1、,第 四 课 时 Using Language,1instant 1)adj. 立即的,立刻的;速食的,速溶的 The show was an instant success. 演出一炮打响。 instant noodle 速食面,方便面 instant coffee 速溶咖啡,2)n. 瞬间,片刻 Ill be back in an instant. 我马上就回来。 Just for an instant I thought he was going to refuse. 刹那间我以为他会拒绝。,用于表达“一就”含义的词或短语还有: immediately/directly/instantl
2、y作连词时引导的时间状语从句 the moment/the second/the year/the hour.等引导的时间状语从句 “Hardly过去完成时when一般过去时”的结构 “No sooner过去完成时than一般过去时”的结构 “at名词”,“on(动)名词”,表示“一听/看/想到就”,活学活用 单句改错 I knew it was the right house for us in the instant I saw the place. _,2swallow v. 1)吞下,咽下;做吞咽动作 Always chew food well before swallowing it
3、. 什么食物都要先嚼碎了再吞咽。 He swallowed his ice tea hurriedly. 他匆忙地喝下冰茶。,She swallowed hard and told him the bad news. 她硬下心把坏消息告诉了他。 2)吞没,淹没,侵吞 I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed by the darkness. 我看着她沿着公路越走越远,直至消失在黑暗中。 Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns. 大片大片的乡村地区
4、被城镇吞噬。,3)不流露,掩饰 Youre going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back. 你得放下架子,去求人家恢复你的工作。 Hell have to swallow his pride and apologize. 他将不得不放下架子去道歉。,Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.(Bacon) (书籍好比食品)有些书浅尝辄止,有些书可以囫囵吞枣,少数则须咀嚼消化。(
5、培根),答案:be swallowed,3recycle vt. 1)回收利用,再利用 Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. 丹麦的纸张回收率达85%。 This envelope is made from recycled pager. 这信封是用再生纸制作的。,2)再次应用,重新使用(概念,玩笑等) He recycled all his old jokes. 他把那些老掉牙的笑话又说了一遍。,答案:can be recycled,4representative 1)adj. 典型的,有代表性的 Are your opinions repres
6、entative of the views of all the students? 你们的意见代表全体学生吗? The latest incident is representative of a larger trend. 最近的事件代表了一个更大的趋势。,2)n. 代表,代理人 He is an elected representative of the people. 他是一位选出的代表。,2)representation n. 代理,代表;表现 There has been a decline in union representation in the auto industry.
7、 在汽车工业中工会的代表人数有所下降。 The clock in the painting is a symbolic representation of the passage of time. 这幅画中的钟表象征着时光的流逝。,答案:is representative of,The management and unions have reached a settlement over new working conditions. 资方和工会已就新的工作条件达成协议。,活学活用 Then they settled themselves down_work. Ato Bon Cwith D
8、in 答案:A,The ship sank below the waves and was seen no more. 船沉到了波涛下,再也看不见了。,2)no more than“仅仅”,相当于only,含有嫌少之意,而not more than意为“比少”,无嫌少之意。 No more than five people applied for the job. 只有五人申请了这份工作。 There were not more than 100 people present at the meeting. 大概不到100人参加了会议。,3)no more.than意为“两者都不”。 This
9、 book is no more interesting than that one. I want to read neither of them. 这本书和那本书一样没趣,我都不想读。 He is no more capable of speaking English than I am. 他和我都不会讲英语。,活学活用 His entire school education added up to_one year. Amore or less than Bno more Cno more than Dnot less 答案:C,The little girl stared at the
10、 toys in the window. 小女孩盯着窗内的玩具。 He glared at the man who had killed his father. 他怒视着那个杀死他父亲的人。,活学活用 The two men stood_angrily at each other, while the crowd looked on with amusement. Astaring Bglaring Cglancing Dseeing 答案:B,Out rushed the children. 孩子们冲出去了。 Away flew the plane. 飞机飞走了。 South of the river lies a small factory. 在河流的南面有一家小工厂。,In front of the house stands a tall tree. 在房子的前面有一棵大树。 Now comes your turn. 现在轮到你了。,活学活用 Next door to ours_, who is no less than eighty. Aan old man lives Bdoes an old man live Clives an old man Dwhere lives an old man 答案:C,