1、Reading- Give a man a fish 1. In 1985, there was little rainfall in Ethiopia, which led to destroyed harvests and killed cattle.(P2) 1985 年，埃塞俄比亚几乎没有降雨，这导致 收成损毁，牛蓄死亡。 1lead to 1) 通向 All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马. 2) 导致 Reducing speed limits should lead to fewer deaths on the roads. lead to (some p
2、lace) 带领 去(某地) The waiter led us to our table. lead to do =cause to do 导致做 What led you to believe this? 高考链接: 1. - It took me ten years to build up my business, and it almost killed me. - Well, you know what they say. _. A. There is no smoke without fire B. Practice makes perfect C. All roads lead
3、to Rome D. No pains, no gains 2. Once a decision has been made , all of us should it . Adirect to B stick to Clead to Drefer to 答案及解析: 1. D. All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 2. B. stick to 坚持，不放弃 2. cattle 用作为复数的集体名词 It seems the cattle on the sides of the dikes were the only living creatures in thes
4、e desolate surroundings. people,police,cattle、poultry,goods 作主语时,谓语用复数. The people in the city are very friendly. The police are searching for the murderer. The cattle are grazing near the river. All the goods have arrived. 2. The concert took place on 13 July 1985 in two locationsin London and in P
5、hiladelphia and included the biggest stars of the time.(P2) 1985 年 7 月 13 日，音乐会在伦敦和费城两 地举行，出席者包括了当时最红的巨星。 take place 发生，举行 词义辨析 take place, happen, occur, come about 和 break out 用法区别 这些词或短语都有“发生” 的意思，但用法各不相同，区别如下： (1). take place 表示“发生、举行、举办”，一般指非偶然性事件的“发生”，即这种事件的发 生一定有某种原因或事先的安排，例如： Great changes h
6、ave taken place in our hometown during the past ten years. The Olympic Games of 2008 will take place in Beijing. (2) .happen 作“发生、碰巧”解，一般用于偶然或突发性事件，例如： What happened to you? (一般不说：What did you happen?) Maybe something unexpected happened. I happened to see him on my way home. = It happened that I sa
7、w him on my way home. (3). occur 作“发生、想到、突然想起”解，其意义相当于 happen，例如： What has occurred? (=What has happened?) A big earthquake occurred (=happened) in the south of China last month. It occurred to me that she didnt know I had moved into the new house. (4). come about 表示“ 发生、产生”，多指事情已经发生了，但还不知道为什么，常用于疑问
8、 句和否定句，例如： When Mother woke up, she didnt know what had come about. Ill never understand how it came about that you were late three times a week. Do you know how the air accident came about? (5). break out 意思为 “发生、爆发”，常指战争、灾难、疾病或者争吵等事件的发生，也可以 表示突然大声叫喊等，例如： Two world wars broke out last century. A fi
9、re broke out in the hospital in the mid-night. After the flood, diseases broke out here and there. She broke out, “That is too unfair!” place 常用短语 give place to 为取代；让位于 go places 平步青云，青云直上 in place 在通常的位置，在适当的位置 in place of 代替 out of place 在错误的位置；在不适当的位置 take the place of 代替，替代 3. The concert also r
10、eceived so much attention around the world that it put great pressure on politicians and malnutrition.(P2) 音乐会还受到了全世界的极大关注，这给政客们施加 了巨大压力，迫使他们为这次饥荒做一些事情。 put pressure on 给施加压力 Do not put much pressure on the handle, it may break. 不要在把柄上太用力了，它会坏的。 pressure noun U the force you produce when you press s
11、omething: He put too much pressure on the door handle and it snapped. You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area. C or U the force that a liquid or gas produces when it presses against an area: gas/water pressure The new material allows the company to make gas pipes which w
12、ithstand higher pressures. The gas is stored under pressure (= in a container which keeps it at a higher pressure than it would usually have). 高考链接: Life is tough in the city. In order to lose their , some people drink alcohol. Atemper Bmood Cconsciousness Dpressures 答案及解析： D. lose ones pressure 解除压
13、力 4. On top of this, according to the United Nations, hunger and malnutrition claim ten million lives every year.(P2) on top of adv. in addition to something, especially something unpleasant: 另外 We missed the train, and on top of that we had to wait for two hours for the next one. 高考链接: 1. . See the
14、 flags on top of the building? That was_ we did this morning. A. when B. which C. where D. What 2. Put the _ of your tongue against your upper teeth when you pronounce the sound. A. tip B. top C. peak D. pole 答案及解析：1. C. on (the) top of the building 在大楼顶上 2. A. tip 顶端，尖端 the tip of the tongue 舌尖 5.
15、It is without doubt an amazing achievement, but is it enough?(P2) without doubt adv. used to emphasize your opinion: 毫无疑问地 She is without (a) doubt the best student I have ever taught. 高考链接: Some researchers believe that there is no doubt _ a cure for AIDS will be found. A. which B. that C. what D.
16、whether 答案及解析： B. Theres no doubt that毫无疑问 6. They need help, but the sad truth is that food aid alone is not enough to help these countries .(P2) 它们需要帮助，但不幸的事实是仅有食物援助对帮助这些国家是不够的。 alone adjective after noun only or without any others: 仅有,仅凭 She alone must decide what to do (= no one else can do it f
17、or her). These facts alone (= even if nothing else is considered) show that hes not to be trusted. He wont get the job through charm alone (= he will need something else). The airfare alone would use up all my money, never mind the hotel bills. Price alone is not a reliable indicator of quality. He
18、alone knows the secret. 只有他一人知道秘密。 adjective after verb, adverb without other people: 单独的/ 地 He likes being alone in the house. She decided to climb the mountain alone. Do you like living alone? At last, were alone together (= there are just the two of us here). The Swedes are not alone in finding t
19、heir language under pressure from the spread of English. I dont like the man and Im not alone in that (= other people agree). 词义辨析 alone lonely 这两个词都可作形容词用，有“单独”的含义，但用法有差异。 alone 强调客观上独自、独立的、单独一人在句中作表语。如： He feels alone. 他感到孤独。 alone 还可作副词用状做语，修饰动词 He lives alone. 他单独生活。 lonely 只作形容词， “孤独的，寂寞的”，带有主观
20、上的感情色彩，形容失去朋友，缺乏友爱 和帮助，感到寂寞或悲哀。在句中作定语或表语。lonely 用于地点时，意为“荒凉的、偏僻 的”。例如： Do you feel lonely when you lived alone in the lonely house?当你独自住在那个偏僻的屋子里 时，你感到寂寞吗？ 典型例题 Were _ hereWere all by ourselves Aold Balone Cgood Dlonely 答案及解析：B。句意：我们很孤单，这儿只有我们这几个人。据题干第二句提示选 B。 7. There is a saying that goes “Give a
21、man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”.(P3) 有句俗语是这样说的： “授人以鱼，三餐之需； 授人以渔，终生之用。 ” go: to say, especially when a story is being told: 据说，据传 “I never want to see you ever again, “ he goes, and storms out the house. As the old saying goes.常言说道。 高考链接
22、: - What should I do first? - The instructions _ that you should mix flour with water carefully first. A. go B. tell C. write D. say 答案及解析：D. 说明书上写着一般用 say, go 一般是指文字等说道。 8. Clearly, development aid together with food aid is the long-term solution to the problem of poverty.(P3) 很显然，发展援助和食品援助结合起来才是贫困
23、问题的长期解决办法。 together with adv. in addition to; and also: 和, 加之 The money that I owe you for the telephone together with the rent equals 300. That bottle of champagne together with those chocolates will make a nice present. 当主语后面跟有由 as much as, rather than , more than, no less than 等引导的从属结构，或跟 有由 as w
24、ell as, in addition to ,with, along with, together with, except 等引导的词组时， 其后 的动词形式取决于主语的形式。 例如： The vessel, with its entire crew and cargo was lost. The ocean, as well as the gulf and the bay, provides good fishing. John, rather than his roommates, is to blame. Hugh, as well as his two sisters, is va
25、cationing in Wyoming this summer. Some of the employees as much as the manager were responsible for the failure. My husband, more than anyone else in the family, is longing to go there again. Billy, together with his sisters, was wounded in the accident. No one except two girls was late for school.
26、9. Another important thing to remember is that the future for developing countries lies in the hands of children. (P3) 需要记住的另一件重要事情就是发展中国家的未来存在于孩子 们的手中。 in the hands of 在.掌握中 hand n. control or responsibility: 控制, 负责 Things got a little out of hand (= the situation stopped being controlled) at the p
27、arty and three windows were broken. The police have the situation in hand (= under control). How come theres a problem? I thought you had everything in hand (= arranged and organized). Their youngest child needs taking in hand (= they should start to control her) if you ask me. Im worried about conf
28、idential information falling into the wrong hands (= being received by people who could use it against us). Are you sure your moneys in safe hands? Youre in excellent hands with her - shes a very good doctor. Unless I receive a satisfactory response from you within a month I shall put this matter in
29、(to) the hands of (= make it the responsibility of) my solicitor. Theyre trying to get old stock off their hands by cutting prices. We get Daryl off our hands one evening a week when my mother looks after him. The problems out of my hands (= is not mine) now that Colins taken over responsibility for
30、 the department. Hes got a real problem on his hands (= he has something difficult to deal with). I dont have enough time on my hands (= I do not have enough time) to work and look after the children. 10. There are hundreds of success stories like these from all over the developing world, showing th
31、at a lot is being done to fight poverty, but we cannot pretend that the fight is over. .(P3) 在各处的发展中国家有数以百计的这样的故事，表明人们正在做许多事情与贫困作斗 争，但我们不能佯称斗争已经结束. pretend verb I to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game: 假装 + (that) He preten
32、ded (that) he didnt mind, but I knew that he did. The children pretended (that) they were dinosaurs. + to infinitive Were you just pretending to be interested? Shes not really hurt - shes only pretending. Of course I was angry - I cant pretend otherwise. He pretended not to know the facts. 他佯装不知实情。
33、He pretended that he was ill so that he could stay at home. 他假装病了以便能待在家里。 He pretended to be reading an important paper when the boss entered. 老板进来时他假装在看一 份重要的文件。 Lets pretend were on the spaceship orbiting round the earth! 让我们假装是在沿轨道绕地球运 转的宇宙飞船上! 11. in times of(P5) 在时候 in time(s) of danger/hardship 在危险/ 艰苦的时刻
