1、Unit 4 Meeting the muse Period3 Developing ideas and Presenting ideas知识点梳理I.词汇精讲对接高考知识点1.【原句】Contrast achieved with.产生强烈的对比contrast n反差；对比 vt.&vi.(使)形成对比；对照【考点归纳】by/in contrast相比之下in contrast with/to.与形成对比(对照)；与相反make a contrast with与形成对比contrast.with.把和相对比【例句】The white walls make a contrast with th
2、e black carpet.白色的墙与黑色的地毯形成了鲜明的对比。It is interesting to contrast the two writers.将这两位作者进行比较是很有意思的。【对接高考】单句语法填空His actions contrast sharply with his promises.他的行动与诺言形成了鲜明对比。By/In contrast，Mrs Yang was much more easy-going.相比之下，杨夫人随和多了。Mary was short and fat，in contrast to/with her mother who was tall
3、and slim.玛丽又矮又胖，相比之下她母亲却高挑婀娜。II.重点短语精讲精练 知识点1.【原句】Apart from nouns and adjectives，what other word forms can serve as predicative?除了名词和形容词，还有哪些词汇形式可以作表语？serve as.充当；担任【考点归纳】serve vt.服务，为效劳；提供，端上(饭菜等)；服役；接待；对有用；够吃(或用)；满足的需要serve sb.(with) sth./serve sth.(to sb.)给提供；端上service n服务at the service of sb.at
4、 ones service随时可供某人使用；随时提供服务【例句】Who will serve lunch to us/serve us lunch?谁招待我们吃午饭？If you need any help，I am at your service/at the service of you.如果你需要帮助，我随时为你效劳。【对接高考】单句语法填空After I graduate，I will return to my hometown and serve as a teacher.毕业后，我将回到家乡当教师。【高级表达】He said that he wanted to see the ol
5、d man who was serving the community.(用非谓语动词改写)He said that he wanted to see the old man serving the community.知识点2.【原句】Although my legs were tired from walking around the city，I was determined to see the painting.虽然我在城里转得双腿已经很累了，但是我还是决定去看看那幅画be tired from/with.因而劳累【考点归纳】tired adj疲倦的；疲劳的be tired out筋
6、疲力尽；十分疲劳be/get tired of厌烦tiring adj.累人的；辛苦的tire v(使)疲劳【例句】The travelers were tired from/with such a long journey.长途跋涉后，这些旅客都累坏了。【对接高考】单句语法填空Tired of the tiring journey，my father decided to stay at the hotel，watching TV. (tire)对这个累人的旅程感到厌烦，我的父亲决定待在旅店里看电视。To be honest，all the exercise really tired me
7、out.说实话，那些运动真把我累坏了。【高级表达】As they were tired of such a boring speech，they stood up and left the hall.(用形容词短语作状语)Tired of such a boring speech，they stood up and left the hall.知识点3.【原句】The artworks by American artist Janet Echelman look like colourful floating clouds when they are lit up at night.美国艺术家
8、珍妮特艾克曼的美术作品在夜里点亮时看起来像是彩色的漂浮的云。light up照亮；点燃；容光焕发【考点归纳】bring.to light揭露come to light暴露；为人所知in (the) light of鉴于；考虑到throw light on/upon帮助弄清楚；阐明某事【例句】These facts have only just been brought to light.这些事实刚刚被揭露出来。New evidence has recently come to light.新的证据最近已经被披露出来。【对接高考】单句语法填空He was able to throw some l
9、ight on/upon the situation.他能使人进一步了解形势。He rewrote the book in the light of further research.他根据进一步的研究重写了那部书。【一词多义】写出下列句子中light up的汉语意思The old man lit up a candle in the darkness.点燃The night sky was lit up with fireworks.照亮His face was lit up with pleasure.容光焕发知识点4.【原句】Yet Michelangelo and others hav
10、e been labelled as “artists” rather than “technicians”.然而米开朗基罗和别的画家被叫做“画家”而不是“技师”。rather than而不是【考点归纳】would rather宁愿or rather更确切地说more than超过；不仅仅是；非常less than少于other than除了名师点津：rather than连接并列主语时，谓语动词与前面的主语在人称和数上保持一致。【例句】She would rather die than give in.她宁死不屈。Most food webs，for instance，consist of
11、many weak links rather than a few strong ones.例如，大多数食物链由很多弱的而不是一些强的联系组成。【对接高考】完成句子I think Tom，rather than you，is(be) to blame.我认为该受责备的是汤姆而不是你。He got home late last night，or rather，early this morning.昨晚他到家很晚，更确切地说，是今天凌晨。知识点5.【原句】Today，however，technological advances have led to a combination of art an
12、d technology.然而，今天，技术的进步已经促成了艺术和技术的结合。lead to导致，促成；通向；引起【考点归纳】lead sb.to.带某人去lead sb.to do sth.使某人做某事lead/live a.life过的生活lead the way带路名师点津：lead to中的to是介词，后接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。【例句】The door leads to a large entrance hall.这扇门通往一个宽敞的门厅。Generally speaking，a lack of confidence can lead to a lot of suffering.一般
13、来说，缺乏自信会导致很多痛苦。【对接高考】单句语法填空I wonder what led you to give(give) up your plan.我想知道是什么使你放弃你的计划。This path will lead you to the station，where you can take a bus to go home.你走这条路可以到车站，在那儿你可以乘车回家。III.重点句型精讲精练知识点1.【原句】It wasnt until we went on a trip to The Hague last year that this dream came true！直到去年我们去海
14、牙旅行，才梦想成真！【考点归纳】本句中含有句型It wasnt until.that.“直到才”，是强调句型和not.until.句式的结合。not until位于句首时，句子用部分倒装结构。It was not until he failed that he began to work harder.直到失败了，他才开始努力工作。It was not until midnight that he came back from work.直到午夜他才下班回来。【对接高考】句型转换He didnt go to bed until his son came back from work last
15、night.It was not until his son came back from work that he went to bed last night.Not until his son came back from work did he go to bed last night.知识点2.【原句】Whatever your opinion，people have been expressing their thoughts and ideas through art for thousands of years.无论你的看法如何，数千年来人们一直通过艺术来表达他们的想法和看法。
16、【考点归纳】句中whatever引导让步状语从句， 意为“无论什么”，相当于no matter what。whatever还可引导名词性从句，表示“任何的事”。【例句】The building must be saved，whatever the cost.无论代价有多大，这座建筑物必须保留。【对接高考】单句语法填空Whatever you do，I will be in favor of you all the time.无论你做什么，我都会一直支持你的。She would tell him whatever news she got.她得到任何消息都会告诉他。【句型转换】(4)Whatever dictionary you have，lend it to me.No matter what dictionary you have，lend it to me.