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Unit 4 Why don’t
you talk to your parents?
Language points
1)
allow
v.
允许;准许
allow doing sth
允许做某事
e.g. We
don
’
t allow smoking in our
house.
我们不允许在家里抽烟。
allow sb.
(
not
)
to do sth. (
不
)
允许某人做某事
(在中考单选中常考)
e.g. My parents
don’t allow me to stay up late.
我父母不允许我熬夜。
Mr.
Smith allowed Mike to drive there.
史密斯先生允许迈克开车去那里。
2) big deal, deal
big deal
表示
“
重要的事情或状况
”
,
多用于非正式交流。
作否定时,常说
It’s not a big
deal
或
It’s no big
deal.
没有什么了不起。
e.g. There's a soccer game on TV this
evening but I don’t have to watch it.
It’s
no big deal.
今天晚上电视上有一场足球赛,但我不一定要看。
It’s a big deal, David,
bigger than you know.
这事挺重要的,戴维,比你所知道的要重要。
What's the big deal? It’s only a
birthday, not the end of the world.
有什么了不起的?这不过是个生日,又不是世界某日。
3) work out
work
out
解决(问题)
;算出
e.g. Mike worked out the difficult
problem by himself.
迈克自己算出了那道难题。
Is it possible
to work out the problem?
有可能解决这个问题吗?
work for
为
……
做事,为
……
尽力,被
…
…
雇佣者
work out
可以解决,设计出,算出,计算出,消耗完挤出去
4
)
argue
v.
争吵;争论
e.g. The couple began to argue about
the child’s ed
ucation.
argue
for
为……辩护
The lawyer argues for the
poor man.
argue sb
with/over sth
与……争论
Do what you are told and don't argue
with me!
argue
against
争辩……
He argued fiercely against the plan of
tax cute.
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5
)
. proper
adj.
正确的;恰当的
e.g. It’s not
proper to visit a friend too late in the evening.
太晚了,去看朋友不合适。
6
)
. nervous
adj
.
焦虑的;担忧的
e.g. Don’t be
nervous. It is just a small test.
不要紧张。就是个小测试而已。
7
)
. My
probl
em is that I can’t get on with my
family.
get on with
和睦相处;关系良好
相当于
get along
with
e.g. The child doesn’t get
on well with others.
那个小孩不合群。
Instead he
watches whatever he wants until late at night.
8) instead
adv.
代替;反而;却
e.g. If
we can’t go to
Huashan
Mountain
, we’ll go to the city of Xi’an
for the trip.
如果我们不能去爬华山,我们就去西安游玩。
辨析:
instead
是副词,常置于句子末尾。
instead of
是介词短语,后接名词、代词、动名词等。
例如:
Last summer I went to Qingdao.
This summer
I’m
going to Dalian instead.
去年夏天我去了青岛。今年夏天我要去大连。
Instead of going to Qingdao
I’m
going to Dalian this
year.
今年我打算去大连,而不去青岛。
9) whatever
pron.
任何;无论什么
相当于
no matter what
e.g. Whatever I suggest, he always
disagrees.
无论我提什么建议,他都不同意。
whatever
可用作连接代词或连接副词,引导让步状语从
句,表示“无论,不管”
的意思。此时,可用
no
matter
what
结构来替换其
意完全相同。位置前后置都可。
whatever
还可以引导名
词性从句,同时起先行词和关系代词的作用。相当于
anything
that
或
all
that
,有任何一切这类意思。此时不能用
no
matter what
替换。
注意
“no matter+
疑问词<
/p>
”
结构与
“
疑问
词
+ever”
在用法上的区别
1.
“no matter+
疑问词<
/p>
”
结构只能引导让步状语从句,这时可以和
“
疑问词
+ever”
互换。
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如:
No matter where he may be
(
=Wherever he may
be
)
, he will be happy.
注意从句的时态
由
no matter what/who/where/wh
en…
引导的从句往往用
一般现在时或一般过去时
。
No matter who you
are, you must obey the rules.
无论你是谁,都应该遵守规则。
10
)
. If your
parents are having problems, you should offer to
help.
offer
v.
主动提出;自愿给予
offer
p>
侧重主动或愿意给予,主动提出做某事。
结构:
offer sb. sth.
或
offer to
do sth.
e.g. She offered me a cup of
tea.
她给我端了杯茶。
He
offered to go instead of me.
他主动提出代替我去。
11
)
. Secondly,
why don’t you sit down and communicate with your
brother?
communicate
v.
交流;沟通
communicate
with sb.
与某人交流
e.g. Li Mei can easily communicate with
foreigners in English.
李梅能用英语与外国人轻松交流。
12
)
. Can you
explain to me how to do this math problem?
explain
v.
解释;说明
explanation n.
1. explain + that / what/ why
等从句
2. explain sth. (to
sb.)
(向某人)解释某事
e.g. Can you explain what this means?
你能解释一下这个的意思吗?
Please explain
it to me.
请你向我解释一下吧。
13
)
elder/older
这两个词均是
old
的比较级。在用法上有所区别。
elder
表示
“
前辈的
p>
”
、
“
年纪较长的
”
,仅用于同一家庭成员的比较;
ol
der
则不限于
此。
如
My younger son is five and
my elder son is nine
。我的小儿子
5<
/p>
岁,大儿子
9
岁。
Tom is two years older than
I.
汤姆比我年长两岁。
elder
在句中只用作定语,不作表语;
o
lder
两者皆可。
例如:
My elder sister does her
homework all by herself.
我的姐姐独自做作业。
His elder son got married last week.
他的长子是上星期结婚的。
I think his mother is older.
我认为他的母亲年龄大引起。
<
/p>
elder
只能用来指人;
older<
/p>
既可修饰人,也可修饰物。
例如:
My elder
brother joined the army when he was only fifteen.<
/p>
我哥年仅
15
就参了军。
This dog is older
than any other dogs
here.
这条狗在这里是最老的一条。
I have a sister older than
myself.
我有位比我大的姐姐。
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It is said
Mr Chen is over ten years older than Mrs Li.
据说陈先生比李女士大
10
多岁。
< br>
一
、用括号中单词的适当形式填空。
1. All the ______________
(communicate) with the outside world was broken.
2. Jim is a doctor. His ________ (old)
brother is an engineer.
3.
After high school Mike got a job instead of
________ (go) to university.
4. It’s
very kind of you to offer _______
(he
lp) us on the weekend.
5. To begin with we don’t have much
money, ________ (second) we are too busy.
练习:
①
你看上去很疲劳,怎么了?
You
____ tired. What’s _____ _______?
②
昨晚,我一直学习到午夜,因此我没有睡足觉。
I studied _____
_________ last night so I
didn’t
___ ______
s
leep.
③
我应该做什么?
________
____I do?
你为什么不忘掉此事呢?尽管她错了,但那不是一件大事。
_____ ____ you forget about it? ______
she’s wrong. It’s not _____ _____ ______.
④他应当如何做?
_______ _______ he do?
⑤
他应当和他的朋友交谈一下,以便于他能向他道谦。
He _____ _____ _____ his friends ____
_
__ he can say he’s sorry.
⑥
或许你应当去他家。
_______ you
______ go to his house.
⑦
我想我可以,但是我不想让他吃惊。
I think I
_______, but I don’t want to _______ _________.
二
、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. We shouldn’t_______
(argue) with our parents.
2.
You shouldn’t____ (use) the p
hone in
the classroom.
3.
—
could I use
your dictionary?
—
well,
you___.
A. can
B. could
C.
should
D. might
’d better___(go) to school by
bike.
about_________(go)
hiking this afternoon?
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