1、population意为“人口”时,是一个集体名词,被看作一个整体,在句中作主语时,后面的谓语动词用单数形式。 China has a quarter of the worlds population. 中国人口占世界人口的四分之一。(1) 当表示一个城市、地区或国家有多少人口时,常用以下两种结构,即“the population of + 某地 + is + 数词”或“某地 + has a population of + 数词”。 The population of London is over ten million. =London has a population of over te
2、n million. 伦敦的人口超过一千万。(2) population可与large,small搭配,但不能与many,few搭配。 The city with its large population has become crowded.这个人口众多的城市变得拥挤不堪了。(3) 询问人口数量常用what或how large。Whats the population of the city? =How large is the population of the city?这个城市有多少人口?(4) population前有修饰词,如分数、百分数时,表示整体人口中的一部分,谓语动词有用复数
3、形式。 One half of the population of the city are farmers. 这个城市的一半人口是农民。3. offer(1) offer是动词,意为“主动提供”。They will offer drinks during the meeting. 会议期间他们将提供饮料。The young man offered an old man his own seat. = The young man offered his own seat to an old man. 那个年轻人把自己的座位让给了一位老人。(2) offer的常见搭配:offer to do s
4、th. 主动提出做某事offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb. 向某人提供某物例如:He offered me a glass of wine. 他端给我一杯酒。4. satisfy(1) 作动词,意为“使满意,使高兴;使满足”。That answer wont satisfy her. 那个回答不能令她满意。Our company will do everything to satisfy our customers. 我们公司将尽一切努力令顾客满意。(2)作动词,意为“符合,达到(要求,标准等)”。You cant apply for the job until
5、 you have satisfied certain conditions. 符合某些条件前,你不能申请这个工作。(1)satisfied 作形容词,意为“满意的”。常放在系动词后面作表语。Her pride was so fully satisfied.她的虚荣心得到了如此充分的满足。She seemed pretty satisfied with the result.她对那结果似乎相当满意。I felt quite satisfied after my big meal。这顿大餐,我吃得很满意。(2)常用短语搭配:be satisfied with sth. 意为“对很满意(主语为人)
6、”。The teacher is satisfied with her homework. 老师对她的作业很满意。I told myself I would be satisfied with whatever I could get. 我告诉自己,不管得到什么我都会心满意足的。One shouldnt be satisfied with only a little success. 一个人不应该只因一点小成就而感到满足.5. success success 表示抽象意义的“成功”,是不可数名词;表示具体意义的“成功的人或事”, 则是可数名词。Failure is the mother of
7、success. 失败是成功之母。His new book was a great success.他新出版的书获得了巨大成功。(1)succeed 表示“成功”,是不及物动词;表示做某事成功了,succeed 后通常接(in)doing sth。His plan succeeded.他的计划成功了。At last he succeeded in solving the problem. 他终于把那个问题解决了。She succeeded in (passing) the exam. 她考试及格了。(2)successful作形容词,意为“成功的”。The performance was su
8、ccessful. 演出很成功。It was a successful experiment. 那是一次成功的试验。6. encourage encourage用作及物动词,意为“鼓励;鼓舞;促进;助长”等,常用于以下结构:encourage sb. to do sth.意为“鼓励某人做某事”。The teacher often encourages us to study hard.老师经常鼓励我们要努力学习。My mother encouraged me to enter the contest. 妈妈鼓励我参加那场比赛。【拓展】 (1) encourage sb. in sth. 意为“
9、在方面鼓励/助长某人”。 Dont encourage him in laziness. 别助长他的懒惰行为。 (2) encouragement是encourage的名词形式,意为“鼓舞/鼓励”。The teachers words were a great encouragement to him. 老师的话对他是极大的鼓舞。7. pollutepollute为及物动词,意为“污染,弄脏”;pollution为pollute的名词形式,意为“污染”,是不可数名词。We should not pollute our rivers with waste. 我们不应让废弃物污染我们的河川。Pol
10、lution is a big problem. 污染是个大问题。含pollution的习惯用语:air pollution 空气污染 noise pollution 噪音污染8. create create作动词,意为“创造,创作,创建”。God creates human beings. 上帝创造了人类。An artist should create beautiful things. 一个艺术家应该创造美丽的东西。It is people who create history. 是人民创造了历史。creative作形容词,意为“有创造性的,有创意的”。例如:Yoga releases t
11、he creative potential in life. 瑜伽释放出生命中创造的潜力。Pay close attention to your own creative ideas. 时刻关注自己创造性的想法。9. discoverdiscover是动词,意为“发现”,其后可接名词、代词、疑问词+不定式及that从句等。We never discovered how to open the box. 我们从未弄清楚如何打开这个盒子。(1) discover意为“发现”,指有意或无意地发现已经存在尚不为人知的事物。China has discovered oil under the South
12、 China Sea. 中国在南海发现了石油。(2) find意为“找到、发现”,指偶然发现或经过一番寻找,找到值得或所需的东西,强调找的结果。I found the book I was looking for. 我找到了一直在找的书。(3) find out意为“查明白、弄清楚”,多用于经过调查、分析、研究等手段查出的情况,查出的东西往往是抽象的,如时间、事实、真相等。Please find out when the meeting starts. 请查一下会议什么时候开始。(4) invent意为“发明”指经过研究、设计而创造出原本未有的东西。Cai Lun invented the p
13、aper. 蔡伦发明了纸。10. rise(1)rise 是不及物动词,意为“上升,上涨”。The sun has not yet risen. 太阳还没升起。The population of the city has risen to five million. 城市人口已增加到五百万。(2)rise还表示“起立;起床”。He rose and left the room. 他站起身走出屋去。I have to rise early tomorrow morning. 我明天必须早起。(1)raise是及物动词,意为“举起,抬起”。He raised his glass and said,
14、“Your health, Carl.”他举起了杯子说道:“祝你健康,卡尔” 。If you want to ask a question, first raise your hand.如果你要问问题,请先举手。(2)raise还表示“招募,筹集”。They are going to raise funds for the school buildings. 他们将为盖校舍筹集资金。The foolish prince raised an army against his father.那个愚蠢的王子招募军队反对他的父亲。(3)raise还表示“提高(音量、某种水平)”。The ticket
15、price was raised to 30 yuan. 票价上升到了30元。The speaker raised his voice so that we could hear him.演讲者提高了声音,以便我们都能听到。词汇精练I. 英汉词组互译。1. take place _ 2. 跟保持联系_ 3. 取得进步 _ 4. succeed in doing sth. _ 5. 采取措施做某事 _ 6. so far_ 7. 幸亏,由于 _ 8. as a matter of fact _ 9. 故意,有意地_ 10. according to_II. 根据句意及汉语提示补全句子。1. Lu
16、ck 52 the people who want to show themselves _(给提供) a good stage. 2. (多亏) the modern communications, we can keep in touch with our friends and relatives far away easily. 3. China has great (取得进步) in sending man-made satellites into space. 4. Our new headmaster looks very young. I think he is (少于) th
17、irty years old. 5. Mike is weak in English. In order to (赶上) others, Mike works harder than before.III.根据句意,选择单词或短语填空。agreement, as a result, and so on, at present, in the past1. _ ten years, my hometown has changed greatly.2.What sports do you like?I like playing basketball, playing table tennis, p
18、laying football, running _.3. Li Hong studies English harder than before. _, she has a good mark.4. Im afraid I cant help you _, because Im too busy.5. The grandchild nods his head to show his _ to his grandpa.IV. 短文填空。阅读短文,用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文意思通顺、完整。(有多余词) express, close, speak, open, be, practice,
19、 has, take, clear, try, understand, bringMany Chinese students dont pay much attention to 1 English at school. They think it necessary 2 speaking English in class, but not out of class. Here is a story to show you how important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life.A foreigner
20、once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London. He sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he 3 his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again in order 4 that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English. The waiter soon 5 a cup of tea. The man shook his head. The w
21、aiter then 6 away the tea and brought a cup of coffee. The man again shook his head. He 7 again and again, but he wasnt able to make the waiter 8 him. However, when another man came in, he spoke English 9 and fluently. In a few minutes, there 10 a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table befo
22、re him.【参考答案】1. 发生,进行 2. keep in touch with3. make progress 4. 成功做了某事5. take measures to do sth. 6. 到目前为止7. thanks to 8.事实上9. on purpose 10. 按照,据说1. provides, with 2. Thanks to 3.made, progress 4. less than 5. catch up with1. In the past 2.and so on 3.As a result 4.at present 5.agreemen1. speaking 2
23、.to practice 3.opened 4.to express 5.brought6. took 7.tried 8.understand 9.clearly 10.wasV. 听力链接。答案:1. Silva 2. 742980 3. Road 4. new 5. Monday 原文:M: Hello, Cambridge Language College. W: Oh . yes. Hello. Id like to take one of your evening classes. Oh, yes. Which class are you interested in? Englis
24、h . its Course 139. I see . Course 139 is for new students. Is that the course you want? Yes, it is. OK. Now, I need to take some personal details first. Your name, please? Silva. Silvas your family name, isnt it? Yes. Can you spell that for me? Yes. S-I-L-V-A. Thank you. And your first name? Maria.
25、 . Maria. Thank you. Oh, where are you from? Im from France. Im a student at university in Paris. Im here for the summer. I see. So you speak French and . any other languages? No, just French . and a little English! And youre a student . And your date of birth? My date . Oh! The eleventh of October
26、1983. Eleventh of October .1983. Where are you staying in Cambridge? Sorry? Whats your address here? Oh. Its 24 Cherry Road. OK. Now then Maria, do you have a telephone number? Yes. Its 742980. 742980. Thats fine. The next English course for new students starts on Monday at seven pm.句式精讲1. I have be
27、en to Mount Huang with my parents.(1) been是be动词的过去分词形式。(2) have been to 是现在完成时形式,一般与already, ever, never连用。He has never been to Paris. 他从未去过巴黎。have been to; have been in 与have gone to的辨析:(1)“have/ has been to + 地点”表示“去过某地”,现在已经回来了。 Ive been to Beijing twice. 我已去过北京两次。(2)“have/has been in + 地点”表示“在某地
28、待了一段时间”。 Hes been in this school for two years. 他在这所学校待了两年了。(3)“have/has gone to + 地点”表示“到某地去了”,现在还没有回来,可能在去的途中,也可能在那里或返回的途中。 Wheres Wei Hua? 魏华在哪里? She has gone to the zoo. 她到动物园去了。2. China has developed rapidly since the reform and opening-up.since为介词,意为“自从”,通常连接一个过去的时间点或一段时间+ago,谓语动词一般用现在完成时。 She has been ill since last weekend. 她自从上周末就病了。 She has been in Wuhan since four years ago. 自从