高二英语(选修六)unit+4+language+points.pptVIP

1.matter 要紧、有关系，= be important It doesn’t matter if I miss the train because there’s another one in ten minutes. It is what you do rather than what you say that matters. compare… to 也可用compare… with 用于比较不同事物. Their prices are low compared to those in other shops. 用法比较: compare A with B 把… …和 … …相比。 Researchers compared living conditions in London with those in other cities. compare A to B 把… …比成 … …，比较两者的相似之处。 Poets like to compare death to sleep. Fossil fuel:矿物燃料。 Ancient animal and plant material below the surface of the earth with a high carbon content, such as coal,oil and natural gas, which can be burnt to produce energy. Also known as non-renewable energy because once they are used they have gone forever; they cannot be renewed. 1.Some byproducts of this progress are called “greenhouse” gases, the most important one being carbon dioxide. 在这一过程中产生的许多副产品被叫做温室气体，最重要的是二氧化碳。 2.This is when small amounts of gases in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, methane and water vapour, trap heat from the sun and therefore warm the earth. 这是当空气中的少量气体像二氧化碳、甲烷和水蒸气将太阳的热量保存住而散发不出去时，因此就使地球变暖。 3.quantity n.(u)数量 He prefers quantity to quality when food is concerned. 词义拓展 quantity n.(c )数量 Police found a large quantity of illegal drugs. Quantities of books were on the desk. the amount of +不可数名词 the number of +可数名词 What are you going to do with the amount of money? as low as 低至…as much as 高至…. 多达150名读者簇拥在那位名作家周围. As many as 150 readers crowded round the famous writer. 去欧洲旅游之费用高达50 000元人民币. The cost of travelling to Europe is as much as 50 000 yuan. would becould be 虚拟语气 1. build up 逐渐增加。 After 4 o’clock, the traffic begins to build up. She built the business up from nothing. You need to build up your strength. 2. Keep on doing = continue to do sth. She kept on working although she was tired. The rain kept on all night. It was a scientist called Charles Keeling who made accurate measurements of the amount of carbon d