1、Unit 4重点词汇1.silent adj.不说话的;沉默的silence n.沉默in silence沉默2.helpful adj.有用的;有帮助的help v.& n.帮助3.interview v.采访;面试 n.面试;访谈interviewer n.面试者;采访者interviewee n.参加面试者;接受采访者4.crowd n.人群;观众crowded adj.拥挤的uncrowded adj.不拥挤的5.private adj.私人的;私密的personal adj.个人的;私人的6.require v.需要;要求7.European adj.欧洲(人)的 n.欧洲人Euro
2、pe n.欧洲8.speech n.讲话;发言give a speech 做演讲9.influence v.& n.影响10.absent adj.缺席;不在absence n.缺席;不在be absent from 缺席;不在11.fail v.不及格;失败;未能(做到)12.exactly adv.确切地;精确地exact adj.精确的13.general adj.普遍的;常规的;总的 n.将军generally adv.普遍地;广泛地14.introduction n.介绍introduce v.介绍15.pride n.自豪;骄傲proud adj.自豪的;骄傲的be proud o
3、f 为骄傲;感到自豪take pride in 为感到自豪16.from time to time时常;有时17.deal with 应对,处理18.in public 公开地;在别人(尤指生人)面前19.in person 亲身;亲自20.used to 过去常常21.take up 开始做;占用take down 写下,记下;拆下,拆掉take off 脱下;起飞take over 接替,接管,继承22.hang out 闲逛23.all the time 一直;总是24.prepare to do sth.准备做某事25.a number of 许多的26.give up放弃27.tak
4、e care of=look after 照顾28.do well in=be good at 擅长29.fight on奋力坚持下去30.tons of attention 很多关注31.make a decision做决定32.on the swim team游泳队的队员33.have an influence on sb.对某人有影响34.dare to do sth.敢于做某事35.to ones surprise令某人吃惊的是36.at least至少重点句型1.I used to be afraid of the dark.我过去常常害怕黑暗。2.She didnt use to
5、like tests.她以前不喜欢考试.3.Mario,you used to be short,didnt you?马里奥,你以前很矮,不是吗?4.However,things began to change a few years ago.但是,几年前事情开始出现变化了。5.Its been three years since we last saw our primary school classmates.自从上次我们见到小学同学已经三年了。6.She was never brave enough to ask questions.她从来不够勇敢去问问题。7.As she got be
6、tter,she dared to sing in front of her class,and then for the whole school.随着她变得更好,她先是敢于在全班同学面前唱歌,然后敢于在全校同学面前唱歌。8.I always have to worry about how I appear to others.我总是不得不担心以怎样的形象出现在别人面前9.It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school.很难相信他过去在学校有困难。重要知识点知识点1used to do sth.的用法短语用法
7、例句used to do sth.过去常常做某事He used to sleep late.他过去常常睡得很晚。be/get used to doing sth.习惯于做某事He is used to getting up early.他习惯于早起。be used to do sth.=be used for doing sth.被用来做某事Knives are used for cutting.小刀是用来切东西的。注意:used to的否定形式为didnt use to或usednt to。知识点2deal with的用法deal with意为“应对,处理”,deal是不及物动词,不需要接宾
8、语,所以常与疑问副词how搭配;do with也可以表示“处理”,但因为do 是及物动词,需要接宾语,故常与疑问代词what搭配。how to deal with相当于what to do with。例如:I dont know how they deal with the problem.=I dont know what they do with the problem.我不知道他们会怎么处理这个问题。知识点3not.anymore的用法1.not.anymore意为“不再”,相当于no more,其中anymore可以分开写,即not.any more。例如:I wasnt angry
9、with him anymore.我不再生他的气了。I will no more do it.我不会再那样做了。2.辨析not.anymore与not.any longer。(1)not.anymore=no more,一般修饰短暂性动词,表示动作发生的次数、频率不再延续。(2)not.any longer=no longer,一般修饰延续性动词,表示动作、状态或时间不再延续。例如:He does not live here any longer.他已经不在这里住了。The old man does not travel any more.这个老人已不再旅行了。知识点4appear的用法1.a
10、ppear意为“出现;显露”,相当于show up。例如:The sun appears on the sea.太阳出现在海面上。2.appear作系动词,意为“看来,似乎”,后可跟形容词、不定式或从句。例如:Everyone appears happy at the good news.听到这个好消息,大家看上去都很高兴。It appears that I have made a big mistake.似乎我犯了一个大错误。知识点5require的用法require意为“需要;要求”。常见搭配:require sth.“需要某物”;require sb.to do sth.“需要某人做某事
11、”;require doing sth./to be done “需要被做”;require+that从句(从句的谓语动词用“should+动词原形”,should可以省略)。例如:They require food and drinks.他们需要食物和饮料。辨析ask,request与require 的用法三者都有“要求”之意,但有所区别:(1)ask为泛指,语气较弱,可用于朋友之间,常用于口语中。而request和require为特指。(2)request表示“有礼貌地请求;正式地请求”,是下对上的要求。(3)require有“命令;要求”之意,指上对下的要求。知识点6a number o
12、f 的用法1.a small number of 意为“一小部分”。例如:A small number of students walk to school every day.一小部分学生每天步行上学。2.辨析a number of与the number of。a number of意为“许多”,后跟名词复数。作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。例如:A number of people have left early.许多人已经早早离开了。the number of意为“的数量”,后跟名词复数,作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。例如:The number of the books in the li
13、brary reaches 3,000.图书馆里的书的数量达到了三千册。知识点7make it的用法make it是英语口语中常用的一个习语,其用法如下:1.表示事业获得成功。例如:You will make it if you try.你会成功的,如果你努力的话。2.表示某人做成某事。例如:You neednt worry.He will make it.你不必担心,他会办成的。3.表示设法做到某事。例如:English is hard to learn,but Ill make it from now on.尽管英语很难,但从现在起,我会努力学好。4.表示及时赶上火车。例如:The tra
14、in will leave in 5 minutes and well never make it.火车还有5分钟就要开了,我们绝对赶不上。5.表示及时到达某地。例如:Im really sorry,but I wont be able to make it on Sunday after all.真的很抱歉,但我星期天根本赶不到。知识点8fail的用法fail作动词,意为“不及格,失败;未能(做到)”,常见用法如下:1.fail in.“在方面失败”。例如:He failed in business.他经商失败。2.fail to do sth.“未能做到某事/做某事失败/忘记做某事”。例如:He failed to pass the exam.他考试失败了。辨析lose与fail(1)lose“输”,后面可直接跟比赛、战斗等,表示输掉比赛或战斗。例如:Im sorry that you lost the game.很遗憾你输了这场比赛。(2)fail“失败;不及格”,可作不及物动词。固定搭配fail to do sth.意为“没能做成某事”。例如:He studied hard but failed in the exam.他学习很用功,但这次考试却没有及格。