(ToSs)第三单元重点语言点.doc

Ⅰ、New words and expressions Para 1 Hyde School founder Joseph Gauld claims success with the program at the $18,000-a-year high school in Bath, Maine, which has received considerable publicity for its work with troubled youngsters. Claim: v.state or declare as a fact声称, 宣称 After the war both sides claimed victory. Publicity: n. (1) public notice or attention 公众的注意 avoid/seek publicity Their marriage received a blaze of publicity. (2) advertising (商业)广告,宣传 The publicity for the book was poor and sales were low. Public adj. Publicize: v. 2). Cultivate: vt (1) develop; improve培养,陶冶,发展 Cultivating a positive attitude towards yourself can bring you tremendous benefits. 2) prepare land and grow crops on it耕种 Olives (橄榄) have been cultivated for centuries in some countries in the Middle East. Para 2 see … as: consider sb or sth to be People see the new leader as the hope of the company. Most people see his action as dangerous. The young mother sees her baby daughter as a future Miss America. Comprehensive: adj. including everything 综合的, 全面的, 广泛的 a comprehensive test The guide book gives comprehensive information about China. Compare: comprehensible adj. easy to understand 能充分理解的 The book is written in clear, comprehensible language. Para 3 Now, Joe Gauld is trying to spread his controversial Character First idea to public … spread to: (cause to) reach sb or sth else, as by touching or other means of passing(使)传播,蔓延 He soon spread the good news to all his friends. Firemen succeeded in preventing the fire from spreading to other office buildings. Inner-city: the usually older, central part of a city, especially when characterized by crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, often minority groups predominate.旧城区 Inner-city school: usu. believed to have comparatively inferior education system. suspend: vt. (1) stop or delay sth. for a time 暂停, 中止 Some rail services were suspended because of the strike. give a criminal a suspended sentence(缓刑) (2) hang st