1、 Unit 2 Great minds才智超群的人 必记单词 mind n. 聪明的人;富有才智的人 astronomer n. 天文学家 consider v. 认为;觉得 sense n. 理解力;判断力 invitation n. 邀请 pleasure n. 乐事;快事 avoid v. 避免;避开 trust v. 信任;信赖 obey v. 服从;遵守 reduce v. 减少;缩小 exactly adv. 精确的;准确的 action n.(故事、戏剧等的)情节 常考短语 let.down 使 失望 by heart 单凭记忆;能背诵 take a seat 坐下 withou
2、t difficulty 轻而易举 join in 参加;加入 have no idea 丝毫不知道 be in trouble 处于困境 play a joke on sb. 和某人开玩笑课文解析1. Listen to a radio programme about some great minds. mind在此用作可数名词,意为 “ 聪明的人;富有才智的人 ” 。 【拓展】 mind作名词,还可表示 “ 头脑;大脑;智慧;心思 ”。 常用短语: make up ones mind 下定决心; change ones mind 改变主意 Have you made up your min
3、d to change your mind? 你下定决心要改变主意了吗?2.Many people consider Albert Einstein a genius. consider及物动词,意为 “ 认为;觉得 ” 。 consider sb./sth. (as) sth. 意为 “ 认为某人 /某物是 ” 。另外, consider后还可接 that从句。 He considers himself a great man. 他认为自己是一个了不起的人。 They were considered as heroes. 他们被认为是英雄。 He considered that we cou
4、ld do the work well. 他认为我们能做好这项工作。 Lingling is considered to be the top student. 玲玲被认为是优秀学生。 3. This story about him shows that he also had a sense of humour. (1) sense可数名词,意为 “ 理解力;判断力 ” ,通常用单数。 sense of humour 幽默感; sense of direction 方向感 (2) humour不可数名词,意为 “ 幽默 ” 。 I like such stories full of humo
5、ur. 我喜欢这些幽默的故事。 【拓展】 humorous形容词,意为 “ 滑稽有趣的;有幽默感的 ” He has a wide mouth and humorous eyes. 他有一张大大的嘴巴和一双滑稽的眼睛。 【拓展】 consider还可意为 “ 考虑 ” ,相当于 think about,其后可接名词、代词、动 词 -ing形式、从句或 “ 疑问词 +不定式 ” 作宾语。 Youd better consider my suggestion. 你最好考虑一下我的建议。 We are considering going to Hainan for the Spring Festiv
6、al. 我们在考虑赴海南过春节。 He has never considered how to solve the problem. 他从未考虑过如何解决这个问题。4. Einstein often received invitations to explain his theories at different unniversities. (1) receive及物动词,意为 “ 得到,收到 ” 。 I have just received his reply. 我刚刚收到他的回信。 辨析: receive与 accept He received a gift but he didnt a
7、ccept it. 他收到了一件礼物,但他没有接受。receive 指客观上 “ 收到 ” ,也可用来表示 “ 接待 ” 和 “ 遭受 ” 。accept 表示主观上 “ 接受 ” 某人、 “ 承认或赞同 ” 某一看法或理论。 (2) invitation名词,意为 “ 请柬;邀请 ” ,后常接 to sth.或 to do sth. Have you received an invitation to the party? 你收到参加晚会的请柬了吗? My father had an invitation to visit his friend in Beijing【拓展】 invite动词
8、,意为 “ 邀请 ” 。常见用法有: invite sb. to. 邀请某人去(某地 /某一活动) We invited Miss Gao to our party. 我们邀请高老师来参加我们的聚会。 invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事 They have invited me to go to Shanghai with them.他们邀请我和他们一同去上海。5. Its a pleasure to drive a genius like you. pleasure在此用作可数名词,意为 “ 乐事;快事 ” 。“Its a pleasure to do sth.” 表
9、示 “ 做某事是一件乐事 ” 。 Its a pleasure to meet you. 认识你很高兴。辨析: pleasure, pleasant与 pleasedIts a pleasure to hear from you. 收到你的来信很高兴。Reading brings me great pleasure. 读书带给我很大的乐趣。What a pleasant trip! 多么令人愉快的旅程啊!The mother were very pleased with her two daughters.母亲对两位女儿很满意。pleasure 可数名词 “ 乐事;快事 ”不可数名词 “ 高兴
10、;快乐 ” , take take pleasure in (doing) sth. 意为 “ 从 (做 )某事中获得乐趣 ” 意为 “ 从 (做 )某事中获得乐趣 ”pleasant 形容词 “ 令人愉快的;宜人的 ” ,通常修饰物pleased 形容词“ 高兴的;愉快的 ” ,主语一般是人。 be pleased with “ 对 感到满意 ” ; be pleased to do sth. “ 乐于做某事 ” be pleased with “ 对 感到满意 ” ; be pleased to do sth. “ 乐于做某事 ”6. I wish I could avoid giving
11、 my lecture tonight,Hans,but I dont want to let my audience down. (1) avoid动词,意为 “ 避免,避开 ” 。 avoid doing sth. “ 避免做某事 ” 。另外, avoid 后还可接名词或代词作宾语,但不能接动词不定式作宾语。 We got up early to avoid missing the early bus. 我们早起床,以避免错过早班车。 She tried to avoid all the problems. 她尽量避开所有的麻烦。 【拓展】在英语中,有些动词后只能接动名词作宾语,不能接动词
12、不定式。常见的这类动词有finish,enjoy,mind,avoid,practise,miss,keep,suggest等。 (2) lecture可数名词,意为 “ 讲座;演讲 ” 。 give a lecture意为 “ 讲课;演讲 ” ; attend a lecture意为 “ 听讲座 ” 。 The scientist gave a lecture to us. 那位科学家给我们讲课了。 Did you attend the lecture on Mark Twain? 你听了那个关于马克 吐温的讲座了吗? (3) let sb. down 意为 “ 使 /令某人失望 ” She
13、 let us down badly yesterday. 昨天她让我们大失所望。7. I know what to do. what to do为 “ 疑问词 +动词不定式 ” 结构,在句中作动词know的宾语。 “ 疑问词 +动词不定式 ” 结构可在句子中作主语、宾语、表语等成分。 When to start is a problem. 何时动身是个难题。 The peasants taught us how to plant rice. 农民教我们怎样种稻子。 The question was where to go. 问题是去哪里?8.You can trust me. trust此处
14、做及物动词,意为 “信任,信赖 ”,后接名词或代词做宾语。 We always trust him.我们一直信任他。 辨析: trust与 believe: trust强调 ”信任,信赖 ”,侧重于人的品质,能力,相当于 believe in,但语气较重,表示深信不疑。 believe表示相信某人说的话(但不一定信任此人)。 We cannot trust him.我们不能信任他。 I believe you.我相信你。9. Ive listened to your lecture so many times that Ive learnt it by heart. so.that.意为 “
15、如此 以至于 /以致 ” ,其中 so是副词,用来修饰形容词或副词。常见结构有: so+ 形容词 /副词 +that. English is so important that we must learn it well. 英语是如此重要,我们必须学好它。 so+many/few+ 可数名词复数 +that. I have made so many mistakes that I cant pass the exam. so+much/little( 少 )+不可数名词 +that. I have so little money with me that I cant buy anything
16、. by heart单凭记忆,能背诵 I have known the telephone number by heart. 这个号码我已经背过了。 She has learnt the whole story by heart. 她已经把整个故事都背熟了。10.Einstein took a seat,listenesd to Hans give his lecture without difficulty, and joined in the applause at the end.爱因斯坦坐下,听汉斯轻而易举地演讲,最后他也鼓掌喝彩。 ( 1) without difficulty意为
17、“轻而易举 ”。 The boy answered the difficult question without difficulty. 那个男孩轻而易举地回答了那个难题。 without此处用作介词,意为 “没有,缺乏 ”,其后可接名词,代词或动词 -ing形式。 Dont go without me.别甩下我就走。 He left without saying anything. 他什么也没说就走了。11.He then asked a question so difficult that Hans had no idea what he was talhing about.然后他问了一个
18、非常难的问题,以至于汉斯丝毫不知道他在说什么。 had no idea意为 “丝毫不知道 ”其后常接同位语从句或 “疑问词 +动词不定式 ”的结构。 shes shy and she had no idea how to talk to people. 她很害羞,一点也不知道如何于别人交谈。 拓展: had no idea也可以单独使用,相当于 dont know. What are they talking about?他们在谈论什么? I had no idea. 我不知道。12. Now were in trouble. (be) in trouble意为 “ 处于困境;倒霉 ” 。 I
19、f he cant finish the work on time, he will be in trouble. Dont laugh at people in trouble. 【拓展】 have trouble with. 在 方面有麻烦 /问题 Maybe you will have trouble with your English, but never give up. have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难 I have some trouble in reading her letter. 13. Thats such an easy quest
20、ion that even my driver can answer it. such.that.意为 “ 如此 以至于 ” ,与 so.that.不同的是, such是形容词, 用来修饰名词。常见结构有: (1)such+a/an+形容词 +可数名词单数 +that.=so+adj.+a/an+可数名词单数+that. He is such a clever boy that everyone likes him. =He is so clever a boy that everyone likes him. (2)such+形容词 +可数名词复数 +that. These are such
21、 difficult maths problems that I cant work them out. (3)such+形容词 +不可数名词 +that. This is such hard work that few people can finish it on time.14. one of the cleverest women in the world one of the cleverest women意为 “ 最聪明的女人之一 ” ,其结构为 “one of+the+ 形容词最高级 +可数名词复数 ” ,表示 “ 最 之一 ” 。 Mozart is one of the mo
22、st famous musicians in the world. 【能力提升】 . 英汉互译。 1. 做演讲 2. 处于困境 3. have no idea 4. a series of 5. play a joke on sb. 6. let sb. down 7. by heart . 英英释义。 1. You should cheer up and not let your parent down. A. make your parents happy B. make your parents excited C. make your parents angry D. make you
23、r parents disappointed 2. People usually make fun of their friends on April Fools Day. A. play jokes on B. have fun with C. play with D. tell some jokes to 3. We will take part in social practise during the summer vacation. A. join B. join in C. be in D. do 4. I avoided him as much as possible. A. k
24、eep away from B. put away from C. give away from D. throw away from 5. I dont quite catch what you said at the meeting. A. miss B. hear C. have D. understand. 根据句意及首字母或汉语提示写出单词,完成句子。 1. My brother is interested in the u_. He wants to be an astronomer when he grows up. 2. As a student, you should o_t
25、he school rules. 3. Were going to have a party at Dannys house_(今晚) 4. You look_(苍白的 ).Whats the matter with you? 5. Mr Wang didnt accept our_(邀请) to the meeting. 6. We should help those people in_(困境 ). 7. He says he has a wonderful sense of h_. 8. Peter won an a_ for his wonderful performance in t
26、he show. 9. Ive listened to your l_so many times that Ive leant it by heart. 用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。 1. Confucius is one of the greatest_(mind) in the world. 2. I improve my Chinese by_(read) lots of books. 3. Alice, you must avoid_(make) such mistakes next time. 4. He described his travel in South America in a_(humour) way. 5. The lady refused his_(invite) to the dinner party. 6. Einstein took a seat, listened to Hans give his lecture without (difficult). 7. He decided_(write) poems at the age of 14. 8. Its my_(please) to help you with the luggage(行李 ).