1、Unit 1 Growing up 1.Will you be completely in charge of your own life and able to express yourself in new and exciting ways?你会完全掌控自己的生活,并能用新 的、令人兴奋的方式表达自己吗?(p.2) 【词汇精讲】in charge of sth.掌管或负责某事 2.One reason is that although Ive been working ever since leaving school,I wont be voting in the next gener
2、al election.一个原因是虽然我 离开学校后就一直在工作,但我不会在下次大选中投票。(p.3) 3.Surely,if youre old enough to earn a wage and pay taxes,you should be allowed to have a say on how the government spends them!当然,如果你 已经到了可以挣工资和交税的年龄,你应该被允许对政府如何支出它 们有发言权!(p.3) 4.I expected to feel instantly different.我期望感觉立刻不同(p.3) 5.This was a b
3、ig decision for me and I made it without asking my parents (although I knew they would approve).这对我来说是一个重大的决定, 我没有征求父母的意见就做出了决定(尽管我知道他们会同意)。(p.3) 6.I assumed Id already have a well-paid job and that Id be moving into a rented apartment as soon as I turned 18,but how wrong I was!我以为我 已经有了一份高薪工作,而且我一满
4、 18 岁就要搬进租来的公寓,但我 大错特错了!(p.3) 7.Because I contribute to the household bills and my commute to work is quite expensive,I find it hard to save any money.因为我要为家庭账单买 单,而且我上下班的费用很高,所以我发现很难省下一分钱。(p.3) 8.Choose another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.为文 章选择另一个合适的标题并给出你的理由。(p.4) 9.I exp
5、ected to feel instantly different,as if I had closed the door on my childhood and stepped into a whole new adult world.我想我会立刻有不 同的感觉,就好像我关上了童年的大门,走进了一个全新的成人世界。 (p.3) 【归纳拓展】 as if/though引导从句时,若表示的情况与客观事实相符,用陈述语气;若 表示的情况与客观事实不相符或相反,则用虚拟语气。 as if/though 引导的从句,用虚拟语气时,若从句表示与现在事实相反的 情况,从句谓语动词用一般过去时(be 动词常
6、用 were);若表示与过去事 实相反的情况,从句谓语动词用过去完成时;若表示与将来事实相反的 情况,从句谓语动词用 would/could/might+动词原形。 10.Turning 18 also changed the way that society viewed me.18 岁也改变 了社会对我的看法。(p.3) 【句型分析】the way 作先行词,后跟 that 引导的定语从句。 (1)way 表示“方式;方法”时,其后常接 in which 或 that 引导的定语从 句,也可以将关系词 in which 或 that 省略掉,此时关系词在从句中作状 语。 (2)way 后接
7、定语从句时,如果关系词在从句中作主语或宾语则用关系 代词 that/which,作宾语时还可以省略。 (3)way 表示“方式;方法”时,其后还可接不定式或 of doing sth.的形 式 11.In the long term,I hope that 20 years from today,I (work)as a judge.从长远来看,我希望从现在开始 20 年后,我将一直担 任法官。(p.5) 12.But as life continues,we re presented with more varied experiences:starting university,getti
8、ng a job and raising a family.但随着 生活的继续,我们有了更多不同的经历:开始上大学,找工作,养家糊口。 (p.6) 【句型分析】as 是连词,意为“随着”,引导时间状语从句。 as 是连词,意为“随着”,引导时间状语从句;with 是介词,意为“随着”,后 接名词或代词等构成 with 短语或 with 复合结构。 13.Whatever our choices are,we should cherish and embrace these moments in life.不管我们的选择是什么,我们都应该珍惜和拥抱生命 中的这些时刻。(p.6) 【句型分析】no
9、 matter whether“无论是否”,引导让步状语从句。 【归纳拓展】 no matter+疑问词 引导让步状语从句常见特殊疑问词:what,how,which,who,when,where 替换结构:疑问词+-ever 14.The grown-ups response,this time,was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors,whether from the inside or the outside,and devote myself instead to geography,history,ar
10、ithmetic and grammar.这一 次,大人们的反应是建议我放下画大蟒蛇的画,无论是大蟒蛇内部还是 外部,以便我专心于地理、历史、算术和语法。(p.9) 15.At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona.我一眼就能分辨出 中国和亚利桑那州。(p.9) 16.In the course of this life,I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence
11、. 在这一生中,我遇到过很多关心重大问题的人。(p.9) 17.In the course of this life,I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. 在这一生中,我遇到过很多关心重大问题的人。(p.9) 18.Choose the authors attitude towards grown-ups and find evidence to support your choice.选择作者对成年人的态度,找到证据支持你的选择。 (p.10) 19.I drew the inside of the boa constrictor,so that the grown-ups could see it clearly.我画了大蟒蛇的内部,这样大人们可以清楚地看到它。(p.8)
