Unit 1 Building the future Word study 教学设计.doc

Unit 1 Building the future Word study教学设计1. put / bring pressure on / upon sb. to do sth：给施加压力 e.g. His words put pressure on us. Your questions put much pressure on me. They put pressure on me to sell my precious land. They brought pressure on the government to lower taxes. pressure phrases： at high / low pressure：紧张地 / 悠闲地 under the pressure of：在的逼迫下 / 压力下2. on top of：besides：此外、另外；在上方 e.g. He lost his wife and on top of that he fell ill. We were already late and on top of that it began to rain. His money was running out and on top of everything， he lost his job. on top of the world：非常高兴、欢天喜地 at the top of ones voice：高声地3. claim：要求、需要、值得；(疾病意外)夺走(生命) e.g. His speech claimed our attention. The earthquake claimed thousands of lives. So far Bird Flu has claimed over ten lives. 声称：claim to be / do / that . e.g. She claimed to be the daughter of the great man. The man claimed to have seen an alien. The scientist claimed to have found a cure to liver cancer. The little boy claimed that he had witnessed the whole accident. 要求得到、认领 e.g. He claimed extra pay for working overtime. Has anyone come to claim the lost things？4. target：n. 靶子、目标He shot / missed the target (嘲笑、谴责的)对象、目标 the target of our criticism 目标 My target is to save 10，000 yuan to buy a good computer. His target is to go to Qinghua University. vt. 将作为目标 e.g. The enemy plane targeted the building and fired. The company was targeted by the surrounding people.5. switch：vi. / vt. 转换、转变、变换 e.g. Lets switch seats. He has switched his house. They decided to switch the location of the film to another country. 打开(电、煤气等)开关 switch on / off the light. e.g. When he switched on the light， he was shocked by the mess in the room. n. (电、煤气的) 开关：turn on the light switch (突然的) 变化、转换：a switch in thought6. import：vt. 进口、输入 import sth. from ；引进、携入 e.g. We import oil from many countries. Japan imports wool from Australia. These wines are imported from France. The custom of celebrating the Christmas is imported from Western. n. 进口：the import of food / food imports 注：名词与动词读音不同。 c.f. export：出口7. artificial：假的、人工的：artificial snow / satellite / leg / eye / flower / intelligence / heart 不自然的、矫揉造作的：an smile / manners sim. faked：伪造的、假的 c.f. real：真实的、真品的：a real tooth8. repay：偿还、回报：repay sb. money. = repay money to sb. repay sb. for sth. e.g. He has not repaid me the ten thousand yuan = ten thousand yuan to me yet. Well repay her for her kindness. c.f. pay：(事物)对人有利、划算 It will pay to do sth. e.g. It will pay to be kind to others. In the long term it will pay to ban fireworks in cities. Does it pay to invest money in stocks？ It pays for sure to get a good education. 受的补偿、报应 e.g. Youll have to pay for your selfish some day. She paid his rudeness in kindness. in return (for.)：9. weaken：变弱、削弱 e.g. Overwork weakened his nerve. (神经衰弱) Would you please weaken my drink？ My eyes have weakened recently. The illness weakened his health.10. campaign：vi. 发起运动、为斗争：campaign for / against / to do sth. e.g. The people campaigned for clean air. Women in that country campaigned for equal rights. The workers campaigned for better pay. n. 运动、活动、军事行动 a campaign for / against / to do sth.：支持/反对/做的活动 e.g. They started a campaign for fund raising / against smoking / to prevent the building of . The committee began a campaign to get more members for the society.11. casual：漫不经心的、非正式的、偶然的 e.g. The two old friends had a casual meeting yesterday. (不期而遇) She is a very casual person. I gave a casual glance in his direction. (无意中一瞥) He is only my casual friend. (一面之交)12. show off：展示、炫耀 e.g. She is showing off her knowledge of plants again. Most children like showing off in front of visitors. The models are showing off some new styles. Jim likes to show off his stamp collections to his friends. show phrases：show in / out / to / a person the door / on show / sb. around 13. bare：赤裸的、不加掩饰的；空的、无的(of) e.g. bare hands：赤手空拳；a bare mountain：秃山；a bare floor：无地毯的地板 a bare cupboard：空柜子；a garden bare of flowers：无花的花圃 The room is bare of furniture. We walked on the sand on our bare feet. = barefoot / barefooted Her bare shoulders were burned by the sun.14. put .into practice：将付诸实施 e.g. A delightful theory. We must put it into practice. You should put your plan into practice. practice phrases：in practice：实际上；out of practice：缺乏练习 复习：1. practice doing sth. 2. Its ones practice to do sth.15. boil：vt. / vi：煮；沸腾 boiling water / boiled water boil sth.16. power：vt. 驱动、给提供动力 e.g. Almost everything in our homes is powered by electricity. This car is powered by solar energy. Most sailing boats are powered by wind. n. 能力：the power to do sth. / of doing sth. 权力、势力：have power over sb.：对的权力 电力：a power station power phrases：come to / into power：上台执政； beyond ones power：力所不能及； in ones power：在的职权范围内；power failure：停电17. contribute to：促成、引发；是的原因；捐助、提供 e.g. He d a lot of money to the charity. She d some good ideas to the discussion. Proper exercise usually s to good health. The building of the free way can to the development of economy. Smoking d to his illness. The cigarette end d to the forest fire. make (great) contributions to 18. push for：竭力要求、努力争取 e.g. They pushed for more pay. We are pushing for a ban on nuclear testing. push sb. for sth.：敦促 e.g. He is pushing us for a decision by tomorrow. Dont push him too ha