1、WORDS & EXPRESSIONStransform【观察】 观察transform在下列句中的词性、含义及用法。1. A steam engine transforms heat into power. 2. Kevin transformed the old kitchen into a beautiful sitting room.3. Brenda used to be terribly shy, but a year abroad has completely transformed her.【点拨】 transform作动词，意为“_” (句1) ；“改变性质、结构、作用等”（
2、句2）；“改变性情、个性等”（句3）；常构成transform sth. (from .) into sth.。【小试】 将下列句子翻译成英语。1. 魔术师把那只兔子变成了一个人。2. 水可以使沙漠变成花园。convey 作“传达，表达（思想或感情等）”讲时，常用于convey sth. (to sb.)结构。如：1. Colours like red convey a sense of energy and strength.2. Please convey my thanks to your wife. 作“传送，运送，输送”讲时，常用于convey sb. / sth. (from .)
3、 (to .) 结构。如： 1. This train conveys over five hundred passengers every day.2. A taxi conveyed us to the train station. 3. Wires convey electricity from power stations to the user. 【小试】 将下列句子翻译成汉语。1. A bus conveys passengers from the train station to the hotel. 2. Max knows how to convey a message to
4、 his audience.run out of run out of用完。如：1. On our way to Washington yesterday we ran out of gas. 2. We are running out of fresh water.3. Weve run out of milk. Could you stop at the store on your way home?【比较】run out of与run out 这两个短语都有“用完”的意思，但用法不同：run out of表示主动意义，其主语一般是人；run out相当于不及物动词，不用于被动语态，其主语
5、多为物，表示“（某物）用完，不多了，没有了”。如：1. Weve run out of time, and so we must end the meeting.2. We decided it would be best to go home before our money ran out. 【小试】用run out (of)的适当形式填空。1. Two weeks passed. They _ money. 2. Food supplies _ towards the end of the trip.be made up of be made up of由构成，其主动形式为make up
6、，相当于consist of。如：1. A car is made up of many different parts.2. We need one more person to make up a team.3. The committee consists of five members.【小试】用以上短语的适当形式填空。1. The audience at yesterdays meeting _ twelve leaders from some big companies.2. Women _ 56% of the student numbers in the university.Key:transform【点拨】把转换成【小试】1. The magician transformed the rabbit into a man.2. Water can transform a desert into a garden.convey【小试】1. 一辆公共汽车把旅客从火车站送到酒店。 2. Max知道如何向观众传达信息。run out of【小试】1. ran out of 2. ran outbe made up of【小试】1. was made up of / consisted of 2. make up版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()
