Unit 2 Robots
核心单词
1. desire
n. 渴望
vt. 想要
常用结构：
desire sth. 渴望得到某物
desire to do sth. 希望/渴望做某事
desire that sb. (should) do 要求……
have a desire for sth./to do sth. 渴望得到某物/希望做某事
at one’s desire 照某人的希望
We all desire happiness and health.我们都希望幸福健康。
Everyone has a desire for success, but not everyone desires to get rich.每个人都渴望成功，但并非人人都渴望金钱。
He desires you to go to see him at once.
=He desires that you should go to see him at once.
他要求你马上去见他。
(2)翻译句子 （原创）
①他想接受大学教育。
②他们要我快点回。
③我请他立即回信。
④她要你立即见她。
⑤她应邀演奏了一曲。
解析：(1) 选B。wish表示不能实现的愿望，句型搭配wish for sth.；C、D两项不符合题意。desire渴望，想要；符合句意。
(2)①He desired a college education.
②They desire me to return soon.
③I desire an immediate answer of his.
④She desires that you (should) see her at once.
⑤She played a piece at others’desire/by desire.
2. alarm
n.警报
vt.使……惊恐
We were much alarmed by the fire in the forest.
森林失火使我们大为惊慌。
常用结构：
give /raise the alarm 发警报
ring the alarm 敲警钟
sound the alarm 发警报; 吹警报号
take (the) alarm at 对……感到吃惊; 因……而惊恐
be alarmed at ... 被……吓一跳
As soon as he saw the smoke, he sounded the alarm.
一看见烟雾，他就鸣响了警报。
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①看到孩子们在返校时遭遇车祸的消息，家长们很害怕。
②看到大火，社区的居民发出警报。
答案：①The parents took (the) alarm at the news that their children caught a traffic accident when returning the school.
②The residents in the community raised the alarm when seeing the great fire.
3. accompany
vt.陪伴
常用结构：
accompany sb. to a place 陪伴某人去某地
accompany sth. with/by sth. 与……同时存在
He accompanied his old father to the hospital to see what’s wrong with his stomach.
他陪他的老父亲去医院查看胃部出了什么问题。
Thunders accompanied by heavy rain in this season are very common.
这个季节，雷鸣常常伴有大雨。
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①总统出现了,被六个健壮的保镖护随着。
②回到家乡，他的老同学们陪着他参观了这个城市。
答案：①The president appeared and was accompanied by six strong bodyguards.
②When returning hometown, he was shown around the city accompanied by his old classmates.
4. envy
n.&vt. 妒忌；羡慕
常用结构：
envy sb. doing/for sth. 忌妒或羡慕某人做某事
with envy 羡慕地；忌妒地
be the envy of 是令人羡慕/忌妒的事物
out of envy 出于妒忌
I envy you having such a good friend!
我羡慕你有这么一位好朋友！
They looked at her new car with envy.
他们羡慕地看着她的新车。
He was filled with envy of me at my success.
他十分羡慕我的成功。
They only say such unkind things about you out of envy.
他们纯粹出于忌妒才说你这些坏话。
联想拓展
envious adj. 羡慕的； 妒忌的
be envious of 妒忌……；羡慕……
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①她出于忌妒说了关于你的这些话。
②汤姆妒忌他哥哥事业上的成功。
答案：①She said these words about you out of envy.
②Tom was envious of his brother’s success in business.
重点短语
5. reach for
伸手碰到/去拿/够到……
He reached for his gun when he heard the enemy’s sound.
当他听到敌人的声音时就伸手去拿自己的枪。
He reached into his pocket for his keys.
他把手伸到口袋里找钥匙。
联想拓展
reach to 达到；触到
within/out of/beyond one’s reach 在某人伸手可及/够不到的距离
高手过招
单项填空
I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children’s
. （2010•01•江苏徐州检测）
Reach B. Hand C. Hold D. Place
解析：选A。考查固定搭配。out of one’s reach意为“在某人伸手够不到的距离”；符合句意“孩子够不着”。
6. test out
考验；试验
This model had been tested out before it was put into production.这个型号经过试验后才进行大批量生产。
Before the lecture, the professor is used to testing out the whole experiment.
上前，这个教授习惯先将整个实验试验一番。
联想拓展
test on sb./sth. 在……(身上)做实验/试验
have/take a test in 参加……考试
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①成千上万的人们将参加这周日的公务员考试。
②那个咨询顾问总是先将新的政策在他自己的公司里进行实验。
答案： ①Tens of thousands of people will take an entrance test for government officers this Sunday.
②The consultant always testing the new policy on his own company first.
7. ring up
打电话给……
On arriving at the airport, he rang up his mother to say everything was O.
一到达机场，他就打电话给母亲报平安。
联想拓展
ring back 回电话
ring off 挂断电话;停止讲话
ring a bell 唤醒(经常是模糊的记忆)
ring up the curtain 开始(一场演出，一个事或一次行动)
I have to ring off now because my friend is waiting for me.
我朋友在等我，我得挂电话了。
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①今早他刚起床就有人给他打电话了。
②见到老板进，他赶紧挂断电话假装在工作。
答案：①The moment he got up this morning, someone rang him up.
②Seeing his boss coming, he hurried to ring off and pretended to be working.
8. leave ...alone
不打扰
Leave him alone and he will produce.
别打扰他，他会写出的。
You shouldn’t have left Andy alone in the mountains, it was very dangerous.
你不该将安迪一个人留在上，因为那样非常危险。
联想拓展
leave behind 留下,遗留
leave aside (把某事)搁置一边
leave for 出发前往
leave out 省去;遗漏;不考虑
He was asked to leave for another city in 24 hours.
他被要求24小时内离开到另一个城市去。
The teacher required us to leave out some unnecessary words in our essays.
老师让我们将论中一些不必要的词语省去。
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①老板携款潜逃了，只留下一间空厂房。
②听到警报，警察丢下家人冲出去看发生了什么事。
答案：①The boss escaped with all his fortune and left an empty factory behind.
②Hearing the alarm, the policeman left his family behind and rushed out to see what happened.
9. set aside
将……放到一边；节省或保留（钱或时间）；暂时不考虑
He set all offers aside. 所有的提议他都置之不理。
联想拓展
set down 记下，写下
set off 动身;爆炸
set out 出发；开始做……
set up 创立，建立；竖起
He set off for work. 他动身去上班。
高手过招
单项填空
Try to at least an hour each day for learning new vocabulary. （2010•01•东烟台检测）
set off B. set out C. set aside D.set down
解析：选C。句意为：争取每天至少抽出1小时时间学习新词汇。set aside为某种目的留出、拨出（金钱、时间）等，符合句意。
10. turn around
转向
He heard a voice but when he turned around, he saw nobody.
他听到一个声音，但转身却没发现有人。
As he walked towards the hotel, he suddenly turned around and found an old lady following him.
当他朝旅馆走去时，突然转身发现一个老妇人跟着他。
联想拓展
turn away 把(脸)转过去
turn against 背叛；反抗
turn on/off 打开/关掉
turn up 出现;调大(音量)
turn down 拒绝;调小(音量)
turn out 结果是;证明是
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①那个年轻的女士无法想像要是她的丈夫背叛她的话会是怎么样。
②虽然贫穷，但是女孩毅然地拒绝了别人的帮助。
答案：①The young lady can’t imagine what if her husband turns against her.
②Though poor, the girl turned down others’help firmly.
重点句型
11. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, especially as her husband would be absent for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or allow her to be harmed.
克莱尔并不想把机器人留在家里，特别是在她丈夫离别三周的这个期间。但是，克莱尔被拉里说服了。他说，机器人不会伤害她，也不会让别人伤害她。
to be harmed为动词不定式的被动语态。
All these gifts must be mailed immediately so as to be received in time for Christmas.
所有的这些礼物必须马上邮寄，以便在圣诞节时及时收到。
It remains to be seen whether Jim’ll be fit enough to play in the finals.
吉姆最后是否适合演出仍将拭目以待。
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①小汤姆假装被射中了哭喊着要糖吃。
②此药得一日三次，饭后服用。
答案：①Little Tom pretended to be shot and cried for a candy.
②The medicine is required to be taken three times a day after meals.
12. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern.
当她转过身时，（她发现）Gladys站在那儿。
there stood Gladys Claffern为倒装句。在谓语为动词go, come, run, stand, live等表示位置转移的动词及be动词的句子中,为了强调句子中一些副词there, here, up, down, in, out, away等，可将副词置于句首，若这时主语是名词，句子用全倒装；若是代词，则不用倒装。
There comes the teacher and her students.
老师和她的学生们了。
Out rushed the boys.男孩们冲了出去。
高手过招
翻译句子 （原创）
①年轻的母亲抱着怀里两个月大的婴儿跑开了。(用倒装结构)
②生气的老板和他的秘书走了进。
答案：①Away ran the young mother with a two?month?old baby in her arms.
②In came the angry boss and his secretary.
