必修4_unit3_language_points.ppt

KEY PHRAZES 1、闯入；破门而入 2、直到现在 3、在中间 4、用坏；穿破 5、对……满足 6、穷的；缺少的 7、（时光）流逝；经过 8、全世界闻名 9、社会生活中的失败者 10、寻找 11、切断；断绝 12、好像；仿佛 13、挑出；辨别出 14、在……担任主角 15、拿着一根手杖 16、被暴风雪困住 17、在……的边缘 18、对……不友善 * 1、up to now up to now = up till now, 表示“到现在 为止”, 常与现在完成时连用。如： I haven’t got any letters from him up to now. 直到现在我还没收到过他的信。 Her life has run smoothly up to now. 她的生活到目前仍一帆风顺。 【拓展】 up to 达到……程度或数量 be up to sb 该由某人做出决定; 取决于某人 … so they could feel more content with their lives. 1) content adj. 满足; 满意; 知足 常见搭配: be content with sth. be content to do sth. 2) content n. 所含之物, 内容 如： 3)content oneself with sth. 满足于或满意某事物 vt.使满足 区别: content; contented; satisfied 指“虽然各种愿望没有实现, 但 人应安于现状不再多求”, content 一般作表语, 而contented一般作定语; satisfied指“愿望、渴望或需求都得到了满足, 因而心满意足了”。 She has a contented look. 她显得满意的样子。 3. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! 卓别林自己的生活并没有那么容易！ not that “倒不是说，并非” 本句可转换为: Charlie’s own life was not that easy! 4. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. 令人感到震惊的是, 当查理会说话和走路的 时候就被教唱歌和跳舞。 1) it 在句中作形式宾语, 动词不定式to see…the road 才是真正的宾语。当动词不定式作句子 的宾语, 同时有一个形容词同宾语在一起时， 常用it作形式宾语。如：I’ll make it my business to help her.??? 我会把帮助她作为我的责任。Do you consider it wise to tell them about it? 2) astonish: v. 使 (某人) 吃惊, 震惊, 比 surprise 的语气要强。如: The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我惊慌失措。 be astonished 吃惊 如： She was astonished to find he was drunk. 发现他喝醉了, 她很吃惊。 I was astonished at/by the news. 这消息使我大吃一惊。 to one’s astonishment 令……惊异的是…… To our astonishment the small boy swam across the river. 令我们惊奇的是那小男孩居然游过了那条河。 astonishing adj. 令人吃惊的 an astonishing remark 惊人之语 astonishment n. 惊异; 惊愕; 惊奇 in astonishment 愕然, 吃惊地 如： She stared at me in astonishment. 她吃惊地瞪着我。 5. fortunate 为形容词, 意为“幸运的；运气 好的”，相当于lucky，其反义词为unfortunate。 常用结构: be fortunate (enough) to do 或 be fortunate in doing 意为“……很幸运”。 如： She is fortunate (enough) to have a rich husband. =She