2015届高考英语一轮总复习 Unit 4 Wildlife protection课件 新人教版必修2.pptVIP

4．employ v．雇佣；利用(时间、精力等) employ sb.to do sth.雇佣某人做某事 employ sb.as...雇佣某人当…… employ oneself in...从事于…… be employed in doing sth.忙于做某事 In the Middle Ages, merchants employed “town criers” to read public messages aloud to promote their goods. 在中世纪，商人们雇用“叫卖者”在公共场所大声宣传来促销他们的商品。 The children were employed in building sandcastles. 孩子们忙着堆沙堡。 employ，hire，rent 三者都有“雇佣”之意，但employ指雇佣人；hire可指雇佣人，也指雇佣车船等；rent常用于租用场地、东西等。 Usually the villagers hired out boats to tourists on holiday. 通常村民假日向游客出租船只。 She rented me a room at a low price. 她以较低价格租给我一间房子。 介词填空 (1)Most families have decided to employ more workers ________ harvest. (2)She always employs herself ________ translating things and she employs English ________ a common language. [答案](1)for　(2)in；as 二、短语精粹 1．protect...from...保护……不受……(危害) (1)protect against和protect from意思相似，有时可互换，但是，对于较大的事情，如：敌人的入侵、天灾等，常用protect against，对于较小的事情常用protect from。 (2)在protect...from/against...结果中，from和against后面常跟sth.，有时against后跟being done来强调动作的被动性。 (3)主动句中prevent/stop...from...中的from可省略，在被动句中from不可省略，而keep...from...中的from无论在主动句还是在被动句中都不能省略。 (4)prevent/keep/stop sb./sth.from doing sth.阻止某人做某事/阻止某事发生 Young plants should be well protected from the cold. 幼苗必须很好地保护以免受冻。 The hen protected its young against being attacked by the cat.母鸡保护小鸡使其免遭猫的袭击。 Trees can protect crops against the attack from strong wind.树木能够保护庄稼免遭强风的袭击。 单项填空 1．Some animals，in order to keep themselves ________ by the enemies，go out for food at night. A．not to be attacked　 B．against being attacked C．from being attacked 　 D．not being attacked [解析]keep...from...“保护……免遭……”。句意：有些动物为了保护自己免受敌人伤害，在夜间出去觅食。 [答案]C 2．die out灭亡，灭绝；逐渐消失 die out灭绝；(风俗、习惯等)消失；(完全)熄灭 die away(声音、光线、风等)渐渐消失 die down平息；(渐渐)熄灭；缓和 die off(家族、种族等)相继死亡；(草木等)先后枯死 die of/from死于…… be dying for sth./to do sth.极想得到某物/渴望做某事 The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago.In time，some even die out completely. 现在的英语与500年前的英语已大不相同，有一些甚至会在今后完全消失。 The sound of the engine died away as the car drove into the