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BOOK4 UNIT 2 Learning About Language

Language points for reading Ⅰ

1. …Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. 1)for : 表示一种补充说明的理由，用于主句之后，并用逗号隔开。

We listened carefully, for he brought news of our families.

It must have rained last night, __________________________.

( 因为地面是湿的。)

2)work the land 耕种土地

work : vt. 经营（

工厂，

农场等）；耕耘；担任（某地区）工作；使…动起来

She was a skillful speaker who knew how to work a crowd. ___________________

He works a large farm. _____________________

The salesman works the northern part of the city.___________

2 … for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.

struggle: vi./ n. 挣扎，奋斗；努力

struggle for

努力争取…

struggle with / against

与… 搏斗

struggle against difficulties/death/illness/nature与困难/死亡/疾病/自然界作斗争

struggle for a living/freedom_______________________

struggle to one’s feet____________________________

He has been ________________ cancer for many years.

He has been _________________ success in his career.

3. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 1）makes it +adj./ n. to do 使（做某事）成为……

it 在句中作___________________，真正的宾语为to produce…, 除了make外，还有

feel, think, regard, find, consider等动词也常跟这样的结构。

①好天气使我们明天出游成为可能。

The fine weather ______________________________________tomorrow. ②我们发现和他一起工作很愉快。

_______________________________________ ③我们认为我们有必要学好一门外语

______________________________________________________________________ 2) more 放在数词或any, some, no, a few, a little, many,

much 等后面，意为“再（

还）… ；

额外的

”。

another 也有此意，

但只放在数词和few 之前。

I’ll be here for a few more weeks / another ___________

There are another two weeks / ________ weeks to go till he leaves.

I have no ________ money to offer.

M ay I have a little ______ salad?

4. Born into a poor farmer’s family in 1931, Dr. Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture

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College in 1953. graduate n.

毕业生

undergraduate________________ post-graduate__________________ graduate vi. 常跟介词from，表示“毕业于”

n._________________毕业

她毕业于哈佛大学。____________________________

5. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.

need: n. 需要，需求

be in need of

_________________

to satisfy /meet a need _____________________

There is no need for sb. to do … ____________________

There is an urgent need for teachers in our school.

We are ___________________

( 需要

)fresh air.

你没必要在这儿等。______________________________________

_____________________________( 为满足学生们的需要

) , our school bought many new books.

6. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem…

hunger

n. 饥饿，饥渴；渴望

vi. 渴望; 渴求

hunger for sth. : be eager for … ; starve for… ; long for…

Around fifty people_______________________( 饿死

) every day in the camp. The whole world ___________________ ( 渴望和平

)。

7. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of the fields. search/ search for /in search of ①The officer went up ______________the murder. ②The thieves are ____________________the hidden treasure in the museum. ③Birds fly to the south ______________the

winter sunshine.

8. … 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China.

feed : vt. 喂养，

饲养

；养活; feed +人/ 动物on +东西

feed +东西

to +人/ 动物

He often feeds his horse ________ grass. He often feeds grass ________ his horse. He has a large family to feed. ______________________

feed the computer with information

= feed information into the computer

9. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 1）thanks to=because of ;owing to ___________________ 由于你的支持，我们赢得了比赛。

__________________________, we won the game. 2）rid

Vt．摆脱，除去

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rid …of… 使（某人／物）摆脱．．．

_______________________清除室内老鼠

________________________还清债务

他想使自己摆脱痛苦。_________________________________ 类似用法动词：inform/ warn/ cure/rob/remind/ cheat/ accuse…of…

be/get rid of

摆脱

要改掉坏习惯确实不容易．

It is not easy to _____ _______ ___ a bad habit.

他整晚坐在那里闲聊，我没法赶他走．

He just sat there talking all the evening and I couldn’t _____ _______ ______ him.

10. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 用他的杂交水稻种子，农民们种出比以前多一倍的粮食。

倍数的表示法

1)倍数词（twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.）+________ + 形容词原级

+_______________ …

这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。__________________________________________________ 2)倍数词（twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.）+形容词/副词比较级+__________…

长江差不多比珠江长两倍。The Yangtze River____________________ the Pearl River. 3)倍数词（twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.) +the size/height/length/depth+ of …

新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。

The newly broadened square ____________________________ the previous one. =The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one. 11. Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. satisfy vt. 满足；满意

satisfying adj. 令人满意的

satisfied adj. 感到满意的

satisfaction n. 满意；满足

be satisfied with sth. /sb.______________________ satisfy one’s needs / demands__________________

to one’s satisfaction = to the satisfaction of sb.______________________

他所做的一切使他的父母感到满意。_____________________________________- 我对那个结果感到不满意._________________________________________________ 汤姆是一个令人满意的学生。__________________________________________ From his ________ voice on the phone I know everything is going under way.

A. satisfactory

B. satisfying

C. satisfied

D. satisfaction 12. However, he doesn’t care about being famous. care (little/much) about-------be concerned about 关心，介意，后面跟从句时候，about常省略。

care for-----look after 照料; like or want 想要，喜欢

Albert Einstein didn’t ____________much ___________what to wear.

Would you help to_____________ my pet while I am away? 13. Spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. lead a …life 过……生活=_____________________ 类似的短语动词

die a …death, smile a …smile, dream a … dream ,sigh a …sigh etc.

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