Reading and Word power (Language points )

1. search

1) 名詞 搜查 搜尋

I went off in search of a garage where I could buy some petrol.

The police continued a long search for the lost child.

2) 動(dòng)詞 search sb./sth. for

They searched all the room for the missing papers.

Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.

2. injure 傷害， 損傷（主要指在事故中受傷）; 損害，傷害（自尊，名譽(yù)等）

He was badly injured in the accident.

Smoking will injure your health.

He injured his pride.

3. struggle with

1)動(dòng)詞

He struggled with cancer for four years. 與……搏斗/斗爭(zhēng)

The shopkeeper struggled against the thief. 與……搏斗/斗爭(zhēng)

The two leaders are struggling for power. 努力爭(zhēng)��；為了……而掙扎/努力

We struggled through the crowd.

2)名詞

Don’t give up without ~.

Reading was a ~ for him. 閱讀對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)是件費(fèi)勁的事。

4. times時(shí)代

in ancient ~ in the ~ of Henry

the writers of the ~ ~ have changed.

We had terrible ~. hard ~

5. in hospital 住院 in the hospital 在醫(yī)院里

6. the world 世人們

7. the way 方式 the way to do; the way of doing; the way (that/ in which)…

I don’t like the way (that/in which) you laugh at her.

People like the way he wrote his novels.

8 ★ in case以防: if ;because it might happen or has happened that; so as to be safe if something happens

~ he arrives before I get back, please ask him to wait

Take your umbrella just ~ it rains/just ~ it should rain.

★ in case of 如果 萬(wàn)一 (后接名詞 代詞 動(dòng)名詞)

~ earthquake, crawl under the table.

We can call for help ~ an emergency.

★ in this/that case在這樣/那樣的情況下

He may not be back at seven, ~ we want to leave.

★ in any case 無(wú)論如何 不管怎樣

~, I will come.

★ in no case決不

~ shall we allow smoking in the classroom..

~ will we waste any time.

★ in the case of就……來(lái)說(shuō)

Failure is no shame ~ a scientist.

9. by: not later than; before與完成時(shí)連用

~ the time the doctor arrived, the patient had died.

~ next Friday, I ought to have finished the project.

~ the end of this year, she will have been in Australia for two years.

10. describe …as…把……描述成

He ~d his school life as interesting and exciting.

He ~s himself as a manager, in fact he is a clerk.

11. could: might be possible (在這里) 表可能性

The new project~ create 5,000 new jobs.

The accident ~ have been prevented.

12. cost: to lead to the loss of something 動(dòng)詞 使……付出代價(jià)；花費(fèi)

1) His lazy attitude ~ th child his place in the team.

2) The mistake ~ him his job.

3) Writing a book ~s time and patience.

4) The house ~ him $ 15000.

13. rush

1）不及物動(dòng)詞 沖

She rushed into the room.

We have to ~ to the hospital.

2）及物動(dòng)詞 把……急忙送往

~ the letter to the post office

He ~ed his wife to the hospital.

3）名詞 沖，搶購(gòu)熱潮

~ hour Christmas ~

14. ★ apart (adv.) （時(shí)間或空間上）分離； 相隔； 不在一起，分開(kāi)

1) The two hills are 22 miles ~. 兩座山相隔22英里。

2) The workers took the machines ~. 工人們把機(jī)器拆了。

3) She keeps herself ~ from others. 她與其他人保持距離。

★~ from : besides

1) ~ from some wine, he drank some beer. 他除了喝了些白酒以外，還喝了一些啤酒。

2) ~ from the dictionary, my sister gave a pen.

15. devote … to …

1) He ~d all his hours to working in the lab.

2) This magazine is ~d to science.

16. ★cheer up（使）高興起來(lái)

1) ~ ! things are not as bad as they seem.

2) Flowers always cheer a room up.

3) We have to cheer up the patients。

★ cheer 為……歡呼

1) The boy cheered their team.

2) The audience cheered him as he walked on the stage.

17. spirits 復(fù)數(shù)

be in good/high/low/bad ~

1) He is in good ~.

2)Your letter raised my ~.

3) Do you believe in ~?

4) fighting ~

18. accomplish : complete

I ~d the task.

辨析：accomplish 成功地完成

complete 強(qiáng)調(diào)某事結(jié)束了

achieve 通過(guò)努力，克服困難，取得較大成績(jī)

e.g. 1) By spring they had completed the house and moved in.

2) He hopes to achieve all his aims.

19. adapt to sth.適應(yīng)

1) Our eyes adapted to the dark.

2) Young people can ~ to new environment very quickly.

3) It is difficult for him to ~ to the local weather.

~ sth. to/for sth. 使……適應(yīng)

~sth. for sth. 改編；修改

4) The plays were ~ed from novels.

5) ~ oneself to a new job

20. inspire 鼓舞；激勵(lì)；；激發(fā)

1) I hope this success will ~ you to great efforts.

2) What ~s you to change your name?

3) He ~d confidence in us.

4) The memory of his mother ~d his best music.

~d

inspiring

inspiration

21. courage勇氣 不可數(shù)名詞

He had the ~ to speak up.

That took ~.

22. overcome overcame overcome克服

We overcame difficulties.

We were ~ by the heat.

23. positive明確的；肯定的；積極的；確定的

receive a ~ answer ~ evidence

be ~ of /about …

be positive that從句 …

24. whenever : at whatever time ; at any time

I would like to see you ~ it is convenient.

You may come and talk to me ~ you feel lonely.

25. try my hardest盡力

26. be jealous of 嫉妒某人

John is jealous of his friend’s ability.

Jealousy名詞 嫉妒

She showed great ~ of them.

27. have sympathy for/towards sb.同情某人

We all have sympathy for him

be in sympathy with/out of 心里贊同/不贊同 …I am in sympathy with your suggestion。

I have some sympathy for this view.

a letter of sympathy 慰問(wèn)信

28 across the world

Project Language points

★look back on 回首；回憶；回顧

e.g. 1) He used to sit there, looking back on his happy childhood.

他過(guò)去常常坐在那里，回憶自己幸福的童年。

2) When he saw the old photos, he couldn’t help looking back on the days he spent with his grandpa.

當(dāng)看到舊照片時(shí)，他情不自禁地想起跟爺爺一塊兒度過(guò)的日子。

相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：look on/ upon …as… 把……看作

look out 當(dāng)心，小心；留神

look forward to 盼望

look up 查閱；仰視；改善，好轉(zhuǎn)

★encouragement n. [U] the act of encouraging to do sth 鼓舞，激勵(lì)；

[C] sth. that encourages sb. 起激勵(lì)作用的事物

e.g. 1) Her words was a great encouragement to them.

她的話對(duì)他們是極大的鼓舞。

2) With a little encouragement from his parents, he could have done better.

父母給點(diǎn)激勵(lì)的話，他會(huì)做得更好。

encourage v. 支持，鼓勵(lì)，激勵(lì) encourage sb. to do sth.

encouraging a. 樂(lè)觀的；鼓勵(lì)的

[反]discourage v.阻止，阻攔 discourage sb. from doing sth.

★guidance n.指導(dǎo)，引導(dǎo)，咨詢(xún)

under the guidance of 在……指導(dǎo)下

under the direction of 在……指導(dǎo)下

under the leadership of 在……的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下

★ahead of ⑴ (時(shí)間 、空間)在……的前面

e.g. There were three men ahead of us. 我們前面有三個(gè)人。

⑵ earlier than sb./ sth. 早于

e.g. He finished his homework ahead of time. 他提前完成了作業(yè)。

⑶ 領(lǐng)先

e.g. She was always well ahead of the rest of her class.

她總是遙遙領(lǐng)先班上的同學(xué)。

★at that point 在那時(shí)，在那個(gè)階段

e.g. At that point, I did not care what you decided to do. 那時(shí)，我不在乎你決定要做什么。

at/ on the point of 將近……的時(shí)候；接近；靠近

e.g. 1) She was on/ at the point of leaving when I arrived. 當(dāng)我到達(dá)時(shí)，她正準(zhǔn)備出門(mén)。

2) They were on the point of giving up. 他們當(dāng)時(shí)幾乎要放棄了。

★golden days

golden a. 金的，金質(zhì)的； 金色的； 特別的，美好的

gold n. 金；黃金

★rush n. 匆忙，急促

What’s the rush? 干嗎急匆匆的？

in a rush 匆忙地；急切地

★independent a. 獨(dú)立的，自主的，自制的；自主的，有主見(jiàn)的

e.g. 1) That country became independent in the sixties. 那個(gè)國(guó)家在60年代獨(dú)立。

2) Going away to college has made me much more independent.

離開(kāi)家上大學(xué)使我獨(dú)立多了。

independence n. 獨(dú)立；自主

dependent a. 依賴(lài)的；依靠的

dependence n. 依靠；依賴(lài)

depend v. 依靠

★communicate v. 交流，溝通；傳達(dá)，傳送；傳播，傳染

communicate with sb./ sth. 與……交流/聯(lián)系

communicate sth. to sb./sth. 把 ……傳遞給

e.g. 1) We can communicate with people in most parts of the world by telephone.

我們可以借助電話與世界上大多數(shù)地區(qū)的人互通信息。

2）English can help communicate with people and make them stay in a foreign country easy and comfortable.

英語(yǔ)能幫助人們之間的交流，使得他們?cè)谕鈬?guó)帶得容易、舒服。

3) He communicated the news to me. 他把那消息傳達(dá)給了我。

communication n. 交流，交際

★ assist sb. to do sth.

assist sb. with sth.

assist sb. in sth./doing sth.

e.g. Good glasses will assist you to read. 好的眼鏡有助于閱讀。

He assisted me with good advice and encouragement.

他幫助我出好主意并加以鼓勵(lì)。

★company 陪伴，與他人在一起，交往 keep sb. company / bear sb. company 陪伴某人

He kept me company. 他陪伴我。

in company （with） (和……)一道

keep company with 和……要好；和……常一道；伴隨

Two is company, there is none. （諺）二人成伴，三人不歡。

★mature a. 成熟的；理智的