1、Unit 1重点词汇和短语解析单 词1. regret作及物动词,意为“对感到后悔”,后加名词、代词、V-ing形式作宾语。如:I regret making such a foolish decision. 我后悔做出这么愚蠢的决定。作不可数名词,意为“遗憾、惋惜”。 如:His great regret is not seeing his father for the last time. 他最大的遗憾是没有能最后一次见他父亲一面。2. fever作不可数名词,意为“发热、发烧”,短语have a fever意为“发烧”。 如:Linda has a cold and she has a
2、fever now. 琳达感冒了并且现在还在发烧。3. examination作可数名词,意为“考试、体检、检查”,有时可缩写为exam。如:The students are getting ready for the examination. 学生们正在为考试做准备。4. refuse作不及物动词,意为“拒绝、回绝”,后面的动词可用不定式形式。如:She refused to travel with us. 她拒绝和我们一起去旅行。作及物动词,意为“拒绝给予”,后加名词或代词作宾语。如:The United States has refused him a visa. 美国拒绝给他发放签证。
3、5. German作可数名词,意为“德国人”,注意它的复数形式是Germans。如:What are those Germans doing over there? 那些德国人在那边做什么呢?6. Asian作形容词,意为“亚洲的”,是名词Asia的形容词形式,在句中多作定语。如:People in East Asian countries like eating tofu. 东亚国家的人们喜欢吃豆腐。作可数名词,意为“亚洲人”,复数形式是Asians。如:Whats the difference between Asians and Europeans? 亚洲人和欧洲人有什么区别?7. ri
4、sk作可数名词,意为“危险、冒险”。 如:Despite such accidents, even more people are taking the risk. 尽管事故频发,但很多人仍然在冒险。作及物动词,意为“冒的危险”,后面的动词要用动名词形式。如:They risked losing lives to save that children. 他们冒着生命危险挽救那个孩子。8. control作不可数名词,意为“控制、管理、支配”。 如:All the things are back in control. 所有的事情都已在控制之中。作及物动词,意为“控制、管理、支配”,后加名词或代
5、词作宾语。如:The young manager controls a large company. 一位年轻的经理管理一家大公司。9. sleepy作形容词,意为“困倦的、瞌睡的、安静的、冷清的”,在句中作定语或表语。如:This is a sleepy village, isnt it? 这是一个寂静的小村庄,是吗?10. mention作及物动词,意为“提到、写道”,后加名词或代词。如:She didnt mentioned the weather in her report. 她在报告中没有提到天气的事情。短 语1. wake up意为“叫醒”,这是“动词+副词”短语。这类短语用名词作
6、宾语时,名词可在副词前,也可用在副词后;如用代词作宾语时,代词则必须用在副词前。如:Mum, will you please wake me up at five tomorrow morning? 妈妈,你能在明天早晨五点钟叫醒我吗?wake up也可不带宾语,意为“醒来”。 如:That baby suddenly woke up and cried. 那个婴儿突然醒了,然后哭了起来。2. be afraid of意为“害怕”,后加名词、代词、V-ing形式作介词of的宾语。如:Tony is afraid of coming out at night. 托尼害怕在晚上出来。句式be af
7、raid to do 意为“害怕做某事”;另,be afraid 后还可加宾语从句,意为“恐怕”。如:Danny is afraid to stay at home alone. 丹尼害怕独自呆在家里。We are afraid that we cant finish all the work today. 我们恐怕今天不能完成所有的工作。3. be made of意思是“由制成”,通过成品可以看出原材料。如:These tables are all made of wood. 这些桌子都是木头做的。而短语be made from “由制成”,通过成品不能看出原材料。This kind of paper is made from grass. 这种纸是用草制成的。4. get into the habit of doing 意为“养成或形成习惯”,介词of后加动名词作宾语。如:His uncle has got into the habit of drinking wine. 他叔叔养成了喝酒的习惯。5. focus on意为“注意,致力于,关注”,后加名词或代词作宾语。如:We should focus on something important. 我们应该关注一些重要的事情。3