Unit1 Book5language points

1、Self-Learning Guidance Read each paragraph and find out useful words, expressions and sentence structures. Paragraph 1. 1.attend vt.出席出席 attend a meeting/a lecture/classes/school/ church/ 出席会议出席会议/听讲演听讲演/听课听课/上学上学/上教堂上教堂 attend to sth 处理某事处理某事 今天他有很重要的事情要处理。今天他有很重要的事情要处理。 Today he has an important t

2、hing to attend to. Today he has something important to attend to. attend to sb 照料某人照料某人 一个护士正在医院照料那个病人。一个护士正在医院照料那个病人。 A nurse is attending to the patient at hospital. 2.expose vt.暴露暴露;揭露揭露;使曝光使曝光 他笑时露出了一口漂亮的白牙他笑时露出了一口漂亮的白牙. When he smiled he exposed a set of perfect white teeth. expose crime, scand

3、al, injustice, fraud, etc 揭露罪行揭露罪行,丑闻丑闻,冤假错案冤假错案,骗局等骗局等 expose.to.使使.显露显露;暴露暴露 别让皮肤暴露在阳光下太久。别让皮肤暴露在阳光下太久。 Dont expose your skin to the sun too long. be exposed to./expose oneself to 暴露在暴露在;接触接触; 体验体验 别在阳光下晒太久。别在阳光下晒太久。 Dont be exposed to the sun too long. expose yourself to 迄今为止迄今为止,我还没有接触过西方文化。我还没有

4、接触过西方文化。 So far, I havent been exposed to Western culture. 3.cure n.治愈治愈;痊愈痊愈;疗法。疗法。 医生们不能保证痊愈。医生们不能保证痊愈。 The doctors cannot promise a cure. 休息是他外伤的唯一疗法。休息是他外伤的唯一疗法。 Rest is the only cure for his injury. cure sb of sth 治愈某人某病治愈某人某病 它的肺癌治愈了。它的肺癌治愈了。 exposed myself to He was cured of his lung cancer.

5、His lung cancer was cured 4.challenge n. 挑战挑战, v. 向向.挑战挑战 issue/accept a challenge 发出发出/接受挑战接受挑战. beyond challenge 无与伦比无与伦比, 无可非议无可非议 His composition is beyond challenge. 我们向自称我们向自称“无与伦比无与伦比”的一个球队发出了的一个球队发出了 挑挑 战。战。 We challenged a team who called themselves “beyond challenge”. of. 1. Neither its ca

6、use nor its cure was understood. Neither your answers nor mine_ right. 2. Cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found. Never until its cause was found _. It was never until its cause was found _. are would cholera be controlled that cholera would be controlled 3.So many thousands of

7、people died every time there was an outbreak. every time, each time, anytime 后接句子后接句子 时时,every time, each time, anytime相当于相当于 whenever. 例如：例如： The professor will turn to pills each time/ every time/anytime/whenever he doesnt feel at ease. expert n.专家专家, 行家行家adj.熟练的熟练的; 经验或知经验或知 识丰富的识丰富的 be (an) expe

8、rt in/at/on (doing) sth He is (an) expert in/at/on computers. Paragraph 2 absorb v. 吸收吸收; 使全神贯注使全神贯注; 汲取汲取, 理解理解 He is absorbed in study. be absorbed in 专注于专注于 Paragraph 3 suspect vt. 认为，怀疑认为，怀疑 He suspected an ambush. 他感到有埋伏他感到有埋伏. I suspect that theyre trying to get rid of me. 我感觉到他们要除掉我我感觉到他们要除掉我

9、. What she said sounded convincing, but I suspected it to be a lie. 她的话听起来令人信服她的话听起来令人信服, 但我认为那是谎话但我认为那是谎话. suspect sb of sth 怀疑某人某事怀疑某人某事 I suspect him of his honesty. What made you suspect her of having taken the money? 你凭什麽怀疑钱是她偷的你凭什麽怀疑钱是她偷的? Paragraph 4 It seemed that the water was to blame. 1.

10、blame sb (for sth)/blame sth on sb 责备责备; 责怪责怪; 指责指责; 埋怨埋怨; 归咎於归咎於 她把婚姻的触礁归咎于他她把婚姻的触礁归咎于他. She blamed him for the failure of their marriage. She blamed the failure of their marriage on him. (saying 谚谚) A bad workman blames his tools. 拙匠埋怨工具差拙匠埋怨工具差. (不承认错在自己不承认错在自己) 2. be to blame (for sth) 对对(某坏某坏/错

11、事错事)应负责任应负责任; 应受责备应受责备 译：译：这事故是哪个司机的责任这事故是哪个司机的责任? Which driver was to blame for the accident? 3. blame n U (for sth) (对做坏的或做错的对做坏的或做错的 事所负的事所负的)责任责任 bear/take/accept/get the blame (for sth) （对（对 某事）承担责任某事）承担责任 Where does the blame for our failure lie? lay/put the blame (for sth) on sb =blame sb for

12、 sth/blame sth on sb 把某事归咎於某人把某事归咎於某人. Paragraph 5 look into 调查调查=investigate向向里面看里面看 Further looked into, the cause of cholera will come to light. handle n. 柄柄, 把柄把柄, 把手把手 vt.处理，操纵处理，操纵 She admitted she didnt know how to handle the problem. Paragraph 6 一。一。link vt. 使受挫使受挫 n. 失败失败 敌人在一场决定性的战斗中被击败敌人在

13、一场决定性的战斗中被击败. The enemy was defeated in a decisive battle. 他是一个不愿承认失败的人。他是一个不愿承认失败的人。 He is a man who hates/refuses to admit defeat. announce vt.宣布宣布; 宣告宣告; 发表发表 They announced their engagement to the family. 他们向家里宣布他们已经订婚了他们向家里宣布他们已经订婚了. The Prime Minister announced that she would resign. 首相宣布她将辞职首

14、相宣布她将辞职. make an announcement 宣布宣布; 宣告宣告; 发表发表 Attention, please! I have an announcement to make. contribute v. 有助于有助于, 投稿投稿, 捐助捐助; 贡献贡献, 捐献捐献 contribute (ten pounds) to a charity 捐献（十镑）给慈善事业捐献（十镑）给慈善事业 contribute aid to refugees 向难民提供援助向难民提供援助 The chairman encourages everyone to contribute to the d

15、iscussion. 主席鼓励大家参与讨论主席鼓励大家参与讨论. Her work has contributed enormously to our understanding of this difficult subject. 她的着作极有助於我们对这个困难问题的她的着作极有助於我们对这个困难问题的 了解了解. contribute to/towards 捐助捐助; 捐赠捐赠; 贡献贡献:有助于有助于 contributeto向向捐赠捐赠/投稿投稿 She has contributed (several poems) to literary magazines. 她给文学刊物投了（几首

16、诗）稿她给文学刊物投了（几首诗）稿. make a contribution/contributions to/towards 捐款捐款; 捐助捐助; 贡献贡献; 促成促成; 投稿投稿 The signing of such a treaty would be a major contribution towards world peace. 签订这样一项条约签订这样一项条约, 是对世界和平的重大是对世界和平的重大 贡献贡献. apart from=besides =except =except for Apart from a few passers-by, the rords were e

17、mpty. You can have any of the cakes apart from this one. Apart from English, we also learn Chinese at school. make sense 讲得通，有意义，明智讲得通，有意义，明智 No matter how you read the sentence, it just makes no sense. Does it make any sense to know you are wrong but not to repair ? I cannot make sense of what my t

18、eacher told me ? make sense 的主语是的主语是sth, make sense of 的的 主语是主语是sb. 单项选择单项选择 1.We can safely come to a(n) _from his accent that he is a southerner. A conclusion B agreement C assignment D revolution 2.That unfortunate remark _his ignorance of the subject, which made everyone present laugh. A discove

19、red B infected C exposed D announced 3. Reducing the gap between the rich and poor is one of the main and long-term _ facing the government . A challenges B characteristics C movements D instructions 4. Her work has _enormously to our understanding of this subject which had puzzled us for a long time. A linked B intended C entertained D contributed 5.One more success of MaYingjiu during the President election campaign had much to do with his wife, who _it behind the scenes. A analyzed