1、Unit 4 Behind beliefs1、strike(struck,struck/stricken)vt.&vi.打，击；敲响；报时，攻击，袭击；侵袭；(突然)出现于(某人的)脑海中；给以(深刻)印象 vi.罢工 n.罢工/课/市Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。The clock struck twelve.钟敲12点。A hurricane struck the city.飓风袭击了该城市。It struck/occurred to me that we could make anew plan.我突然想到可以制订一个新的方案。I was deepl
2、y struck by your beauty at first sight.我第一眼就被你的美丽深深地吸引/打动。The workers are striking/are on strike.工人们正在罢工。Quite a few people used to believe that disaster_ if a mirror was broken.A.was sure of strikingB.was sure of having stuckC.was sure to be struckD.was sure to strikeD 过去很多人认为如果打破镜子了，灾祸就一定会发生。2、pen
3、ny n.便士；一分钱；少量的钱The trip wont cost you a penny if you go with us.如果你与我们一起去，这趟旅行就不会花你一分钱。He spends every penny he earns.他赚一分，花一分。Every penny counts.每一分钱都有用/很重要。【注意】复数 pence 强调便士面值、金额，用于数字后构成复合词，如：fivepence,twentypence，常用于价格中，如：fourpence 4p nails 4便士的钉子It will only cost a few pence.它只值几个便士。复数形式 pennie
4、s 用以指便士的枚数，而不是指其面值。Please give me ten pennies for this tenpencepiece.请替我把这10便士换成10个1便士硬币。3、deliver vt.&vi.投递；传送；运送(to);给接生；释放(from)履行，实现(on)The mailman delivered the letters promptly.那个邮差准时地投递信件。We guarantee to deliver free of charge tomorrow.我们保证明天免费送货上门。He delivered an important report at the meet
5、ing.他在会上作了重要报告。She delivered twins in the evening.晚上她生了一对双胞胎。Education delivered him from ignorance.教育把他从无知中解救出来。4、sow(sowed,sowed/sown)vt.播种，种；(with)散布，传播He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds.他先翻土，然后播种。The farmer sowed the field with wheat.农夫在地里种上小麦种子。He tried to sow discontent among us.他企图在我
6、们中间散布不满情绪。It is not yet time to sow.现在还不是播种的时候。count on 依靠；依赖，期待，指望sb./sth./doing sth.depend on/rely oncount on sb.to do sth.依赖某人做某事count on sb.for sth.依靠某人某物count on it that 你可以相信I count on your help.我指望你的帮助。Dont count on others for help.不要依靠别人的援助。You can always count on him.你可以绝对信赖他。We count on a
7、compass to find our way.我们依靠指南针来指路。汉译英我能指望你吗？_Can I count on you?We are friends you can count on.汉译英我们是你可信赖的朋友！_句型中 to waste all of his time and money in amusinghimself是不定式短语作目的状语，waste time/money(in)doing sth.表示“浪费时间或金钱做某事”，与动词spend构成的句型相同。Dont waste your time playing computer games.It istime that
8、you made effort to study.不要浪费时间玩电脑游戏了，该努力学习了。1、where a son left home to waste all of his timeand money in amusing himself.那个故事讲述了儿子离开家，虚度光阴、挥霍金钱享乐。My parents do not allow _ time _ nothing.A.to waste;to do B.wasting;to doC.to waste;doing D.wasting;doingD 句意：我父母亲不允许浪费时间，无所事事。allow之后接动名词作宾语，waste的句型是wa
9、ste time/money(in)doing sth.,in可以省略。it是形式主语，真正的主语是由that引导的主语从句，这个主语从句包括一个由if引导的条件状语从句，从句的主句中又有一个由so that引导的结果状语从句。It is said that意为“据说”，repeated and multiplied作宾语the sounds的补足语。2、Its said that if you stand about 20 metres awayfrom the pagoda and clap your hands,you will hearthe sounds repeated and m
10、ultiplied from the roof sothat it sounds like frogs croaking.据说如果站在离塔20米远的地方击掌，你可以听到屋顶传来放大的声音回荡，类似蛙鸣。Is Bob still performing?Im afraid not.He is said _ the stagealready as he has become an official.A.to have leftB.to leaveC.to have been leftD.to be leftA 句意：鲍勃还表演吗？恐怕不了。据说他现在已经离开舞台去当官了。AIDS is said _ the biggest health challengeto both men and women in that area over the pastfew years.A.that it isB.to beC.that it has beenD.to have beenD 句意：据说艾滋病在过去几年里对那个地区的男人和女人的健康构成最大威胁。
