Learning about Language名师教学实录

Unit 4 Pygmalion

Language Points

一、Aims:

Learn the language points and some important sentence patterns.

二、Words and expressions:

1.

work out

释义：计算出，设法弄懂，精心制定出，逐渐解决，按某种方式发展。

例如：

You

can

work

out

the

answer

by

adding

all

the

numbers.

2.

…an

expert

in

phonetics,

convinced

that

the

quality

of

a

person’s

English

decides

his/her

position

in

society

convince

释义：（vt.

to

cause

to

believer

or

feel

certain;

to

persuade）说服；使相信，说动

（某人）

例如：

We

convinced

him

to

go

by

train

rather

than

plane.

(1)

(be)

convinced

+

of

短语/

that从句

释义：“坚信…”;“确信…”

例如：

I

am

convinced

of

his

guilt.

(2)

convince

(vt.)

sb.

+

of

短语/that

从句

释义：“使…坚信…”;

“使…确信…”

(3) convinced

adj.坚信的，意志坚定的

(4) convincing

adj.令人心服的

3.

set

释义：(1)

vt.

安排；布置（岗哨）；定（时间、标准）；创造（记录）；专心于

例如：Set

guards

around

the

gate.

释义：(2)

vt.

使――做某事；使――处于某状态

例如：1)

I

opened

the

cage

and

set

the

bird

free.

2)

A

spark

set

the

woods

on

fire.

释义：(3)

vi.（日、月等）下落；下沉

例如：It

will

be

cooler

when

the

sun

has

set.

释义：(4)

n.

一套，一组；电器设备

例如：

I

bought

a

set

of

Lu Xun’s

short

stories.

短语：

set

off

出发,动身

set

out

出发，着手

set

about

开始，着手

set

up

建立，成立

set

sb.

a

good

example

为某人树立好榜样

4.

hold

up

释义：（1）

raise;

keep

up举起

（2）

show

as

an

example

提出（作为榜样）

例如：The

teacher

always

holds

up

Tom

as

a

model

of

hard

work. （3）

to

delay

阻滞

例如：The

building

of

the

new

road

has

held

up

by

bad

weather.

短语：

hold

back

使固定；阻挡

hold

down

压制

hold

to

遵循；坚持

hold

together

(使团结；连接在一起)

5.

hand

over

释义：移交；让与；交给某人照料

例如：1)The

captain

was

unwilling

to

hand

over

the

command

of

his

ship.

2）The

thief

was

handed

over

to

the

policeman.

短语：

hand

down

传给

hand

over

传递

hand

up

举手

hand

out

分发，分给

6.

But

they

betray

themselves

every

time

they

open

their

mouths.

betray

oneself

释义：无意中露出本性；背叛

betray

释义：（1）vt. 泄露（秘密）

例如：

He

betrayed

the

news

to

all

his

friends.

释义：（2）vt.

to

be

disloyal

or

unfaithful

to

出卖；背叛

例如：

1）His

best

friend

betrayed

him.

2）He

betrayed

his

country

to

the

enemy

释义：(3)

to

be

a

sign

of

sth.

one

would

like

to

hide

显露；显示

；例如：His

face

betrayed

that

he

was

angry.

7.

condemn

释义：vt.谴责

condemn

sb.

/

sth.

谴责某人/某事

三、Important sentences

1.

Generally

speaking,

people

are

more

polite

to

those

whom

they

think

are

of

higher

social

class.

释义：总的来说，人们对那些他们认为属于较高社会阶层的人更礼貌一些。

be

of

+

形容词+抽象名词=be

+副词+与该抽象名词同根的形容词

例如：What

I

said

is

of

great

importance.

=

What

I

said

is

very

important.