1、【 精品教育资源文库】Unit 2 The United Kingdom重点单词1clarify vt.澄清；阐明 2accomplish vt.完成；达到；实现3unwilling adj.不愿意的；不乐意的 4currency n货币；通货5institution n制度；机制；公共机构 6enjoyable adj.令人愉快的；使人高兴的7opportunity n机会；时机 8plus prep.加上；和 adj.加的；正的；零上的9fold vt.折叠；对折 10sightseeing n观光；游览11royal adj.王室的；皇家的；高贵的 12splendid adj.壮丽的；
2、辉煌的；极好的13statue n塑像；雕像 14imaginary adj.想象中的；假想的；虚构的15error n错误；过失；谬误 16tense n时态 adj.紧张的17unite vi.& vt.联合；团结united adj.团结的；联合的union n联合；联盟；结合；协会18consist vi.组成；在于；一致consistent adj.一致的；坚持的19convenience n便利；方便convenient adj.便利的；方便的20rough adj.粗糙的；粗暴的roughly adv.粗略地；粗糙地21attract vt.吸引；引起注意attraction n
3、吸引；吸引力attractive adj.有吸引力的22collection n收藏品；珍藏；收集collect vt.& vi.收集；募捐23administration n管理；行政部门administrate vt.管理；支配24description n描写；描述describe vt.描述；形容；描绘25furnished adj.配备好装备的；带家具的furnish vt.提供；装备；布置furniture n家具；设备26arrange vt.筹备；安排；整理arrangement n安排；准备工作27delight n快乐；高兴；喜悦 vt.使高兴；使欣喜delighted a
4、dj.高【 精品教育资源文库】兴的；快乐的delightful adj.令人高兴的28thrill vt.使激动；使胆战心惊thrilling adj.令人激动的；毛骨悚然的thrilled adj.感到激动的；极为兴奋的 重点短语1consist_of 由组成 2divideinto 把分成3break_away_(from) 挣脱(束缚)；脱离 4to_ones_credit 为带来荣誉；值得赞扬；在名下5leave_out 省去；遗漏；不考虑 6take_the_place_of 代替7break_down (机器)损坏；破坏 8keep_ones_eyes_open 密切关注9make
5、_a_list_of 列的清单 10in_memory_of 纪念重点句型1findsb/sth过去分词Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.(教材 P10)2状语从句中省略主语和 be 动词的情况It looked splendid when first built! (教材 P14)3Itbe/seem(s/ed) adj.that句型It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism should have lived and di
6、ed in London.(教材 P14)语法要点过去分词作宾语补足语You find most of the population settled in the south, (教材 P10)1consist vi.组成；在于；一致How many countries does the UK consist of? (教材 P9)英国是由几个部分(国家)组成的？(1)consist of(be made up/composed of) 由组成，由构成；包括(不用于【 精品教育资源文库】被动语态和进行时态)(2)consist in 在于；存在于(3)Error!Life mainly con
7、sists of happiness and sorrow while happiness and sorrow consist in struggle.生活主要由快乐和悲伤组成，而快乐和悲伤存在于拼搏之中。If what you say is not consistent (consist) with what you do, it will have a bad effect on your children.如果你言行不一，这将对你的孩子有不良影响。Learning and personality do not always consist together.学问与人格并不总是相一致的。
8、2convenience n便利，方便；便利的事物；便利设施England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.(教材 P10)在这四个国家中，英格兰是最大的。为方便起见，它大致分为三个地区。(1)Error!(2)Error!(3)Error!We can meet to discuss this further at your convenience.我们可以在你方便时会面以进一步讨论此事。Nowadays, it is conven
9、ient (convenience) for us to travel around.如今，我们到各地旅游是很方便的。【提示】 convenient 作表语时，不可用人作主语，而要用物作主语或用 it 作形式主语。 “当你方便的时候”应翻译成 when it is convenient for you，而不是 when you are convenient。3attract vt.吸引；引起注意 It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.(教材
10、P10)可惜的是，这些建于 19 世纪的工业城市不吸引游客。(1)attractError!(2)attractive adj.有吸引力的；诱人的；引起兴趣的(3)attraction n吸引；吸引人的事物；吸引力Our level of attraction (attract) to the opposite sex has more to do with 【 精品教育资源文库】our inner confidence than how we look.我们对异性的吸引程度更多的来自内在的自信，而不是长相。Smoking is still attractive (attract) to ma
11、ny young people who see it as charming.吸烟对很多年轻人还是很有诱惑力，他们觉得这让自己显得魅力十足。What attracted me most to the job was the chance to travel abroad.这份工作最吸引我的地方是有机会出国旅行。4arrange vt.筹备；安排；整理 They had no time to arrange their own wedding, so they had it organized by a company.(教材 P13)他们没有时间筹备婚礼，因此他们让一家公司代为筹备。(1)ar
12、rangeError!(2)Error!Ive arranged for a teacher to_help (help) your son with his English.我已安排了一位老师帮助你儿子学英语。Our college is to make arrangements (arrange) for the meeting.我们学院将负责筹办这次会议。【提示】 (1)表示“安排某人做某事 ”用 arrange for sb to do sth 而不用 arrange sb to do sth。(2)make arrangements (for sth/for sb to do sth
13、)中的 arrangement 常用复数形式。5delight n快乐；高兴；喜悦vt.(使)高兴；(使)欣喜Her first delight was going to the Tower.(教材 P14)她最先想参观的地方是伦敦塔。(1)Error!(2)delight in (doing) sth 以(做)某事为乐(3)Error!LeBron James made a fist and roared with delight after he managed the winning threepoint shot.勒布朗詹姆斯在成功投中制胜三分球后握拳并高兴地吼叫。What delig
14、hted (delight) me was that I was chosen from hundreds of applicants to attend the opening ceremony.【 精品教育资源文库】令我高兴的是，我从几百位申请者中被选出来参加开幕式。To her great delight, she passed the examination with firstclass honors.以优异的成绩通过考试使她极为高兴。We are delighted to have him here with us again.我们非常高兴他又和我们在一起了。1divideinto
15、 把分成England can be divided into three main areas.(教材 P9)英格兰可以被划分为三个主要地区。(1)divideError!(2)be divided about/on/over 对有分歧【比较网站】divideinto 常指把某个整体划分为若干部分separatefrom表示“将与分开” ，指把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来Divide ten by two, and you get five.10 除以 2 得 5。They are divided into dozens of ethnic groups, but they share so
16、me general patterns of living and culture. 他们被分为许多种民族群体，但是他们有一些共同的生活模式和文化。Students in our class are_divided (divide) about the question, and they are now in heated discussion.我们班的学生对这个问题有分歧，他们现在正热烈讨论。The children are separating the good apples from the bad ones.孩子们正在把好苹果和坏苹果分开。2break away (from) 挣脱(
17、束缚)；脱离However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.(教材 P10)然而，爱尔兰的南部却不愿组建联合王国，它分离出去，并建立了自己的政府。break down (机器等)出故障；(身体)垮掉；崩溃(会谈、合作等)破裂，失败；(化学)分解break in 破门而入；打断(谈话)；插嘴【 精品教育资源文库】break into 闯入；突然起来(后接 tears, laughter 等)break off 中断；打断；断绝(关系)；解除(婚约等)brea
18、k out (战争)爆发；(火灾)发生；逃出(监狱)break through 突围；突破break up 结束；解散；分手；(冰)解冻；(关系等)破裂 What can we do to help them to break away from the difficult situation?我们能做什么来帮助他们摆脱困境呢？She broke down when she heard the news, but quickly recovered.她听到那个消息就崩溃了，但很快就恢复了过来。Dont break in when he is telling the story.他讲故事的时候，
19、别打断他。Scientists think they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.科学家认为他们在对抗癌症的研究中开始有所突破。3leave out 省去；遗漏；不考虑The Union Jack flag unites the flags of three countries in the United Kingdom. Which country is left out? (教材 P11)英国国旗结合了英联邦三个国家的旗帜。哪个国家被遗漏了？【一词多义】 写出下列句中 leave out 的含义。His name is left out of the membership list. 划掉Dont leave me out when you invite people to your party.漏掉We left out the possibility of his coming for the party. 没有考虑leave alone 不管；撇下一个人leave aside (把某事)搁置一边leave behind 遗忘；留下，遗留leave for 动身到(某
