1、UNIT 4 JOURNEY ACROSS A VAST LAND 核心词汇突破核心词汇突破核心词汇突破核心词汇突破1.arise vi.(arose,arisen)出现,产生;由引起;起身;起床写出黑体词的含义It was freezing cold,so he arose from his seat and drew back the curtain.What astonished me was that more problems arose.As we all know,emotional problems can arise from a physical cause.起身出现(由)
2、引起2.breath n.呼吸的空气单句填空Humans breathe oxygen and breathe carbon dioxide.Take deep breath and then breathe out when I tell you to.We had great difficulty in(breathe),for the air was thin.inoutabreathing【归纳】(1)hold ones breath屏住呼吸catch ones breath喘息;平复呼吸lose ones breath喘不过气来take a deep breath深呼吸take sb
3、s breath away 令某人惊叹out of breath 上气不接下气(2)breathe in/out 吸气/呼气breathe a sigh of relief如释重负;松了口气3.freezing adj.极冷的;冰冻的单句填空It is very cold today;the temperature has dropped to(freeze)point.(freeze)food is convenient to cook,so its a craze in supermarkets.Its(freeze)cold outside,so youd better put on m
4、ore clothes.freezingFrozenfreezing【归纳】(1)above/below freezing在冰点以上/下freezing point冰点freezing cold极冷的;冻僵的(2)freeze vi.&vt.结冰;(使)冻住(3)frozen adj.冰冻的,严寒的;冷冻的,冷藏的4.contrary to相反的;相对立的单句填空He seemed to dislike the antiques and crafts.the contrary,he was fond of them very much.Contrary his idea,I think the
5、 highlight of the music festival is the last song.Onto【归纳】contrary adj.相反的;相对立的n.相反的事实(或事情)on the contrary与此相反;恰恰相反be contrary to与相反/相违背5.astonish vt.使十分惊讶;使吃惊单句填空To my (astonish),he ranked first in the competition.The photographer was at the question in his own mind.(astonish)完成句子我们惊奇地张大了嘴。Our mout
6、hs dropped open.我们非常吃惊地得知他们最初的尝试失败了。We that their initial attempts failed.astonishmentastonishedastonishingin astonishmentwere quite astonished to learn【归纳】(1)astonishing adj.令人惊讶的(2)astonished adj.感到惊讶的be astonished at/by sth因某事感到惊讶be astonished to do sth对做某事感到惊讶(3)astonishment n.惊讶in astonishment吃
7、惊地to ones astonishment令某人惊讶的是6.owe vt.欠(账、债、情等)单句填空He owes his good health his healthy lifestyle.Mary will take care of the babyshe(owe)me a favour.He owes to his father that he has been so successful.翻译句子我无法和你去旅行,应该向你道歉。_toowesitI owe an apology to you for being unable to travel with you.【归纳】(1)owe
8、 sb an apology 应向某人道歉owe sb sth=owe sth to sb欠某人某物(2)owe.to.把归功于owe it to sb that.多亏某人(3)owing to因为;由于重点句型重点句型1.rather than“与其;不愿;而不是”,连接两个并列成分【教材原句】Rather than travel by commercial airline all the way,they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train.(P38)不想一路乘坐商务飞机,她们决定坐飞机去温哥华,然后再换乘火车。【归纳】(
9、2)other than 不同于;除了外or rather更确切地说more than多于;不仅仅;非常2.It is/was not until.that.强调句型【教材原句】It was not until 9:30 a.m.that they finally reached the capital of Ontario,Toronto.(P39)直到上午9点半,她们才终于到达安大略省的省会,多伦多。单句填空I didnt really realize the value of friends I left my hometown.It was not until I settled do
10、wn and lived in Beijing I had a chance to pay a visit to the Great Wall.untilthat句式升级I didnt realize how important working with my own hands was until I took part in the picking activity.I realized how important working with my own hands was.(强调句型)how important working with my own hands was.(倒装)It wasnt until I took part in the picking activity thatNot until I took part in the picking activity did I realize【归纳】(1)not.until.“直到才”,引导时间状语从句;(2)在not.until.句型结构中,可把not until提到句首,此时主句用部分倒装。
