1、Unit 15 Learning 主题情景呈现 核心知识探究 词汇 tick, backwards, correction, simplify, secure, suspect, instruct, bury, conservative, assignment, alternative, outstanding, punishment, reflect, reputation, slight, loose, obey, mild, select, misunderstand, lack, access, worthwhile, acquire, rank, worthy, religion,
2、defence, ignore, assumption, urge, inspire, conventional, civilisation, vital, beneficial, assume, adapt, appreciation, frankly speaking, lay off, to a certain extent, set off, be accustomed to, tend to, approve of, as a whole 核心 句型 1.too.to 结构（教材 P36） 2.be about to.when.（教材 P36） 3.Its time. (教材 P36
3、) 核心 语法 虚拟语气 背景 e 站链接 Long life learning As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind. Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity . Constant
4、 learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment. Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and an infallible warrant of success in times of uncertainty . As food is to the body, so
5、 is learning to the mind. 学习之于心灵，就象食物之于肉体一样. adequate 能满足需要(量)的,足够的 maintain 维持 ;保持;使继续 intellectual capacity 智力 inexhaustible 1. 用之不竭的;无穷无尽的 2. 不会疲劳的,不倦的 uncertainty 不确定; 不确信;易变; 不可靠 Warming up 1.tick vt. 打勾做记号；发出滴答声 Please tick the appropriate box. 请在适合的方框内打钩。 In the silence we could hear the cloc
6、k ticking. 寂静中，我们能听到钟表滴答作响。 知识拓展 tick sth. away （时间）流逝；逝去 tick sb. off 斥责 /责骂（尤指犯错的孩子） Mary stared at the clock as the morning ticked away. 玛丽凝视着那只钟，看着整个上午一分一秒地过去。 Her attitude is really ticking me off. 她的态度真的把我给惹恼了。 即学即用 完成句子 时间在时钟的滴答声中过去。 The clock the time. 答案：ticked away 2.connection n. 联系，关联；连结
7、 Today there is more awareness of the connection between food and health. 现在人们更关注食物与健康之间的关系。 Police have yet to establish a connection between the two murders. 警方尚未确定这两起谋杀案是否有关联。 Your computer screen must have a loose connection somewhere. 你的电脑显示器一定是某个地方接触不良。 知识拓展 1)in connection with 与有关系；关于 Toms f
8、ather may be in connection with them. 汤姆的父亲可能同他们有关系。 2)connect v. 连接，连结 Many people connect Germany with beer. 许多人把德国同啤酒联系在一起。 The Browns are connected with the Whites. 布朗家同怀特家有联系。 即学即用 完成句子 这个最新的软件使上网又快又容易。 The latest software makes the Internet fast and easy. 答案：connection to 3.match 1)vt. 与相配；与匹敌
9、，使与交手（比赛） Her clothes dont match her age. 她的衣服与她的年龄不相配。 No one can match her in knowledge of pop music. 在流行音乐知识方面无人能与她匹敌。 We are matched against last years champions in the first round. 我们第一轮即遭遇了去年的冠军。 2)n. 比赛；相配；与棋逢对手 This tie is a good match for your suit. 这条领带与你的衣服很搭配。 Washington was no match for
10、 Spartans. 华盛顿队不是斯巴达人的对手。 即学即用 What surprised us was that he his shooting skill against the experts. A.matched B.fitted C.showed D.made 答案：A 4.correction n. 修改，纠正 It just needs a few corrections before we can send it to the printer. 在我们把它送去印刷之前只需作几处修改。 Please hand in your papers for correction. 请将你们
11、的试卷交上来批改。 She makes all her corrections with a green pen. 她所有的改正都是用绿笔做的。 知识拓展 correct v. 改正,批改,矫正 Correct my pronunciation if its wrong. 如果我的发音错了，请予以纠正。 She spent the whole evening correcting exam papers. 她花了整个晚上批改试卷。 Some eyesight problems are relatively easy to correct. 有些视力问题是相对容易矫正的。 即学即用 选词填空 (
12、1)Please the mistakes in your homework. (correct;correction) (2)The of compositions took a large part of the teachers time. (correction;right) 答案：(1)correct (2)correction 5.simplify v. 使简易，使简化 an attempt to simplify the tax laws 简化税法的尝试 Try to simplify your explanation for the children. 设法解释得简明一些，好让
13、孩子们听懂。 The English in this story has been simplified to make it easier to understand. 这个故事里的英语被简写了，可更容易理解。 知识拓展 simple adj. 简单的；朴素的；单纯的 simply adv. 简单地，完全，简直，仅仅 Such a toy is simple to make. 这种玩具做起来很简单。 He goes there simply because he likes to. 他去那儿只是因为他喜欢去。 即学即用 You should what you had said so that
14、 the students could understand it quickly. A.simply B.simple C.simplify D.simplified 答案：C simply 是副词，simple 是形容词，simplify 是动词，simplified 为过去式。根据题 意，应选择动词原形。 重点短语 begin with(=start with)以/从 开始 His illness began/started with a slight cold. 他的病是从轻微的感冒开始的。 Begin with this one and do the others afterward
15、s. 从这个开始，然后接着做其他的。 注意：begin with 表示“以作为开始” ，若表示“开始”的方法用 by,表示“着手做” 的对象用 on。 The teacher began by telling a joke. 老师上课前先讲了个笑话。 She began on the violin and later changed to the cello. 她刚开始学的是小提琴，后来改学大提琴。 知识拓展 1)to begin with(=first of all)首先，第一（通常置于句首，用以叙述理由） I cant come. To begin with, I dont feel we
16、ll. Besides, I dont have much money. 我不能来。首先是因为身体不适，其次我也没有太多钱。 To begin with, John is too young for that kind of job. 首先，约翰太年轻了，不能做那种工作。 2) end in 以 告终 end up 结束 end.with 以结束 Their attempt ended in failure. 他们的企图以失败而告终。 As a child he wished to be an actor, but he ended up as a teacher. 儿时他想当演员，可结果却当
17、了老师。 They ended the party with a song.(=The party ended up with a song.=The party was ended with a song.) 他们以一首歌结束了晚会。 即学即用 with this one and do the others afterwards. A.Do B.Deal C.Begin D.End 答案：C 本题考查词语辨析及上下文理解。 begin with 表示“以开始” ，与句尾的 afterwards 相对应，故选 C。 课堂巩固 .单项填空 1.Many battles were fought b
18、ut the settlers better land than the Native Americans. A.ended with B.ended up in C.finished with D.ended up as 答案：A 本题考查短语辨析。 end(up)with 意为“以结束” ；end up as 意为“最后成 为” ；finish with 意为“与断绝关系” ；end(up)in 意为“以告终，结局是” 。 2.She bought a pair of new shoes to her dress. A.fit B.suit C.meet D.match 答案：D 本题考查
19、动词词义辨析。 fit 表示“（大小、尺寸等）适合” ；suit 表示“（颜色， 款式等）适合” ；meet 意为“适合，符合” ；match 意为“匹配” 。 3.What would you do if it tomorrow? We have to carry it on, since we have got everything ready. A.rain B.is raining C.will rain D.rains 答案：D if 引导条件状语从句，在条件状语从句中要用一般现在时表将来。 4.Id appreciate if you would like to teach me
20、how to use the computer. A.that B.it C.this D.you 答案：B 本题考查 it 的用法。it 作 appreciate 的形式宾语，真正的宾语是 if you would like to teach me how to use the computer。 5.His plan was such a good one we all agreed to accept it. A.as B.that C.so D.and 答案：B 句意是“他的计划是这么好，以致于我们都同意接受” 。整个句子为 such.that. 句型，表示因果关系，that 后为结果
21、状语从句。 .完形填空 In the eyes of U.S movie theater owners, Sandra Bullock shined as 2009s top Hollywood star at the box office. 1 the actress nicknamed “Americas Sweetheart”, she scored with audiences after a two-year 2 from screens. Quigley Publishing Companys yearly list was 3 on Thursday about top mone
22、y making stars. It was 4 on a survey of hundreds of theater senior managers, having Bullock 5 such stars as George Clooney and, because of her 6 in “The Proposal” and “The Blind Side”. Romantic comedy(喜剧) “The Proposal” made $ 315 million at 7 box offices following its June publication, 8 football c
23、omedy “Tile Blind Side” has made $ 193 million only in the U. S. and Canada since its November 20 publication, with its roll-out in 9 countries still to come. Bullock, who also 10 in the 2009 comedy “All About Steve” with its $ 34 million 11 in the U. S. and Canada, is the eighth woman to top Quigle
24、ys list of 12 money making stars, which the 13 has put out each year since 1932. Quigley Publishing said the list does not rank (排列) stars only on how much 14 their films made, but on what theater owners say about who 15 audiences on their star power 16 . The last woman to top Quigleys list was Juli
25、a Roberts in 1999. She didnt 17 Quigleys 2009 top 10 this year, after her turn in romantic comedy “Duplicity” 18 at the box office. Bullock scored her first 19 with 1994 action movie “Speed” and became one of Hollywoods 20 stars,but before “The Proposal” she had not starred in a film since 2007. 1.A
26、.By B.As C.For D.With 答案：B 这里的 as 是一个介词，因为 Bullock 也是一个制片人，在本文说的是她是凭借 演员的身份获得如此高的身价的。注意 nicknamed 在这里是过去分词做后置定语。 2.A.appearance B.silence C.absence D.presence 答案：C 文章最后一段最后一句 she had not starred in a film since 2007 说明她有两年的时 间是息影的，也就是离开影坛有两年的时间，注意 C 和 D 正好是一组反义词。 3.A.announced B.called C.shouted D.d
27、iscovered 答案：A 第一段第一句其实就是该公司对这个调查结果的宣布或者公布，所以答案选 A。 4.A.focused B.depended C.based D.decided 答案：C 这项调查的名单上的结果是基于对数百个高级剧院经理人的调查得出的，也就 是来源于谁，这里的 be based on 就是其调查基础。 5.A.hit B.won C.shook D.beaten 答案：D 注意 beat 和 defeat 的战胜或者打败的对象是人，而非奖项，所以不能用 win。 6.A.roles B.actresses C.direction D.appearance 答案：A Bu
28、llock 是凭借“The Proposal”and“The Blind Side”这两部电影的角色胜出的。 我们也可以用 performance,但是 appearance“出现”不合题意。 7.A.American B.Canadian C.national D.worldwide 答案：D 本空和后半句的 only in the U.S and Canada 形成对比，说明 “The Proposal”针 对全球发行。 8.A.but B.and C.so D.or 答案：B 这是对两部电影的发行情况的先后介绍，两部影片都票房不俗，说明是并列关 系。 9.A.others B.else
29、C.other D.another 答案：C 与第 4 空和前面的 only in the U.S. and Canada 对应，说明还有待于在更多国家上 映。 10.A.starred B.lighted C.found D.received 答案：A 这里的 star 是作动词，意为“担任主角” ，和后半句的数额呼应，说明她的角色 的分量。 11.A.performance B.expectation C.income D.popularity 答案：C 本空前的$ 34 million 说明了她的收入。也和本文第一段的 box office 对应。 12.A.high B.bottom
30、C.low D.top 答案：D 与第一段第一句的 shined as 2009s top Hollywood star at the box office 呼应。 13.A.film B.company C.theater D.director 答案：B the company 指的就是第二段第一句的 Quigley Publishing Company。下一段第一句 也说到了这个公司。 14.A.laughter B.tear C.cash D.effect 答案：C 文中说到了几次具体的票房收入的数额，但是该公司的调查并不仅基于此，后半 句的 but 也说明了这一点。 15.A.attr
31、acts B.defeats C.borrows D.improves 答案：A 既要看票房收入，还要看这些明星的个人影响力，也就是对观众的吸引力，所以 答案选 A。 16.A.alike B.alive C.alone D.awake 答案：C 评比时看的不仅是参演电影的整体票房，还有演员本身也就是个人的号召力，这 里的 alone 和电影整体形成对比。 17.A.make B.win C.arrive D.manage 答案：A 这里的 make 意为“成功登上，成功入选” ，干扰项是 win,注意本空的宾语是 Quigleys 2009 top 10。 18.A.realized B.i
32、magined C.failed D.rose 答案：C 上半句的 “She didnt make Quigleys 2009 top 10 this year” 说明 Julia 的这部 电影“Duplicity”票房惨淡。 19.A.failure B.flight C.fight D.success 答案：D 本句说的是 Bullock 获得首次成功的时间和参演电影。 20.A.smallest B.biggest C.hottest D.coolest 答案：B 还有就是这部电影对她产生的影响力，自从这部电影之后她就成为了炙手可热的 明星。 Section Life -long Lea
33、rning 重点词汇 1.secure 1)adj. 稳定的；无忧无虑的 John has a secure job in the Civil Service. 约翰在政府部门有一份稳定的工作。 I feel more secure with a burglar alarm. 装了防盗报警器我更加安心了。 Are you sure that the ladder is secure? 你肯定梯子牢固了吗？ 2)vt. 使安全，保护，担保；拴牢，获得 Extra men will be needed to secure the camp against attack. 需要增加兵力以保护营地免遭
34、攻击。 They secured the door before leaving the house. 他们把门拴牢后才离开房子。 知识拓展 1)be secure of. 对有把握；确信 feel secure about. 对觉得放心 She feels secure about her future. 她对自己的前途有把握。 2）securely adv. 安全可靠地 security n. 安全，保障 即学即用 Are we from interruption? A.strong B.secure C.security D.good 答案：B be secure from(agains
35、t)sth./doing sth.或 secure from(against)sth./doing sth. 意思是 “使安全” 。 2.swell 1)vi. 肿起，肿大，浮肿（常与 up 连用） The sprain made my ankle swell up. 我的脚踝扭伤，肿了起来。 2)vi. (使)鼓起（常与 out 连用） Look! That big balloon is swelling out! 瞧！那只大气球正在膨胀！ The wind swelled the sails. 风使帆鼓了起来。 3)vi.（使）增大 Our debt has been swelling.
36、我们的债务一直在增加。 The rain swelled the river.(=The river was swollen with/by the rain.) 河水因下雨而上涨。 4)vi. （心中） （感情）洋溢（常与 with 连用，表示“充满” ） My heart swelled with regret. 我心中满是悔恨。 即学即用 完成句子 （1）His face (肿起来) with the toothache. （2）Hes very (自高自大的) about his success. 答案：(1)swelled up (2)swollen-headed 3.suspect
37、 1)v. 怀疑 She suspected her husband had been lying. 她怀疑她丈夫一直在说谎。 She is suspected of killing the lawyer. 她被怀疑杀死了那个律师。 I began to suspect his motives in offering to help. 他主动要帮忙，我开始怀疑他的动机。 2)n. 嫌疑人，可疑分子 adj. 靠不住的 Several suspects were arrested. 几名嫌疑犯被逮捕。 The evidence for this theory is suspect. 这种理论的根
38、据是靠不住的。 知识拓展 suspect sb./sth. 怀疑某人/某事 suspect sb. of(doing) sth.怀疑某人（干）某事 suspect sb./sth. as/to be.怀疑某人 /某物为 suspect+that.怀疑 What made you suspect him of having broken the glass? 你凭什么怀疑是他打坏的玻璃呢？ We all suspect her to be/as an actress, but no one knows her. 我们都猜想她是一名演员，但没有人认识她。 词语辨析 suspect, doubt 1
39、)suspect 怀疑；指猜疑、疑心，肯定的意味比较多。 2)doubt 怀疑；指“拿不准” ，有些不相信。 I suspect that he is telling the truth. 我疑心他说的是实情。(有些肯定 ) I doubt whether he is telling the truth. 我怀疑他是否在讲实话。(有些怀疑 ) 即学即用 （1）They suspected the drug causing over 200 deaths. A.with B.of C.to D.in 答案：B 句意：他们怀疑药物导致 200 多人死亡。suspect sb./sth. of st
40、h./doing sth.的意思是 “怀疑某人/某物” 。 （2）They said that the problem was in the engine,which was just what I . A.had inspected B.had hoped C.had suspected D.had simplified 答案：C 句意：他们说，问题出在发动机，这正是我怀疑的。suspect 意为“怀疑” ； inspect 意为“视察” ；hope 意为“希望” ；simplify“简化” 。 4.status n. 现状;社会地位;身份 Our organization seeks to
41、 improve the social status of disabled people. 我们的组织致力于提高残疾人的社会地位。 The couple applied for legal immigrant status after living here for two years. 在这里居住了两年之后，这对夫妇申请了合法移民身份。 The type of treatment used will depend on the patients healthy status. 要采用何种治疗方法取决于病人的情况。 注意：statue 与 status 词形极为相似，但 statue 意为“
42、雕像，塑像” 。 the Statue of Liberty 自由女神像 即学即用 He is after wealth and . A.situation B.class C.status D.state 答案：C 句意：他追求财富和地位。 status“地位” 。 5.chief 1)adj.最高级别的；最重要的；主要的 Tom is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 汤姆是最高法院的首席大法官。 Jack was appointed chief engineer of the project. 杰克被委托为该项工程的总工程师。 Adverti
43、sing provides the radio stations chief form of revenue. 广告是该电台最主要的收入形式。 2)n.首领，领袖，长官;酋长，族长 The president is also the chief of the armed forces. 总统也是三军的统帅。 an Indian chief 一位印第安酋长 the chief executive(AmE)行政首长（指州长，政府首脑等） 词语辨析 chief, main, major， principal 四个词都有“主要的” ， “重要的”的意思。 1）chief 通常用于指身份、地位或职权方面
44、处于第一位的人或物。 2）main 指某事件或某个东西或整体中最主要的、最明显的部分，通常只作定语。 3）major 指“比较重要的” ，尤指在规模、数量、重要性等方面占有比较突出的地位。 4）principal 常用来指大小和地位优于任何其他的人或物。 Rice is the chief crop of India. 稻米是印度的主要作物。 Note down the main points of the speech. 把演讲的要点记下来。 He is one of the major poets today. 他是当今主要诗人之一。 The Nile is one of the prin
45、cipal rivers of Africa. 尼罗河是非洲的主要河流之一。 即学即用 完成句子 上学的主要原因是为了学习。 The going to school is to learn. 答案：chief reason for 6.instruct vt. 教导，指导 She instructed me in how to use the computer. 她教我如何使用计算机。 All our staff have been instructed in sign language. 我们所有的员工都接受过手语训练。 The letter instructed him to report
46、 to headquarters immediately. 那封信指示他立即向总部汇报。 Having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. 在接到把车开出城的指令后，我开始信心十足了。 知识拓展 1)instruct sb.(in.)(在方面 )指导（教授）某人 instruct sb. (in/on)how to do.指导某人如何做 instruct sb. to do. 命令某人做 instruct sb. on sth. 向某人说明某事 instruct sb. that. 通知某人
47、2)instruction n. 指导，指示；用法说明 follow the instructions 按照说明 instructions to do sth. 做的指示 on sb.s instructions 按照某人的吩咐 under(sb.s)instruction 在（某人的）教导下 Im under instructions to keep speech short. 我接到指示讲话要简短。 On his instructions, the luggage had been sent on. 按照他的吩咐，行李已先行送走。 即学即用 （1）Mr. White made his cl
48、ass lively while us in chemistry. A.instruct B.instructing C.instructed D.to instruct 答案：B while 后接的从句主语与主句主语一致时，从句的主语可省略，用动词的-ing 形式。 （2）The company him that he would be employed. A.instructed B.taught C.trained D.ordered 答案：A 句意：公司通知他被录用了。 7.bury vt. 埋葬，隐藏;安葬,下葬; 蒙住( 脸) He buried the treasure unde
49、r the ground. 他把财宝埋在地下。 He is buried in the cemetery. 他被葬在墓地里。 She buried her face in her hands, crying. 她双手蒙住脸，哭了起来。 知识拓展 be buried in. 陷入；专心于(工作等) He is buried in grief. 他陷于悲哀之中。 After the divorce, she was buried in her work. 离婚后，她埋头于工作。 即学即用 In the evenings he himself in the experiment. A.devoted B.at
