1、选择性必修一第二单元选择性必修一第二单元 （2021 年年 10 月月 20 日）日） 考点 1：Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computer? switch off 意思是“切断”，例如： Please switch off the light when you go out.出去时一定要把灯关上。 forget to do sth. 意为“忘记去做某事（这件事还没做）” forget doing sth. 意为“忘记曾做过某事（这件事已经做了）” 考点 2：These smart homes will keep u
2、s secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in. provide 可译为提供，供给，规定，抚养。 1.接名词作宾语。 It is said that the management will provide food and drink. 2.用于 provide sth. for sb.结构，即“向某人提供某物”=provide sb.with sth.结构。 They provided some necessary support for the sufferers. 他们为受难者
3、提供了一些必要的援助。 考点 3：we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home just about 在句中意为“几乎；近乎；差不多”，相当于 almost Youve met just about everyone. 你几乎每个人都见到了。 A: Have you finished your work? 你的工作完成了吗？ B: just about. 差不多了。 just about 还可以表示“大概；大约”，相当于 appr
4、oximately， They should be arriving just about now.他们现在大概该到了。 考点 4：Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door along with your favourite music or TV programmes. instant adj. 立即的；立刻的；方便的 instant coffee 速溶咖啡 instant noodles 方便面 the instant that . 一就（充当连词）， The instant I saw him I knew he wa
5、s the man the police were looking for.我一看就认出他正是警方在寻找的那个人。 考点 5：In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. in addition 除此之外；另外，是副词短语，单独作状语 in addition to 除之外，是介词短语，后接名词、代词或动名词 The products are of high quality. In addition, the price is low.产品质 量很高。另外价格低。 In additio
6、n to the names on the list, there are six other applicants.除了 名单上的名字，还有六个其他的申请人。 考点 6：Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well constant adj. 时常发生的；连续不断的 keep in constant contact with 与一直保持联系 keep track of 记录；持续跟踪 as well 也；和 考 点 7 ： Smart homes will be able to prevent seri
7、ous damage from accidents prevent sb. (from) doing something 的意思是“阻止某人做某事”。 如：What prevented you from joining us last night? 昨天晚上是什么事使你不能参加我们的活动？ 例句中 prevented 可换成 stopped 或 kept。 stop(from)doing sth.（from 可以省略） keepfrom doing sth.（from 不能省略） No one can stop us from taking over Taiwan.谁也不能阻止我们统一 台湾。
8、 考点 8：Hence, we should cease accepting technology just because it is new hence 用作副词，表示“因此；由此；所以”，例如： The town was built near a river, hence, it was named Rivertown. 这个镇临河而建，因此取名为河滨镇。 hence 和 days, years 等时间名词连用时表示“（从现在开始） （天或年等）之后”，例如： There is no need to worry about what is going to happen millions
9、 of years hence.没必要为几百万年后才会发生的事情担忧。 考点 9：On the one hand, there are many different groups of people around the world who live happily in the absence of new technology。 who live happily . 为 who 引导的定语从句，对 people 进行补充和 说明。 on the one hand . on the other hand 一方面另一方面 absence n. 不在；缺席 in the absence of 缺
10、乏；无时；缺少时 She had grown accustomed to his long absences.他长期不在家， 她已 经习惯了。 The case was dismissed in the absence of any definite proof.此案因 缺乏确凿的证据，而不予受理。 考点 10：They advocate a simple life with an emphasis on hard work, family, and community advocate vt. 提倡，主张 advocate doing sth. 主张/提倡做某事 advocate that
11、. 主张；提倡（从句用虚拟语气，should 可以省略）， Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behavior. 很多专家主张对孩子的良好表现加以奖励。 考点 11： provide sb. with sth.(provide sth. for sb. ) 给提供； This has provided police with a vital clue. (This has provided a vital clue for police.) 这为警方提供了一条重要的线索。 provide for 赡养，养活，例如： They
12、 worked hard to provide for their large family. 考点 12：I have benefited quite a lot from technological advances. benefit . from . 从获益 be of benefit to . 对有益 for the benefit of . 为了的利益 Everyone benefited from limiting their intake of tea to just three or four cups a day. 每个人都受益于将茶的摄入量限制在每天三四杯。 Cycling
13、 is of benefit to health and environment.骑自行车对健康和环 境有益。 考点 13：Nevertheless, I will always look on the positive side of change and accept it rather than resist it look on 看待 look on as 把看作 rather than 而不是，例如： It was what he did rather than what he said that really mattered. 真正重要的是他做什么，而不是说什么。 resist vi.&vt. 抵制；抵抗 resist doing sth.，例如： She cannot resist giving him advice. 她忍不住给他提建议
