必修四Unit 2 Working the land知识点总结.docVIP

第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 4 页 Unit 2 Working the land 1、Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger. 由于他的研究，联合国正在使世界摆脱贫困。 thanks to由于；多亏 ①I was late for school thanks to the traffic jam. 由于交通堵塞，我上学迟到了。 ②Thanks to your help, I’ve made great progress in English. 多亏你的帮助，我在英语方面进步很大。 相关链接 because of，as a result of，due to，owing to，on account to 这些短语都有“因为，由于”的意思。 2、Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 用他的杂交水稻种子，农民种出比以前多一倍的粮食。 twice as ... as比……多一倍；是……的两倍 形容词原级as ... as的前面可以用倍数词（如half，a quarter，one-third，twice， three times） ①Their school is three times as large as ours. 他们的学校是我们学校的三倍。 ②He drank one-third as much beer as I（drank）. 他喝的啤酒是我喝的三分之一。 ③You bought twice as many books in the bookstore as I yesterday. 昨天你在书店买的书是我买的两倍。 相关链接 My father is three years older than mother. =My father is older than my mother by three years. 我的爸爸比我的妈妈大三岁。 3、However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. 但是他很少想到要把钱花在自己的身上，或者享受舒适的生活。 care about在意；喜欢（=care for，like）有兴趣 ①This young lady cares more about clothes than anything else. 这个女士喜欢穿着胜过其他一切。（最喜欢衣着） ②I care little about what you said at the meeting. 我不在意你在会上说了些什么。 4、And he would rather keep time for his hobbies. 他宁愿把时间花在自己的爱好上。 would rather do（than do）宁愿干；宁可干 would rather have done过去宁愿干但没干成 ①We would rather stay at home than go to see such a film. 我们宁愿呆在家里也不愿去看这种电影。 ②—Did you go to the party? —Yes, but I would rather not have（gone there）. There were few I knew. 你昨天参加那个聚会了吗？ 去了，但我宁愿不去，那儿的人我几乎都不认识。 5、He used to walk to his rice fields twice a day, but now he prefers to ride his motorcycle. 他过去一天两次走着去田头，现在更喜欢骑摩托车去。 used to do过去常常干 be used to do被用来干 be used to doing习惯干 get used to doing变得习惯干 ①My parents used to go to work on foot. 我父母亲过去常常步行上班。（现在不是了，强调对比） ②This brush is used to paint the wall. 这把刷子是用来刷墙的。 ③Most of us are used to the climate here. 我们大多数人已经习惯这儿的天气了。 ④When did you get used to the food here? 你是什么时候开始习惯这儿的食物的？ 6、Inst