1、Journey Down The MekongLanguage points in para2 and para3words and phrases be fond of 喜欢 shortcoming 缺点 stubborn 固执的insist 坚持 organize 组织 care about 关心；忧虑；惦念 determined 坚决的；下定决心的 change ones mind 改变主意 journey 旅行；旅程 altitude 海拔高度；高处 make up ones mind 下决心；决定 give in 投降；屈服；让步 atlas 地图；地图集 glacier 冰河；冰川
2、 rapids 急流 valley（山）谷；流域 waterfall 瀑布 bend 弯；拐角；使弯曲；弯身；弯腰 meander（指河流等）蜿蜒缓慢流动plain 平原 delta 三角洲Sentence structure 1.Once she has made up her mind,nothing can change it.once 作连词引导状语从句，意为as soon as“一旦”，如：e.g.Once you listen to the song,you will never forget it.2.The air would be hard to breathe.to bre
3、athe 作原因状语 主动形式表被动意思 不定式做表语形容词的状语和句中主语构成逻辑上的动宾关系时，不定式应用主动形式，这样的句式限于以下形容词：hard,difficult,easy,comfortable,fit E.g.The book is difficult to understand.He is hard to talk to.These plants are difficult to look after.The girl is easy to get along with.The water isnt fit to drink.Important points 1.be fon
4、d of:喜爱，喜欢 E.g.她有很多缺点，但我们都喜欢她。She has many shortcomings,but we are all fond of her.2.She had only one _;she was very stubborn.(disadvantage;shortcoming)shortcoming:a fault in sbs character,a plan,a system,etc.缺点 disadvantage:something that causes problems 不利条件 3.stubborn:adj._ 4.the way of doing sth
5、:_ =the way to do sth e.g.Is this the way you think of _(solve)the problem?固执的做某事的方式to solve 5.insist:vi.&vt.to demand(sth)forcefully,not accepting a refusal 坚持或坚决要求 e.g.1）Since he insisted,I had to stay.2）Mother insisted on our washing the clothes by ourselves.insist on(upon)sth./(sbs)doing sth.坚持某
6、事/要求做某事 3)I insist that he is innocent.4)The man insisted that he didnt stealanything and he should be set free at once.insist-that clause a.坚持认为（用陈述语序）b.坚持要求；一定要（用虚拟语气）6.organize:vt.组织；成立 n._ 7.care about:关心；忧虑；惦念1）Dont you care about anybody?2)I dont care about going to the party.care for a.喜欢（多用于
7、否定句、疑问句）b.照顾e.g.My wife doesnt really care for tea;she likes coffee better.Who will care for your child if you are out?organization 8.determined:adj._ n._ determine vt./vi.to decide决定；确定;下定决心 1）determine to do sth 下决心做某事 2）determine sb to do sth 使某人决心做某事 3）be determined to do 决心做某事 4）determine+that-
8、clause 坚决的；有决心的determination e.g.1.)态度决定一切。Attitude determines everything.2.)She is determined to go to college.她决心考大学。9.change ones mind:改变主意make up ones mind:下决心；决定e.g.1）Once he has made up his mind,nothing can be done to change his mind.2）Once we have made up our _,nothing can be done to change o
9、ur _.Note:make up ones mind 中的mind 是可数名词，意为“想法，主意”，单复数随ones 变化。而change ones mind 中的mind只能用单数形式。mindsmind 10.give in 投降；屈服；让步；上交1）He would die than give in.2)Dont give in to him/his opinion.3)The mother gave in and bought a toy for her child.4)Its time to give in your examination papers.区分：give in&gi
10、ve up As neither of them would _,no decision was taken that day.(give in/give up)give in 表主动屈服 give up 表被动放弃 give 短语归纳：give away 泄露；赠送；give back 归还；恢复 give over 交付 give off 放出；散发（气味，光，热，声音等）give out分发；发布；（食物、燃料、电力等）用尽；筋疲力尽Self-check 1.The task was difficult,but Hellens_ expression let me know that s
11、he would not give up.（stubborn;determined)stubborn 固执的 determined 坚决的 2.The man insisted _ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.(2004 江苏高考)A.find B.to find C.on finding D.in finding insist on doing sth 坚持要求做某事 3.He is a person who always _ his promise,so you can trust him.A.insist on
12、B.sticks to C.sticks D.insists insist on+n./doing :坚持意见,主张 stick to+n.:坚持原则,诺言,决定,计划,意见等 4.Bob insisted that he _ nothing wrong and _ from work.A.did;wont be fired B.had done;not be fired C.should do;mustnt be fired D.do;shouldnt be fired 第1空表示坚持认为，其后从句用陈述语气，表示发生的时间比主句的谓语早，要用过去完成时；第2空表示坚决主张，要用虚拟语气，形
13、式为(should)not be done.5.He left the place,_ never to come back.A.determined B.to determine C.being determined D.having determined 句意：他离开了那个地方，决心再也不回去了。determined“决心”，在句中做谓语动词left的伴随状语。6.Once we _,we should work hard until we succeed.A.make up our mind B.make our mind C.make up our minds D.make our minds make up ones mind 中的mind 是可数名词，意为“想法，主意”，单复数随ones 变化。
