unit 4 the earth is becoming warmer-language points 语言点.ppt

Compare A with/to B. be compared with/to…. compare A with/to B 把 A和 B相比。 Researchers compared living conditions in London with those in other cities. compare A to B 把… …比成 … … Poets like to compare death to sleep. 2. So how has this come about and does it matter? come about出现，发生 What has come about? 发生了什么事？ 常见词组： come across come back to life 偶然遇见 复活 come out come into being 显露；发芽；出版，发行 形成，出现 come up with 提出，想出（计划等） 4. Subscribe subscribe to 1. VERB 同意;赞成 Ive personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other. 我个人从来都不同意性别有优劣之分的观点。 2. VERB 订阅，订购(杂志或报纸) If you subscribe to a magazine or a newspaper, you pay to receive copies of it regularly. 5. quantity n.(u)数量 He prefers quantity to quality when food is concerned. A large quantity of illegal drugs were found by the police. A large quantity of water is needed. Quantities of books were on the desk. Huge quantities of oil were shipped to Japan last year. 归纳：a quantity of/quantities of 同 ：都可译为“大量的”，都既可修饰可数名词又可修饰不可数名词 异：a quantity of的谓语动词根据其后的名词而定，跟可数名词复数时谓语动词用复数，跟不可数名词时谓语动词用单数。 quantities of 后无论跟可数名词还是不可数名词，谓语动词一律用复数。 A large quantity of air conditioners have been sold since the summer came. 入夏以来，已有大量的空调售出。 6. It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere causing the global tempertaure to go up. ?causing 现在分词作结果状语时，表示正常的、自然而然的结果 His father died, leaving him a lot of money and a big company. 不定式短语（有时前面加only）在句子中作结果状语，但往往表示出乎意料之外的或事与愿违的结果.例如： He hurried to the station, only to be told that the train had left already. - Ing 做结果状语 ---自然而然、必然的结果 1.The global temperature is becoming higher,resulting in a lot of terrible storms. 2.Parties on water-boats have lost their appeal since one sank last year killing thirty- two people. 3.A terrible fight broke out in the street, injuring five young men. tend 1.vi.