Ⅰ 阅读

 

【知识点精讲】

1. roll  

  (1) n. 摇晃，名单   eg: The teacher was calling the roll.

  (2) vt. 滚动；卷；摇晃    eg: She rolled the string into a ball.

  (3) vi. 滚动向前；行驶；流浪    eg: The drunken man rolled to me.

  be rolling in 在……中打滚；沉溺于  big roll [美]大叠的钞票  

  roll around (时间)流逝   roll in 滚滚而来；在……中翻滚

2. folk  

  (1) adj. 民间的    eg: folk music 民间音乐      a folk remedy 民间验方

  (2) n.[常用复数]人们；[古]民族    eg: Folks will believe anything they are told.    

  the old folk (s) 老人们   the young folks 儿女   

3. predict  vt. (常与that连用)预言，预示    eg: She predicted that he would marry a doctor.

  predictable  adj. 可预言的     predictive  adj. 预言性的，前兆的

4. musician  n. 音乐家    eg: Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer of musician?

  music  n.  音乐      musicianship  n. 音乐才能，音乐技能

5. pretend  vt. 伪装，假装    eg: He pretended the he was ill so that he could stay at home.

6. attach  vt.&vi. 加上，依恋，喜欢     eg: They are attaching labels to parcels.

  attach to 加入；加于……之上     eg: No blame attaches to him for the accident.

  be attached to 认为重要；附属于……；喜欢    eg: I am very attached to that old picture.

7. form  

  (1) vt. 组成；构成  eg: The president asked the Social Democratic Party to form a new government.

    形成；以……形态出现；养成

eg: One of the most important tasks for a school is to help and promote to form a child’s character.

  (2) n. 形状；形态；人影      eg: Robin saw a form in the dark.

8. earn  vt.  赚得，获得    eg: She earns a high salary.

9. extra  adj.& adv. 特别的(地)；额外的(地)  eg: Can I have extra time to finish my work?

10. performance  n. 表演，演奏     eg: Her performance in the play was very good.

  perform (1) vt. 履行，表演    eg: You should always perform what you promise.

     (2) vi. 履行，表演     eg: perform in the role of

11. cash  

  (1) n. 现金；零钱    eg: Excuse me, but I’ve no cash on me. Can I pay by cheque?

to pay (in) cash 现金支付       short of cash 缺钱

  (2) vt. 兑现；付款    eg: to cash a cheque 兑付支票

12. millionaire  n. 百万富翁    overnight millionaire 暴发户

13. broadcast 

  (1) n. 广播；撒播     eg: He will appear on tomorrow’s broadcast.

  (2) vt.&vi.  (broadcast, broadcasting)散布；传播；广播   eg: The BBC broadcasts every day.    

to broadcast the gossip 传播流言蜚语

14. humorous  adj. 滑稽的    eg: A humorous writer is telling a humorous story.

15. familiar  adj.  熟悉的，亲近的     eg: This song sounds familiar.

   a familiar sight 常见的情况

   be familiar to 为……所熟悉       eg: The things are familiar to us.

   be familiar with 熟悉，通晓    eg: Are you familiar with this type of car?

16. dream of 梦见，渴望，想到   eg: I dream of being the best footballer in the town.

   dream of中的dream还可以用作名词，这时dream of的意思是“……的梦想”

   eg: His dream of being a doctor has come true.

   dream up 设计；策划     eg: They dreamed up a plan to corner the market.

17. to be honest 说实话，老实说    eg: To be honest, I don’t like his story.

   to be frank 坦率地说      to be sure 自然，固然

18. play joke on  开某人玩笑，戏弄某人    eg: It’s not polite to play a joke on a disabled person.

19. rely on 依赖，信赖    eg: You should rely on your own efforts.

【辨析】rely与depend的区别：

rely指“在过去经验的基础上，依赖某人或某事物，希望从中得到支持或帮助”  

eg: He can be relied on to keep the secret.

depend指“出于信赖而依靠他人或他物，以取得其支持或帮助，这种信赖可能有过去的经验为根据，也可能没有”  

eg: He can depend on his wife for sympathy.

20. or so  左右，上下   an hour or so 一小时左右     a pound so 一磅左右

21. break up 分裂；结束；放假；逗乐   eg: Their marriage broke up.

break in 闯入；打断；插嘴      break into 闯入；打断；插嘴       break out 逃脱；突然发生     

break through 突破      break down 毁掉，分解(侧重化学分解)

22. Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician?

ever  

(1) 曾经    eg: It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.

(2) (加强语气)究竟     eg: How ever do you find the time to learn cooking?

(3) (与so， such连用)十分，非常     eg: He is ever so diligent.

(4) 总是；始终     eg: I have lived here ever since I was a child.

23. However, there was one band that started in a different way.

however 

(1) conj. 然而，可是     eg: Certainly he apologized. However, I won’t forgive him.

【辨析】however与but的区别：二者意义相同；但however是较正式的说法。but置于句首，而however可置于句首、句中、句末，且以置于句中，前后用逗号隔开之情形较多。 

(2) adv. (引导让步状语从句) 无论如何……也    eg: However hot it is, he will not take off his coat.

(3) 无论用任何方法    eg: However you use it, it won’t break.

(4) (口语)到底如何(是how的强调形式，一般认为要分成how ever两个词才正确)

eg: How ever did you raise this much money?

24. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.

in which在这里修饰a year or so，相当于when。 

eg: I still remember the day on which (when) I first came here.

 

Ⅱ 语言学习

 

【知识点精讲】

1. connect  vt.&vi.

(1) (常与to，with连用) 连接，联结  eg: Will you connect this wire to the television?

(2) (与with连用) 接驳(火车、飞机等联运)，衔接；接通电话；有联系

eg: This flight connects with New York one.

2. contain  vt. 包含，容纳，抑制    eg: Science sought an effective method of containing the disease.

【辨析】contain与include的区别：

contain强调所包含的内容、成分、量。    eg: The album contains many memorable songs.

   include指整体包含若干部分。    eg: My payment will include an amount for postage.

3. continue 

(1) vi.&vt. 继续，后面既可接不定式，也可接动名词。 

eg: Will you continue gardening after dinner?

(2) 系动词，意为“继续处于某种状态”    eg: On his way home, he continued angry with me.

continual  adj.  连续的，持续不断的(可能有中断的)  continuous  adj. 持续的，连续不断的

4. in addition 另外，加上，又   eg: There was an earthquake and, in addition, there were tidal waves.

in addition to 加上……之上   eg: In addition to that, they raised chickens, ducks, hogs, sheep and fish.

5. sort out 挑选出，拣选    eg: Sort out these papers and fasten them together with a clip, please.

sort out from 把……从……挑出来        eg: He sorted out the wheat from the chaff.

6. mix up 混淆，混合    eg: If you mix up those data we shan’t find the one we need quickly.

mix it up (with sb) 与(某人)吵架

 

Ⅲ  综合技能

 

【知识点精讲】

1. dip  vt.&vi. 蘸，浸；(短时间)降下一点  eg: The sun dipped below the western sea.

  dip into 掏取；涉猎；浏览    eg: I dipped into my pocket for some coins.

2. confident  adj.  确信的，自信的   eg: I am confident that they will come here to help us.

3. brief  

(1) adj. 简单的，短暂的，简洁的   eg: They held a cold and brief welcome.

(2) n. 纲要，摘要，短文  

  (3) vt. 节略；向……下达简令    eg: The commander briefed his men.

4. devotion  n. 投入，热爱    eg: The devotion of too much time to sports leaves too little time for studying.

5. afterwards (afterward)  adv. 然后，后来   eg: We saw the film and afterwards walked home together.

  beforehand  adv. 事先；提前地

6. invitation  n. 邀请，请贴   eg: We had three invitations to parties.

  at the invitation of sb 应某人邀请   admission by invitation only 凭柬入场    on / upon invitation 应邀

7. sensitive  adj. 敏感的，过敏的    eg: She is sensitive to what people think of her.

  a sensitive ear 灵敏的耳朵    a sensitive skin 易受伤的皮肤

  sense 

(1) n. 感觉；辩识力   eg: He has a good sense of smell.

  (2) vt. 感觉；觉察   eg: He sensed that his proposals were unwelcome.

8. agree on 对……达成协议，对……取得一致意见   eg: We agree on this count.

  agree with 同意；相符合    eg: I really agree with you.

  agree to sth 同意某事    eg: She agreed to my idea.

9. come up with 赶上；提出     eg: He couldn’t come up with an appropriate answer just at the time.

  come about 发生   come across 偶遇；碰到  come on 出现，出场  come out (花)开；出版；暴露

come to 达到，总计为；结果是；苏醒    come up 走近；(从土中)长出，发芽；被提出

10. above all  最重要，首先    eg: Above all, just have fun!

11. stick to  坚守；遵循；忠于(某人)   eg: She always sticks to her word.

   stick to a post 坚守岗位        stick to one’s word 遵守诺言

12. stay with 把……坚持或继续下去    eg: They decided to stay with him.

13. As you know, our band was formed in a very unusual way.

as引导的非限制性定语从句多置于句首，译为“正如……”

eg: As is known to us all, he is an honest man.