UnitThePowerofNatureLanguagepoints.ppt

?He is a young singer with great potential. 他是个非常有潜力的年轻歌手。 ?As a composer, she still hasn’t realized her potential. 作为作曲家，她还没有把她的潜能发挥出来。 (2)adj. 可能的；潜在的 ?This is a machine with several potential uses. 这是一台具有潜在功能的机器。 All the children should be encouraged to develop their full _____ for language in class. A. possibility B. potential C. increase D. opportunity 【解析】选B 句意：在课堂上，所有的孩子都应该被鼓励充分发挥他们的语言潜能。potential 潜能；possibility 可能性；increase 增长；opportunity 机会。 8. She made an effort to be nice to her boss.(P37） effort 可用做不可数名词，表“力气”。 It took a lot of effort to lift the boxes. 抬起那些箱子要花很大的力气。 effort 可用可数名词，表“费劲的事”“尝试”： It was an effort to get up this morning. 今天早晨起床很费劲。 Despite all our efforts, we failed. 尽管我们尽了力，我们还是失败了。 拓展： make an effort to do sth 努力做某事 make every effort to do sth. 尽一切努力做某事 spare no effort to do sth 不遗余力/极力做某事 1. I was appointed as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago. (P34) 二十年前，作为一名火山学家，我被委派到夏威夷火山观测站(HVO)工作。 现在分词短语在句中作后置定语。 本句可理解为：Twenty years ago I was appointed as a volcanologist and worked for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). 2. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. (P34) 收集和评估这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测熔岩接着将往何处流，流速是多少。 evaluate vt. 评估；评价；估计 When you _____ the effectiveness of the drug, you should take the special situations into consideration. A. decide B. declare C. evaluate D. determine 【解析】选C。句意：当你在评估药物的疗效时，你应该把一些特殊的情况考虑进去。evaluate 评价，评估；decide/determine 决定；declare 宣布。 (1)Having collected and evaluated the information为现在分词的完成时, 在句中作时间状语，相当于after引导的时间状语从句。where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast为一宾语从句，作动词predict的宾语。 (2)现在分词完成时的用法： 现在分词的完成时主要表示发生在谓语动作之前的动作。 Having experienced quite a few earthquakes in Hawaii already, I didn’t take mach notice.(P34) 由于在夏威夷经历了多次地震了，我