1、选修八选修八 第一单元第一单元 词汇 1、学习本单元的重点词汇。 2、掌握辨析词语的方法。 3、综合运用所学词汇。 学习本单元的重点词汇。在了解词义的基 础上，结合例句，掌握时态和人称数的变化等 词语运用的技巧，即学会灵活使用词语的适当 形式。 掌握辨析词语的方法，有助于写作能力的 提高。 1. majority n. 大多数；大半 major adj.较大的，主要的；v.主修，专攻 (反义词minority少数；少数民族) 例句 1). A / The majority of doctors agree that smoking is extremely harmful to health.
2、大多数医生认为吸烟对健康极为有害。 2). The majority was/were in favour of the proposal. 多数人赞成这个建 议。 重点用法 be in the/a majority 构成大部分/大多数 a majority over sb 超过对方的票数 1. majority n. 大多数；大半 major adj. 较大的，主要的； v. 主修，专攻 练习 翻译或按要求填空。 1). English speakers form the _ (大多数) of the population. 2). Among the members of the comm
3、ittee those who favour the proposed changes are _ (介词) the majority. 3). They had a large majority _ (介词) the other party at the last election. 4). I _ (主修) in music. majority in over majored 2. applicant n. 申请人 application n. 申请(书)；应用；用途 apply v. 申请；运用，适用 例句 1). We had 250 applicants for the job. 有
4、250人申请这份工作。 2). As the wages were low, there were few applicants for the job. 因为工 资低, 没有什麽人申请这份工作。 重点用法 apply for. 申请 apply to. 适用 fill in the application form for sth. 填写申请表 2. applicant n. 申请人 application n. 申请(书)；应用；用途 apply v. 申请；运用，适用 练习 翻译或按要求填空。 1). Successful _ (申请人) will receive notificatio
5、n within the month. 2). This rule can t be applied _ (介词) every case. 3). You should _ _(申请) the job immediately 4). The questions in the form _ _ (适用) married men only. applicants to apply for apply to 3. occur vi. 发生；出现；存在 例句 1). The tragedy occurred only minutes after take-off. 这一悲剧在起飞后 几分钟内就发生了。
6、 2). Didn t it occur to you that he might be late? 你当时没有想到他可能 会迟到吗? 重点用法 occur to. (主意) 浮现于脑海中；被想到；被想起； （某人）想到 3. occur vi. 发生；出现；存在 练习 根据句子的意思填空或翻译。 1). The possibility that she is wrong never even _ _ her. 2). A good idea _ _ him. 3). _ (他从没想到) he might be falling in love with her. occurred to occ
7、urred to It had never occurred to him that 4. indicate vt. 指出；标示；表明 indication n. 指出；表明 indicative adj.指示的；暗示的 例句 1). I asked him where my sister was and he indicated the shop opposite. 我问他我姐姐在哪，他指指对面的商店。 2). Research indicates that men find it easier to give up smoking than women. 研究表明男人感到比女人更容易戒烟。
8、 重点用法 indicate sth (to sb) 指示；指出；标示 indicate that/wh-表示；示意 4. indicate vt. 指出；标示；表明 indication n. 指出；表明 indicative adj.指示的；暗示的 练习 根据句子的意思，在括号里填入适当的词。 1). The government has _ (表明) that it will cut taxes. 2). A flashing red light _ (标示) that a stretch of road was undergoing repairs. 3). There is ever
9、y _ (indicate) of a change in the weather. indicated indicated indication 5. slip vi. 滑动；滑行；滑跤 n. 滑倒；小过失；失误 slippery adj. 滑溜的 例句 1). My foot slipped and I nearly fell. 我的脚一滑，差点跌到。 2). She slipped into the room when no one was looking. 她趁无人注意的 时候溜进了房间。 重点用法 let slip. 错过；无意中说出 let sth. slip through yo
10、ur fingers 错过(机会)，失去(机会) a slip of the tongue 口误 5. slip vi. 滑动；滑行；滑跤 n. 滑倒；小过失；失误 slippery adj. 滑溜的 练习 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的词或翻译。 1). She _ _ (无意中说出) that she would leave the company. 2). As the years _ by, I thought more and more about her. 3). Drive carefully; the roads are wet and _ (slip). let slip
11、slipped slippery 6. insert vt.插入，嵌入 例句 He inserted a key into a lock. 他把钥匙插进锁中。 重点用法 insert sth in/into sth 插入、放入、置入或嵌於某物 insert sth between sth 插入、放入、置入或嵌於某两物间 6. insert vt.插入，嵌入 练习 根据句子的要求在括号里填入适当的介词或翻译。 1). He inserted an additional paragraph _ an essay. 2). Insert your hand _ the layers and pres
12、s them apart. 3). 登一则招聘广告，也许有用。 in between Insert a want ad,and it may help. 1. means / way / method 【解释】 means “方法、方式、工具“，着重于具体的手段。（单复数相同） way “方法、方式“，与技巧或效果的好坏无关。 method “有系统的、有效率的精心拟定的方法“，也可以指抽象概念“ 条理“。 短语搭配： 做的方法： a way to do sth.a way of doing sth. / a method of doing sth.； 用这种些方法：in this way /
13、 with the method / by this means； 用方法，借助：by means of. 一点也不，决不(用于句首句子需倒装) ：by no means 1. means / way / method 【练习】用means，way，method填空。 1). The cucumber can be cooked in different _. 2). We express our thoughts by _ of words. 3). _ _ _ shall I lend him money! 4). Only in this _ can you find out the a
14、ctual facts. 5). The _ of teaching need to be improved ways means By no means way methods 2. percent / percentage 【解释】 percent 表示“百分之“，相当于“，其前面往往是一个具体 的数字。 percentage 表示“百分比；百分率“，前面不能是具体数字，可以 被high，low等修饰。 2. percent / percentage 【练习】用percent，percentage填空。 1). I am a hundred _ in agreement with you.
15、 2). This company only supply 40 _ of what we need. 3). The numbers are small, in _ terms, but significant. 4). There used to be a high _ of babies that had a fever every year. percent percent percentage percentage 3. obvious / apparent/ evident / clear 【解释】 obvious “显著的，不需费力就可觉察到的，一目了然的“。 apparent
16、“很明显（而实际情况未必如此）“。 evident “（考虑到各种事实、条件后）而显得明显“。 clear “很显然（不存在使人迷惑或使问题复杂化的因素）“。 3. obvious / apparent/ evident / clear 【练习】用obvious，apparent，evident，clear填空。 1). It was an _ mistake for her to have gone alone. 2). The situation is _ to you. 3). It was becoming increasingly _ that she disliked me. 4)
17、. The applause made it _ that the movie was a hit. obvious clear apparent evident 【解释】 hire “花钱使用某物; 把某物使用权出租给别人“，多指临时租用某物。 如：hire a boat，a car，a camera，a bicycle，an evening dress，a hall for a meeting等，指人时，有“雇用“、“受雇“两种含义。 employ“聘请；忙于，从事“，常用于be employed in sth. / doing sth. 短 语中。employ 加后缀，构成新的名词：em
18、ployee (雇工，雇员)， employer (户主，东家)，employment (就业，雇用)。 rent “租借房屋、地产；花钱使用某物“多指长时间的租用。如：rent a house，a flat，a TV等。 rent还可作名词，意为“租金；租费“。 4. hire / employ / rent 4. hire / employ / rent 【练习】用hire，employ，rent填空。 1). Our house has been _ by a newly-married couple. 2). They _ _ in writing when I came. 3). T
19、hey _ out boats by the hour. 4). We _ a driver to take us on a tour of the city. rented were employed hire hired 重点词汇： 1. majority n. 大多数；大半 major adj.较大的，主要的；v.主修，专攻 2. applicant n. 申请人 application n. 申请(书)；应用；用途 apply v. 申请； 运用，适用 3. occur vi. 发生；出现；存在 4. indicate vt. 指出；标示；表明indication n. 指出；表明indicative adj.指示 的；暗示的 5.slip vi. 滑动；滑行；滑跤 n. 滑倒；小过失；失误 slippery adj. 滑溜的 6. insert vt.插入，嵌入 词语辨析： 1. means / way / method 2. percent / percentage 3. obvious / apparent/ evident / clear 4. hire / employ / rent
