牛津高中英语模块5Unit3重点词汇讲解.doc

词语点击 Reading Adopt [例题] 单项填空。 1. The new tax would force companies to ______ energy-saving measures. A. adopt B. carry C. adapt D. accept 2． The old couple decided to ______ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own. A. adapt B. bring C. receive D. adopt 3. Our eyes slowly ______ to the dark. A. adopted B. adapted C. fitted D. matched [讲解] adopt主要有“收养”、“采用”两个意思。如： She adopted a child whose parents were dead. 她收养了一个父母双亡的孩子。 The government decided to adopt the plan. 政府决定采纳这个计划。 We adopted several measures to deal with the disease. 我们采取了一些措施来对付这种疾病。 [联想] adopt的名词是adoption，其过去分词adopted可以单独用作形容词，表示“领养的，采纳的”。如： He was pleased by the adoption of a little girl. 他对收养了一个小女孩感到高兴。 He is their adopted son. 他是他们的养子。 the adoption of new technology 新技术的采用 [拓展] adopt和adapt的区别： adopt意思是“采纳”、“收养”；adapt意思是“改编”、“使适应”。 通过以上讲解可知上面的例题答案为：1. A； 2. D； 3. B。 [练习] 用adopt或adapt的适当形式完成句子。 1. Our school ______ a new teaching method lately. 2. They are not my real parents; I am ______. 3. He tried hard to ______ himself to the new conditions. 4. Since the ______ of the new working method, production has gone up. 1. has adopted / adopted 2. adopted 3. adapt 4. adoption Grammar 词语点击 alternative可用作名词和形容词。 ◆ 作名词，意为“可供选择的事物、选择余地”，是可数名词。如： They had no alternative in the matter. 在这件事上,他们没有选择的余地。 That’s the only alternative. 那是惟一的选择。 ◆ 作形容词，意为“可供选择的/替代的”。如： Please find alternative means of transport. 请找别的运输方法。 Do you have an alternative solution to the problem? 你有别的办法来解决这个问题？ [拓展] 比较alternative, choose和select： alternative作名词或形容词，多指两者之间的选择，有“非此即彼”之意； choose 是动词（其名词形式是choice），适用范围最广，可与from或between连用。它一般指主观上的选择，有最终选定的含义； select用作动词，多用于正式场合，指仔细地、审慎地精选，强调客观性，所挑选的对象一般是相同种类的。 field的主要意思有“田地，牧场；场地，领域”等。如： Many farmers are working in the fields. 许多农民在田里干活。 They rode through forests and fields. 他们骑马穿过森林和原野。 A football field is one hundred yards long. 足球场有一百码长。 He has become very famous in his own field. 他在自己的领域里已经非常有名了。