1、牛津英语模块三Unit 2 重点词语 单词讲解（上）Welcome to this unit & Reading 1. confusing adj. “令人迷惑的”，现在分词具有主动性，作表语或定语时用来描述事物，过去分词表示被动，常用来描述人。 be confused in mind 心烦意乱; be /get confused迷惑不解; a confused look不迷惑不解的表情。 The more he explained, the more confused I became. 【拓展】 vt. confuse A with/and B 把A与B弄混了。Dont confuse A
2、ustria with Australia. 不要把奥地利与澳大利亚弄混淆了。2. be made up of表示“由组成”，与consist of意思相近。The UK is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.【拓展】make up表示 “组成、化妆、编造、弥补”等。如：make up a football team组成一支足球队；make up an excuse编造一个借口；make up for the lost time弥补失去的时间。如：You neednt make up for it, becaus
3、e itll just be a party for friends.3. vocabulary n. vocabulary n. 词汇（量）、词表，指某一门语言或专业的词汇量。have a large vocabulary of English有丰富的英语词汇；enlarge / enrich ones vocabulary扩大某人的词汇量。 In order to improve your reading, you should enlarge your vocabulary.4. create vt. “创造；创作”，create an excuse 编造借口；create a poem
4、 写诗。 It is the people who created the history.【拓展】creative adj. “有创造性的”，creative work创造性的工作。creativity n 创造力 This job is challenging, which needs creativity.5. pick up 表示“拿起；举起”，是由“动词+副词”构成的短语，宾语为代词时，须置于动词和副词之间。如： There is book on the floor. Please pick it up.【拓展】pick up还可表示“接收（信号）；（用车）接（某人）；（无意中）学会
5、; 加速”。如： My radio picks up no signals. It needs repairing. Dont worry. Ill pick him up at the airport. When I stayed in Paris, I picked up some French words.6. take control of表示“控制；取得的近控制”， Control可以作动词和名词“控制”，含control的常见短语有：control oneself 自我控制; bring under control使在控制之下；lose control of失去对的控制；out o
6、f control 失控。 She controlled herself and tried not to show her anger. 她控制住自己不把生气表现出来。 The car lost control and fell into the river. 汽车失去控制，掉进了河里。 How can I bring those naughty boys under control? 我怎样才能控制住那些调皮的男生呢？7. despite prep.尽管；虽然 相当于in spite of.。如： Despite his illness, he is still working with
7、us. 由介词despite表的短语可以转换成although, though, even though等引导的让步状语从句。 Despite the bad weather, they still had the match. 相当于：Although / Though / Even though the weather was bad, they had the match.8. adopt vt. 表示“采纳（建议、方法），常见搭配：adopt an idea采纳方法；adopt a suggestion采纳建议。如：I offered him some advice, and he a
8、dopted it.【拓展】表示“领养；收养”。如：adopt an orphan 领养孤儿；an adopted son 养子；an adopted mother养母。如： Having been married for five years without a child, the couple decided to adopt an orphan.9. include vt. 包括 be included in被包括在中。如： What items should be included in the first aid kit? 现在分词including相当于介词，后接名词、代词作宾语
9、，若将名词、代词在前，而动词在后，则用过去分词。如： He can speak several languages, including Greek. (=, Greek included)【辨析】 include / containcontain作动词，表示“（某物里）容纳/含有”。如：Seawater contains much salt. 海水里含有许多盐。include为动词，“包含；包括”，表示大集体中“包含”某些个体。如：The list included his name. 这个名单上包括他的名字。 10. depend vi. “依靠；视而定”，可以单独使用，后接介词on之后可
10、以接宾语或宾语从句。如： We should depend on ourselves!I cant agree more. Believe in ourselves and we are sure to make it. Could you do me a favor? It depends on what it is.【拓展】depend on sb for sth依靠某人获得某事；depend on sb to do sth依靠某人做某事；It (all)depends! 这要看情况而定。【巩固自测】I. 单项选择。1. Thats why English is a language wi
11、th _ rules. A. such many confusing B. so much confused C. so many confused D. so much confusing2. The adventure team _ 12 members coming from China, the U.S and Australia. A. consists with B. is consisted of C. is made up D. in made up of3. How can I improve my reading speed? Keep on practicing whil
12、e enlarging your _.A. spelling B. pronunciation C. vocabularyD. writing4. I dont know why my cell phone _ no signals. Maybe something is wrong with it. A. picks up B. takes up C. brings up D. puts up5. It says in the Bibles that God _ humans and everything that we see in the world. A. invented B. di
13、scovered C. found D. created6. After two days of fighting, the PLA took _ of the city of Nanjing. A. over B. hold C. control D. place7. _the heavy rain, he still went there alone. A. Despite B. In spite C. Even though D. However8. If you _this new method, your production will certainly increase grea
14、tly. A. adapt B. adopt C. invade D. avoid9. His schoolbag _ ten story-books, _ the one I lent him yesterday. A. includes; containing B. includes; including C. contains; including D. contains; containing10. _ we will go picnic _the weather tomorrow A. If; depends B. If; depends on C. Whether; depends
15、 D. Whether; depends onII. 根据所给汉语完成下列句子。1. 尽管他累了，可他还是把汽车加速了。 _ his tiredness, he still _ _ the speed of his car.2. 我采纳了他的建议，尽力扩大我的英语词汇量。 Ive _ his suggestion and is doing my best to _ my English _ .3. 联合国是由二百多外国家和地区组成，包括中国。 The UN is _ _ _ over 200 countries and areas, _ China.4. 要是我们可以创造一门更少让人不解规则的
16、语言多好啊！ If only we could _ a language _ fewer _ rules!5. 这取决于你能否控制整个班级。 It _ _ _ you can take _ the whole class.Key: I. 1-5 ADCAD 6-10 CABCDII. 1. Despite; picked; up 2. adopted; enlarge; vocabulary 3. made up of ; including 4. create; with confusing 单词讲解（中）(Word Power, Grammar& Task )用下列方框内所给单词填空。sp
17、read, promise, ban, care about, access, difficulty, look up, disagree 1. I _ to lend you the money if you can return it by the end of this month.2. Dont worry. He has no _ solving such kind of problem by himself.3. You neednt _ every new word while reading.4. .Since you are against the plan. Could y
18、ou tell me why you _ about it?5. He is a selfish boy who _ himself only.6. The sign “No smoking” can be seen in hospitals and hospitals, where smoking is _ .7. A big fire broke out and _ to the neighborhood quickly.8. Every dormitory in the university is equipped with an Internet _, which allows you
19、 surf the Internet without going to the Internet bars.1.填 promisepromise作动词 “许诺；答应” 常用于： promise to do sth答应做某事；promise sb sth答应某人某事；promise +that从句。作名词, “诺言；许诺”，如：make a promise许下诺言；keep a promise信守诺言；break ones promise违背诺言。【拓展】promising adj. 充满希望的；有前途的 a promising student很有希望的男孩；a promising year有望
20、丰收的一年。2. 填difficulty difficulty作名词表示具体的“困难”时为可数名词，如：overcome difficulties克服种种困难；face difficulties bravely勇敢地面对困难。【拓展】短语have difficulty (in) doing sth做某事有困难。其中difficulty为不可数名词，介词in可以省略。如： Do you have any difficulty (in) pronouncing these new words?3.填look up 该短语可表示“在（字典等中）查寻”之意。特别注意的是look up的宾语应是需要查找
21、的“生词、号码等”，表示查寻地点的名词是状语。如： You can look up the new word in the dictionary.【拓展】look up还可“好转；探访”，它还可表示“向上看”，由而可以引申为“尊敬”。如： Things are looking up after his suggestion was carried out. We all look up to the Chinese space heroes for their bravery and contributions.4. 填disagree disagree 为不及物动词，表示“不同意”，与agr
22、ee的搭配相近。disagree to do sth不同意做某事, disagree with sb about /over sth不同意某人某事。 I disagreed with him about who should get the job.【拓展】disagree with还可表示“不适宜；对有害”。如： The weather disagreed with me, so I was ill most of the holiday there.5. 填cares about care about表示“关心；担心；在意”。如： She always cares more about o
23、thers than herself.He complains that his parents care too much about his exam results. 【拓展】care 作名词，“小心；关心”，take care（of）当心！handle with care小心轻放！作不及物动词“喜爱；在意”，care for表示“喜爱”。如： I dont know about it, nor do I care.Ants care for sweet food. 6. 填banned ban作及物动词时表示 “禁止”，常用于ban (doing) sth禁止（做）做某事。如：Fish
24、ing is banned at this time of year. 【拓展】n.“禁令；禁止”，常用于 a ban on sth对的禁令。如：There is a ban on wine for children under 18. 7. 填spreadspread 作动词（vi. & vt.）“传播；蔓延”，动词原形、过去式和过去分词相同。如：The fire broke out in this kitchen, and soon spread to the whole building. 【拓展】 spread out a map 展开地图；spread news across the
25、 city将消息传遍全城，spread oneself舒展身体；The bird spread its wings. 鸟儿张开翅膀。8. 填access access作名词，“通道；访问；使用权”，常与介词to连用。常见搭配有：have access to .权使用；有机会接近；a person easy of access一个容易接近的人； give access to接见；准许出入；access to the Internet互联 网接口。【拓展】vt.“存取；接近；使用”。 More television programmes can be easily accessed if you
26、use cable TV.【挑战自我】I. 单项选择。 1. He _to our party, but he hasnt turned up so fart. A. promises coming B. had promised to come C. had promised coming D. promised to come2. Can you imagine the _ she had _up so many children alone? A. difficulty; brought B. difficulty; bringing C. difficulties; brought D
27、. difficulties; bringing3. Its a waste of time _every word you meet with in reading. A. looking at B. looking up C. looking for D. looking after4. He thinks boys are cleverer than girls, and this is _. A. where I disagree B. what I disagree C. where I disagree about D. which I disagree about5. We sh
28、ould _not only our studies, but also the state affairs. A. care for B. care of C. care about D. care 6. There is a _on smoking in this theatre. A. stop B. ban C. prevent D. keep7. SARS, caused by a kind of virus, _ to a lot of areas in China in 2003. A. spread B. flew C. rushed D. pushed8. Students
29、in our school have free _ to computers at weekends. A. way B. path C. road D. accessII根据汉语完成下列句子。1. 如果你理解这句的确有困难，你可以把它的生词在字典中查一查。 If you do have any _ _ this sentence, you can _ _ its new words in the dictionary.2. 她答应我可以自由使用她的图书。 Shes _ me that I can have free _ _ her library books.3.一个人首先要关心自己，这是他
30、不同意的。 One should first _ _ oneself, and this is _ he _. 4. 消息传来说明年这个时候将禁止捕鱼。 News _ to me that _ will be _ this time next year.Key: I. 1-5 DBBAC 6-8 BADII. 1. difficulty understanding; look up 2. promised; access to 3. care about ; where; disagree 4. spread; fishing banned / forbidden/permitted 单词讲解
31、（下）根据句意和首字母完成下列各句。1. The twins look alike but d_ in character.2. We should choose a person to r_ us to have a talk with the boss.3. When light reaches a mirror, it will be r_.4. In which d_ is the bus going, south or north?5. Fever i_ sickness, so I suggest you see a doctor at once.1.填differ. differ
32、为动词“相异；不同”，其对应的形容词为different, 名词difference。表示“与不同”时用，differ from 或be different from。如：Your answer differs from mine. = Your answer is different from mine. 【拓展】表示“在不同”时，则介词用in，即：differ / be different in。如：The two areas are similar in sizes, but differ / are different in weather. 2填represent represent
33、作动词，表示具体“代表”某人或某物，即 represent sb / sth 代表某人/物；represent sb to do sth 代表某人做某事。如：He will represent our school to take part in the maths competition. represent也可以表示抽象意义上“象征”，这时与stand for意思相近。如：Olive branch and pigeon represent peace. 【拓展】represent还可以表示“表现、扮演、声称”等意思。This painting represents a storm. He
34、represented himself as a policeman. 3. 填reflect reflect作动词，“反映；反射；反省”。如：Happiness is reflected on his face. 【拓展】与介词on; upon连用时，表示“思考；指责”reflect on a problem思考问题；reflect on ones conduct指责某人的行为。4填directiondirection名词“方向”，其前常用in, from (不用介词to)。如：in the direction of 表示“朝方向”，in all directions = in every
35、direction朝着四面八方; from the direction of his coming从他来的方向。如： Hearing the sound of steps, the birds flew in all directions. 【拓展】direction还可表示“指导；说明书”。under the direction of 在的指导下；full directions inside. 内附详细说明。其动词为direct “指导；指路”，direct sb to do sth指导某人做某事；direct sb to the park指点某人去的路。5. 填indicate indic
36、ate作动词，表示“显示；暗示；指出”。In this map, cities are indicated by red dots. Dark clouds indicate a heavy rain. The sign at the crossing indicates the way to Yancheng. 【拓展】indication n.“标记；征兆，迹象”，The indication is that有迹象表明。如：The indication is that he may give up his present job. 及时巩固练习：I选择。1. This hat _ that
37、 one _ prices. A. differs from; from B. is different in; from C. differs from; in D. different from; in2. He _our school to take part in the competition and won the first prize. A. stood for B. represented C. presented D. instead of 3. The dark cloud _ a heavy rain right away. A. indicates B. signs
38、C. refers D. directs4. Seans strong love for his country is _ in his recently published poems.A. relieved B. reflected C. responded D. recovered5. I saw a woman running to ward me in the dark. Before I could recognize who she was. she had run back in the direction _ she had come. A. of which B. by w
39、hich C. in which D. from which.II. 根据所给汉语完成下列句子。（每空一词）1那时的南京与现在许多方面都不一样。 Nanjing at that time _ greatly _ _ it is now _ many ways.2. 她代表中国参加奥运会，并为中国赢得荣誉。 She _ China to _ _ in the Olympic and _ honor for it.3. 看到了狮子，小动物们四下跑开了。 _ the lion, small animals ran away _ all _.4. 发这么高的热表明他病得不轻。 Such a high _ _ that he is badly ill.5. 他对大自然的爱反映在他的诗篇里。 His love for nature is _ _ his poems.Key: I. 1-4 CBDAII. 1. differed; from what; in 2. represented; take part ; won 3. Seeing; in; directions 4. fever indicates 5. reflected in
