1、Module 8 Unit 1The written word（1）1、desperate adj.绝望的，不顾一切的，极其想要的The situation is desperate.情况令人感到绝望。与hopeless相比，desperate的语气要轻些。The situation was desperate but not hopeless.这个情形是令人绝望的，但也不全无希望。desperate后可接不定式，表示“发疯似的想要”。When the war was over,Tom was desperate to return to civilian life.当战争结束的时候，汤姆发疯
2、似的想要回到平民的生活。Hes a glass of water.他极想喝一杯水。desperate for2、vain adj.自负的，徒劳的，无效的，虚荣的常用搭配：in vain 徒劳无益；自费力气She is vain and foolish,and yet people like her.她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。All our work was in vain.我们的工作全都白干了。in vain to He tried catch the butterfly on the flower.他白费力气想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。3、abuse vt.滥用，辱骂，虐待She attack
3、ed him with a torrent of abuse.她用连珠炮似的谩骂来攻击他。I didnt expect him to descend to personal abuse.我没料到他会堕落到进行人身攻击。a much abused wife 备受虐待的妻子child abuse 虐待儿童drug abuse 滥用药品caused;abuse The boys breaking of window glasses _ a hail of _.这个男孩打碎了窗户玻璃，招致一阵恶骂。4、resist v.抗拒；拒绝；克制The soldiers resisted the enemy a
4、ttacks.士兵们抵抗了敌人的进攻。cannot resist(doing)sth.忍不住，按捺不住(做)某事I can never resist the urge to laugh.我克制不了大笑的冲动。He couldnt resist showing off his new car.他忍不住要炫耀自己的新车。5、adore vt.爱慕，崇拜，很喜欢Men can only adore women who are adorable.男人们只爱慕那些让人爱慕的女人。like,love,enjoy,fancy,adore,prefer这些动词都有“喜欢、喜爱”之意。like 最常用词，往往只
5、表不太强烈的兴趣或关注，不带强烈的感情，除非另加修饰语。love 不但表示强烈的喜欢，而且含依恋之情，因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。enjoy 指对能提供感官或智力上满足或快乐的东西表示欣赏或喜爱。fancy 指喜爱投合自己心意、嗜好或欲望等的人或物。adore 非正式用词，口语体，指非常喜爱，带强烈的感情色彩。prefer 指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。adore the handsome mathematics teacherAll the girls in our school _who happens to be a bachelor.我们学校里所有女孩子都崇拜那个恰巧是单身汉的英俊数
6、学老师。6、rescue vt.营救，援救He dived from the bridge to rescue the drowning child.他从桥上跳入水中去抢救那名溺水儿童。Had Jim not dived in to rescue him,the boy would have drowned.如果不是吉姆跳下水去救，那小男孩早就淹死了。The government has rescued the firm from bankruptcy by giving them a grant.政府拨款给这家公司使其免于破产。rescue,save 这两个动词均有“营救、拯救、搭救”之意。
7、rescue 多指营救某人脱离紧迫的危险。save 含义广泛，既可指营救某人使脱离危险，也可指精神或道德上的拯救。to rescueThe welldrilled crew managed _ most of the passengers.训练有素的机组人员设法营救出了大部分乘客。7、spring n.春天，泉水 v.跳，弹，快速站起，突然提出Spring is here.春天来了。It can be quite windy there,especially in spring.那里有时容易刮风，特别在春季。The cat crouched ready to spring.那猫躬起背准备跳。R
8、oberts kept springing to his feet to shout at the referees.罗伯茨不停地跳起来冲裁判嚷嚷。Many new factories have sprung up in my home town.我的家乡建了许多新工厂。spring up 出现，涌现spring up The northwest wind will this evening.今天傍晚将开始刮西北风。8、intend v.打算；专供使用I intend you to take over my career.我打算让你来接替我的事业。The school is intended
9、for the children whose parents are doing odd work outside.这所学校是专门为父母在外做特殊工作的小孩而开设的。be intended for 专供使用，专为而设计intend to do/doing 打算做intend sb.to do sth.打算让某人做某事intend sth.for sb./be intended for sb.打算供某人使用；打算送给某人Its intended that 按计划B 考查省略。省略了to后面的do 也就是study German。Does your brother intend to study
10、German?Yes,he intends_.A./B.to C.so D.that intended to do表示“过去打算做某事(可能做了，也可能没做)”，而intended to have done sth.表示“过去打算做某事而实际上没做”，是虚拟语气的一种表达形式，相当于had intended to do sth.。你知道intended to do和intended to have done sth.的内在含义吗？_be set in(on)安置，放置；(电影、故事等)以为背景The campsite is set in the middle of a forest.野营点设置
11、在森林的中心。This story is set in New York in the late 1950s.这个故事是以20世纪50年代末为背景的。set about(doing)sth.开始/着手(做)某事set aside 留出；拨出；不顾set back 把(钟表等)往回拨set in(尤指不愉快的事情)开始，来临；盛行set sb.down 使乘客下车set sth.down 放下；记下set forth 启程；动身set off 出发，动身；使爆炸；引起set out 出发，动身；开始，着手setfree 释放选用下列词填空He set _ washing his car.She
12、set a good example _ all of us.The rainy season has set _.The school was set _ 50 years ago.She has set _ some money for a trip to Beijing.abouttoinupasideaboutasidedowntoinup1、Many people do not read them because they think they are oldfashioned and boring,and have nothing to do with life today.许多人
13、不读经典文学作品是因为觉得他们过时了，枯燥乏味，与今天的生活没有任何关系。这是一个复合句，其中because引导原因状语从句。be/have nothing to do with 与无关。Go out!Its nothing to do with you.出去！这根本就不关你的事。be/have something to do with 与有关for nothing 免费；平白无故地nothing but 只不过anything but一点也不，除外都We could have got in for nothing nobody was checking tickets.我们本来不花钱就能进去
14、没人查票。That has something to do with what we are discussing.那与我们正讨论的问题有关。Is he content to accept our price?Yes.He cares more about the quality.Money is _ to him.A.everything B.none C.nothing D.somethingC 句意“他更在乎质量，钱对他来说不算什么”。此处nothing才是最合适的。2、Pips sister seldom has a kind word to say,but Joe is a kind
15、 and simple man,who would rather die than see any harm come to Pip.皮普的姐姐极少说好话，但乔是一个淳朴善良的人，他宁愿死也不愿意看到皮普受到伤害。此句的句式“would ratherthan”意为“宁愿而不愿”、“与其不如”。用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。than 后应接动词原形，但如果该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。I would rather you told me the truth now than(you told me)tomorrow.我宁愿你现在
16、而不是明天告诉我真相。【注意】would ratherthan也可改写成“wouldrather than”，其用法及含义仍不变。She would listen to her classmates rather than her parents.她宁愿听同学的话，也不听父母的。有时，为表示语气上的强调，可将rather than置于句首。Rather than get money in such a dishonest way,he would beg in the street.与其以这种不诚实的方式挣钱，他不如上街去行乞。(1)“would rather动词原形”是英语中常见的一个惯用句
17、式(美国英语中多用had rather)。d rather为would(或had)rather的缩写形式。would(had)在此决无“过去”之意，且无词性、时态变化，它是一个情态助动词。该句式常用来表示选择的意愿，意为“宁可”、“宁愿”、“最好”。Which would you rather have,tea or coffee?你宁愿喝哪一种饮料，茶还是咖啡？(2)would rather后面跟从句时，其从句谓语动词常用过去时来表示现在或将来的动作。Id rather you forgot the unpleasant experience in the city.我宁愿你把在城市不愉快的
18、经历忘掉。(3)would rather后还可接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果却事与愿违。We ourselves would rather have left on December 16th,but we didnt because of the bad weather.我们本想在12月16日动身的，但因为天气原因没有离开。Will you join us in the game?Thank you,_ A.but why not?B.but Id rather not.C.and I wont.D.and Ill join.B 由问句“你愿意参加我们的游戏吗？”及答句“谢谢”可知
19、应填入表示转折的词，而A表示“但是为什么不参加呢？”，不符合语境。只有B“但是我不想参加”才与问句吻合。He _.他宁愿玩也不愿工作。would rather play than work1.C 本题考查动词短语意义辨析。句意应为“山姆只是凭借看别人操作电脑就学到了一些电脑知识。”表示“学会”用pick up;pick up另外还有“捡起；顺车接送，搭载；收拾，整理；重新开始；获得”等义；bring up 表示“抚养，教育；提出；呕吐”；look up 表示“向上看；(形势)好转，改善；查阅”；set up表示“建立，设置；造成，产生”。1.Sam _ some knowledge of th
20、e computer just by watching others working on it.(2010山东)A.brought up B.looked up C.picked up D.set up2.D 本题考查条件句的时态。根据句意：如果你在春天种下西瓜种子，你会在秋天吃到新鲜的西瓜。可以判断这是真实的条件从句，所以选择will be eating表将来。2.If you plant watermelon seeds in the spring,you _ fresh watermelon in the fall.(2010浙江)A.eat B.would eat C.have eaten D.will be eating
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