quantities of意思是“大量的”,既可以修饰可数名词,又可以修饰不可数名词。Quantities of apples were on the
10、table.桌子上有很多苹果。Huge quantities of oil were shipped to Japan last year.去年大量的石油被海运到日本。联想拓展in quantity/in large quantities 大量的in small quantities 少量的易混辨析:a quantity of/quantities ofa quantity of 与quantities of,都可译为“大量的”,都既可修饰可数名词又可修饰不可数名词,但用法有区别。a quantity of的谓语动词根据其后的名词而定,跟可数名词复数时谓语动词用复数,跟不可数名词时谓语动词用单
11、数。而quantities of 后无论跟可数名词还是不可数名词,谓语动词一律用复数。A large quantity of air conditioners have been sold since the summer came.入夏以来,已有大量的空调售出。 3. result in导致;结果是(相当于lead to)Their dispute resulted in war. 他们的争端导致了战争。The accident results in the death of two passengers. 事故导致两名乘客死亡。His carelessness resulted in th
12、e accident.他的粗心导致事故的发生。联想拓展result from 起因于;由造成as a result 结果;因此as a result of 作为的结果;因为 4. put up with忍受;容忍I dont know how his parents put up with his antics.我不知道他的父母是如何忍受他的怪异行为的。She could hardly put up with that fellow any longer.她再也不能忍受那家伙了。联想拓展put away 放好;收好;储存put aside 忽视;不理睬put across 交流,沟通put d
13、own 记下;放下;镇压;平定put forward 提出;建议;将提前put in 驶进put out 熄灭;扑灭;出版;公布;生产put off 推迟;延期put on 穿上;戴上;上演;增加(体重)put up 提出;举起;升起;提(价);投宿;建造重点句型Some byproducts of this process are called “greenhouse” gases, the most important one of which is carbon dioxide.这个升温过程的一些副产品就叫做“温室”气体,其中最重要的就是二氧化碳。【解析】定语从句中的介词或介词短语可以提
14、到引导词which, whom的前面。如:(1)The old man has three daughters, two of whom are teachers.这位老人有三个女儿,其中的两个是老师。(2)Soon they arrived at a farm house, in front of which sat a small boy.不久他们来到了一所农舍,农舍前坐着一个小男孩。【应用】单项填空I saw a woman running toward me in the dark. Before I could recognize who she was,she had run back in the direction _ she had come.A. of which B. by whichC. in which D. from which解析:选D。介词的选择要依据搭配和句子意义。come from表示“来自”; of与in不与come搭配;come by意为“从旁边经过”。