核心词汇
1.When she was telling us about her headache,her real aim was just to gain our____________(同情).
2.It was a reasonable ____________(评估)and probably pretty close to the truth.
3.The opening____________(章)gives a general overview of the subject.
4.She got a ____________(兼职的)job to supplement the family income.
5.When climbing a mountain I advise beginners to use a ____________(手杖).
6.The baggage is two kilos____________(超重),so you have to pay two more dollars.
7.I like my clothes to be simple but ____________(优雅的).
8.I shall be pleased to go, if you will____________(陪伴)me.
9.用satisfy的适当形式填空
(1)Nothing____________her;she’s always complaining.
(2)I am not at all____________with the present situation.
(3)The service that the company offers all over the country is quite____________.
(4)Last night they watched our performance with____________.
10.She ____________a lot of money and her____________for wealth made her put all her money in the bank.When she learned that it was possible that interest rate should be reduced,she almost went crazy.(desire)
1.sympathy 2.assessment 3.chapter 4.parttime 5.staff6.overweight 7.elegant 8.accompany 9.(1)satisfies(2)satisfied (3)satisfying (4)satisfaction 10.desired;desire
高频短语
1.________________ 试验;考验
2.________________ 给……打电话
3.________________ 转向;回转
4.________________ 不管,别惹;让……一个人待着;和……单独在一起
5.________________ 将……放在一边;为……节省或保留(钱或时间)
6.________________ 一共;总计
7.________________ 一定做……
8.________________ 寻找
9.________________ 把……和……进行比较
10.________________ 更确切地说
11.________________ 对……低声说
12.________________ 爱上……
1.test out 2.ring up 3.turn around 4.leave...alone 5.set aside 6.in all 7.be bound to 8.search for 9.compare ...with... 10.or rather 11.whisper to 12.fall in love with
重点句式
1.His name was Tony and he seemed ____________like a human ____________a machine.
他的名字叫托尼,与其说他看上去像一台机器,倒不如说更像一个人。
2.As she turned around,____________.
当她转过身时,她发现格拉迪丝?克拉芬就站在身旁。
3.Asimov began having stories __________ in science fiction magazines in 1939.
在1939年艾西莫夫开始在科幻杂志上发表小说。
4.________ when Asimov was eleven years old_________his talent for writing became obvious.
阿西莫夫的写作天才是在他11岁时才显露出来的。
1.more;than 2.there stood Gladys Claffern 3.published,4.It was; that
知识详解
1 .desire n. 渴望;欲望;渴求
vt. 希望得到;想要
(回归课本P10)Do you think it is possible for a robot to have its own needs and desires?
你认为机器人有可能有自己的需求和愿望吗?
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(朗文P547)Teenagers’ desire for independence can cause problems for their parents.
青少年对独立的渴望会给父母带来麻烦。
②(朗文P547)One woman had expressed a strong desire to learn to read.
一位妇女表达了学识字的强烈愿望。
③(牛津P541)We all desire health and happiness.
我们都渴望健康和幸福。
④We always desire to live in peace with our neighbors.
我们一向希望邻里之间和睦相处。
⑤We desire that immediate help be given to the local villagers who have been trapped by the flood.
我们渴望给予那些被洪水围困的当地村民们立刻的救援。
[即境活用]
1.完成句子
(1)As far as I know,the little boy ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (有强烈的求知欲).
答案:has a strong desire for knowledge
(2)My desire is that I________ ________ ________ ________________ ________ (不久再来中国).
答案:should come to China again soon
(3)The old woman desired her sons and daughters________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________(不时地来看望她).
答案:to come/should come and see her from time to time
2 .favour n. 喜爱;恩惠,帮忙;优惠
vt. 喜爱;偏袒(=favor)
(回归课本P11)As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant.
托尼为让克莱尔高兴,答应帮助她,使她变得更漂亮,使她的家变得更高雅大方。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P734) Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?
今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗?
②(牛津P735)I’ll ask Steve to take it.He owes me a favour.
我要请史蒂夫接受。他欠我一个人情。
③(牛津P735) I’m all in favour of equal pay for equal work.
我完全支持同工同酬。
④(牛津P735)The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment.
目前汇率对我们有利。
[即境活用]
2.完成句子
(1)他们大部分人赞成我的观点,而戴维反对。
Most of them were ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ while David ________ ________ ________.
答案:in favour of my opinion;was against it
(2)你可以帮我把这个拿到邮局吗?
Will you ________ ________ ________ ________ and take this to the post office for me?
答案:do me a favour
3 .sympathy n. 同情,同情心;赞同,支持
(回归课本P11)Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.
克莱尔觉得,机器人向她表示同情,这有点荒唐可笑。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P2049)I have no sympathy for Jan,it’s all her own fault.
我不同情简,那都是她自己的错。
②(牛津P2049)I wish he’d show me a little more sympathy.
我多希望他能再体谅我一点。
③Out of sympathy for the homeless children,he gave them shelter for the night.
出于对无家可归的孩子的同情,他给他们提供了住宿。
④Do you have any sympathy with his point of view?
你同意他的观点吗?
[即境活用]
3.完成句子
(1)我绝对不同情那些考试作弊的考生。
I ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ students who cheat on tests.
答案:have absolutely no sympathy for
(2)大多人赞同你的看法。
The majority of people are _________ _________ _________your views.
答案:in sympathy with/in favour of
4 .accompany vt. 陪伴;伴奏;附有;配有
(回归课本P11)As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops,he wrote out a list of items for her.
她不允许他陪她去商店,因此他为她列了一个购物清单。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(上海高考)Our trained leaders will accompany you and tell you everything you need to know.
我们受过培训的带队人员会陪伴着你,告诉你需要知道的一切。
②(朗文P12)John has decided to accompany me on my trip to India.
约翰已决定陪我去印度。
③The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister.
女歌手由她姐姐钢琴伴奏。
④I’ll stay here and keep you company.
我留下来陪你。
⑤Her father accompanied her to the concert and when she sang,her father accompanied her on the piano.Her song sounded wonderful accompanied by the music.
她父亲陪她去音乐会,当她唱歌时,她父亲为她钢琴伴奏。在音乐的陪伴下,她的歌声听起来优美极了。
[即境活用]
4.I’m sure you will make yourself understood better if you________your words with gestures.
A.advocate B.refresh
C.accompany D.transform
解析:选C。accompany 意为“陪伴,伴奏”。句意:假如你说话时伴之以手势,那么别人肯定就能更清楚地明白你的意思。advocate拥护,提倡,主张;refresh使恢复,使振作;transform转化,转换,改造,变换。
5.It is said that dogs will keep you________for as long as you want when you are feeling lonely.
A.safety B.company
C.house D.friend
解析:选B。keep sb.company为习语,表示“陪伴某人;与某人同步 ”。
5 .satisfaction n. 满意,满足
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P1769)She looked back on her career with great satisfaction.
回顾自己的事业,她深感欣慰。
②(牛津P1769)The education system must satisfy the needs of all children.
教育系统必须满足所有儿童的需要。
③The girl satisfied her mother by cleaning up the kitchen.
那女孩清洗厨房以使她母亲满意。
④The teacher was very satisfied with the work the students did yesterday.
老师对学生们昨天干的工作感到十分满意。
⑤The result of the examination is very satisfying.
这次考试的结果非常令人满意。
[即境活用]
6.You can’t________everybody.If the majority________your decision,that’s OK.
A.satisfy;was satisfied with
B.be satisfied;satisfy
C.satisfy;are satisfied with
D.satisfy;satisfied with
解析:选C。本题的关键是动词satisfy的用法,表示“使人满意”,用satisfy sb.;若表示“某人对某事满意”,则用sb.be satisfied with sth.,另外,根据前后语境知应用一般现在时。
6 .declare vt. 宣布;声明;表明;宣称
(回归课本P11)She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare that he didn’t want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her.
她大叫一声“托尼”,然后听到托尼一本正经地说,明天他不想离开她,而且他并不满足于仅仅使她开心。
[归纳拓展]
①(朗文P523)Officials declared Jackson the winner of the race.
官员们宣布杰克逊为比赛的胜利者。
②(朗文P523)The United States declared its independence from Britain in 1776.
美国于1776年正式宣布脱离英国而独立。
③(朗文P523)The time has come to declare war on cancer.
是该向癌症宣战的时候了。
④When they asked him for his opinion,he declared strongly against the policy.
他们向他征求意见时,他声明强烈反对这项政策。
[例句探源]
[易混辨析]
announce,declare
(1)announce指正式地“公开;发表;宣布”,侧重“预告”人们所关心或感兴趣的事情,尤指新闻之类的消息。
(2)declare指正式地、明确地向公众“宣布;宣告;声明”,侧重“当众”发表,多用于宣战、议和、宣判等。
①It was announced that there would be a celebration on Sunday.
②We have time and time again declared that we will never be the first to use nuclear weapons.
[即境活用]
7.The fact that she never apologized ________ a lot about what kind of person she is.
A.says B.talks
C.appears D.declares
解析:选A。本题考查动词词义辨析。say意为“说明,表达,显示”。B项talk意为“谈论”;C项appear意为“出现,显得”;D项declare意为“宣布,声明”,都不合语境。句意:她永远不会道歉很大程度上说明了她是一个什么样的人。
7 .leave...alone 不管;别惹;让……一个人待着;和……单独在一起
(回归课本P12)She shouted “Leave me alone ”and ran to her bed.
她高声嚷着:“让我独自待一会儿!”然后就跑上了床。
[归纳拓展]
leave behind 遗留;把……抛在后面;超过
leave aside 搁置一边
leave for... 动身到……
leave out 省略;遗漏
leave over 留下;剩下
[例句探源]
①I’ve told you to leave my things alone.Why can’t you leave me alone?
我已经告诉你别管我的事情。为什么你不让我一个人待着?
②Leave it alone,or you’ll break it.
别碰它,否则你会把它弄坏的。
③It was careless of him to leave out an important detail.
他真粗心,漏掉了一个重要细节。
④Don’t leave me behind.
不要把我忘了。
[即境活用]
8.用leave alone;leave out;leave behind;leave for填空:
(1)You will have to put in some extra work if you don’t want to get ____________.
答案:left behind
(2)________him________ he obviously doesn’t want to talk about it.
答案:Leave;alone
(3)We will_____________ the airport at a quarter past five.
答案:leave for
(4)The teacher stressed again that the students should not____________ any important details while retelling the story.
答案:leave out
8 .set aside 将……放在一边;为……节省或保留(钱或时间)
(回归课本P13)He felt happy when his boss stated that he could set aside some time for exercise.
当老板说他可以留出时间运动的时候,他感到很高兴。
[归纳拓展]
set about doing 着手做某事
set down (指车辆或司机)停下来让(乘客)下车;记下;放下
set off 出发,动身,起程;使……爆炸
set out 出发;摆放;陈述或宣布;开始做某事
set up 摆放或竖起某物;使……准备使用;开办,建立
[例句探源]
①(牛津P1823)She tries to set aside some money every month.
她每个月都尽量存点钱。
②(牛津P1823)Let’s set aside my personal feelings for now.
目前咱们就不要顾及我的个人感情了。
③(全国高考)I think we ought to set off at 7∶00,while the roads are empty.
我认为我们应该7点出发,趁那时道路畅通无阻。
④For all three years I have been working for others,I’m hoping I’ll set up my own business someday.
三年来我一直为他人工作,我希望有一天我能建立自己的事业。
⑤I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do.
我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。
[即境活用]
9.用set aside;set down;set out;set up;set about填空:
(1)Johnson ____________decorating their new house in blues and yellows.
答案:set about
(2)He was asked to ____________ the facts just as he remembered.
答案:set down
(3)I____________my overcoat and took out my summer clothes.
答案:set aside
(4)After dinner,Candida____________for the supermarket to buy some chocolate.
答案:set out
(5)A lot of tall buildings have been ____________in Beijing in the past three years.
答案:set up
句型梳理
1【教材原句】 It_was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window.(P12)
也就在这时候,克莱尔才意识到托尼早就把前边窗户的窗帘拉开了。
【句法分析】 强调句的用法:
(1)It was/is+被强调部分+that...构成强调句的陈述句形式。
①It was because of bad weather that the football match must be put off.
是因为坏天气,足球赛必须被推迟。(强调的是原因状语)
②It was in the beautiful park that was located by the sea that we first met our new Chinese teacher.
是在位于海边的美丽公园我们第一次遇见我们汉语老师。
(2)强调句的疑问句形式。强调句变为一般疑问句时,直接将is/was置于句首。简略的答语为:“Yes,it is/was.”或“No,it isn’t/wasn’t.”
③ Was it you that I saw at the concert last night?
我昨天晚上在音乐会上看到的是你吗?
1.When she was telling us about her headache,her real aim was just to gain our____________(同情).
2.It was a reasonable ____________(评估)and probably pretty close to the truth.
3.The opening____________(章)gives a general overview of the subject.
4.She got a ____________(兼职的)job to supplement the family income.
5.When climbing a mountain I advise beginners to use a ____________(手杖).
6.The baggage is two kilos____________(超重),so you have to pay two more dollars.
7.I like my clothes to be simple but ____________(优雅的).
8.I shall be pleased to go, if you will____________(陪伴)me.
9.用satisfy的适当形式填空
(1)Nothing____________her;she’s always complaining.
(2)I am not at all____________with the present situation.
(3)The service that the company offers all over the country is quite____________.
(4)Last night they watched our performance with____________.
10.She ____________a lot of money and her____________for wealth made her put all her money in the bank.When she learned that it was possible that interest rate should be reduced,she almost went crazy.(desire)
1.sympathy 2.assessment 3.chapter 4.parttime 5.staff6.overweight 7.elegant 8.accompany 9.(1)satisfies(2)satisfied (3)satisfying (4)satisfaction 10.desired;desire
高频短语
1.________________ 试验;考验
2.________________ 给……打电话
3.________________ 转向;回转
4.________________ 不管,别惹;让……一个人待着;和……单独在一起
5.________________ 将……放在一边;为……节省或保留(钱或时间)
6.________________ 一共;总计
7.________________ 一定做……
8.________________ 寻找
9.________________ 把……和……进行比较
10.________________ 更确切地说
11.________________ 对……低声说
12.________________ 爱上……
1.test out 2.ring up 3.turn around 4.leave...alone 5.set aside 6.in all 7.be bound to 8.search for 9.compare ...with... 10.or rather 11.whisper to 12.fall in love with
重点句式
1.His name was Tony and he seemed ____________like a human ____________a machine.
他的名字叫托尼,与其说他看上去像一台机器,倒不如说更像一个人。
2.As she turned around,____________.
当她转过身时,她发现格拉迪丝?克拉芬就站在身旁。
3.Asimov began having stories __________ in science fiction magazines in 1939.
在1939年艾西莫夫开始在科幻杂志上发表小说。
4.________ when Asimov was eleven years old_________his talent for writing became obvious.
阿西莫夫的写作天才是在他11岁时才显露出来的。
1.more;than 2.there stood Gladys Claffern 3.published,4.It was; that
知识详解
1 .desire n. 渴望;欲望;渴求
vt. 希望得到;想要
(回归课本P10)Do you think it is possible for a robot to have its own needs and desires?
你认为机器人有可能有自己的需求和愿望吗?
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(朗文P547)Teenagers’ desire for independence can cause problems for their parents.
青少年对独立的渴望会给父母带来麻烦。
②(朗文P547)One woman had expressed a strong desire to learn to read.
一位妇女表达了学识字的强烈愿望。
③(牛津P541)We all desire health and happiness.
我们都渴望健康和幸福。
④We always desire to live in peace with our neighbors.
我们一向希望邻里之间和睦相处。
⑤We desire that immediate help be given to the local villagers who have been trapped by the flood.
我们渴望给予那些被洪水围困的当地村民们立刻的救援。
[即境活用]
1.完成句子
(1)As far as I know,the little boy ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (有强烈的求知欲).
答案:has a strong desire for knowledge
(2)My desire is that I________ ________ ________ ________________ ________ (不久再来中国).
答案:should come to China again soon
(3)The old woman desired her sons and daughters________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________(不时地来看望她).
答案:to come/should come and see her from time to time
2 .favour n. 喜爱;恩惠,帮忙;优惠
vt. 喜爱;偏袒(=favor)
(回归课本P11)As a favour Tony promised to help Claire make herself smarter and her home more elegant.
托尼为让克莱尔高兴,答应帮助她,使她变得更漂亮,使她的家变得更高雅大方。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P734) Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?
今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗?
②(牛津P735)I’ll ask Steve to take it.He owes me a favour.
我要请史蒂夫接受。他欠我一个人情。
③(牛津P735) I’m all in favour of equal pay for equal work.
我完全支持同工同酬。
④(牛津P735)The exchange rate is in our favour at the moment.
目前汇率对我们有利。
[即境活用]
2.完成句子
(1)他们大部分人赞成我的观点,而戴维反对。
Most of them were ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ while David ________ ________ ________.
答案:in favour of my opinion;was against it
(2)你可以帮我把这个拿到邮局吗?
Will you ________ ________ ________ ________ and take this to the post office for me?
答案:do me a favour
3 .sympathy n. 同情,同情心;赞同,支持
(回归课本P11)Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.
克莱尔觉得,机器人向她表示同情,这有点荒唐可笑。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P2049)I have no sympathy for Jan,it’s all her own fault.
我不同情简,那都是她自己的错。
②(牛津P2049)I wish he’d show me a little more sympathy.
我多希望他能再体谅我一点。
③Out of sympathy for the homeless children,he gave them shelter for the night.
出于对无家可归的孩子的同情,他给他们提供了住宿。
④Do you have any sympathy with his point of view?
你同意他的观点吗?
[即境活用]
3.完成句子
(1)我绝对不同情那些考试作弊的考生。
I ________ ________ ________ ________ _________ students who cheat on tests.
答案:have absolutely no sympathy for
(2)大多人赞同你的看法。
The majority of people are _________ _________ _________your views.
答案:in sympathy with/in favour of
4 .accompany vt. 陪伴;伴奏;附有;配有
(回归课本P11)As he was not allowed to accompany her to the shops,he wrote out a list of items for her.
她不允许他陪她去商店,因此他为她列了一个购物清单。
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(上海高考)Our trained leaders will accompany you and tell you everything you need to know.
我们受过培训的带队人员会陪伴着你,告诉你需要知道的一切。
②(朗文P12)John has decided to accompany me on my trip to India.
约翰已决定陪我去印度。
③The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister.
女歌手由她姐姐钢琴伴奏。
④I’ll stay here and keep you company.
我留下来陪你。
⑤Her father accompanied her to the concert and when she sang,her father accompanied her on the piano.Her song sounded wonderful accompanied by the music.
她父亲陪她去音乐会,当她唱歌时,她父亲为她钢琴伴奏。在音乐的陪伴下,她的歌声听起来优美极了。
[即境活用]
4.I’m sure you will make yourself understood better if you________your words with gestures.
A.advocate B.refresh
C.accompany D.transform
解析:选C。accompany 意为“陪伴,伴奏”。句意:假如你说话时伴之以手势,那么别人肯定就能更清楚地明白你的意思。advocate拥护,提倡,主张;refresh使恢复,使振作;transform转化,转换,改造,变换。
5.It is said that dogs will keep you________for as long as you want when you are feeling lonely.
A.safety B.company
C.house D.friend
解析:选B。keep sb.company为习语,表示“陪伴某人;与某人同步 ”。
5 .satisfaction n. 满意,满足
[归纳拓展]
[例句探源]
①(牛津P1769)She looked back on her career with great satisfaction.
回顾自己的事业,她深感欣慰。
②(牛津P1769)The education system must satisfy the needs of all children.
教育系统必须满足所有儿童的需要。
③The girl satisfied her mother by cleaning up the kitchen.
那女孩清洗厨房以使她母亲满意。
④The teacher was very satisfied with the work the students did yesterday.
老师对学生们昨天干的工作感到十分满意。
⑤The result of the examination is very satisfying.
这次考试的结果非常令人满意。
[即境活用]
6.You can’t________everybody.If the majority________your decision,that’s OK.
A.satisfy;was satisfied with
B.be satisfied;satisfy
C.satisfy;are satisfied with
D.satisfy;satisfied with
解析:选C。本题的关键是动词satisfy的用法,表示“使人满意”,用satisfy sb.;若表示“某人对某事满意”,则用sb.be satisfied with sth.,另外,根据前后语境知应用一般现在时。
6 .declare vt. 宣布;声明;表明;宣称
(回归课本P11)She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare that he didn’t want to leave her the next day and that he felt more than just the desire to please her.
她大叫一声“托尼”,然后听到托尼一本正经地说,明天他不想离开她,而且他并不满足于仅仅使她开心。
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①(朗文P523)Officials declared Jackson the winner of the race.
官员们宣布杰克逊为比赛的胜利者。
②(朗文P523)The United States declared its independence from Britain in 1776.
美国于1776年正式宣布脱离英国而独立。
③(朗文P523)The time has come to declare war on cancer.
是该向癌症宣战的时候了。
④When they asked him for his opinion,he declared strongly against the policy.
他们向他征求意见时,他声明强烈反对这项政策。
[例句探源]
[易混辨析]
announce,declare
(1)announce指正式地“公开;发表;宣布”,侧重“预告”人们所关心或感兴趣的事情,尤指新闻之类的消息。
(2)declare指正式地、明确地向公众“宣布;宣告;声明”,侧重“当众”发表,多用于宣战、议和、宣判等。
①It was announced that there would be a celebration on Sunday.
②We have time and time again declared that we will never be the first to use nuclear weapons.
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7.The fact that she never apologized ________ a lot about what kind of person she is.
A.says B.talks
C.appears D.declares
解析:选A。本题考查动词词义辨析。say意为“说明,表达,显示”。B项talk意为“谈论”;C项appear意为“出现,显得”;D项declare意为“宣布,声明”,都不合语境。句意:她永远不会道歉很大程度上说明了她是一个什么样的人。
7 .leave...alone 不管;别惹;让……一个人待着;和……单独在一起
(回归课本P12)She shouted “Leave me alone ”and ran to her bed.
她高声嚷着:“让我独自待一会儿!”然后就跑上了床。
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leave behind 遗留;把……抛在后面;超过
leave aside 搁置一边
leave for... 动身到……
leave out 省略;遗漏
leave over 留下;剩下
[例句探源]
①I’ve told you to leave my things alone.Why can’t you leave me alone?
我已经告诉你别管我的事情。为什么你不让我一个人待着?
②Leave it alone,or you’ll break it.
别碰它,否则你会把它弄坏的。
③It was careless of him to leave out an important detail.
他真粗心,漏掉了一个重要细节。
④Don’t leave me behind.
不要把我忘了。
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8.用leave alone;leave out;leave behind;leave for填空:
(1)You will have to put in some extra work if you don’t want to get ____________.
答案:left behind
(2)________him________ he obviously doesn’t want to talk about it.
答案:Leave;alone
(3)We will_____________ the airport at a quarter past five.
答案:leave for
(4)The teacher stressed again that the students should not____________ any important details while retelling the story.
答案:leave out
8 .set aside 将……放在一边;为……节省或保留(钱或时间)
(回归课本P13)He felt happy when his boss stated that he could set aside some time for exercise.
当老板说他可以留出时间运动的时候,他感到很高兴。
[归纳拓展]
set about doing 着手做某事
set down (指车辆或司机)停下来让(乘客)下车;记下;放下
set off 出发,动身,起程;使……爆炸
set out 出发;摆放;陈述或宣布;开始做某事
set up 摆放或竖起某物;使……准备使用;开办,建立
[例句探源]
①(牛津P1823)She tries to set aside some money every month.
她每个月都尽量存点钱。
②(牛津P1823)Let’s set aside my personal feelings for now.
目前咱们就不要顾及我的个人感情了。
③(全国高考)I think we ought to set off at 7∶00,while the roads are empty.
我认为我们应该7点出发,趁那时道路畅通无阻。
④For all three years I have been working for others,I’m hoping I’ll set up my own business someday.
三年来我一直为他人工作,我希望有一天我能建立自己的事业。
⑤I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do.
我不愿像大多数人那样在日记中记流水账。
[即境活用]
9.用set aside;set down;set out;set up;set about填空:
(1)Johnson ____________decorating their new house in blues and yellows.
答案:set about
(2)He was asked to ____________ the facts just as he remembered.
答案:set down
(3)I____________my overcoat and took out my summer clothes.
答案:set aside
(4)After dinner,Candida____________for the supermarket to buy some chocolate.
答案:set out
(5)A lot of tall buildings have been ____________in Beijing in the past three years.
答案:set up
句型梳理
1【教材原句】 It_was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window.(P12)
也就在这时候,克莱尔才意识到托尼早就把前边窗户的窗帘拉开了。
【句法分析】 强调句的用法:
(1)It was/is+被强调部分+that...构成强调句的陈述句形式。
①It was because of bad weather that the football match must be put off.
是因为坏天气,足球赛必须被推迟。(强调的是原因状语)
②It was in the beautiful park that was located by the sea that we first met our new Chinese teacher.
是在位于海边的美丽公园我们第一次遇见我们汉语老师。
(2)强调句的疑问句形式。强调句变为一般疑问句时,直接将is/was置于句首。简略的答语为:“Yes,it is/was.”或“No,it isn’t/wasn’t.”
③ Was it you that I saw at the concert last night?
我昨天晚上在音乐会上看到的是你吗?