牛津英语模块7一单元reading

1、 Many different people contributed to the development of TV.（L6） contribute to 把把贡献给；有助于贡献给；有助于 ；促成；促成 e.g. He contributed a lot of money to the charity. 他捐很多钱给慈善机构。他捐很多钱给慈善机构。 翻译下列句子。翻译下列句子。1. 充足的新鲜空气有助于身体健康。充足的新鲜空气有助于身体健康。2. 司机的粗心大意造成了这次事故。司机的粗心大意造成了这次事故。Plenty of fresh air contributes to good hea

2、lth.The drivers carelessness contributed to the accident.2. However, his system was veryprimitive and had many drawbacks. （8） drawback 缺点，缺陷，不利条件缺点，缺陷，不利条件 e.g. Slow drying is the chief drawback of this paint. 2. John Logie Baird constructed the first color TV in 1928, but （12） construct vt. 制造制造 e.

3、g. His brother spent a month learning how to construct a model plane. 他弟弟花了一个月的时间学习他弟弟花了一个月的时间学习 如何制造飞机模型。如何制造飞机模型。3. Regular color TV broadcasts were delayed in the UK until 1967.（15) delay v. & n. 耽搁，延迟耽搁，延迟 delay sth. / doing sth. 推迟（做）某事推迟（做）某事 delay in doing sth 没有及时做某事没有及时做某事 without delay

4、=quickly 毫不迟延地毫不迟延地 易混辨析：易混辨析：delay，put off在表示在表示“推迟某事推迟某事”时可以互换。时可以互换。e.g. The flight was delayed / put off due to the bad weather. 由于天气不好，航班被推迟了。由于天气不好，航班被推迟了。填空：填空：我们的飞机因大雾而延迟了。我们的飞机因大雾而延迟了。拖了那么久，他终于完成了论文。拖了那么久，他终于完成了论文。我的医生劝我立即戒烟。我的医生劝我立即戒烟。Our plane _ by the heavy fog.was delayed_, he finished

5、his paper at last. After much delayMy doctor advised me to give up smoking _.without delay 5. , and satellite dishes can often be seen distributed throughout the countryside and remote areas.(22） distribute vt. 分发；分销；使分布分发；分销；使分布 distributeover 把把分配到分配到 distribute sth. to 把某物分配给把某物分配给 distribute sth

6、. among 把某物分配给把某物分配给易混辨析：易混辨析：distribute, divide都有都有“分配分配”的意思。的意思。distribute指指“将某物分成一定的部分或将某物分成一定的部分或数量，通常各份的数量不一定相等，然数量，通常各份的数量不一定相等，然后分给某些人或地方后分给某些人或地方”。e.g. distribute leaflets 分发传单分发传单 divide指指“把整体分成若干部分把整体分成若干部分”。e.g. divide it into two 把它分成两份把它分成两份6. However, most people still benefit from sat

7、ellite TV, as local TV(24) benefit from 从从中受益中受益 e.g. Many children in the area benefit from the books he donated. 这个地区的许多孩子从他捐赠的这个地区的许多孩子从他捐赠的 图书中受益。图书中受益。7. The first record players and to be wound up by hand and only played records that were two minutes long.(31) wind up 上发条上发条 e.g. He reminded h

8、is wife to wind up the lock. 他提醒妻子给钟上发条。他提醒妻子给钟上发条。4. Meanwhile, electrical components eventually became so small that, (37) electrical adj. 电的；电气科学的；电的；电气科学的； electronic adj. 电子的电子的 electric adj. 电动的；用电的；电动的；用电的； e.g. an electric fan/blanket 电风扇电风扇/电热毯电热毯 an electrical engineer 电气工程师电气工程师 an electr

9、onic music 电子音乐电子音乐 eventually adv.最后，最终最后，最终 e.g. He worked so hard that eventually he made himself ill.John Logie Baird constructed the first color TV in 1928, but it was not until 1938 that the first color TV programmer was broadcast.分析分析 句中句中but后面的后面的it was not until 1938 that是强调句型，对时间状语是强调句型，对时

10、间状语not until 1938 加以强调。加以强调。2. However, most people still benefit from satellite TV, as local TV companies broadcast the signals they get from satellite receivers to the population living nearby.句中句中as引导一个状语从句，在此引导一个状语从句，在此句中，句中， they get from satellite receivers是定语从句，修饰前面的是定语从句，修饰前面的the signals。3.

11、It all began in 1877, when Thomas Edison made the first recording of a human voice on his invention, the record player.句中句中when引导非限制性定语从句，引导非限制性定语从句，在此从句中在此从句中the record player是是his invention的同位语。的同位语。Regular public broadcasting followed shortly afterwards, first beginning on 11 May 1928 in New York

12、 and on 20 August 1929 in London. 考点考点 regular考例考例 A new _ bus service to Tianjin Airport started to operate two months ago. A. normal B. usual C. regularD. commonregular 有规律的，定期的，定时的有规律的，定期的，定时的;normal 正常的，常态的，正规的；正常的，常态的，正规的；usual 通常的，惯常的；通常的，惯常的；common 普通的，通常的，常见的。普通的，通常的，常见的。2. It took more than

13、 two decades, though, until 1951, for regular color TV broadcasts to begin in the USA. 考点考点 though 作为副词的用法作为副词的用法考例考例 How is everything going on with you in Europe? Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, _. A. though B. instead C. eitherD. too考例考例 Allen had to call a taxi because the box was _ to carry all the way home. A. much too heavy B. too much heavy C. heavy too much D. too heavy much3. I think watching too much TV just makes you stupid! 考点考点 to